Talk:Cannon Fodder

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What exactly is the sci-fi background of the second game's tagline?
 * actually, its the second game, not the tagline. However, I agree that part was not that well-written, so I've added a few more details. \ wolfenSilva / 08:44, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

what about the festive fodder and the x-mas edition?

CF / Darwinia
I can't really see much similarity to Darwinia except from that both games feature squads... Darwinia has other features like commandable engineers, and Darwinian officers that makes it more comparable to some other game (exactly which I cannot say). Basically what I mean is that CF is centered on the squad (making it a "squad-based" game?) whereas Darwinia really is not just that. That being said, I've only played the the demo version of Darwinia. {Cyborg 12:41, 26 January 2006 (UTC)}

Plot of CF2 & AP cover
The plot of CF2 was not included with the final game, which is why some of it seemed random. Stuart Campbell, designer of all the levels, explains all here. Someone might like to paraphrase for this article.

Also, one of the issues of Amiga Power originally had the poppy on the front cover as they were previewing/reviewing one of the games. The original cover appeared in national newspapers and the British Legion complained, so they had to change the cover at the last minute which delayed the magazine release. This should also be included in the article if someone can get a hold of the AP in which the story is told.

Burns flipper 08:29, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

- On a side note, on user discussion and opinion: I still think that it is nonsense that this game would in any way make fun of war veterans -just- for a flower using it as a symbol for war. Can anybody explain 'why' on earth that would be such a big problem?

Signed,

David W. 23-01-09 10:22 (GMT) -

The symbol in the game does make fun of war veterans because the entire game is supposed to be a parody of real war, however the Poppy is the main symbol of the Royal British Legion as a form of remembrance of all the people who died in the 2 world wars (and subsequent wars after that). The poppy was chosen due to it being the main plant that survived in Flanders Fields in France around the graves of many soldiers who are buried there. To many war veterans using this symbol in a game that makes fun of war is totally disrespectful.

Darren F. 27-09-09 09:36 (GMT).

Cannon Fodder Soccer
Sensible also wrote Sensible Soccer on the Amiga. For Xmas magazine coverdisks in the UK, they wrote a Soccer crossbreed game. Further details for this page would be useful. Burns flipper 08:32, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Cannon Fodder Music Video
Though segments of the video were featured on a short retrospective TV feature...it's unsure where else it's appeared.

A video which matches that description is floating around on the eDonkey network, named as the intro movie for the CD32 version of the game.

Other Platforms
Even though the Mega Drive port is mentioned in the main article, it isn't listed on the side. There was also a version for Commodore's short-lived CD32 system, as well as Nintendo's SNES. Neither of the handheld platforms are listed, either, although they could be technically classed as new games, due to the great number of differences between them and all other versions.

Removed from GA
I've removed this from the list of good articles due to a lack of references.  Pagra shtak  05:04, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Similarly, I'm only giving this a Start-class precisely because of the piles of unsourced info. Nifboy 06:46, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Music
''The version of the music track is more complete than the one that appeared on the 16-bit versions and was recorded professionally. In fact, the menu screen track is also a pared down version of a proper song, featuring studio-standard vocals.''

This makes no sense - if I'm reading it right then it's saying that the song was recorded professionally then translated into a computer music file, but it's saying it twice. Cpc464 11:40, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

PC Version?
I notice that it mentioned a PC version in the platforms area in the template but there is no mention of a PC version anywhere in the article? I noticed this because I actually looked up this article in a moment of fond reminiscing and couldn't remember if I played it on an Amiga or a PC... so yeah just wondering when the PC version was available etc. djambalawa (talk) 00:27, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Cannon Fodder 3
The third game has been released in Russia in December, 2011, yet its existence is not even mentioned here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.154.168.20 (talk) 19:25, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Requested move 2 May 2022

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Moved - Move !voters dominate numerically and have sound basis in WP:PRIMARY and WP:COMMONNAME as well as WP:SMALLDIFFERENCES (non-admin closure) FOARP (talk) 15:27, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

– Series/video game are clear primary topics by pageviews, by far more than anything else titled this. Generally the series article gets top billing even if one of the games is technically more popular; Cannon Fodder 2 and Cannon Fodder 3 also have substantial Good Articles. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 04:10, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Cannon Fodder (series) → Cannon Fodder
 * Cannon Fodder → Cannon Fodder (disambiguation)


 * Regarding the page views you linked, Memories (1995 film), which has a short called Cannon Fodder gets much more views. If readers are searching for this short then moving this is a problem (not sure if they are though). Gonnym (talk) 11:05, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Support, but include a hatnote pointing toward cannon fodder. I agree with the nominator's rationale, and I think the odds are low that people are searching for Memories (1995 film) by looking up "Cannon Fodder" specifically. The phrase "cannon fodder" significantly outstrips the pageviews of any Cannon Fodder game, though, so I think it's worthwhile that the page with the main "Cannon Fodder" title have a highly visible link to the idiom. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 20:19, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose. Capitalisation of one letter is a terrible way of disambiguating. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:53, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Support People searching for the expression would not be searching with "Cannon Fodder" verbatim, since the expression does not normally have a capital F. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 15:12, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Capitalization of one letter is an excellent way of disambiguating. Anyone bothering to capitalize is clearly searching for this article. —В²C ☎ 06:02, 10 May 2022 (UTC)