Talk:Faxanadu

Opinion and Bias
I would just like to point out that there is a large amount of implied personal opinion and slight bias in this article, particularly in the Gameplay, Presentation, and Conclusion sections. (Example: "Gameplay closely resembles the much better known sidescrolling battlefields, towns and dungeons in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link." "Much better known" by who? Why so much comparison to Zelda II?) My primary objective in amending this article will be to crop out this excess so the information provided will have a more neutral basis. --Joshfist 15:35, 2005 August 2 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Joshfist 01:39, 2005 August 17 (UTC)

"sometimes classified as a Metroidvania" apparently the source quoted is now lost but plausibly did say this. This claim has been made by non authoritative sources, owing to being a vernacular expression but the classification isn't supported by an authoritative or logically derived definition of 'Metroidvania'. Metroidvania is held by definition to require exploration, the gaining of abilities and then backtracking to access new areas, which are core elements of Metroid and more recent Castlevania platform games. Faxanadu's gameplay does not involve this in a meaningful sense, as it can be completed almost entirely without backtracking to access new areas or pathways. Please consider removing this factoid. It does not meet the standards of Wikipedia. Usr HMS_DD 19:35 2024 July 2

Latin?
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 * It may also be a combination of the Latin words "fax" (false) and "xanadu" (paradise).

I cannot track down fax as a Latin word for false, it actually means a torch or fire in Latin. I will delete it as unverifiable for now. Gaius Cornelius 19:51, 25 October 2005 (UTC).
 * Good eye. Joshfist 13:24, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * This is just a guess, but isn't "Faux" Latin for "False", or something similar? I think that could be what they meant. -- Thunderbird

I used to play this game when I was six or seven years old. First action/RPG game I've ever played. I still have the game somewhere. Too bad my NES doesn't work ='( Malmsteen Maiden 06:46, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

I realize this is almost a decade old conversation I am resurrecting, but it's not Fax Xanadu, it's Famicom Xanadu. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.36.141.221 (talk) 04:56, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

copyright 1988 in european (scandinavian) booklet
The inlet has the text "TM & C 1988 Hudson Soft Under License From Falcom   Licensed to Nintendo."

Unfortunately I can't remember when I bought the game, but I think that coincides with the 1990 european release. Not sure if that means anything, but it's at least an interesting tidbit. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.226.202.245 (talk) 17:29, 23 January 2007 (UTC). 83.226.202.245 17:30, 23 January 2007 (UTC)Raphael Korsoski

Passwords In the Famicom Version
I just recently picked up a Famicom and a Japanese copy of Faxanadu. While I can't read Japanese, I'm almost positive it also uses passwords. Can anyone else confirm this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.247.86.135 (talk) 07:03, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I was going to say the same thing. I would probably have had such a feature implemented if it was on the FDS, but it's not the case.
 * I am not sure where the assertion comes from. I am going to flag it as unsourced. Twipley (talk) 20:16, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Just to note that the claim seems to date from 2005: "similarly to Zelda in which you had to input your name and it kept the saved data in memory" -- perhaps the person writing that simply has assumed, upon noticing that one had to input a name, that the game also had no use of passwords -- like most FDS games, that is.
 * I even am going as far as to edit it now, as, unless I am dead blind, the Famicom version does not appear to differ from the NES one in that matter. Twipley (talk) 21:00, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

perhaps the main characters beard should be mentioned
i have played the game and at the end the main character is shown in a closeup with a beard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.86.142 (talk) 22:35, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
 * That's the king. 174.52.115.192 (talk) 13:29, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Release dates:
The old release dates looked pretty inaccurate, and I'm not sure what they were based on. So I changed them.

Famitsu says JP release was November 16, 1987, Nintendo of America says release was August 1989. Harizotoh9 (talk) 21:45, 25 August 2018 (UTC)