Talk:Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns/GA3

GA Review
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I am going to be reviewing this article. I hope editors and nominators will understand that this is only my second primary GA review, so I will not be perfect. I wish to note that in my review, I will not be checking off criteria this article has met. Instead, I will only use this page to point out flaws that don't meet the criteria. Lack of mention for a specific criterion denotes that it has been met. I will also ignore the previously failed GA attempts and work from here. Let me know on my talk page if you have any comments or questions. Ground Z3R0   002  02:54, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Reviewer: Ground  Z3R0   002  02:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Infobox

 * In the infobox, I would note on the box art caption that this is the North American cover as shown by the ESRB rating. Simply out the caption as: "The North American boxart of Izuna 2 featuring the eponymous main character".
 * I would also add more, broader genres to give readers a better idea of what type of game this is. Consider adding turn-based third-person action or dungeon crawler, if these fit the game.
 * I would gladly add the first genre if it did not link to Third-person shooter. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 19:56, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The "input methods" seem a bit unconventional, I would put it more reader friendly, like gamepad. Not a must though, but recommended.
 * See Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 19:56, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Images

 * Both images are great, but the screen shot, File:IzunaGameplay.jpg, needs a much better free-use rationale for the article to achieve GA status.

Lead

 * The lead is good, but again, I would add the additional genres to the first sentence of paragraph 1
 * "... developed by Ninja Studio and published by Success and Atlus for the Nintendo DS handheld game console." I would alter the english to make the fact that both Success and Atlus published a version of the game. I would either add a "both" between "by" and "success" OR, I would say "... published by Success. The North American version was published by Atlus." Either works.
 * To begin paragraph 3 I would put "Upon release, " as the very first words.

Gameplay

 * It should be "an SP Bar", not "a SP Bar"
 * Paragraph 1, "per turn and a depleted" should have a comma between "turn" and "and"
 * This comma is not necessary. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 19:56, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * "many RPG elements, including equippable" should not have a comma and needs a colon after "including"
 * The sentence as is is grammatically correct. I have, however, replaced "including" with "such as" on the basis that two forms of "include" showed up in the sentence. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 19:56, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * "Their location and their stats are randomly generated" should be more layman friendly, being "Their location and the benefits they give the player are randomly generated."
 * I used "effects" over "benefits" because some items do have a negative effect which "benefits" does not convey. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 19:56, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * An extra sentence that says what an LUV is, I don't know and it makes reading confusing.
 * I've removed it per WP:UNDUE. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 19:56, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Plot

 * "gods of Katamari Village, whom she aided" doesn't need a comma
 * It does, in fact. The meaning changes without one. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 02:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The plot is well written and concise, but it seems much to short. Is there any pertinent details or plot points being left out or underemphasized? If not, that's fine.
 * The plot is kinda static and boring. It's also very short, yes. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 02:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Development

 * On the release section, paragraph 1, maybe it would be good to prose a few of the voice actors who did and didn't appear at the event described in order to fill out that info. something like "Both ____, who voiced _____ and ____, who voiced ____, appeared at the event to sign autographs with the staff. Other actors including: ____, ____, ____, and ____ could not appear for various reasons. In addition, the _____ of the games design crew was there with the actors."
 * I've added a reference that may be able to source this, but my inability to read Japanese restrains me from adding these details. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 02:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * "Run to the Sun" should either be quoted, redlinked, or both, I'm not entirely sure
 * Redlinked. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 02:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Reception

 * "notable pluses, including" should replace pluses with "benefits" or "positive aspects"
 * "dialogue and voice acting, like GamePro did, and felt that" I'm not sure if I would mix multiple review on a specific opinion piece. Maybe take out "like Gamepro did" and add another sentence like "Gamepro also felt similarly positive about the voice acting"
 * GamePro was mentioned previously, so it wasn't really mixing reviews. I've removed it, however. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 02:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * "In general, 1UP.com though the game was" is this a typo or bad grammar?
 * Mine own idiocy. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 02:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Overall
Overall, this is a good article that has its merits and good writing style. Once the problems are taken care of, I will list this as GA. However, this article just barely passed due to the sheer low volume of information and references. The article could use some serious filling out and sourcing. But, it has still met all of the GA criteria, and so it deserves GA. Leave me a message on my talk page when these problems have been resolved. Congratulations and good job, Ground  Z3R0   002  01:13, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Review by Ground  Z3R0   002  01:13, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you. It is my understanding that an article that includes all of the information available, even if it is insufficient for featured content, can be rated as a GA. ɳ OCTURNE ɳ OIR  talk //  contribs 02:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)