Talk:List of Virtual Console games for Wii (North America)/Archives/2010/January

Earthbound
I really want Earthbound for my Virtual Console and I wasn't even released that it was coming out why do u guys have that??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MovieDirector299 (talk • contribs) 22:33, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * It has been rated via ESRB, that's why it's on the Future Releases section (source). Vernon (Versus22) (talk) 19:47, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Basically, any game that has been rated by the ESRB (and is still listed) or announced by Nintendo or the games publisher will be listed. Hell, Vectorman was first confirmed in April 2007 and only got released this month (other games will get released with no notice).  TJ   Spyke   15:33, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

None of the ESRB links work, or is it just my computer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.209.5.150 (talk) 18:23, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No, the entire ESRB site seems to be down at the moment. -Arcanelore (talk) 21:39, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

You guy's know that the ESRB rating was a mistake right? It's not coming to the Virtual Console. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingplatypus (talk • contribs) 18:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You have a source that it is just a mistake? Especially since it is still up on their site.  TJ   Spyke   21:54, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

It was information from Starmen.net. I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't lie about that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingplatypus (talk • contribs) 01:26, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

ESRB
Someone has added various future releases with ESRB as a source. If that is considered an invalid source, please remove them. Thank you. Retromaniac (talk) 01:40, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * ESRB is considered a reliable source, so games cited using it ARE allowed and SHOULD be added in.  TJ   Spyke   03:43, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Huh, apparently not being included as a reliable source for video games on the reliable sources page of the Video games WikiProject, and a discussion for including it, which you participated in, failing, isn't important in determining what makes a source reliable. And not to mention the discussion on this very talk page, or the discussion on the Video games WikiProject talk page that resulted in the ESRB not being declared usable. What does it require for the ESRB to be removed? - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 04:36, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed -- Publishers get ESRBs for many games that never get released. They should not be considered reliable in terms of whether something is released. Given the consensus in multiple areas future additions of this manner should probably be taken as vandalism, as they outright defy the consensus. --Teancum (talk) 13:25, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe that the ESRB has limits as a reliable source. The organization's sole purpose is to rate games, and that's what I think should be its limit. In short, if the website says that a game has been submitted to the ESRB or submitted and received a rating, then that's all that should be cited. Release dates should be cited from press releases or news articles on gaming websites.
 * It's not this page's job to provide up-to-date release date information about video games. On Wikipedia, we merely chronicle video game information after the fact. (Guyinblack25 talk 17:37, 21 January 2010 (UTC))