Talk:Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights

Metroidvania
The article is going back and forth between having "Metroidvania" as a genre tag and not. @Waxworker is removing it with the note "a reliable source needs to call it a metroidvania". I am confused as to why this specifically needs a reliable source even though other users like @Max Bonderulez and @RealLifeWater believe it an apparent fact/definitionally true of the game.

The term Metroidvania was not popularized until after the game's launch and once reviews were out. Who/what is considered a reliable source on Metroidvanias that the above users or myself could use in this case? It is a metroidvania genre game. CuddleChamp (talk) 15:39, 12 February 2024 (UTC)


 * - See WP:VERIFY - we go by what reliable sources say, if no reliable sources call it a metroidvania, it shouldn't be described as one in the article. WP:VG/RS has a list of reliable/unreliable sources pertaining to video games. Waxworker (talk) 16:14, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Why does the genre "Platform" not directly cite a source in the article? I don't see a citation for it being a third-person video game either.
 * How does one find a citation of a review using a term that hadn't been popularized yet? A modern publication needs to write a review for the 22 year old game and use the term? CuddleChamp (talk) 16:23, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * - I've added inline cites for it being called a platform game, and removed 'third person' from lede. And yes - reliable sources explicitly calling the game a metroidvania would be necessary to verify this - all the reviews appear to call it a platformer. Waxworker (talk) 16:51, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * This is becoming absurd and borderline vandalism. The game's start up screens and credits feature the Renderware logo. How am I supposed to cite the fact that video game is created with Renderware? I will ensure that it is reinstated as it follows the pattern of all other games listed under "Renderware Games" and should not have been removed from that category.
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:RenderWare_games
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_overkill "Misuse to prove an obvious point" CuddleChamp (talk) 17:08, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * - See WP:CATVER - categories must be verified in the article. Two inline cites doesn't seem like citation overkill at all - specific engines and specific genres are not the same thing as 'the sky is blue'. Unsourced content may be challenged and removed at any time, and is not vandalism. Waxworker (talk) 17:33, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The engine is not up for debate. It is not disputable, it is a clear fact that can be cited, you've just intentionally created an obtuse situation and forced people who care about the information to work extra hard to conform to your unnecessary and inappropriate interpretation of Wikipedia's rules and policies. Again, I care about this game, the Renderware engine, and the article so I will put in the effort to fix it. CuddleChamp (talk) 17:35, 12 February 2024 (UTC)