Talk:Splatoon 2

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Release dates in the lead
So the question here is how to read WP:VG/DATE. We've got this: In the article lead, release dates should be summarized to be as general as possible, avoiding specific mention of platform and region releases unless significant. Whenever possible, the release dates in the lead should be summarized to the year of release, or month and year if further applicable.

To me, this seems to say that if a game is released on, say, July 1 in Japan, July 2 in North America, and July 3 in Europe, we would summarize it as "The game was released in July 2017" - generalizing what would otherwise be a lot of specific information in what should be a summary of the article. When there's just one single release, writing "July 2017" instead of "July 1, 2017" doesn't save any meaningful amount of space and isn't helpful to the reader.--IDVtalk 07:57, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, the documentation makes no note of mentioning the exact day in the lead, so I say we leave it as July 2017 unless the documentation itself is changed. ~ Dissident93  ( talk ) 01:18, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Plot?
Should the article for the original Splatoon or this article be made to match, by either adding a plot section to the original, or editing the plot in this article into gameplay, as in the original? I'm sorry if this is confusing. SnowGolem1238 (talk) 23:53, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The original should be left alone, even if this retroactively changed things. All that sort of info belongs here instead. ~ Dissident93  ( talk ) 18:45, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Inclusion criteria for official sales numbers
Yesterday, I added the latest sales numbers from Nintendo, so the first two quarters of numbers were individually detailed. removed the sentence on the first quarter's sales on the basis that the new numbers made the old irrelevant. I believe that info should be restored so the reader can compare the launch sales to lifetime sales and get a better understanding of the game's performance over time. What should be done? Takinzinnia (talk • contribs) 23:54, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
 * It may be helpful to see sales performance over time, but after a while it just becomes a bloated mess of information, as Nintendo updates them every three months. In most cases, only the most recent numbers matter. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 00:40, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh what I meant was to have just the launch quarter's numbers and the most recent quarter's numbers. Basically just the launch sales and then lifetime sales with nothing in between. Takinzinnia (talk • contribs) 06:02, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't remove that, but it's probably still not ideal either. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 07:22, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Direct info
Should we mention the upcoming Off the Hook concert at Polymanga 2018, and also the Octo Expansion? Visokor (talk) 10:52, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I was going to add this myself, so if you want to do it, feel free to go ahead! The new content especially is notable enough to warrant it. GloverMist (talk) 10:58, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I'll add it later, if nobody else gets around to it. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 20:32, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Lead image
I'm thinking if we must have a square tile for the lead image, we might as well use the icon displayed on the Nintendo Switch home menu, rather than an alternative version of the physical packaging artwork. It would be recognizable to both digital and physical game owners, rather than to only one of the aforementioned groups. – PhilipTerryGraham (talk ·&#32;articles ·&#32;reviews) 15:34, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't see why the current cover art is a square and doesn't have the same dimensions as the normal cover art used on the physical game's box. I think it'd be better to find an image that does match the standard dimension sizes for the physical game's box and use that. As per WP:VGBOX, in most cases cover art should be used as the artwork in the infobox and I don't see why this page would be an exception to that. Stefvanschie (talk) 15:50, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I thought I'd remembered it being the home icon, my mistake. Should we revert to the original or use the actual icon art? L ke (talk) 16:31, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Problems
There seem to be a number of problems in this article. I would appreciate it if someone could scan through it and make fixes. Thanks! Hockeycatcat (talk) 07:54, 18 October 2020 (UTC)