Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Legendary Tales: The Prophecy of the Demon Emperor (video game)


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The result was Delete. Michig (talk) 09:21, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Legendary Tales: The Prophecy of the Demon Emperor (video game)

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Prod removed by IP. Hasn't been released yet - only due for release in 2016. It may not even be released. Can't tell if it meets GNG et al until then, all we have now is hype and advertising Gbawden (talk) 06:22, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. At best this is just WP:TOOSOON, as the game has not released and from what I can see via the developer's facebook page, this is a brand new announced project that is currently seeking funding on IndieGoGo. I honestly can't see where any true production has begun on the game other than some marketing material. What kind of makes this entire thing slightly dodgy is that so far there has been zero coverage of this and all we have to show that there is any plans for the game is a photoshopped SNES cartridge, a mockup of the game box, and some artwork on Facebook. I can't even find anything that talks about the developer Midnight Riders NSK other than their fb and Twitter accounts. Their IndieGoGo campaign doesn't even seem to exist, from what I can see. This may be a case of an indie developer that doesn't really have any true experience with marketing their prospective games but I've seen people come on to Wikipedia to promote games that were either outright hoaxes or so unlikely to get made that they may as well be hoaxes. If it's the case where this is a very inexperienced crew of people, then Wikipedia is the last place in the world you need to be. The best place to seek promotion would be to contact the gaming websites that are likely to promote independent games. I'll warn you though, you will need to have more than a mockup of the game's promotional artwork. An actual concept screenshot would be what you need to show them and you will need a website that is actually functional. Even so, this is just too soon for an entry. I'm trying really hard to assume good faith here, but I can't help but feel that I've seen this artwork somewhere else- this just seems a little fishy that there's all this artwork but no actual coverage of the game and no IndieGoGo campaign. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   11:53, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I've blocked the article creator as a promotional username, full disclosure. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   11:56, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:34, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:34, 13 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, j⚛e deckertalk 04:14, 21 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. No significant coverage in reliable sources, and none likely to be found until at least when the game is released, if ever. For me, it lies somewhere between WP:TOOSOON and WP:HOAX ; either way it's delete. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 05:53, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. As above and failing WP:NOTCRYSTALBALL. Ifnord (talk) 06:17, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: I did finally find an IndieGoGo page, only for it to show up as a cancelled campaign. Apparently they started the campaign up two days after the AfD was posted, but the whole thing was cancelled. This comes across as extremely fishy to me, so this kind of further fuels my suspicion that this is pretty much all a somewhat elaborate hoax, especially since the article claims a different campaign date and a different amount of money. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   10:50, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Basically I'm getting the impression that this is one of two scenarios: someone who decided to make up a hoax game for whatever reason (money, lulz, etc) and realized how easy it'd be to get caught (and the repercussions for this) or someone who put together a game premise without fully cementing everything and things fell through very, very quickly. Either way, it doesn't look likely that this game will get made anytime soon or at all. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   10:58, 21 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete seems like a hoax or joke to me, with elements that seem to parody both ultra-generic JRPGs (the art & story) as well as over-promising crowdsource projects (promise to release it on every imaginable platform including SNES cartridge!). This would all be worth an ironic laugh or two if it weren't for the apparent attempt to raise real money for it.  Score one for humanity that nobody was dumb enough to donate real money to a project with the Team listed as "John Doe" (no, really).  Even giving it the maximum imaginable benefit of the doubt and assuming that someone, somwhere is serious about this game (maybe John Doe?), it's neither notable or verifiable enough for Wikipedia and is unlikely to become so unless actually released.  I'll keep the SNES handy. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  18:31, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
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