Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Nintendo Revolution backwards games


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was DELETE. &mdash; J I P | Talk 17:01, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

List of Nintendo Revolution backwards games
It isn't that this list is unmaintainable. It is that it is completely pointless! For those of you who don't know, the Revolution will be fully backwards compatible from Day One. All Nintendo games from the NES, SNES, and N64 will be downloadable, while there will be a sperate slot for Gamecube discs. The Revolution article covers this, and there is no need to list it out. Sonic Mew | talk to me 13:43, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, I was pretty certain that NOT all games from yesteryear will be downloadable, myself... in which case a list would be handy. I say we move it to List of Old Nintendo Games for Nintendo Revolution, or something to that effect, and expand with that list of 221 games that was in... was it Famitsu? Not entirely sure, but I know SOME list came out a while ago. --Shadow Hog 14:02, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I seem to recall a fake list that was supposedly from Famitsu making the rounds. I could be thinking of something else, and it's possible Famitsu later had a real list. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 08:24, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Right now, it's sourceless. And I anticipate that a massive back catalog will be available, it will probably become unmaintainable.  Another thing, is the crystal ball, I'd rather wait till the revolution comes out and announcements made about the range of the back catalog before creating an encyclopedia article. - Hahnchen 14:10, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Whatever else, the crystal ball argument is convincing. --best, kevin · · · Kzollman | Talk · · · 21:09, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Crystal ball. the wub  "?!"  22:55, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as an unmaintainable list and unsourced speculation. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 01:50, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't Delete - The reliability of this article in the future is high enough to keep it going and it gives an idea of what games are probable for download on the Revolution. Postponing it or placing it aside for later use would be a good idea, seeing as time will come when an article like this will be needed for access by the general public. Though, the article title itself is pointless because "List of Nintendo Revolution backwards games" isn't descriptive enough of the subject, which is speaking of the games (at this moment, possible) for download. The correct title should be "List of Backwards Compatible titles for the Nintendo Revolution". In that sense, whomever should delete this article, but reserve the development of "List of Backwards Compatible titles for the Nintendo Revolution" until needed. I might not be someone who actively creates and corrects articles on this site, but I am wise enough to speak of and know that this is the best possible decision for this case, which has no future but will have a present. Metal gameboy 14:05, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The reliability of this article in the future is high enough to keep it going and it gives an idea of what games are probable for download on the Revolution. Then this is certainly speculation, and should be deleted. I'm sorry, Wikipedia is not the place for speculation. (Even if it was, I don't see any clear criteria for this list; how is Nintendo going to publish games for which the license for the licensed property has expired, as with the Indiana Jones games and Goldeneye 007?) - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 23:20, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * STRONG KEEP!!!! So technically, this could be considered speculation, however, not every last Nintendo game will be avaliable, according to a list based on a message by a Nintendo staff member listing all the games that will be; but from what I've seen, the list is almost exclusively first-party games. Furthermore, I know of multiple first-party games that I don't see on this list. Unless there is an article listing each and every game that was released directly by Nintendo, we need to label this as being about future products or maybe merge it in a way with the main Nintendo Revolution article. Plus, shouldn't we name the few third-party games avaliable for download? Furthermore, there is some concrete information in this article and it should not be thrown away without doing anything first. Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT delete this until you can confirm that it serves no purpose whatsoever. Oklonia 04:12, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Have you read WP:NOT and WP:NOR? Wikipedia is not in the business of publishing speculation or predictions or "reasonable guesses". Until Nintendo makes an announcement, this is pure speculation, and is as such not appropriate for Wikipedia. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 04:32, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unverifiable at this point. -Sean Curtin 22:03, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, as per A Man In Black. Saberwyn 03:11, 21 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep, I see no significant reason to delete it. Yeltensic42.618 16:56, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
 * How about the fact that it violates two different Wikipedia policies? - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 03:58, 23 October 2005 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.