Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Super Mario Advance 5: Yoshi's Story


 * 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 no consensus. Mailer Diablo 12:38, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Super Mario Advance 5: Yoshi's Story
Most of the article's content is speculative. It appeared as a tech demo, showing off the GBA's capabilities at E3. It was never spoken of again. It makes no more sense than an article on the Zelda SW tech demo, or the Mario 128 tech demo, or the FFVII tech demo. Additionally, the same itself is speculative, and most of the article's content is a quote of a provided link. Delete. A Link to the Past (talk) 10:30, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak delete per Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. However, it should be noted that we do have an article on the Super Mario 128 tech demo. -- T B C [[Image:Confused-tpvgames.gif|18px|]] ???  ???   ??? 10:44, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong keep A tech demo at E3? You mean, like, the single most important gaming convention other than GDC? keeeep, with speculation template on article &rArr;    SWAT Jester   [[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|18px|]]  Ready    Aim    Fire!  10:48, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment, however, the IGN reference does not mention that Yoshi's Story was going to be Super Mario Advance 5, only that it was used "simply to show the GBA's 2D capabilities ". Perhaps merge the article into Yoshi's Story? -- T B C [[Image:Confused-tpvgames.gif|18px|]] ???   ???   ??? 10:53, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * ...Yes, a tech demo. Not a game, a tech demo. It'd be like if the PSX had a tech demo of a vase that you could examine. Are you saying that every single tech demo deserves an article? And as for Super Mario 128, that is not just a tech demo. It was the name given to his next game. I was referring TO the tech demo, which became Pikmin, not a Mario game. This is not a game, this is a single video of a demo that was not intended to become a game. It was not announced, named or cancelled. It was a tech demo featuring a single level that was not intended to be anything more. - A Link to the Past (talk) 11:02, 29 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Non-notable tech demo for GBA with no evidence it will ever be anything more than that. Merge to GBA article if anyone really cares to (minus the "Super Mario Advance 5" speculation that is totally unsourced).--Isotope23 17:45, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Mario 128 is just a tech-demo right now.  The game will most definitely not feature 128 Marios running around as in the tech demo.  In the same way, this tech demo does not necessarily have to show in-game footage in order for it to be considered a tech demo. - Darkhawk  (29 March, 2006 @ 17:30 EST)
 * I am dumbfounded as to why people think that tech demos warrant articles JUST because they're of franchises. It's a video featuring Yoshi that will never have anymore content than what is there now. And Super Mario 128 is NOT an article on the tech demo! - A Link to the Past (talk) 00:33, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per Isotope23. I don't really think any of this is worth merging, though. BryanG 01:47, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. If we can't even verify the title is correct, the article isn't worth keeping for now. We can always recreate it later. Fagstein 04:55, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, not a commercially available program, just a demo.   Proto    ||    type    10:34, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, maybe change the title to a more proper "Yoshi's Island Tech Demo," but this is still a notable incarnation as posters above have noted. Liu Bei 05:04, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * If this tech demo is notable, every tech demo ever made is. - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Wiki_is_not_paper. Just because we don't have pages for older tech demos due to lack of interest/information doesn't mean they shouldn't be included.


 * 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.