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 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted by Karanacs 18:38, 16 February 2010.

Ninja Gaiden (Nintendo Entertainment System)

 * Nominator(s): –MuZemike 03:40, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I don't know if much else can be done here, but here goes. I'm hoping this meets the FA criteria in that it's comprehensive, well-written, neutral, and stable. In a nutshell, this article is about one of the best video games released on the Nintendo Entertainment System (coincidentally, of all the numerous video game-related FAs, none of them are NES games) as well as one of the best games of all time. It's already been through three peer reviews (actually two and one-half as one of them wasn't much of one), a successful GAN, and very recently a successful A-Class assessment. –MuZemike 03:40, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This is a WikiCup nomination. To the nominator: if you do not intend to submit this article at the WikiCup, feel free to remove this notice. Ucucha 15:52, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments I'd have sit this one out entirely due to another game that now robs my time, but this is Ninja Gaiden dammit. --an odd name 04:38, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * No dabs or dead external links—good.
 * Alt text looks great and detailed (and not too detailed).
 * Dates appear to be consistent Month Day, Year in prose, and ISO style (full) or Month Year (partial) in refs. OK to me.
 * For citations:
 * Shouldn't ref 48's book title use italics? Check the other ref titles to be sure.
 * "May-December 1989" (in ref 43) and similar date ranges should use the en (–).


 * I did the endashes (also changed a couple of emdashes I forgot in my last copyedit sweep) and . Hopefully I got the rest of the non-italicized occurrences of the title . I also didn't realize that the cite book automatically italicized the title :) –MuZemike 21:50, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 22:14, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Image comments
 * All images are low-res, have proper licenses and fair use rationales. I'm a bit iffy on File:Ninja Gaiden NES Duel.png but since there's a source that specifically comments on it, I suppose it meets WP:NFCC.
 * On an unrelated note, "They and called the version in Ninja Gaiden Trilogy"→missing a word here.
 * Thanks, David, for noting that extra "and" in there; I removed it . –MuZemike 03:22, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Source comments Fine. What makes these reliable? RB88 (T) 23:56, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ninjagaiden/ninjagaiden9.htm
 * http://ocremix.org/game/134/ninja-gaiden-nes
 * First off, thanks for the minor corrections. For the first source, I actually found a much more reliable one from IGN (a review of the arcade version) which says the same thing as the HG101 interview, which I just replaced . As far as OCremix is concerned, can you clarify a bit more there? Basically, OverClocked ReMix is a directory of remixes of video game music. I was under the impression that it would meet #4 on WP:ELMAYBE. It's no big deal to me if it stays or not, however. –MuZemike 00:16, 5 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose - I don't think there's enough reception material from the time of its release and there's no feedback from Japan. - hahnch e n 14:12, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Video games didn't use to garner anywhere near the critical response they do today. For example, the articles for Super Mario Bros. and the original The Legend of Zelda don't really show any reviews from the time. It's difficult to find non-retroactive reviews for games this old. Tezero (talk) 04:41, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I know it's difficult. This is FAC. - hahnch e n 17:08, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Again, sorry for the "11th hour expansion", but I was able to dig up some copies of Electronic Gaming Monthly and Nintendo Power, with a treasure trove of extensive coverage in the latter. I've done some expanding to include coverage seen in those magazines ( and ). –MuZemike 00:49, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
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