Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Jumping Flash!

Jumping Flash!

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/30 March 2016 by Brianboulton (talk) 19:49, 14 March 2016 (UTC)



Jumping Flash! is a platform video game co-developed by Exact and Ultra and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The first instalment in the Jumping Flash! series, it was first released for the PlayStation on 28 April 1995 in Japan, 29 September 1995 in Europe and 1 November 1995 in North America. Presented in a first-person perspective, the game follows a robotic rabbit named "Robbit" as he searches for missing jet pods that have been scattered by the game's astrophysicist antagonist character Baron Aloha.

The game has been described as an ancestor of as well as an early showcase for 3D graphics in console gaming. It was generally well received by critics, who praised its graphics and unique 3D platforming gameplay, but it was eventually overshadowed by later 3D platformers of the fifth console generation. It was described as the third-most underrated video game of all time by Matt Casamassina of IGN in 2007. It also holds the Guinness World Record as the "First platform video game in true 3D".
 * Most recent similar article(s): February 26, 2016 (Halo Wars)
 * Main editors: User:Jaguar
 * Promoted: 27 February 2016
 * Reasons for nomination: This just got promoted an hour ago, and it's not only the fact that this is my first TFA nomination, but this is also my first FA. The date is nothing specific.
 * Support as nominator. JAG  UAR   23:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Coordinator's note: Congratulations on your first FA! I can understand your enthusiasm, but without a date relevance we would not normally consider a just-promoted article for immediate TFA. You may have to wait for a little longer, but its day will come. Brianboulton (talk) 00:13, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I understand. I didn't see anything like that on the TFA guide. It was released on 28 April (21 years ago), so perhaps it could be scheduled to appear on its day of original release, or near it. JAG  UAR   00:23, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * You probably won't have to wait too long: I'm leaving the request on the page, and I guess it will be picked up within 2 or 3 weeks of the video TFA scheduled for the 17th March, probably early next month. Brianboulton (talk) 19:21, 29 February 2016 (UTC)