Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Pokémon Channel

Pokémon Channel

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of 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 unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/June 30, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 23:36, 18 June 2014 (UTC)



Pokémon Channel is a 2003 video game in the Pokémon series for the GameCube, developed by Ambrella and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. The game's central premise is to watch television with a Pikachu so as to help Professor Oak refine and promote his TV network. It contains elements of adventure, digital pet, and simulation genres. The player can explore full 3D environments, have Pikachu converse with other Pokémon, and collect various items. The game was developed rather quickly to serve as a sequel to the Nintendo 64 title Hey You, Pikachu! and to promote the Nintendo e-Reader accessory, and uses a novel 3D texturing effect. It was first showcased at Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2003 and later at a month-long series of promotional events in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It was released on July 18, 2003 in Japan, December 1 in North America, and April 2 in Europe. In Japan, the game sold 66,373 copies in its first year. It received mixed reviews, which generally criticized its low level of interactivity and repetitive sound effects, though its collecting aspects and visuals were somewhat better received.
 * Most recent similar article(s): None; MissingNo. was TFA'd in 2011.
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 * Promoted: 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: This would be my first FA to appear on the main page in over three years (the only other being Shadow the Hedgehog), the first about a Pokémon game, and one of the only ones about a game that does not fall into a traditional genre category (e.g. FPS, RPG, platformer). It's a nifty little title that's... remembered, if not always well.
 * Support as nominator. Tezero (talk) 05:31, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - But wasn't Bulbasaur featured way back when? And I know MissingNo. has been TFA (I nominated). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:37, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment Depending whether Pikachu is an individual or a species, it should either be "watch television with Pikachu" on the first mention or "have the Pikachu converse" on the second. Belle (talk) 15:00, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * In the Pokeverse, Pikachu is both the species name and the default name for all individuals of that species. It's... yeah. I'd go with "the Pikachu" just to be safe. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:10, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually I'm pretty sure that in this case, a similar article would be anything related to video games. Pokémon isn't a subtopic in FAs.  Taylor Trescott  - my talk + my edits 12:29, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. It's been a while since we've had a Pokémon-related TFA on the main page. But I agree with Taylor that the "last similar article" for TFA purposes would be any article related to video games, not just Pokémon-related articles. From the looks of it, the most recent video-game related article on TFA will be tomorrow (June 5), but that's of a video game company (Thatgamecompany). The last TFA of a video game was on May 6th (Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow). Assuming that Pokémon Channel is placed as a TFA sometime in July, I think that'll be sufficient space between the TFAs. –Prototime (talk · contribs) 16:46, 4 June 2014 (UTC)