Talk:Kirby's Dream Land/development
Article/section dilemma[edit]
@WillIdleAway: another approach is a subpage like Kirby Battle Royale/development. I do think there's enough, in fact a lot, to talk and show (in images) about KDL when it was known as Twinkle☆Popo. If it's not on its own separate article, it should be adequately covered somewhere, and there should redirect this red link. I envision that it may be best to cover it on a separate subpage (Kirby's Dream Land/development) to not be constrained by section size considerations, then later decide with the final version whether it can be contained within Kirby's Dream Land#Development as a section. I already see the subpage approach the best approach. –Wiz (talk · edits) 15:52, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
- I think I also like this idea best. Between the development of the game and its Twinkle☆Popo phase, there is likely enough combined information to justify a subpage. —willidleaway [talk | edits] 15:57, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
Resource links[edit]
- tcrf:Prerelease:Kirby's Dream Land
- 3 photos in a tweet - prerelease ROM being played on a Game Boy Advance SP.
- Video Games Densetsu on Tumblr - advertisements, more photos of gameplay + photo of the cartridge. Cites at the bottom a 2010 book by Osamu Inoue: Nintendo Magic: Winning the Videogame Wars.
Might come up with more as I find them. –Wiz (talk · edits) 16:25, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
- I was never sure about how much to trust that pre-release ROM ... —willidleaway [talk | edits] 16:26, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
- What is doubtful about it? Any differences from the final seem to match those in the advertisements. The only novel thing is the title screen. And what's interesting is that we have two individual photos of it, one from GBA SP and another from GB Pocket. –Wiz (talk · edits) 16:31, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
- If there were a prototype then it would certainly look like that. But wouldn't the very fact that the difference is so minimal between KDL and Popo make such a ROM very easy to fake? If it is in fact genuine then it is truly unfortunate that the ROM hasn't been dumped. —willidleaway [talk | edits] 17:56, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
- What is doubtful about it? Any differences from the final seem to match those in the advertisements. The only novel thing is the title screen. And what's interesting is that we have two individual photos of it, one from GBA SP and another from GB Pocket. –Wiz (talk · edits) 16:31, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
Erm whoops[edit]
Discuss, I guess? I don't mind either 'Development of ...' or '.../development' so others can decide and move as they see fit. —willidleaway [talk | edits] 14:31, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- I think that a page discussing the origins of a game fit the game's subpage just fine, I understand both positions but prefer the subpage option a tad more, it just feels more organized imo. ShadowKirby (t/c) a.k.a. your new overlord ShadowMagolor 14:44, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
