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MechaniKongZilla (talkcontribs)

Shouldn't the collaborations games list states the games' release date? Instead of when the monsters were added?

Astounding Beyond Belief (talkcontribs)

Either option has the potential to confuse. Use the years the games were launched and you obscure the chronology of each kaiju's video games appearances, but use the years kaiju were added to the games and you suggest that those years were when the games were launched. I think the chronology should take priority, but it would probably be best to add a clarifying note in such cases. I'm unsure exactly how to concisely word that though.

Zillaman98 (talkcontribs)
Astounding Beyond Belief (talkcontribs)

Most are missing that info on their own pages, it seems, and just listing the season doesn't say much without context. I'd rather see the note say "Game initially published in 2021" or similar and the year after Godzilla Battle Line changed accordingly in those lists.

MechaniKongZilla (talkcontribs)

What if we use tt ?

example: 2021

Astounding Beyond Belief (talkcontribs)

Mouseover text is problematic in general because you can't access it on mobile; it should really be phased out sitewide, although that's an even bigger project.

MechaniKongZilla (talkcontribs)

Then how about (2021; Added in 2022) ??

Astounding Beyond Belief (talkcontribs)

Then you're still (presumably) not ordering the games by when the kaiju actually appeared in them.

Zillaman98 (talkcontribs)

Im not sure how anyone could confuse the release year of the game if you specify that kaiju being added to it in added in another year.

Astounding Beyond Belief (talkcontribs)

That's not the issue; the issue is how you order the games once you've added that information. I'm going to try it out with Mothra's list right now, because I don't seem to be explaining it very well.

Astounding Beyond Belief (talkcontribs)
Zillaman98 (talkcontribs)

Third option looks best imo, i dont agree with the first option i think specification when they were added is needed with this kind of thing

Astounding Beyond Belief (talkcontribs)

Option 3's acceptable to me. I don't love seeing, say, 2006 under 2014, but it does get the chronology of Mothra's appearances across (and is much easier to implement than option 1).

MechaniKongZilla (talkcontribs)

I vote for option 3 (second now) as well.

Les (talkcontribs)

There's a similar dilemma with the real people's filmographies. Historically I've listed TV shows by the year of their first episode which has the benefit of requiring no other knowledge about the person's time on the show, but it doesn't necessarily document their career in the order it happened.

MechaniKongZilla (talkcontribs)

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MechaniKongZilla (talkcontribs)

I just saw that there is "Boku & Dragons (2015; added in 2022)" in Mecha-King Ghidorah's list, so, it was aproved already? If it has, I can edit the games lists eventually.

Astounding Beyond Belief (talkcontribs)

Yeah, I've been slowly rolling it out. The sandbox linked above now has every Godzilla game/collaboration in chronological order.