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what's up with putting sales numbers in the "release" section? MrGuyWasTaken (talk) 22:43, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

For me sales should be part of release since it's not really tied to how the game is received. I mean, it sold a million copies before reviews even dropped. I've grouped sales with release in all of the FAs I've written and never faced pushback JOEBRO⁶⁴ 00:08, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

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TFA

Thank you today for Donkey Kong Country, introduced as one of those rare (ba-dum-chiss) video games where it's impossible to overstate its influence. It transformed Donkey Kong from a dusty, archaic product of the olden days into a multimillion-dollar franchising juggernaut, turned the tide of the 16-bit console wars by giving players a taste of 3D graphics well before they could actually play next-generation hardware, and elevated Rare from a tiny, unknown studio into one of the video game industry's premier developers. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:01, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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I already tagged you regarding Wikipedia:2024 Top 50 Report, but here's another call to see if you're available to write on some topics. igordebraga ≠ 17:24, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder! Claiming some entries now JOEBRO⁶⁴ 00:43, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

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Nomination of Retro Engine for deletion

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Halo (franchise)

Hey, congrats on the FAC for DK. I've been a bit inspired by your layout for the article, especially running critical commentary inline in the history, rather than lumping stuff together and trying to badly summarize things at the end when the sources don't really exist. The Halo franchise article needed a thorough cleanup anyhow, so I've been reworking it to align a bit more with how DK does it. Right now it's very much in the middle of the mess, slash and burn phase, but in the next couple of weeks, could I ping you to the talk to give feedback? Z1720 already brought up some of the issues on the talk page, and it'd be good to have a second pair of eyes on if the improvements work well enough for keeping it at GA, or if a reassessment would still be useful at that point. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 15:20, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

@David Fuchs: yeah, totally! I'm no longer as busy as I was, so I'll definitely have time to give it a look. (Thanks by the way, feels nice to know people like my work lol!) JOEBRO⁶⁴ 16:00, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

WikiCup 2025 March newsletter

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Views of Kanye West

You wrote:

19:23, 9 April 2025 TheJoebro64 talk contribs  135,172 bytes −3,928  →Antisemitism: restoring previous versions of the first two sections, these new changes are horrendous

What is particular do you think is horrendous about the new changes that you reverted?

Central16 (talk) 00:21, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

It had way too many quotes, said quotes were improperly formatted, there was a lot of repeated information, and the antisemitic tweet belongs in a quote box because it's way too long to be shoved into prose. JOEBRO⁶⁴ 00:29, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2025 May newsletter

The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned.

Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,233 round points from 24 good articles, 28 Did you know articles, and one In the news nomination, mainly about athletes and politicians
• Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 1,127 round points, almost entirely from two high-multiplier featured articles on Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) and Grace Coolidge, in addition to two GAs and two reviews
• History6042 (submissions) with 1,088 round points from four featured lists about Michelin-starred restaurants, nine good articles and a good topic mostly on Olympic-related subjects, seven ITN articles, and dozens of reviews
• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,085 round points from three FAs, one GA, and four DYKs on military history, as well as 18 reviews
• Arconning (submissions) with 887 round points, mostly from four FLs, six GAs, and seven DYKs on Olympic topics, along with more than two dozen reviews

In addition, we would like to recognize Generalissima (submissions) for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.

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TFA again

story · music · places

Thank you today for Donkey Kong Land, introduced (in 2023): "This 1995 Game Boy game attempted to bring the groundbreaking pre-rendered graphics of Donkey Kong Country to vastly inferior hardware. Rare was well known for pushing the hardware they were working with to its limits, and Donkey Kong Land is no exception. It's hardly a classic nowadays, despite being one of the bestselling Game Boy games (and the bestselling handheld Donkey Kong game)—the visuals are a muddy mess, making it incredibly difficult to play, and subsequent handheld ports of Donkey Kong Country rendered it obsolete within just a few years. Still, it's hard not to appreciate the craftsmanship and novelty of Donkey Kong Land's ambitions."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:03, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

WikiCup 2025 July newsletter

The third round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 June. This round was again competitive, with three contestants scoring more than 1,000 round points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,314 round points, mostly from articles about athletes and politicians, including 20 good articles and 48 did you know articles
• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,197 round points, mostly from military history articles, including 9 featured topic articles, two featured articles, and four good articles
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 1,055 round points, mostly from television station articles, including 27 good articles and 9 good topic articles

Everyone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for round 3 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 4 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 1 featured picture, 9 featured-topic articles, 149 good articles, 27 good-topic articles, and more than 90 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 18 In the News articles, and they have conducted more than 200 reviews.

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Your GA nomination of Donkey Kong (character)

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Hello

Anything new to add in Mario Kart World's talk, or are we settled? :) 174.243.241.40 (talk) 01:29, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm fine with a successor mention as long as it's sourced within the article itself. JOEBRO⁶⁴ 12:43, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Donkey Kong country edits

Edit here. The manual of the first Country game, clearly states the banana hoard is specifically just Donkey Kong's collection of bananas, rather than something belonging to the entire Kong family. The Donkey Kong Country 2 manual further confirms that the hoard is DK's and not possessed by all of the Kongs.

So I think we should go back to my plot summary. Delsait (talk) 04:34, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Gran Turismo (1997 video game)

Hey there, big fan of your work, especially since I am a mediocre editor and I admire those who improve and elevate articles.

While far from the most exciting and action-packed set of games, Gran Turismo is Sony's best selling franchise thanks in no small part to the first game's success, which, due to its revolutionary depth and visuals for a racing game, essentially single-handedly established the modern sim racing genre.

The game's article, however, leaves a lot to be desired, and my attempts to expand it were reverted, so I ask for your assistance in improving it, if you don't mind. Much regards! Bill L. Hal (talk) 21:59, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello, I'll take a look and provide some comments on talk when I get a chance JOEBRO⁶⁴ 11:59, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much mate, I am sure your contribution will be crucial to any progress for that article. Bill L. Hal (talk) 13:29, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Rocket League

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Donkey Kong Bananza

Hello JOEBRO64, how are you?

I noticed you removed all my recent changes, including some quotes, from the Donkey Kong Bananza article. Could I kindly ask the reason for that?

I'm not planning to edit that article again. I'm just curious to understand your perspective.

Also, as a Donkey Kong fan, can I ask a quick question? Are Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. the same character? Carloseow (talk) 22:30, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

The sources already support the cited statements so quotes are unnecessary. The summary in the plot was already a concise and accurate summary of the game, and the other changes were unnecessary and poorly worded. JOEBRO⁶⁴ 01:15, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. "the player seeks to collect the Banandium Gems, golden banana-shaped diamonds, while exploring" can be interpreted in two ways: 1) That Banandium Gems and golden banana-shaped diamonds are two separate types of collectibles. 2) That Banandium Gems are golden banana-shaped diamonds. The source said "you'll be able to unearth golden bananas for DK. These are called Banandium gems after they've been broken". What about use: "As the gorilla Donkey Kong, the player explores sandbox-like levels in an underground world, unearthing golden bananas that become Banandium Gems after being broken."? Carloseow (talk) 17:35, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2025 September newsletter

The fourth round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 29 August. The penultimate round saw three contestants score more than 800 points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,175 round points, mainly from sports-related articles, including 17 good articles, 27 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles
• Arconning (submissions) with 1,090 round points, mainly from articles about athletes and politicians, including a featured article on Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 9 good articles, 28 did you know articles, and a wide assortment of featured and good article reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 854 round points, mostly from a high-scoring featured article on the Indian leader Rani of Jhansi and two good articles, in addition to 13 featured and good article reviews

Everyone who competed in Round 4 will advance to Round 5 unless they have withdrawn. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for Round 4 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 9 featured articles, 12 featured lists, 98 good articles, 9 good topic articles, more than 150 reviews, nearly 100 did you know articles, and 18 in the news articles.

In advance of the fifth and final round, the judges would like to thank every contestant for their hard work. As a reminder, any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed in Round 5. In addition, note that Round 5 will end on 31 October at 23:59 UTC. Awards at the end of Round 5 will be distributed based on who has the most tournament points over all five rounds, and special awards will be distributed based on high performance in particular areas of content creation (e.g., most featured articles in a single round).

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Sonic Sales

Hi. I am trying to edit the Sonic franchise page on the sales but, it wont let me edit. I have noticed a few things.

1.) Sonic Superstars isn't in italiacs for some reason.

2.) Sonic and the Secret Rings isn't on there. Sold 1.2 million according to this source - https://www.engadget.com/2008-03-21-wiis-third-party-million-sellers-revealed.html

3.) Team Sonic Racing is missing. Sold 3.5 million according to this source - https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/sega-mistakenly-reveals-sales-numbers-for-like-a-dragon-infinite-wealth-persona-3-reload-shin-megami-tensei-v-and-more

4.) Sonic Riders isn't on there. Per its own Wikipedia page, "Sonic Riders was a commercial success; upon release, the GameCube version was the second best-selling game for the system, remaining among the top 10 until June 2006. Throughout 2006, the game sold 930,000 copies, with an additional 560,000 units in North America by the end of March 2007." <- that definitely puts it over 1 million

5.) Likewise a similar situation for Sonic Advance 2. It's page says "Sonic Advance 2 received "generally favorable reviews", according to review aggregator Metacritic. The game was also commercially successful, selling approximately 176,541 copies in Japan, 740,000 copies in the United States, and 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom, for a total of 1.016 million copies."

6.) The 2008 CESA Games White Paper also has some SKUs:

Sonic Adventure DX - 1.6 million (GC) Sonic Rush - 1.6 million (DS) Sonic Heroes - 2.9 million (PS2) Sonic Heroes - 1.42 million (GC)

SOURCE: https://www.installbaseforum.com/threads/2008-cesa-games-white-paper.289/

7.) Sonic Colours Wii + DS sold 4 million. It comes from a Famitsu interview: https://nintendoeverything.com/sonic-colors-ultimate-devs-on-the-games-return-and-tails-save-feature-series-30th-anniversary-more/ SonicKamran (talk) 22:27, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi SonicKamran, I can make these changes once I get the chance. Will likely be sometime tomorrow. I will note that I can't add CESA numbers unless I have access to the papers themselves to verify. JOEBRO⁶⁴ 14:55, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

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Asking for your GA nomination on Sonic Superstars

Hello, I did some cleanup for Sonic Superstars, but I can't nominate the GA as I've only done cleanup and archiving, but I welcome you for the option to nominate the article for status. RTSthestardust (talk) 18:03, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

I'm planning to get to it eventually. The reception section still needs a fair amount of work. JOEBRO⁶⁴ 18:04, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

WikiCup 2025 November newsletter

The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seen here), are:

1. BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,604 tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.
2. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,075 tournament points, will receive the 2nd place award.
3. Arconning (submissions) with 860 tournament points, will receive the 3rd place award.
4. History6042 (submissions) with 804 tournament points
5. Sammi Brie (submissions) with 635 tournament points
6. TheDoctorWho (submissions) with 386 tournament points
7. AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 373 tournament points
8. Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 362 tournament points

Our high scorers in the final round were:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,035 round points, mostly from 19 good articles and 21 did you know articles about athletes
• vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) with 819 round points, mostly from 13 good articles and 11 did you know articles about a wide range of topics from abortion topics to African cities
• TheNuggeteer (submissions) with 508 round points from 9 good articles, 4 good topic articles and 6 did you know articles mainly about Philippines topics, along with 19 good article reviews

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 2 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 106 good articles, 5 good topic articles, 178 article reviews, 76 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

The top eight scorers will receive awards shortly. The following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. These prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field during the competition.

• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, with 12 featured articles total, and the featured topic prize, with 9 featured topic articles in total
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize, with 10 featured lists total
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, submitting the only featured picture in the entire contest during round 3
• History6042 (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize, with 127 featured content reviews. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize, with 100 good articles total, and the DYK prize, with 147 did you know articles in total. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
• TheDoctorWho (submissions) wins the good topic prize, with 16 good topic entries in total
• Arconning (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, with 68 good article reviews in total

A special mention also goes to these users who scored the highest in a particular category in a single round:

• Sammi Brie (submissions), with 27 good articles in round 3, and 45 good article reviews in round 1
• Tails Wx (submissions), with 10 in the news articles in round 3

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate. The WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2026 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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