Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Essential Sudoku DS

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The result was delete. If there is a desire to retrieve the content for the purpose of merging, anyone willing to do the work may request this at WP:REFUND without reference to me. Stifle (talk) 08:16, 26 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Essential Sudoku DS

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Undeleted by article creator, who claims sources clearly exist beyond the Nintendo Life. I have searched high and low for these supposed sources but have come up with nothing, nor have they posted them anywhere. Note that this game is "Simple DS Vol. 7" in Japan, part of Simple (video game series), but it wouldn't make much sense to merge this into that. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 00:36, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 00:36, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Fails notability guidelines, I was also unable to find any potential sources, both on Google and Archive.org. Waxworker (talk) 23:42, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I did an extensive search but i came up empty. Timur9008 (talk) 17:17, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Not notable. Have never seen or heard of this game. ArdynOfTheAncients (talk) 20 April 2022 — Preceding undated comment added 17:34, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure how an "extensive search" can have come up empty. It's on Giant Bomb, GameFAQs, Mobygames, and Game Kult, as well as appearing on blog sites, another reviews site and specialised wikis. Looking at the edit history there are a number of contributors who added to the page, so it's not as if it's a game that nobody has heard of. Tim (Xevious) (talk) 21:24, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Literally none of those are reliable sources. Most are not examples of significant coverage and others are user-generated. Please read WP:RELIABLE for why being on any of those sites does not indicate notability. The argument is not that "nobody has heard of" the game but that it is not notable. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 12:26, 22 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Simple (video game series) It is worth a mention in the third paragraph of the Development section as a game that was localized, and the one review could be used to seed a Reception section as well. Jumpytoo Talk 19:38, 22 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.