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Blue Dragon (video game)

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I worked on this article over a decade ago and succeeded to get it to GA status but failed at FA. Since then, I've been largely inactive on Wikipedia, and there's been no updated review of quality for this article. In getting back involved with Wikipedia, I'd really like to push this article across the finish line, but since I'm surely rusty, could use a pair of eyes on it to help me figure out the places in the article most in need of some love.

Thanks, --Mr. Wick 09:36, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from ProtoDrake

I think I can give some imput on this. I've recently been working on articles related to Mistwalker, and did an expansion on Sakaguchi's article. There's some basic things I can suggest.

The cover art is currently, from what I'm seeing, the Japanese version. Is there a reason why the Western version wasn't used? If it portrays the game poorly, then using the current cover's all right (ala Ico).
The gameplay seems overly reliant on subsections for what's a comparatively simple gameplay formula. The gameplay could be rearranged and tweaked to be less fragmented. Also, is there a reason why there's a link to the role-playing genre? There doesn't seem any reason for it.
The development section seems to include a lot of information that's more suited to a release section. If you want some sources for development, there's some present now on the articles for Mistwalker and Sakaguchi. I can also look for some and leave them on the talk page if you like. I've grown quite good at finding Japanese sources.
The music subsection feels like a simple descriptor and teaser for the music rather than providing development information.
The sales section needs a little tidying (is the breaking of record thing actually in the sources, or original research?) and there's a source here (ゲーム産業のV字回復の決め手は？浜村弘一氏が恒例の講演を実施. Famitsu. 9 April 2010. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.) that shows the sales position of Blue Dragon in 2009. It's in the image of the 360 section of the article, showing Blue Dragon sold 203,740 units, making it Japan's third best-selling 360 title.
A proper legacy section would be good. This game did inspire multiple sequels/follow-ups, manga, and anime. It's basically the start of a media franchise.

@Mr. Wick: That's what jumped out at me in broad strokes. The general advice or perhaps trimming down the synopsis a little, and making sure the references are up to date/archived, also apply but are more general tidying than issues. --ProtoDrake (talk) 22:18, 28 September 2021 (UTC) @Mr. Wick: Re-pinging in case the above didn't work. --ProtoDrake (talk) 23:56, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Mr. Wick has not edited Wikipedia since posting this PR and hasn't responded to the above comments. When they return they are welcome to incorporate the comments above into the article and open another PR. Z1720 (talk) 22:54, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]