Talk:ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal

Xbox & NGC

does anyone have packshots of the Xbox and Game Cube versions? because I don't think it has ever been release for any other platform than Windows-PCs. –jello ¿? 22:13, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Well, I just took that info from the ESRB site, so don't blame me. ^^ --Koveras 22:15, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:ZanZarah Map.jpg

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BetacommandBot 11:36, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:ZanZarah Logo.jpg

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BetacommandBot 11:36, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Copyright issues?

The "History" section reads awfully like a copyright violation. It, and much of the rest of the article, was added in the first revision. I know that this can be done by dedicated writers, but it would be nice to have positive assurance that this is an original work. GreenReaper (talk) 05:13, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, I can give you my honest word that I've written the entire article myself (since not a soul on Wikipedia gives a damn about this game, apparently), if that'd count... Otherwise, try finding "the original source" I've violated before accusing me. :P (If you do, I'll go straight to Funatics and apply for a writer's position. :D) Anyhow, looking back, the real problem of this article is that it contains too much fancruft and NPOV violations. :D --Koveras ^☭ 10:51, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Source

• https://archive.org/details/gamelivepc018/page/n55
• https://archive.org/details/gamelivepc020/page/n81
• https://archive.org/details/gamelivepc045/page/n35 — Preceding unsigned comment added by JimmyBlackwing (talk • contribs) 02:06, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

@JimmyBlackwing: Please explain what this is for. For one thing, the text is in Spanish. Dhtwiki (talk) 09:03, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

• I drop rare sources across Wikipedia talk pages as I locate them—usually taken from hard-to-reach archives of magazines and websites that I don't think other people will find. This is from the Spanish magazine GameLive PC, one of Spain's top game magazines during the first half of the 2000s. The source, dated November 2004, names ZanZarah one of 15 underappreciated gems released in recent years. As an aside, non-English sources are perfectly usable for English Wikipedia articles. In the case of European games like ZanZarah, I'd actually call them preferable. Here's the typed-up text for what GameLive said about ZanZarah, which can be input into Google Translate for a pretty accurate translation:

• Mexcla en un mismo recipiente les elementos narrativos de Michael Ende, las preciosistas ilustraciones de Brian Froud y la adictiva mecanica de la saga consolera Pokemon obtendras algo muy parecido a Zanzarah. El objetivo? Capturar la mayor variedad da hadas posible. Como lograrlo? Explorando el entorno a la manera y usanza de Tomb Raider y participando en furiosos combates en primera persona que poco tienen que envidiar a los de Unreal Tournament. Todo ello, sin una sola gota de sangre.

• For the record, the article is called "Pequeños Grandes Juegos: 15 joyas recientes que pasaron desapercibidas". Happy editing. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 13:46, 14 July 2019 (UTC)