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Shadow Hearts[edit]
Shadow Hearts is a series of role-playing video games developed by Sacnoth (later renamed Nautilus) and released between 1999 and 2005. The series originates with the title Koudelka, from which the universe and some characters of Shadow Hearts titles are drawn. The series has retained a following due to its gameplay design and blended use of alternate history and Lovecraftian horror.
- Contributor(s): ProtoDrake
Enough commentary and attention was given to each game, the series and its music that an article exists for each. All articles related to the series are at GA level, a process which has taken some time due to other commitments and occasional difficulties finding sources. This series is unlikely to see any additions for some time, if at all, as the original studio has ceased to exist and its developers are mostly scattered to other studios or ventures, so the topic will likely remain stable. While it is less prominent than other gaming titles of its day, it has received attention from game critics and was successful in its time. Due to its status as the series origin, I believe Koudelka does belong as part of this topic despite not sharing the series title. --ProtoDrake (talk) 21:31, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
- Support. Had a look at the parent article and everything which could be included here is. Tied together with a category and navbox, everything's at the requisite quality. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 21:46, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
- Support with the slight disclaimer that I think Sacnoth/Nautilus probably deserves to eventually be part of the topic - the vast, vast majority of their notable work was on this series. That said, the topic is fine without it, so I don't think it's a mandatory inclusion. (And agree with ProtoDrake that Koudelka should definitely be included, it's the same universe & everything.) SnowFire (talk) 21:58, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
- Support: Looks like the series and all the titles at GA, together with the music article, all joined by a navbox and category. I'd probably rearrange the links in the GT box to be in chronological order (I'd use three columns, with two games in each of the first two columns and the music article in the third). -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 22:43, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
- Support: I agree with everybody here, including Koudelka being part of the topic. Roberth Martinez (talk) 01:58, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
- Support: Agreeing with previous comments - nicely done.--AlexandraIDV 06:08, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
- Support: Happy to support. Good work, as always. OceanHok (talk) 17:26, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
- Comment Great work on these articles. I have been piece of feedback: Are you able to fill in the "trans-title" parameter on references that have titles in Japanese as I noticed some do not have it filled in. Spy-cicle💥 Talk? 15:14, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
- @Spy-cicle: Only Koudelka had a trans-title usage, so I decided to remove it. I don't have the time or energy to put trans-titles in all those articles in a short time. Apologies. --ProtoDrake (talk) 16:05, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
- Support
Commentsremove or replace GeekGamer.it since it is unreliable due to having members of staff, also are you sure about the reliability of VGMdb and Behind The Voice Actors since the former appears to be similar to IMDb and the latter does not look like it has a proper editorial process. Furthermore, the lead of Shadow Hearts says the chronology extends from the late 1880s but the earliest period mentioned in the body is the 1890s, so this has gotta be fixed; elsewise,very hard work on these informative articles and the images are definitely worthy additions! --K. Peake 08:26, 24 November 2021 (UTC)- @Kyle Peake: Fixed the lead mistake, removed BtVA (wasn't my addition anyway). VGmDB has been accepted on other GAs I've worked on for music articles when referencing findable but otherwise uncitable information about release dates. As to GeekGamer, if there were another source I'd have used it, but this seems to be a legitimate interview (and the only one available) with Machida and Kato about the series going into such detail. I treated it similar to Final Fantasy fansite interviews, which are technically admissible when no other source is available. Also the GeekGamer article (and associated video version), was referenced by other reliable sites, and the GAN reviewers didn't seem to mind it, so I felt more comfortable including it. If I do have to remove it, it will gut the development sections. --ProtoDrake (talk) 10:05, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
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