Talk:Donkey Kong Country

Best game ever!

Love the article SnakeOilSalesmen (talk) 14:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Clunky use of single-player in lead

I think the following change should be made:

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The [[single-player]] traverses 40 [[side-scrolling]] [[Level (video games)|levels]] as they jump between platforms and avoid obstacles.

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The player traverses 40 [[side-scrolling]] [[Level (video games)|levels]] as they jump between platforms and avoid obstacles.

I understand structurally it's sort of a compare/contrast with the description of multiplayer modes a few sentences later, but to me it doesn't flow well and there are numerous wikilinks in the nearby sentences anyway. Also grammatically, 'single-player' as an expression seems to be an adjective.

Looking at some other examples

Since I was curious, I sampled a few FA video game articles to see how they handled this: Super Mario World says players control Mario through a series of levels, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening says Assuming the role of Link, the player fights monsters and solves puzzles, Aquaria (video game) says The game follows Naija, an aquatic humanoid woman, as she explores the underwater world of Aquaria., and Portal (video game) says Portal consists primarily of a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player's character. Ultimately, there is some variety to be fair. (Also, I could have looked at only games with both single-player and multiplayer perhaps.) Also was looking for some other examples, and saw these relevant edits on Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game): Special:Diff/865917410, Special:Diff/1080340737 and also Katana Zero: Special:Diff/1071816760.

I'll defer to you TheJoebro64, since this seems to be a stylistic choice on your part. Retro (talk | contribs) 23:09, 18 November 2024 (UTC)