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Since this is the English language' version of Wikipedia, the English language names of the characters should be used. Keep the otaku Japanese purist nonsense off of these pages. Besides, why would anyone change the character names to their Japanese versions, but not the names of spells, monsters, places, etc? If you feel the need to "preserve" the original Japanese, then by all means, start or edit the Japanese article at http://ja.wikipedia.org. For this page, though, the English names will be used. Thank you. Godheval 07:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
When there is no official English release, you are correct that the original is "canon" rather than any fan-translations. However, an official translation wins because this is the English language encyclopedia, and therefore that is the name it will generally be known by from English audiences. There has been a wide consensus in favor of this. Yes, there are exceptions, and most of them probably shouldn't be exceptions. The rare times that the "originals" are used are when the official translation is widely ignored or minor, which isn't the case here. SnowFire 02:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
I agree, the English names should be the ones used here. The translation was official and immediate. The Japanese language version of Wikipedia should have the Japanese names. The English language version should have the English names. If the translation came 2 decades later(like FFIII), then I could understand it, but not on a game like this. The English version is far more well known in English speaking countries. I'm changing it. If you want to change it back, cite more than a Brazilian Star Wars page, cite an official Wikipedia policy. This article is about Phantasy Star IV, and the name alone means it's the English version. -- Visual77 02:42, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Here's a list of the official romanization: The team made its romanization for some reason. In this way eastern audiences could know the original/real character names.
Official Romanization (and How it should be pronounced)
Rudy
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1125.html
Thray (Slay)
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1154.html
Ryre (Lyla)
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1156.html
Pike
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1156.html
Fallen
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1155.html
Flena
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1157.html
Fal
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1153.html
Hearn
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1157.html
Raja
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1204.html
Shess
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1204.html
Zio
Dark Phallus (Dark False)
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1097.html
84.90.24.117 (
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The "List of Phantasy Star IV characters" page redirects to the Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium page now because it was tagged to be moved to a gaming wiki. It was moved to the Encyclopedia Gamia and can be edited here. -- Cs california 00:25, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
What will happen when in 4 years time somebody searches PS4 on wikipedia? 58.170.156.113 signing added by Struway2 ( talk) 07:11, 29 June 2008 (UTC) when restoring deleted section
PS4 should not redirect here. Especially after all the information on the product which will be out next year. 213.198.95.66 ( talk) 14:21, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
I made a number of changes to the article, mostly intended to clean it up.
I did some other minor things as well that I can't remember, but all for the sake of improving the quality of the article. Godheval ( talk) 16:41, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
I changed the box art originally because I mistaken took the European box art for Japanese somehow - my mistake - and I had been changing to the box art of English versions of the game as this is the English language Wikipedia. After a needless revert war with Megata Sanshiro, who pointed out my mistake, my new rationale for switching to the U.S. box art is that it is a higher quality image. I will not object to the use of the EU box art if a better quality version can be found. However, at that point, the change might seem spiteful, since either the U.S. or EU box art will suffice for this article. Godheval ( talk) 14:20, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
SHOULDN'T REDIRECT HERE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.100.201 ( talk) 21:01, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
The search "PS4" should not redirect here because of the information that I have on the actual video game console. Do you actually think that someone searching for PS4, wants to see the SEGA game? Take a look at the page; you will be interested. My information is official, so it is not fictional, misleading text. Mike | talk 20:23, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
I see there has been some minor edit-warring over the spelling of Sega. Manual of Style is pretty clear on this.
"Follow standard English text formatting and capitalization rules even if the trademark owner considers nonstandard formatting "official":
* avoid: REALTOR®, TIME, KISS * instead, use: Realtor, Time, Kiss
Please stop this senseless reverting.-- Fogeltje ( talk) 22:14, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
I modified the blatantly incorrect bit about the cover art but it's still pretty much original research. (even if that research is as obvious as taking a single look at http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/image/563334.html) I tried finding a source on it but I figure nobody that's reliable source found it necessary to state the obvious. 145.99.155.53 ( talk) 21:30, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
What does AW mean? DellTG5 ( talk) 21:41, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
Per the history mode in Sega Genesis Collection PS4 was notable for its $100 price tag like V.R. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JasonHockeyGuy ( talk • contribs) 07:38, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
I think Masaki Nakagaki should be added (as well as Tokuhiko Uwabo possibly). Well "Bo" has worked on other games, he doesn't play much of a role here, but this is the only one "Gaki Chan" is known to have ever worked on whatsoever, and he contributes almost as much as "Ippo". So I don't think it's right to have merely the latter listed, but unsure if all three should be up. — juunannio 02:12, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
I've just deleted the "Mega-CD version" sub-section from the article. This claim made everything dubious.
However, poor sales and lack of support for the Mega-CD platform caused a change of plans midway through development.
Phantasy Star: The End of the Millennium came out in Japan on December 1993. Sega was still supporting the Mega CD by that point and were released quite a few games for it in 1994 and 1995 (including Shining Force CD). In fact, their second-to-last Mega Drive game in Japan was the CD version of Shadowrun. So yeah, this story sounds like bull. Jonny2x4 ( talk) 03:44, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
I have reverted editor 86.173.188.58's recent changes to the article. I realize that these changes include the addition of some sourced content; however, they also continue a long-standing tradition of IP address editors editing this article to replace "mixed reviews" with "positive reviews" and falsify the summaries of those reviews, adding in laudatory remarks that do not appear in the reviews and smoothing over or outright removing any criticisms. Note that though I say "IP address editors", these edits are similar enough that they are likely all the work of one editor using different IP addresses. Needless to say, this makes me look upon the addition of respected gaming magazines calling PS4 "undeniably one of the greatest RPGs ever fashioned" with more than a bit of suspicion. I tried to check up on the sources online but had no luck.
86.173.188.58's edit also includes some other unambiguously counter-productive and frankly inexplicable changes, such as falsifying the issue number for the GamePro review and replacing the "ref name" for one source with a name that is much more prone to being reused without being significantly shorter.
In sum, I lack the time and means to sort out which (if any) of 86.173.188.58's changes are worth keeping. If anyone else has access to the cited sources and can confirm or deny the accuracy of the changes, please do so.-- Martin IIIa ( talk) 20:25, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
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A recent change I made was just reverted, because "many Genesis games get re-released, not lead important". However, many other articles on video games list which platforms the game can be played on. This is helpful info for people interested in trying a new game. Why would we not add it back in? ( talk) 21:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
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Since this is the English language' version of Wikipedia, the English language names of the characters should be used. Keep the otaku Japanese purist nonsense off of these pages. Besides, why would anyone change the character names to their Japanese versions, but not the names of spells, monsters, places, etc? If you feel the need to "preserve" the original Japanese, then by all means, start or edit the Japanese article at http://ja.wikipedia.org. For this page, though, the English names will be used. Thank you. Godheval 07:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
When there is no official English release, you are correct that the original is "canon" rather than any fan-translations. However, an official translation wins because this is the English language encyclopedia, and therefore that is the name it will generally be known by from English audiences. There has been a wide consensus in favor of this. Yes, there are exceptions, and most of them probably shouldn't be exceptions. The rare times that the "originals" are used are when the official translation is widely ignored or minor, which isn't the case here. SnowFire 02:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
I agree, the English names should be the ones used here. The translation was official and immediate. The Japanese language version of Wikipedia should have the Japanese names. The English language version should have the English names. If the translation came 2 decades later(like FFIII), then I could understand it, but not on a game like this. The English version is far more well known in English speaking countries. I'm changing it. If you want to change it back, cite more than a Brazilian Star Wars page, cite an official Wikipedia policy. This article is about Phantasy Star IV, and the name alone means it's the English version. -- Visual77 02:42, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Here's a list of the official romanization: The team made its romanization for some reason. In this way eastern audiences could know the original/real character names.
Official Romanization (and How it should be pronounced)
Rudy
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1125.html
Thray (Slay)
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1154.html
Ryre (Lyla)
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1156.html
Pike
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1156.html
Fallen
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1155.html
Flena
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1157.html
Fal
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1153.html
Hearn
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1157.html
Raja
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1204.html
Shess
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1204.html
Zio
Dark Phallus (Dark False)
http://www.psalgo.com/full-image-1097.html
84.90.24.117 (
talk) 19:24, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
The "List of Phantasy Star IV characters" page redirects to the Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium page now because it was tagged to be moved to a gaming wiki. It was moved to the Encyclopedia Gamia and can be edited here. -- Cs california 00:25, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
What will happen when in 4 years time somebody searches PS4 on wikipedia? 58.170.156.113 signing added by Struway2 ( talk) 07:11, 29 June 2008 (UTC) when restoring deleted section
PS4 should not redirect here. Especially after all the information on the product which will be out next year. 213.198.95.66 ( talk) 14:21, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
I made a number of changes to the article, mostly intended to clean it up.
I did some other minor things as well that I can't remember, but all for the sake of improving the quality of the article. Godheval ( talk) 16:41, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
I changed the box art originally because I mistaken took the European box art for Japanese somehow - my mistake - and I had been changing to the box art of English versions of the game as this is the English language Wikipedia. After a needless revert war with Megata Sanshiro, who pointed out my mistake, my new rationale for switching to the U.S. box art is that it is a higher quality image. I will not object to the use of the EU box art if a better quality version can be found. However, at that point, the change might seem spiteful, since either the U.S. or EU box art will suffice for this article. Godheval ( talk) 14:20, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
SHOULDN'T REDIRECT HERE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.100.201 ( talk) 21:01, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
The search "PS4" should not redirect here because of the information that I have on the actual video game console. Do you actually think that someone searching for PS4, wants to see the SEGA game? Take a look at the page; you will be interested. My information is official, so it is not fictional, misleading text. Mike | talk 20:23, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
I see there has been some minor edit-warring over the spelling of Sega. Manual of Style is pretty clear on this.
"Follow standard English text formatting and capitalization rules even if the trademark owner considers nonstandard formatting "official":
* avoid: REALTOR®, TIME, KISS * instead, use: Realtor, Time, Kiss
Please stop this senseless reverting.-- Fogeltje ( talk) 22:14, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
I modified the blatantly incorrect bit about the cover art but it's still pretty much original research. (even if that research is as obvious as taking a single look at http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/image/563334.html) I tried finding a source on it but I figure nobody that's reliable source found it necessary to state the obvious. 145.99.155.53 ( talk) 21:30, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
What does AW mean? DellTG5 ( talk) 21:41, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
Per the history mode in Sega Genesis Collection PS4 was notable for its $100 price tag like V.R. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JasonHockeyGuy ( talk • contribs) 07:38, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
I think Masaki Nakagaki should be added (as well as Tokuhiko Uwabo possibly). Well "Bo" has worked on other games, he doesn't play much of a role here, but this is the only one "Gaki Chan" is known to have ever worked on whatsoever, and he contributes almost as much as "Ippo". So I don't think it's right to have merely the latter listed, but unsure if all three should be up. — juunannio 02:12, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
I've just deleted the "Mega-CD version" sub-section from the article. This claim made everything dubious.
However, poor sales and lack of support for the Mega-CD platform caused a change of plans midway through development.
Phantasy Star: The End of the Millennium came out in Japan on December 1993. Sega was still supporting the Mega CD by that point and were released quite a few games for it in 1994 and 1995 (including Shining Force CD). In fact, their second-to-last Mega Drive game in Japan was the CD version of Shadowrun. So yeah, this story sounds like bull. Jonny2x4 ( talk) 03:44, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
I have reverted editor 86.173.188.58's recent changes to the article. I realize that these changes include the addition of some sourced content; however, they also continue a long-standing tradition of IP address editors editing this article to replace "mixed reviews" with "positive reviews" and falsify the summaries of those reviews, adding in laudatory remarks that do not appear in the reviews and smoothing over or outright removing any criticisms. Note that though I say "IP address editors", these edits are similar enough that they are likely all the work of one editor using different IP addresses. Needless to say, this makes me look upon the addition of respected gaming magazines calling PS4 "undeniably one of the greatest RPGs ever fashioned" with more than a bit of suspicion. I tried to check up on the sources online but had no luck.
86.173.188.58's edit also includes some other unambiguously counter-productive and frankly inexplicable changes, such as falsifying the issue number for the GamePro review and replacing the "ref name" for one source with a name that is much more prone to being reused without being significantly shorter.
In sum, I lack the time and means to sort out which (if any) of 86.173.188.58's changes are worth keeping. If anyone else has access to the cited sources and can confirm or deny the accuracy of the changes, please do so.-- Martin IIIa ( talk) 20:25, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
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Utopes ( talk / cont) 20:15, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
A recent change I made was just reverted, because "many Genesis games get re-released, not lead important". However, many other articles on video games list which platforms the game can be played on. This is helpful info for people interested in trying a new game. Why would we not add it back in? ( talk) 21:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
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