MarioWiki:Featured articles/N1/Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
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- A51_Trooper (talk) This article is big, has great coverage all around, has many good quality pictures and is organized quite well. I want it featured.
- Glowsquid (talk)
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Articles seems pretty good from my scan of it, but I have two comments to make
1: Reception section should use the revie template.
2: I find the article's assertion that Barrel Blast is a sequel to Diddy Kong Racing, as well as the constant comparisons to it and mentions of a non-existent "Donkey Kong Racing" series, to be quite odd and arguable. They're both racing games featuring Donkey Kong Country characters, but otherwise there's really no relation between them. You don't need to fit a square peg into a round hole. Glowsquid (talk)
Very solid article. I do think the ordering of the headers is a bit strange, and there is a bunch of empty sections that need to be filled out per MarioWiki:Empty Section Policy. 
It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 17:14, 9 July 2016 (EDT)
3: So, should I remove any mentions of that "series" and supposed ties with Diddy Kong Racing? 
A51 Trooper 17:24, 9 July 2016 (EDT)
- I do think you should at least remove ties with Diddy Kong Racing (such as the sentence "instead of hovercrafts, planes, etc."), but since we do have an article on Donkey Kong Racing (series), that might be grounds for other discussion. But I'm not Glowsquid, so we'll see what he responds with.
It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 17:28, 9 July 2016 (EDT)
- Well um, it's true that Rare did try to follow Diddy Kong Racing with various cancelled projects so I suppose having the page makes sense, but in real-world term, the "Donkey Kong Racing series" consist of one game, and a remake of that one game. Can you call that "a series"?
I also do not think Barrel Blast should be listed on that page. It has none of the mechanics, levels, or characters introduced in DKR. The only ressemblance is that it's a racing game featuring Donkey Kong Country characters. Glowsquid (talk)
