Article feedback and suggestions

[Darashiva]

ReimTime said:

Hey, dude! At best, I'd say the spin-off titles - at the very least, and the very most - deserve a brief mentioning in the article of whichever mainline title they best apply to. Since this is a chronological piece, mashing them together based on release date would make the most sense. Another point you could consider is using FF universes together, which would mean putting all the Fabula Nova Crystalis (sp) games together - although you would have a preeetty big article then. You could also put all the mobile games together. Or maybe one giant spin-off article?
To summarize: Briefly mention the spin-off titles. They should gain as much coverage as the attention they generated.

As for the future:
-how about a series covering the shift in popularity in the gaming market? As JRPGs seem to fall in popularity, military FPS rise. You can look at the best-selling titles list for each console in our database to see how the top-tens shifted from being JRPG/Platformers/Racing/Fighting (PS1) to FPS/Sports/Action/WRPG. Similarly, from Japanese to Western popularity. From Sony-published to 3rd party-published. Why did this happen, and how did it unfold?

 

*edit* - If you already wrote something along those lines, my apologies. I haven't been active on this site for a few months so I would not have seen it.

That idea on the shift in popularity sounds very interesting. Would be a pretty big undertaking, but I really like it. Thanks!

Hynad said:

Spin-offs are ok (Dissidia, Crisis Core, Crystal Chronicles, etc...). But don't mix the renamed games like the SaGa ones (FF Legend for the GB) or the Mana (FF Adventure for the GB) with the reall FF games and spin-offs. Those are only part of FF history in the west. But they have in fact nothing to do with the series.

Just my two cents.

As for what game series you should do next, what about Castlevania, Metroid, Suikoden, Shenmue or Metal Gear when it comes to games, or Square-Enix, Nintendo, Sega (or AM2), Enix, or Konami, when it comes to game companies?

Don't worry about the unofficial Final Fantasy-games. Both SaGa and Mana-games would be their own series if I ever decide to write about them. Those suggestions are good as well. Konami would make a very interesting article considering all that's happened in the last few years.

Nautilus said:
About the first point, im more than happy with the work you asre making, which is excellent by the way.Now, other series that i would like you to cover would be Kingdom Hearts.i think there is alot of interesting stories there to cover and would make for an interesting read.

I agree. Kingdom Hearts is a very good topic, and with Kingdom Hearts 3 coming up at some point it would be a good time to look at the series as a whole as well.