Template:Did you know nominations/Nikke: Goddess of Victory

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 10:37, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Goddess of Victory: Nikke

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• ... that the shooter game Goddess of Victory: Nikke was developed to be playable with one hand? Source: IGN
  • ALT1: ... that an illustrator of Goddess of Victory: Nikke believed that the chibi art style was too compressed and opted for full-body illustrations? Source: IGN
  • ALT2: ... that development of Goddess of Victory: Nikke started with a company competition? Source: 4Gamer "それについて..."
  • ALT3: ... that the idea for Goddess of Victory: Nikke to be played in a first-person perspective was scraped to include poses from the Gears of War series? Source: IGN Japan "企画当時..."
  • Reviewed: First nomination
  • Comment: The article seems to pass all of the supplementary criteria. Plot is short because I can only use official trailers.

Created by Lol1VNIO (talk). Self-nominated at 10:45, 27 October 2022 (UTC).

• The source cited (this IGN source IGN) is sponsored content and per WP:SPONSORED can't be used as a source in the article. The Pocket Gamer coverage in the article is also in a similar category. Is there any coverage here that isn't which could be used instead? Nomader (talk) 17:27, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

  Thank you for the response @Nomader: I acknowledge that the IGN article was sponsored by the developers but I think the quotations from Kim Hyung-tae inside the article can be used, since it's a WP:primary walkthrough/commentary that covers the internal development processes and gameplay for an unreleased game. I think the 5:10 ratio for primary/sponsored-to-secondary sources in the article are fine for an upcoming game because closed-beta test leaks are an absolute no go. I've added two more alt hooks with different sources if the main one still isn't acceptable. Best wishes ~~ lol1VNIO⁠👻 (I made a mistake? talk to me) 20:14, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

  • Feedback is below.
    • DYKs must be cited to a reliable source, and I just don't think that sponsored content is an acceptable form here at DYK (although happy to have someoe come by and overrule what I've said here). That said, for the other two hooks:
    • ALT2 is .
    • ALT3 is . Though more interesting than ALT2, it isn't entirely accurate in the way it's currently written -- I think it should probably be "the developers of Nikke: Goddess of Victory decided to scrap its first-person perspective after being inspired by poses found in gameplay from the Gears of War series." something like that?
  • Either way, @Lol1VNIO:, let me know if you have any follow-up questions and really good work overall on this. Nomader (talk) 21:40, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
    • Thank you, @Nomader: I'm going with ALT2 due to its closer connection to the game. ~~ lol1VNIO⁠👻 (I made a mistake? talk to me) 07:12, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
• Since the game has been released, I'm putting this  On hold to expand the plot section. ~~ lol1VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) 17:23, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

  For the purposes of transparency, I'm currently at chapter 8/18 of the main plot. ~~ lol1VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) edited 22:05, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Note: the article was moved, so I have updated the DYK header, DYK nompage links, and DYKmake templates to reflect the move to the article's new name; this nomination page, however, should not be moved. (The hooks should probably reflect the article's new name.) As it's been a month since their last post, pinging nominator Lol1VNIO to find out where things stand. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:14, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: Sorry, I have been bloody busy lately. But fortunately, Christmas is right around the corner meaning I have more than enough time to finish this plot summary (and a reception section). I'm currently at chapter 11 and, as proof that I'm not lying and just slacking off, here's where my notes currently stand (I don't like publishing unfinished plot summaries):

Plot section

After recently graduating from the Military Academy, the Commander accompanied by a Nikke named Marian are en route to reinforce a search and rescue party. However, the transport aircraft explodes mid-air but they land safely on the ground. Upon analyzing the transport aircraft's black box, the Ark traces the cause of the explosion back to Marian and the Commander executes her, confirming that her mind was corrupted by Raptures. Curious about his combat capabilities Deputy Chief Andersen orders him and the squad to complete their most challenging albeit rewarding mission. Upon arrival at a nuclear power plant, they encounter intelligent Raptures that operate the facility; they demolish the entire place after noticing the group. Seeing potential, Andersen banishes the group to the Outpost to avoid governmental surveillance, at which Syuen forces the Commander to participate in a black operation to capture specific Raptures using her Nikkes. The team suffers heavy injuries from Chatterbox, a high-class talking Rapture who is repelled by a Snow White, a Pilgrim who are Nikkes that live on the surface. The Commander contacts the Ark for withdrawal, revealing the clandestine mission to the media. He is temporarily banned from all operations. Andersen sends the squad up the surface to get more inquiry about Chatterbox from the Pilgrim. They are abruptly accompanied by a Nikke duo who help track down Snow White, but the Commander is caught in an avalanche which strips him away from his teammates. He encounters Chatterbox who, as he leads the Commander elsewhere, gets sniped by Snow White. He is rescued by Modernia, a Heretic who betray humanity by siding with the Raptures, and they chase her. Commander recognizes her as Marian, to which she self-destructs. The Central Government rescues the squad and promotes them into higher-ranked commandos. The commando ascends to the surface to research a bullet from Modernia. References

I'm keeping an eye on WP:STREAMLINE. I plan to finish this before New Year's. Best, ~~lol1VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) 11:13, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Courtesy ping @BlueMoonset:  Done. Wow, that was close. ~~lol1VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) 00:00, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

• Thanks, lol1VNIO. Since the article has been almost entirely rewritten, a new review is needed for the article as it is now, including the various hooks to see whether they are properly sourced after the revisions. Nomader, did you want to do another review of the vastly expanded article, or should we find someone new? (Don't forget to mention the "within policy" criteria this time around.) Thanks either way. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:12, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
• New reviewer needed for full review after article rewrite. Thanks to anyone who takes this on (previous reviewer has not returned in the three weeks after being pinged). BlueMoonset (talk) 05:38, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
  • Hi! @BlueMoonset: completely missed this ping somehow -- I'm hopping back in to take a look now (thanks for bumping this in my watchlist!). Sorry about missing this somehow before! Nomader (talk) 20:04, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Full review for the updated version is below here (in the interest of making sure I've checked every box, using a template this time around):

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - n
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - n
• Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: A few notes here:

• The hook for ALT2 no longer matches with what was previously cited (in November, the sentence was "Development began in 2018 with an internal planning competition for a prototype of the game," while it is now "Development began between 2017 and 2018 with an internal planning competition of which one idea was selected to be the predecessor of the game." Which one is it? The hook should reflect this -- I find the idea of a game being developed from an internal company competition to figure out a new game inherently interesting.... while I don't think it really is as much when it comes to "they had a competition to decide another game, and this was a sequel to that one." The first hook proposed and ALT1 are both based on sponsored content, and fall afoul of WP:SPONSORED (these should be excised from this article altogether).
  • ALT3 is based on an interview that isn't sponsored content from what I can tell on the page -- I would reword it though to say (see ALT4 below):
    • ALT4: "... that the developer of Goddess of Victory: Nikke scrapped the idea of the game having a first-person perspective so character poses based on the Gears of War series could be included?" "At the time of planning, unlike now, it was planned as an FPS, and the characters only showed their faces. At that time, I was paying attention to "Gears of War", and I wanted to incorporate the pose of hiding behind obstacles and the shooting pose into "NIKKE"." [1] Based on Google Translate
• It seems that the adult-oriented "titillating" aspects of coverage are being universally ignored and should be cited here (e.g., [2])
• The sources provided were often sponsored or primary content before, but the content seems dubiously sourced even more now. Almost all of the articles are either clearly based from press releases about announcements of the game which feel just straight up copied for blog posts and don't seem to represent deep coverage (e.g., [3]), are paid sponsored content from the publishers/developers (e.g., [4], [5], [6]), or in the case of the SCMP article, it's about Tencent buying the parent company -- meaning the game is just more of a passing mention here ([7]). I was hopeful that some of the Korean and Japanese sources would be better, but the ones you've all cited are exclusively primary sources.

Is there any other coverage out there? Better reviews of the gameplay? I've searched high and low for anything outside of just developer interviews and paid content here, but I'm coming up with nothing on English-language services outside of the one Rice Digital piece that you have here and one IGN Japan interview that isn't sponsored content from what I can tell ([8], [9]). I'm loath to push to delete this article because I feel like F2P is such a burgeoning scene in video games and Wikipedia's coverage has been widely kind of light here overall -- I imagine there has to be more direct Korean reception here somewhere that I just can't find? Also, the sponsored content should all be removed (IMO even the interviews) per WP:SPONSORED, but if there's a policy or guideline that supersedes this that I'm missing, I'm happy to be shown a different direction. I think that should include developer interviews. Nomader (talk) 20:54, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

• Also @Lol1VNIO: here. Nomader (talk) 22:27, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
  • Thank you very much for your second review @Nomader: I will try to tackle these issues and come back overmorrow. For now, I have found [10] ([11]), [12] ([13]), [14]. ~~lol1VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) 19:51, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
    • Thank you for being so prompt in responding here! The article is in a much better place now, really great work in cleaning this up. is approved for ALT4. @Lol1VNIO: I think there could be some better ALTs based on what you added to the reception section here, but I'm short on time this evening now so can't add them in myself. Nomader (talk) 22:14, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
      • @Nomader: I am very very happy to hear that the issues have been resolved. I propose:
        • ALT5: "... that the takedown of a controversial Goddess of Victory: Nikke advertisement led to another controversy?" GameSpot "Nikke: Goddess of Victory's new advertisement in Thailand may have hit a little too close to home for some players, prompting a backlash among the game's community ... Tencent has since attempted to have the video pulled from various social platforms ... However, in an unexpected twist, another portion of the game's community is actually upset that the ad is being pulled..." / Vice "... which led to Tencent taking the ad down—then, because we are Online, there was a backlash to the backlash..."
          • Nothing else to say here other than it's short and silly and will probably get clicks. Of course NOW they put Nikke before Goddess of Victory.
      • Bestest of wishes, ~~lol1VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) 13:53, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
        • For whoever is putting this through the queue, I prefer ALT5 here more than any of the other ones (very interesting hook in my opinion). Thanks again for doing all this work on it! Nomader (talk) 14:52, 3 February 2023 (UTC)