Talk:Tomodachi Collection

Well-written?

Verifiable?

• Ref 1: Unless I'm missing something, there is nothing in this source about the methods Miis can be transferred into the game? ?
  • This is a partly machine-translated excerpt from the source: "Miis can also be brought in from the Wii's "Mii Channel" or received from other players via DS wireless communication."

This seems to be right. Y

• Ref 3: Similar issue here. This interview doesn't seem to mention the four temperaments mentioned in the prose? ?
  • Iwata says this: "Personality can be broadly divided into four categories." I can reword the sentence if "temperament" perhaps isn't the proper word.

I'm still not seeing this. 11WB (talk) 01:45, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Courtesy ping in case this isn't seen. @TheBrickGraphic 11WB (talk) 01:55, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

@11WB: It's on page 4 of the interview, titled "Observe your friends' faces and voices". TheBrickGraphic (talk) 02:02, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

I beg your pardon, I didn't see there were multiple pages. 11WB (talk) 02:04, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

This is all good. Y 11WB (talk) 02:04, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

• Ref 4: Ref 2 seems to confirm the text in the first two sentences of the gameplay section Y, but Ref 4 doesn't. Not sure why this has been included here? ?
  • That's weird; just removed it. Y
• Ref 6: There is nothing in this source about the development team consisting of "junior employees" N, the information about the voice synth seems to be verifiable however. Y
  • I used "junior employees" as a paraphrase of what the article says was "a more youthful collaborative of Nintendo staffers" that developed the game. Would changing the wording to "younger employees" suffice?

I see this now, this is fine. Y

• Ref 9: This more or less verifies the text, though I didn't see a specific mention on character creation being worked on for "more than a decade". Y
  • The "more than a decade" claim is meant to be supported by the Nintendo World Report source that comes after this, with Ref 9 supporting the idea of Miyamoto experiencing "setbacks".

This is fine. Y

• Ref 10: No specific mention of Nakagawa working on surreal comedy, in fact his role as "Planning and Development Department" seems to be less focused on actual writing for the game itself and more about managing the team working on the game? ?
  • Changed wording to "Sakamoto cited the game's lead programmer Masanori Nakagawa as significantly influencing the game's tone." I removed the mention of Mai Okamoto, since it doesn't seem super important; he can remain mentioned in "Sequels".

Rewording looks fine. Y

• Ref 11: This seems to verify the notion that game was expected not to well outside of Japan. Y
• Ref 12: Verifies the score Y, but the actual source from Famitsu would be better here (Famitsu source).
  • For some reason I couldn't find this. Just included it alongside prose comments about the reviews themselves. Y
• Ref 16: This confirms the copies sold. Y
• Ref 21: No mention of backwards compatibility or the release date. N
  • Given the mention of backwards compatibility, which only applies to the Switch 2, I assume you're referring to Ref 22? If so, the release date is mentioned ("After one of the funniest Directs in recent memory, Nintendo announced that Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream will be arriving on Switch on 16th April,") but the backwards compatibility isn't. Just found a TheGamer source that confirms this. Y

Isn't this being released on Switch 2 anyway? Why would backwards compatibility be relevant here, unless it is to the Switch 1? 11WB (talk) 01:45, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

@11WB: Is the word "backwards" the issue? I guess in this case it would be "forward" compatible, since Living the Dream is a Switch 1 game that can be brought over to the Switch 2. TheBrickGraphic (talk) 02:02, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

It could cause minor confusion, if it is actually the reverse of what it says. If it means what you just explained, "forward-compatible" would be the appropriate, literal wording to use. 11WB (talk) 02:05, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Reworded it to simply say "compatible", since it's much simpler to understand and still complies with what the sources say. TheBrickGraphic (talk) 02:11, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

That works! Y 11WB (talk) 02:13, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

The sources are reliable, however there are some inconsistencies between what the sources say and what is written in the Wikipedia article. it may be going through everything quickly, and finding sources that are able to verify the information that is present. Good work otherwise! 11WB (talk) 00:13, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Everything looks to be in order now. 11WB (talk) 02:13, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

This criterion is passed. 11WB (talk) 02:13, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Broad in coverage?

The development and gameplay sections have a good amount of detail, enough that I am satisfied as a reader. The reception section is quite short, and currently lacks the score infobox. A Google search brings up reviews from websites including Gamespot, Siliconera and Kentworld (unfamiliar with the last one, but it is a Japanese source so it might be okay). 11WB (talk) 23:45, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

• @11WB: I've included the Siliconera source, but the GameSpot one reads to me as a poorly written user-generated source, given that the review appears under the header "What Gamespot Users have to say about Tomodachi Collection", and the Kentworld source has the word "blog" in the URL, which looks like a red flag to me. As for the score infobox, the only review that gives a numerial rating is the four-person Famitsu source; I think having just one review in the entire table looks really weird, partly why I never added one to begin with. TheBrickGraphic (talk) 01:31, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

  Ah, good catch. Gamespot has caught me out before with its user reviews. Are there really no other reliable reviewers that have given scores? 11WB (talk) 01:33, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

  I've done pretty deep digging into foreign language reviews (courtesty of user Cukie Gherkin's source searching tool), and have found nothing. It's a shame, but since the game is pretty obscure I guess it isn't too much of a surprise. TheBrickGraphic (talk) 01:37, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

  Ah, if you've used Cukie's tool and turned up nothing, then I guess there is nothing more to be done. I would recommend Grok as a pretty decent search engine scraper, beyond that I don't know what else to recommend. On the grounds there is nothing else, I will pass this criterion. 11WB (talk) 01:47, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

This criterion is passed. 11WB (talk) 01:47, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Neutral?

No issues here, everything is attributed and no personal opinions are given.

This criterion is passed. 11WB (talk) 23:46, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Stable?

This article has had no presence of edit warring or content disputes in recent times.

This criterion is passed. 11WB (talk) 23:36, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Well illustrated?

The Mii screenshot is placed awkwardly directly under the infobox. This can be fixed by switching the gameplay and development sections around (which I believe is the usual order anyway). 11WB (talk) 23:37, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

• I understand what you're saying, but I've never seen a video game article structured in this way (Development first, then Gameplay). According to MOS:VGLAYOUT, the proper structure is Gameplay, Plot (if applicable), then Development. TheBrickGraphic (talk) 01:31, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

  I stand corrected. Gameplay before development is odd to me, as development is the first to take place chronologically. MOS is the authority though, so this passes. 11WB (talk) 01:35, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

This criterion is passed. 11WB (talk) 01:36, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Result

• All suggestions have been implemented or given reasonable reasons as to why they shouldn't be done. I am happy to pass this. Excellent article and special thanks @TheBrickGraphic for their quick responses. 11WB (talk) 02:16, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

This article meets all the criteria and can be reassessed as a good article! 11WB (talk) 02:16, 23 February 2026 (UTC)