Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Nights: Journey of Dreams

Nights: Journey of Dreams

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 13, 2017

Nights: Journey of Dreams is a action video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Wii. It is the sequel to the 1996 Sega Saturn title Nights into Dreams. The story follows two children, Will and Helen, who enter a dream world called Nightopia. When their nightmares come to life, they enlist the help of Nights, an exiled "Nightmaren", as they journey through Nightopia to stop the evil ruler Wizeman from escaping into the real world. As with its predecessor, gameplay is centred around Nights flying through the dreams of the two children. The main objective of the game is to fly through rings while gathering enough keys to proceed to the next level. Development of Journey of Dreams began shortly after the release of Shadow the Hedgehog in 2005, and was headed by Sonic Team veteran Takashi Iizuka. The game's setting was designed to resemble England, especially parts of London. It received mixed reviews upon release; critics praised the game's colourful visuals and special effects, but most cited its poor control schemes, aesthetics and general gameplay as major flaws. (Full article...)

Most recent similar article(s): Super Mario Galaxy on 1 November
Main editors: Jaguar
Promoted: 19 October 2017
Reasons for nomination: 13 December will be this game's 10th anniversary. I was cutting it close to get it promoted it time. The Nights franchise has a strong cult following and its anniversary will be met with anticipation from fans and perhaps critics alike. JAGUAR 15:43, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support as nominator. JAGUAR 15:43, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oh dear, just noticed there's a conflict with Taylor Swift... I knew I should've nominated this yesterday. JAGUAR 15:44, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Look what you made her do! ;) FrB.TG (talk) 17:15, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On a serious note, I would have no problem with this being chosen over Swift's article. – FrB.TG (talk) 17:18, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@FrB.TG: I really don't mind you having this chosen date, especially since you've put in all that effort of writing her article. Sorry for this inconvenience—I probably wouldn't have gone ahead with this had I seen you beat me to it! Perhaps we should let others weigh in here? JAGUAR 17:21, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that. I see a request of "Habits (Stay High)" for 6 December, which is also a music article (although Habits and Swift's articles are different in nature) and too close to 13 December. The song would, if successfully closed, be the nominator's first TFA. Having said that, I think it would be more helpful if others weigh in. – FrB.TG (talk) 17:34, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A little more complicated than that. Although I'm still working on my list, the obvious December 6 article seems to be Halifax Explosion, which is in the template. Indeed, that is so suited to the date I don't see how I can avoid it; if we were still using points it would have a bundle. So both December 13 articles would be suitable, and I'd be grateful for more feedback from the community as well.--Wehwalt (talk) 08:55, 27 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I think the 10th anniversary for this is better than a not-special birthday for Taylor Swift. --RL0919 (talk) 19:15, 27 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Yeah, I agree with RL0919. This is the better choice. Edwininlondon (talk) 20:47, 27 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support for a major milestone anniversary; 10 year mark is much bigger than 28 (though 25 or 30 would be a different story). Snuggums (talk / edits) 20:34, 3 November 2017 (UTC)]] by Wehwalt (talk) 17:09, 6 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]