Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cartoon-style shooter

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Delete --JForget 00:48, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cartoon-style shooter

Contested prod; see also WT:VG discussion. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 09:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: The prodder cited WP:NEO with his proposed deletion, it appears to simply be a new marketing term for an old concept, mostly relating to Battlefield Heroes. The "genre" itself is better classified as a graphical style rather than an actual genre, mainly because cartoon-style graphics and a humourous gameplay are not necessarily co-existant (XIII and its comic-book style is example of this). The term is not a widely used one, and as such any coverage in encyclopedic context is probably better left to individual game articles and the overall genre articles such as action game and first-person shooter. -- Sabre (talk) 10:02, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Action game is a Neologism, no significant or reliable news coverage on term per google/google news search. Atyndall93 | talk 10:55, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game deletions. MrKIA11 (talk) 12:22, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Gameplay and graphics are two separate axes when considering a video game. If the term is used by either Valve or EA per marketing, redirect to Action game, First-person shooter, or some other better home where mention of this term is appropriate. --MASEM 12:59, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete or merge to First person shooter - visual style or atmosphere aren't responsible for game genres. We don't create separate articles for "fantasy strategy game" and "space strategy game" -- warcraft and starcraft are considered part of the same genre because they have basically the same gameplay. Allowing this article to exist could lead to an explosion of too many game genre articles. It would also make zero sense to have Team Fortress Classic and Team Fortress 2 as two different genres. We know they're the same game at the core. ... besides that, this is a non notable synthesis of two notable concepts: cartoons and first person shooters. I can't emphasize enough how important it is to kill this article. Randomran (talk) 16:24, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, do not merge. There are shooters with cartoony graphics, sure. But the idea that this constitutes a genre (or even subgenre) seems to be a product of the author's imagination. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:51, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and strongly oppose merge of any type. This is not a subgenre, nor can I envision it becoming an aknowledged subgenre at any time in any universe. -Verdatum (talk) 18:58, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I'd say merge, but there's nothing to merge the wouldn't need to be rewritten anyways. There is no such genre as Cartoon-style shooters. There are shooters that use cartoony styles. There are also RPGs, racing games, etc... It's just a style choice, not a genre. Unless you wanna call Half-Life 2 a "Life-like graphics FPS". --AeronPrometheus (talk) 20:18, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless citations from reliable sources are added to comply with the verifiability policy. Stifle (talk) 20:37, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I have to agree there's no indication that this term is in use or even considered an "emerging" genre (especially since the idea of "cartoon-like" games of this sort have been around for quite awhile. Fear Effect for the old PS1 comes to mind.) 23skidoo (talk) 21:01, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.