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==''Mario Kart Tour'' courses== | ==''Mario Kart Tour'' courses== | ||
Apologies for my unfamiliarity with ''Mario Kart Tour'', but are any of its courses ''actually'' unlockable? I'm considering a proposal to have cups and courses treated as gameplay progression rather than unlockable content; if I go through with making it and it passes, this category may need to be deleted for containing an insufficient number of articles. [[User:ShootingStar7X|ShootingStar7X]] ([[User talk:ShootingStar7X|talk]]) 14:19, December 8, 2022 (EST) | Apologies for my unfamiliarity with ''Mario Kart Tour'', but are any of its courses ''actually'' unlockable? I'm considering a proposal to have cups and courses treated as gameplay progression rather than unlockable content; if I go through with making it and it passes, this category may need to be deleted for containing an insufficient number of articles. [[User:ShootingStar7X|ShootingStar7X]] ([[User talk:ShootingStar7X|talk]]) 14:19, December 8, 2022 (EST) | ||
:"Unlockable [thing]" categories are generally a poorly thought out concept because, as it stands, they are way too broad, accounting for multiple games at once. A recurring subject that may not share the same characteristic between two games, such as unlockability, cannot be indiscriminately categorised as such. [[Mario Kart Tour|Not even a typically default character, like Mario, has been exempt from this]]. Case in point, this page has gotten to the point where it basically covers every single course in the ''Mario Kart'' series except for the ones that have always been available from the start so far. ([[SNES Mario Circuit 1]], [[Wii Moo Moo Meadows]], and anything else that has only ever appeared in [[Mushroom Cup|Mushroom]] and [[Shell Cup]]s.) It's virtually useless and ripe for deletion either way. {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 15:09, December 8, 2022 (EST) | :"Unlockable [thing]" categories are generally a poorly thought out concept because, as it stands, they are way too broad, accounting for multiple games at once. A recurring subject that may not share the same characteristic between two games, such as unlockability, cannot be indiscriminately categorised as such. [[Mario Kart Tour|Not even a typically default character, like Mario, has been exempt from this]]. Case in point, this page has gotten to the point where it basically covers every single course in the ''Mario Kart'' series except for the ones that have always been available from the start so far. ([[SNES Mario Circuit 1]], [[Wii Moo Moo Meadows]], and anything else that has only ever appeared in [[Mushroom Cup|Mushroom]] and [[Shell Cup]]s.) It's virtually useless and ripe for deletion either way. {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 15:09, December 8, 2022 (EST) | ||
::I'd probably be in favor of deleting this category as well, it is a bit excessive and can even be a bit misleading if a course is not unlockable in its game of origin but is unlockable when its a retro course (maybe vice versa too). {{User:Swallow/sig}} 17:19, December 8, 2022 (EST) | |||
:::Agreed that the unlockable categories are pretty useless since they try to have the entire franchise as their scope. The distinction between unlockable content and normal game progression can be pretty blurred anyway. I'd be in favor of doing away with them entirely. --{{User:Waluigi Time/sig}} 17:28, December 8, 2022 (EST) | |||
::::It's not just this category: Nearly ''every'' playable character in ''Smash'' is in [[:Category:Unlockable characters]] due to ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. With that in mind, do you think it's time to make a proposal? I [[Category talk:Unlockables#Scope, take 2|made the same argument and more]] in the greater [[:Category:Unlockables]], but got met with some opposition. [[User:ShootingStar7X|ShootingStar7X]] ([[User talk:ShootingStar7X|talk]]) 20:43, December 8, 2022 (EST) | |||
:::::I think it would be worth a proposal. --{{User:Waluigi Time/sig}} 20:59, December 8, 2022 (EST) | |||
::::::[[Category talk:Unlockables#Delete this category and its subcategories|Done.]] [[User:ShootingStar7X|ShootingStar7X]] ([[User talk:ShootingStar7X|talk]]) 22:04, December 8, 2022 (EST) | |||
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Mario Kart Tour courses[edit]
Apologies for my unfamiliarity with Mario Kart Tour, but are any of its courses actually unlockable? I'm considering a proposal to have cups and courses treated as gameplay progression rather than unlockable content; if I go through with making it and it passes, this category may need to be deleted for containing an insufficient number of articles. ShootingStar7X (talk) 14:19, December 8, 2022 (EST)
- "Unlockable [thing]" categories are generally a poorly thought out concept because, as it stands, they are way too broad, accounting for multiple games at once. A recurring subject that may not share the same characteristic between two games, such as unlockability, cannot be indiscriminately categorised as such. Not even a typically default character, like Mario, has been exempt from this. Case in point, this page has gotten to the point where it basically covers every single course in the Mario Kart series except for the ones that have always been available from the start so far. (SNES Mario Circuit 1, Wii Moo Moo Meadows, and anything else that has only ever appeared in Mushroom and Shell Cups.) It's virtually useless and ripe for deletion either way. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 15:09, December 8, 2022 (EST)
- I'd probably be in favor of deleting this category as well, it is a bit excessive and can even be a bit misleading if a course is not unlockable in its game of origin but is unlockable when its a retro course (maybe vice versa too).
Nightwicked Bowser 
17:19, December 8, 2022 (EST)
- Agreed that the unlockable categories are pretty useless since they try to have the entire franchise as their scope. The distinction between unlockable content and normal game progression can be pretty blurred anyway. I'd be in favor of doing away with them entirely. --
Too Bad! Waluigi Time! 17:28, December 8, 2022 (EST)
- It's not just this category: Nearly every playable character in Smash is in Category:Unlockable characters due to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. With that in mind, do you think it's time to make a proposal? I made the same argument and more in the greater Category:Unlockables, but got met with some opposition. ShootingStar7X (talk) 20:43, December 8, 2022 (EST)
- Agreed that the unlockable categories are pretty useless since they try to have the entire franchise as their scope. The distinction between unlockable content and normal game progression can be pretty blurred anyway. I'd be in favor of doing away with them entirely. --
- I'd probably be in favor of deleting this category as well, it is a bit excessive and can even be a bit misleading if a course is not unlockable in its game of origin but is unlockable when its a retro course (maybe vice versa too).
