MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/53

Split Diddy Kong Pilot into Diddy Kong Pilot (2001) and Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)

Hi, this is Results May Vary. I am the administrator of the defunct DK Wiki. So one thing I've noticed is the mess on the Diddy Kong Pilot page--it covers two versions of Diddy Kong Pilot that are actually entirely different from each other. And it makes merging the 2001 and 2003 pages more difficult. The two are so different that the 2003 build is even more similar to Banjo-Pilot. I remember there's some history as to why Diddy Kong Pilot was entirely reskinned along the way. The 2003 version of Diddy Kong Pilot was from that year, according to the original title of the YouTube gameplay video. Unfortunately, for unknown reasons, the YouTube account is gone, and the only information we have left from that time are via forum threads such as The RWP or NeoGAF. Thanks for reading.

Proposer: Results May Vary (talk)
Deadline: January 19, 2019, 23:59 GMT

Support

1. Results May Vary (talk) I started this proposal.
2. FanOfYoshi (talk) This page had no proposal until now! Thanks Results May Vary! Anyways, the two are really different, per proposal.
3. Alex95 (talk) - Per proposal. The two builds are vastly different.
4. Waluigi Time (talk) Per all.
5. TheFlameChomp (talk) Per proposal.
6. Sdman213 (talk) Per all.
7. Doomhiker (talk) Per all.
8. Toadette the Achiever (talk) It should be Diddy Kong Pilot (2001 tech demo) and Diddy Kong Pilot (2003 tech demo) if you ask me, but otherwise, per proposal.
9. BBQ Turtle (talk) Per all, they're two very different builds.
10. MarioManiac1981 (talk) Per all. The 2001 version is more Mario-based, while the 2003 version is closer to the Donkey Kong sub-franchise.
11. Bazooka Mario (talk) ya, sure
12. Syncro263892XL (talk) Per all.

Comments

Is this really a good idea? We have all sorts of genre-jumping tech demos and such in the pre-release and unused content articles, after all. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:12, 15 January 2019 (EST)

The only difference is that both games were never released. Results May Vary (talk) 23:17, 15 January 2019 (EST)

You meant "similarity", right? ^(T|C) 23:28, 15 January 2019 (EST)

Yeah and that both games are "prerelease and unused content". Results May Vary (talk) 23:30, 15 January 2019 (EST)

They are also both within the plane-flying genre, they just had a complete overhaul. It's basically a scrapped alpha/beta and another one built from the ground up. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 03:34, 16 January 2019 (EST)