Talk:Ice

Artificial ice rinks should be in scope

I disagree with saying artificial ice for a sport is not in scope for a page about video game ice. This article is covering the slippy slidey stuff that loosens the controls, an ice gaming staple even in ice hockey games. There may be no point of reference for non-ice controls in those games, but at that point the same can be levied at Bobsled Run, a minigame from Mario Party that is covered. It should be okay to say,

"Ice Hockey as a sport definitionally involves ice rinks, which similarly affects how player characters can move around. Additionally, the nature of these games having locations that are not normally ice rinks means that ice can appear in locations where it would otherwise be abnormal, like Bowser's Castle in Dream Ice Hockey." (List of games)

Then go on and on with curling (defining part of sport) and short track (basically Mario Kart but it's ice all the time) and somesuch. Okay, speed skating and figure skating actually probably doesn't count because we're defining this as the slippy slidey video game stuff and free movement isn't a mechanic in figure or speed staking. Salmancer (talk) 07:24, December 27, 2024 (EST)