Missing platforms

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Okami doesn’t have Switch as a listed platform. I can’t see a distinction between Okami and Okami HD.

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Yeah, I don’t think they would be considered new platforms. Like you said, they just emulate the original platforms, and they don’t add anything to the gameplay (maybe you could argue save states).

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The Jeopardy game for Wii is missing from the site.

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The early Harry Potter games probably shouldn’t all be lumped together as one entity. Different platforms got completely different games. For example, Chamber of Secrets has 5 different developers for the different versions made for the different platforms.

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I have a feeling I didn’t explain myself, so I’ll try again, just to be safe. :slight_smile:
I’m not sure, but I think they could be considered separate platforms because:

  1. tecnically, they are new hardware. They are not a miniature NES or SNES, they are completely different platforms with an emulator software on them. So it would make sense to consider the games as new editions, conversions, whatever;
  2. they emulate, sure, but they are officially sold emulators. Of course I wouldn’t want to count PC or Android as platforms for every single game from the eighties because you can (illegally) emulate them. But we do consider Wii, Switch, Android or PS4 as new platforms for old games when they come out on them. And Virtual console emulation is not particularly different from the one you can see on a Nintendo Mini. So, considering in the database Mega Man has PS3, 3DS, Wii and other modern platforms, it could make sense to also have Nintendo Mini;
  3. I’m sure you understand that the NES Mini version is quite different from the NES version, in many significant ways, from a collector point of view but even from a “I just want to play it” point of view. So, ideally, in my admittedly obessive mind (:D), it would make sense to be able to differentiate them here on Grouvee.

But then again, I understand it could be a borderline point of view, so I won’t push it. I just wanted to be sure I explained myself.

Cheers :slight_smile:

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Missing from Xbox 360

Missing from PlayStation 2

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Limbo is missing for the Nintendo Switch.

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For anybody still checking this, all these still need to be updated. Will make new topic if they aren’t added in roughly 6 years.

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Spirits and Spells for Gamecube has still yet to be confirmed.

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Spirits & Spells is the North American name for the PS2 game Castleween (later ported to GameCube and GameBoy Advance). You can find the GameCube entry as one of the releases in the following game entry on Grouvee:

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Just a heads up, all of the titles you listed in this post already appear to list the correct platforms (360, PS2), except for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel as I can’t seem to find evidence that it was on PS2. Let me know if anything is missing.

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Switch is listed as a port. Some of these games will get an automatic update once GiantBomb updates their entry.

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Out of curiosity, why does Grouvee use the PAL release title and art for this title? All the titles I’ve seen favor the NTSC-U release if it exists, such as Mario Strikers instead of Mario Football.

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I made that choice because the original release was a European one, so I was basing the default on the initial release of the game. That made sense to me. I can change it if the preference is to always display the North American name rather than privilege the original release. To be honest I don’t know why we would chose a title for a game based on region if there is another title that precedes that version based on release schedule, thus I am inclined to title the game by the original name based on the initial release (translations may be an exception). You make a good point about Mario Strikers, but that one is also complicated by the fact that the Japanese and North American versions are both called Mario Strikers. I suppose in that instance it make sense to go with the most universally used title.

I suppose ultimately this one is up to @peter. If he thinks we should privilege the NA name over the initial release name, I’ll swap the default.

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Oh it’s not a big deal, I was just more curious than anything. Also didn’t realize it came out first in Europe. I also just learned that Strikers came out first in Europe and last in Japan. Today is a day of realizations.

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I should add that I fixed the aliases for Castleween and Spirit & Spells. If you searched for Spirit & spells nothing came up, but the Castleween entry had the Gameboy Spirit & Spells release. So I tidied up the releases, made sure they were all there and made it so that no matter which title you search for it will take you to the entry. I also added the NA title to the description.

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Can you explain how I can get to those versions of the games? If I look at Delta Force: Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre and go to the releases tab the only option I see to add to my library is a platinum pack for the PC.

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Missing the Wii platform. Was included with the Staff of Kings game.

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Missing the Wii platform. Was included with the Staff of Kings game.

Fixed.

Can you explain how I can get to those versions of the games?

There are no separate listing for each platform if that’s what you mean. You just add the main release and select the platform.

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Prehistorik Man lists Gameboy and Gameboy Advance as a platform. Only Gameboy Advance is true. The Gameboy version is actually a port of Prehistorik 2, called Prehistorik Man on the Gameboy. It’s dumb and confusing, I know.
The series goes:
Prehistorik ( Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, MS-DOS)
Prehistorik 2 ( Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS, and Gameboy as Prehistorik Man)
Prehistorik Man (SNES, Gameboy Advance, and DSi)

To recap, this Prehistorik Man (1995) | Grouvee should have Gameboy Advance as a platform, but not Gameboy.
And this Prehistorik 2 (1993) | Grouvee should have Gameboy as a platform.

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