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Raidou
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Wii U manuals
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December 05, 2013, 08:21:07 AM »
Having recently started buying Wii U games, two things have come to my attention:
1) Games don't have physical manuals (
), but often have "Software Quick Guides" which is a foldout sheet with basic control info and nothing else. Should these be classed as Extra Media (which is what I have been doing) or should they be treated as Manuals?
2) The 3 Australian games I own use Eco-Box cases (holes in the front and back, very flimsy), whereas the 1 European game I own does not. Are these Eco-Box cases standard issue in other countries/regions?
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Shadow Kisuragi
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 05, 2013, 03:16:25 PM »
I don't know man...I just work here.
There aren't many staff members with WiiU consoles. Maybe Bickman would know, but might be worth asking Ryudo, Link or a few of the other Nintendo guys. For the "staff" slant, I would say that if you would consider that a manual, we'll add it as a manual...but I think that's just an insert like the classic PC inserts had for keyboard shortcuts. Manuals should probably be empty.
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techwizard
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 05, 2013, 05:34:46 PM »
that's also similar to the quick reference cards that many n64 games had, which weren't considered manuals
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NES_Rules
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 05, 2013, 07:58:19 PM »
Are all WiiU games like this, or is this only for certain publishers? If its every game, I say we just use the guides as manuals. Seems kind of odd to have an empty manual image and then an extra media image for every game.
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blcklblskt
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 06, 2013, 01:02:24 PM »
FWIW, PS4 games don't have manuals as well. I submitted
this
in the manual slot, mainly because I think not having the manual slot red on the game page looks ugly.
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Shadow Kisuragi
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 06, 2013, 01:05:26 PM »
Technically, it would be very easy for me to enable/disable manuals per console...just saying.
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kaysow
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 06, 2013, 02:34:43 PM »
yeah, i've been treating the "manual"-section as a slot for instructions, so if there's no booklet to submit i've used some single-sheet instructions and foldouts, like so -
http://www.rfgeneration.c...nfo.pl?ID=E-202-S-00211-A
don't think it's a good idea to disable it outright tho, some publishers will probably still print 'em. "Instructions" instead of "Manual" maybe..?
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techwizard
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 06, 2013, 03:43:01 PM »
i'm not sure submitting the little quick instruction guides under manuals is such a great idea, because then it could cause confusion over what goes in the manual slot on other consoles that do have real manuals.
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kaysow
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 06, 2013, 03:54:21 PM »
i'm with blcklblskt; it just messed with my ocd to have a perfectly good slot greyed out =) but yeah, that could also cause concern for someone who picks that game up expecting a booklet and finding just an insert.
makes you wonder what constitutes a "manual" tho; how about a 4-page folded sheet?
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techwizard
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 07, 2013, 01:25:17 PM »
Quote from: kaysow on December 06, 2013, 03:54:21 PM
i'm with blcklblskt; it just messed with my ocd to have a perfectly good slot greyed out =) but yeah, that could also cause concern for someone who picks that game up expecting a booklet and finding just an insert.
makes you wonder what constitutes a "manual" tho; how about a 4-page folded sheet?
for me it's just a quick setup or installation guide. the biggest argument against it being a manual is that usually on those guides it says "for complete instructions see manual on disc [or website]", most of the time they clearly say this isn't a full manual and we have another one somewhere else.
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kaysow
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 07, 2013, 05:43:22 PM »
yeah, i'll gather those entries for the "images needing to be moved"-thread later. think it's mostly PC and Wii U titles.
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 07, 2013, 09:38:58 PM »
Quote from: Shadow Kisuragi on December 06, 2013, 01:05:26 PM
Technically, it would be very easy for me to enable/disable manuals per console...just saying.
I'm curious to know if there could be something in the DB when adding a game that would allow you to pick N/A for something like a manual which would then make that field "grayed out" when adding games to your collection or for media scans.
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Shadow Kisuragi
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 09, 2013, 01:02:28 PM »
Quote from: Duke.Togo on December 07, 2013, 09:38:58 PM
Quote from: Shadow Kisuragi on December 06, 2013, 01:05:26 PM
Technically, it would be very easy for me to enable/disable manuals per console...just saying.
I'm curious to know if there could be something in the DB when adding a game that would allow you to pick N/A for something like a manual which would then make that field "grayed out" when adding games to your collection or for media scans.
Easily - would be the same change and just hooking it up to a couple new pages via a new parameter in a SQL query.
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bickman2k
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 09, 2013, 01:20:52 PM »
Not every game has just a digital manual/keyboard shortcut sheet. There are several I own that have actual manuals.
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Raidou
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Re: Wii U manuals
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December 10, 2013, 09:40:23 PM »
Quote from: bickman2k on December 09, 2013, 01:20:52 PM
Not every game has just a digital manual/keyboard shortcut sheet. There are several I own that have actual manuals.
This makes me very happy- I started to despair when Super Mario 3D World didn't have one.
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