Template:Video game series reviews

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1. REDIRECT Template:Template link code is a template which presents review aggregator review scores for multiple video game articles in a series. It supports a series' reception section.

Things to remember:

• This template is not required.
• This template supplements the reception section; it does not replace it.
• Famitsu score is only for Japanese series.
• This template makes use of Wikidata to supplement missing or omitted fields. See WP:VG/WD for a quick guide on editing Wikidata.

Guidelines

1. REDIRECT Template:Template link code is not required

This template acts as a quick snapshot of aggregator scores for games in a series. Reception sections should consider using additional reviews for each game.

All reviews must be referenced

Proper citation from each review must be populated.

GameRankings should be omitted unless it adds value on top of Metacritic.

If included, GameRankings scores should be rounded to the nearest whole number.

See WP:VGAGG for more detail.

Famitsu should be omitted unless this is a Japanese series.

Famitsu is used for Japanese series that may have not seen an English release, and therefore lack Metacritic or GameRanking scores.

Usage

All of the following fields are optional:

title*

Can be used to provide a custom title for the table; otherwise, it will chose a default based on the fields in use.

updated*

Used to denote the last time scores and citations were updated.

sales*

Determines whether or not to display the sales column. Specify "no" to stop the column from appearing, or "yes" to force it to appear, even if there is no data. The default is to display the column if any data has been provided. Sales data is not populated from Wikidata.

fam*

Determines whether or not to display the Famitsu column. Specify "no" to stop the column from appearing, or "yes" to force it to appear, even if there is no data. The default is to display the column if any data has been provided. Famitsu will be pulled from Wikidata if this is set to yes. Otherwise, Wikidata will not be used.

gr*

Determines whether or not to display the GameRankings column. Specify "no" to stop the column from appearing, or "yes" to force it to appear, even if there is no data. The default is to display the column if any data has been provided. GameRankings will be pulled from Wikidata if this is set to yes. Otherwise, Wikidata will not be used. See WP:VGAGG for further information.

mc*

Determines whether or not to display the Metacritic column. Specify "no" to stop the column from appearing, or "yes" to force it to appear, even if there is no data. The default is to display the column if any data has been provided. Metacritic reviews are pulled from Wikidata if unspecified.

sales_title*

Can be used to provide a custom title for the sales column; otherwise, the default will be used.

fam_title*

Can be used to provide a custom title for the Famitsu column; otherwise, the default will be used.

gr_title*

Can be used to provide a custom title for the GameRankings column; otherwise, the default will be used.

mc_title*

Can be used to provide a custom title for the Metacritic column; otherwise, the default will be used.

seriesQid*

Used to specify the Wikidata QID for this series. This should be omitted except in rare cases such as testing or displaying a series on a page other than it's own.

df*

Used to specify the date format for Wikidata generated references. Default is mdy.

Game parameters

The following are repeatable fields for specifying the games to display in the table. If all of the fields are omitted, the template will try to pull the list of games for this series from Wikidata (Using the "has part" property) and auto-populate the table. If any of these fields have been specified, even if some games are omitted, the template will not query Wikidata for games to list.

qid_n*

Specifies the Wikidata QID for this game. This is required if scores will be pulled from Wikidata. If omitted, only local scores will be used.

game_n*

Specifies the name of the game. This should be a Wikilink to the game's article. Italics will be added automatically. If qid_n has been specified, this can be omitted.

Review parameters

The following are repeatable fields for specifying the review scores of a game to display in the table. If qid_n has been specified, these will be populated from Wikidata where possible. If specified, Wikidata will not be used.

year_n*

Specifies the year that the game was released. If omitted and qid_n has been specified, Wikidata will be used if available.

sales_n*

Specifies the sales data for this game. If omitted, it will be blank, Wikidata will not be used. (Future enhancement)

fam_n*

Specifies the Famitsu review score for this game. A reference should be included. If omitted and qid_n has been specified, Wikidata will be used if available.

gr_n*

Specifies the GameRankings review score for this game. A reference should be included. If omitted and both gr=yes and qid_n have been specified, Wikidata will be used if available.

mc_n*

Specifies the Metacritic review score for this game. A reference should be included. If omitted and qid_n has been specified, Wikidata will be used if available.

Examples

Example	Code	Display
With no parameters, relying entirely on Wikidata. (Note, we use seriesQid here because we are not at the series' page.)	{{Video game series reviews | seriesQid = Q20874570 }}	Aggregate review scores Game
With qidn specified, allowing all other data to be pulled from Wikidata. The QIDs in use in this example are from the Souls series.	{{Video game series reviews | qid1 = Q1153708 | qid2 = Q1166232 | qid3 = Q3702740 | qid4 = Q20112508 }}
Using QIDs as above, with gr=yes.	{{Video game series reviews | gr = yes | qid1 = Q1153708 | qid2 = Q1166232 | qid3 = Q3702740 | qid4 = Q20112508 }}
Overriding Wikidata by specifying scores.	{{Video game series reviews | qid1 = Q1153708 | mc1 = MC1 override | gr1 = GR1 override | qid2 = Q1166232 | qid3 = Q3702740 | mc3 = MC3 override | qid4 = Q20112508 }}
Manual specification of fields, with no Wikidata auto-population.	{{Video game series reviews | updated = July 5, 2015 | fam = yes | sales = yes | game1 = [[Valkyrie Profile]] | sales1 = 709,000 | fam1 = 35/40 | mc1 = 81/100 | year1 = 2000 | game2 = Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth | sales2 = 248,000 | fam2 = - | mc2 = 80/100 | year2 = 2001 | game3 = [[Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria]] | sales3 = 400,000 (JP) | fam3 = 34/40 | mc3 = 84/100 | game4 = [[Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume]] | sales4 = 230,000 | fam4 = 32/40 | mc4 = 74/100 }}	Sales and review scores As of July 5, 2015. Game Year Units sold Famitsu Metacritic Valkyrie Profile 2000 709,000 35/40 81/100 Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth 2001 248,000 - 80/100 Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria 400,000 (JP) 34/40 84/100 Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume 230,000 32/40 74/100

See also

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources
• Template:Video game reviews (talk, backlinks, edit)