Help:Contents/Unreleased Game Rules & Guidelines
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Unreleased game articles are meant to document games that were never officially released to the public. Examples include Bio Force Ape, Star Wars Battlefront III, and Creation. Check out the Content to Expand section for ideas on what titles have yet to be covered.
All unreleased games are put on the mainspace with the released games, with earlier prototypes of the game in the prototype section and all comparisons are done between the prototypes and the latest available prototype. However, an additional {{unreleased}} template is added to these pages.
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What information can I add?
Except for the rules about what to add and what to avoid that are specific to unreleased game pages, TCRF's regular rules and guidelines also apply. Don't forget to read them, too!
Add This Stuff
Content that is not present in released or leaked versions of the game.
- Example: Characters, levels, items, objects, cutscenes, audio, text, textures, menus, control schemes, and aspects of gameplay that have yet to be properly inserted into the game, deleted, or changed.
Evidence of debug functions removed from the released or leaked versions of the game.
- Example: Debug menus, debug functions, level selects.
Don't Add This Stuff
Content still present in leaked or released versions of the game.
- This information is already documented on Prototype and main game articles.
Articles about publicly unavailable versions of an unreleased game.
Articles about games that don't have any currently known build or prototype to exist.
- Many unreleased games were cancelled quite early in the development process, as such they may only have concept art or early assets to show for and are lacking a significantly developed build or prototype. Information about these games should preferably be documented on websites like fan wikis or sites dedicated to unreleased games, like Unseen64.
- Exceptions:
- Unreleased games that were retooled into released games, such of Kirby's Return to Dreamland and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, can have information about their predecessor projects in their prerelease articles, if relevant.
- Exceptions:
- Many unreleased games were cancelled quite early in the development process, as such they may only have concept art or early assets to show for and are lacking a significantly developed build or prototype. Information about these games should preferably be documented on websites like fan wikis or sites dedicated to unreleased games, like Unseen64.
Unreleased Games Revived
Sometimes, but not very often, unreleased games may be given a second chance at life by receiving an official release. Examples of this include Star Fox 2, Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill and Akka Arrh. When these instances occur, updates articles to reflect the official release, as the official release will likely have differences from the unofficially released/leaked build that the page may currently document.
- Example: A June 22nd 1995 prototye of Star Fox 2 was previously thought to have been a finished build of the game but the eventual release of the game in 2017 showed this wasn't the case.
