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Wii Chess was nominated as a Video games good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (April 2, 2025, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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Wii Series

Isn't this a part of the Wii Series? (rct2guy 02:00, 24 August 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Theres absolutely nothing here to conferm wether this is part of the wii series or not Richardson j 01:40, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

According to Gamespot it is being developed by Nintendo. (c-o-n-f-i-r-m. confirm.) --Twbtg2 (talk) 21:59, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could Wii Chess really be considered a true installment of the so-called Wii Series? Its presence seems contrary to what the other games are trying to demonstrate (ie the kind of gameplay possible using the Wii Remote), and its not even called Wii Chess in Japan. Misterkillboy (talk) 06:37, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 08:03, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Release date

Today is January 18, so where is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.121.102.73 (talk) 13:03, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was available on the 18th ... Tim (Xevious) (talk) 09:02, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was in Europe by the 18th not USA Noneofyour (talk) 02:58, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

North American Release

Anyone have any idea when (if ever) this will be released in North America? I love Chess and I love Wii, so I would really love to find out this is going to be released here! 99.233.54.173 (talk) 01:48, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think I read that it wasn't going to be released. There really isn't much point of a chess game on a Wii. Bubba73 (talk), 02:14, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh well. Thanks for the quick response. 99.233.54.173 (talk) 17:34, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you want a good chess program, I would suggest buying a version of Chessmaster over Wii Chess, unless you really need a console version to play on your TV for some reason. It's a hell of a lot more comprehensive and has a lot more features than Wii Chess. The most recent PC version (Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition) is being sold on Amazon for $15, and older editions (which are pretty much just as good) are even cheaper (Chessmaster 10th Edition is under $10). Or if you've got a DS or PSP, even that version (Chessmaster: The Art of Learning) would be a better value. (DT29 (talk) 01:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC))[reply]

GA review

Unsuccessful, per comments below. I will reject any nomination requests from TzarN64 until further notice. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk · contribs) 02:14, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Wii Chess/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: TzarN64 (talk · contribs) 17:18, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Freedoxm (talk · contribs) 23:19, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I accepted @TzarN64:'s request. Reviewing. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk · contribs) 23:33, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Review comments

Prose, spelling, and grammar checking. Being WP:BOLD.
- "It was criticized for it's lack of Mii characters, lack of customizability, price, and it's "bland visuals", but was praised for it's AI difficulty, and it's online multiplayer capability" (Including 3 more grammar edits of the same correction) → "It was criticized for its lack of Mii characters, lack of customizability, price, and its "bland visuals", but was praised for its AI difficulty, and its online multiplayer capability"
- The article meets the criteria after all corrections.

Drive-by comment

This seems suspicious. Why both of this account reviewing each other always? Sergecross73 A User ignored your advice from its talk page. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 01:20, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Boneless Pizza!, Well, I asked Panini to request the GA before. This isn’t anything suspicious or anything, I expanded the Wii Chess article 2x and improved it from once a stubby article to a GA nominee.

Me and sergecross’s conversation was about the Nintendo Switch GAN and how I wasn’t allowed to nominate it since I wasn’t a huge contributor. For the Wii Chess Article, I make up half of the total contributions there. TzarN64 (talk) 01:27, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, my bigger issue was that Tzar wasn't a significant contributor in the last one, which at least isn't an issue here. I am disappointed that Freedom isn't slowing down on GA reviews like I asked, and I don't think it's particularly a good idea for two inexperienced editors to be collaborating on the GA process like this, but there's technically not anything preventing it. Sergecross73 msg me 01:36, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not about the contributions, but rushing to nominate article to GAN. Additionally, the reviewer just noticed a single mistake then thought immediately that "The article meets the criteria after all corrections." Huh? I apologize for being rude, but what's the point of GA icon if the article doesn't read good. Nominating that Wii U gamepad for GAR later. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 01:37, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed that this article is not even close to GA status. The reception section isn't even written in paragraph form. I strongly oppose it being passed in its current state. Sergecross73 msg me 01:42, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Boneless Pizza!, what’s wrong with the Wii U GamePad article? It’s fine to me. TzarN64 (talk) 02:08, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not a sock of @TzarN64. I'm not even interested in these stuff. She requested me to do it. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk · contribs) 02:13, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.