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This template is used to create a table to display information for a single video game or related title in a stand-alone list of video game titles. Not all parameters will be used. Different combinations of parameters are used to display different table formats.


Usage

Full template syntax
{{VGtitle
|series= yes
|article= 
|title= 
|date= 
|multiplereleasedates=
|canceled= 
|refs=
|release= 
|platform= 
|notes= 
}}
Parameter descriptions
  • series: Used to omit the "Original release date(s)" portion for entries about a whole series of video games. Parameter must be set to "yes" to work.
  • article: Used to link the game title to the article's page name; produces a piped wikilink. Should be used even if the game's title and article title are the same.
  • title: The game title—required.
  • date: The game's release dates. Use {{Vgrelease}}.
  • multiplereleasedates: Specifies if the date has single or multiple release dates. Used to format the "Original release date(s):" caption. Set this to "no" to display "date" or "yes" to display "dates".
  • canceled: Used in place of "date" if the game was canceled. List the game's cancellation date.
  • refs: Used to provide references for release dates. Will list the [#] next to "Original release dates:", "Cancellation date", or the "platform".
  • release: Listing of systems the game has been released on by year—at least one system is required.
  • platform: Used in place of "release" if the title is not a video game, but a spin-off title. For example, anime or manga series, radio drama, expansion, etc.
  • notes: Any special noteworthy piece of information. (i.e. alternative names, special milestones, etc.) A bulleted listed is recommended.
Other functionalities

Examples

Regular Harvest Moon title

Original release date(s):[1]
JP August 9, 1996
NA June 1997
PAL January 29, 1998
Release dates by system:
1996 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
2008 – Wii Virtual Console
Notes:
  • Known in Japan as Bokujou Monogatari (牧場物語, Bokujou Monogatari, lit. "Ranch Story")


Canceled Castlevania title
Castlevania: Resurrection

Cancellation date:[1]
September 9, 1999
Proposed system release:
2000 – Dreamcast
Notes:
  • Would have been the first Castlevania title developed by Konami's American division.


Spin-off Final Fantasy anime

1994 – 4 episode original video animation[1]
Notes:


Spin-off Final Fantasy video game series


Release dates by system:
2003 – Nintendo GameCube (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles)
2007 – Nintendo DS (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates)
2008 – WiiWare (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King)
2009 – Wii (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time)
2009 – Nintendo DS (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time)
2009 – WiiWare (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord)
2009 – Wii (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers)
Notes:

Example references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Example

Redirects

Note: Use of the redirects is deprecated.

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