Template:VGtitle/doc

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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.