Talk:Wipeout (video game series)

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[edit] Cockpit view

Wipeout has always had a cockpit view. It is certainly not an addition in Wipeout 3. I have always played the Wipeout games solely in the cockpit. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.202.176.192 (talk • contribs).

Answer: Sure, it is! Maybe you define "cocpit view" a different way. The cockpit view in Wip3out is a view from inside the craft - you can see computers etc. This was never before in any WipEout. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.140.40.193 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Wipeout soundtracks

I don't contest the Saturn exclusives, but I do question the PlayStation tracks; should I assume that the three listed are exclusive to the European version? My US Saturn version has all of the CoLD SToRAGE tracks, minus Transvaal (note: not 'Trancevaal' as it is currently listed), whereas my US PlayStation copy just has the CoLD SToRAGE tracks (including Transvaal), with nothing of the Orbital, Chems, or Leftfield tracks. Just seeking clarification at this point, really.

Wait, weren't there songs by the Propeller Heads? I remember playing the N64 version for countless hours and listening to their (awesome) song "Bang On". I'm pretty sure there were others by the same band, but why aren't they listed under the music section? Also, I don't remember any Chemical Brothers songs...Hevendor 21:02, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Move to Wipeout

  • Talk:WipEout — WipEout → Wipeout – It's a weird spelling; not mentioned in the article. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks) Hyad 03:33, August 27, 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose. The offical site has it as WipEout. Doesn't apply under Manual of Style; it's not a "special character". --Apostrophe 03:51, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Bad example, it only had one objection. - A Link to the Past (talk) 07:00, August 27, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support. WipeOut would be acceptable, but there is no need to follow the whims of random capitalization. — Knowledge Seeker দ 00:33, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose. If the article mistypes it as "Wipeout", then every instance of that needs to be fixed; it's officially WipEout, and the fact they even toyed with that capital E (in Wip3out) seems to me that it's a fairly pertinent point. As for conventions... well, there's always time for change. This seems to be more important than tossing "Realtor" in all caps, at any rate. And as for the E$$O thing, if that's how they spelled it, I'd probably have supported it had I known. --Shadow Hog 02:03, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Comments

If the consensus is to move, then I think it ought to be moved to Wipeout (game) or similar, with Wipeout becoming a disambig page (mentioning the Beach Boys song as well). sjorford (?!) 18:15, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm ok with that. Three different Wipeouts (the video game, Wipeout (game show), and the song) make a disambig page worthwhile (although just barely). -Hyad 06:13, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

This article has been renamed after the result of a move request. Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks): "Follow standard English text formatting and capitalization rules even if the trademark owner encourages special treatment". Style guidelines can be set aside, but not without a good reason and strong support. In my judgment this has neither. Hence I have moved this to Wipeout (game) following the suggestion of Sjorford. I also created the suggested disambig at Wipeout. If you want to discuss and poll on whether the game should be Wipeout (game) or Wipeout, I will be happy to entertain that, but a 3-2 vote for "WipEout" does not supplant the consensus backing for not using funky capitalization as expressed in the style guidelines. Dragons flight 03:55, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

I know wikipedia has spoken regarding it's restrictions on capitalisation, but I just thought I should mention that for the first 2 games in the series (wipEout and 2097) the name was actually written wipE'out", lowercase w, capital E, and with the single apostrophe after the E and double after the t, so it was more than just a missplaced capital. Over the years they gradually diluted this, first the apostrophes disappeared for wip3out, and then with Fusion they capitalised the W. Seek100 03:05, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PSP version

We've recently discovered that the Euro version of Wipeout refuses to play wirelessly with the US version. I'm not sure if this is worth noting, but a fair number of people imported from the US (to the UK). Cpc464 12:38, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

I can confirm this. My euro edition is incompatible with my friend's US edition. I'm adding it, since personally i wish i had known this when i bought the game, and reckon it's relevant information. --Decept404 11:44, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WOXL "soundtrack" album

I just added the WOXL "soundtrack" album listing to the page (the audio-only CD, with some different artists and tracks). Do you folks think it really belongs here? It kinda makes the listings look crummy, IMO. I can't find it anywhere else in the wikipedia, so it probably belongs somewhere, but do you think it should be another page? — Wwagner 00:22, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I answered my own question. That listing made this page look so terrible that I made an album page out of the soundtrack, and linked to it instead. Never mind! :) — Wwagner 01:40, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

When we mention 2097's /XL's Soundtrack we should do the same for original WipE'out" and the Pure soundtrack. It's also good to see that you made a seperate article for 2097's /XL's Soundtrack, Wwagner, but then you should mention 2097 in the headline as well as XL, cause the game is better known as 2097 than as XL for most people, because it was just named XL in the US. — Sausehuhn 22:22, 16 March 2006 (CET)

All Music Guide and discogs.com have separate entries for Wipeout 2097, which appear to be the soundtrack album that was released by Virgin in the UK, where the game was known by that title. Wipeout XL was released by Astralwerks in the US, where the game was called Wipeout XL. — Wwagner 04:46, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wipeout Pure reformatting

I've been doing some reformatting on this page, and I have an idea that might make the Wipeout Pure section a little more readable. I'd like to separate out the contents of each downloadable pack, and present them under separate headings under the main Pure heading, like this example with the imaginary "Foo Pack":

[edit] Downloadable expansion packs

There are several expansion packs available for download from various sources (move the discussion of downloadable packs from the main text to here).

[edit] Foo Pack

The Foo Pack is available from Foo Enterprises (link here, maybe?), and contains some of the most difficult tracks that have ever been programmed.

[edit] Teams
  • extra team 1
  • extra team 2

[edit] Tracks
  • extra track 1
  • extra track 2
  • extra track 3

[edit] Music tracks
  • band 1: "song 1"
  • band 2: "song 2"

I just think that there are too many parenthesized things after some of these entries, and it would help to split them up. I would have already done it, but it's hard to tell what the various packs contain from some of the text. I'll do what I can, but I won't guarantee correctness (I don't have a PSP or Wipeout Pure). — Wwagner 15:08, 6 April 2006 (UTC)


Hello, sorry I'm no familiar with contributing to wikipedia, feel free to edit this as you like:

I have made two edits to the Wipeout page.

1) Added info about Wipeout 3: SE's 4-player mode.

2) Deleted the comment about Wipeout 2097 being regarded as the best in the series. This statement has no evidence to back it up and I disagree with it because Wipeout 3 SE has everything its predecessor has and more: 4-player mode; superior graphics; more modes; analogue control; most of the 2097 tracks and a lot more besides.

Another improvement to the page would be to clarify that 2097 and perhaps the original offered analogue control through that weird Namo twisty controller. It's just that Wipeout 3 offered better control through the superior Sony analogue controller Dual Shock.

Cheers Leo

[edit] Split

I love the info that's provided about the Wipeout game series but seperate articles would be good. I could help split up the articles and have the format of those pages set to the WP:CVG standard. However, this page could still be used as the general approach of the series. You know, like changes that were made from the first to most recent game. An example of this would be like SSX which has info about the rest of the series on there. Douglasr007 07:13, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

It just doesn't seem like there's enough material to warrant a separate article for each game. The article isn't that long, there are redirects in place for most of the titles in the series to come to this article, and the formatting is mostly fine, though my splitting of the Wipeout Pure expansion packs out from the main Pure entry made a nasty jumble out of that section. Moving the expansion packs to a separate article would assuredly be beneficial, and since I made that mess, I'll do that cleanup later today. — Wwagner 14:34, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
I think they should be split; they may all have the same name but they are all different in their own rights. Perhaps this page could be used for similarities, or the basics of the series. JD 16:56, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Sorry if I overstepped the mark by splitting the article, but I felt it had to be done as soon as if at all. If you want me to put it all back, I will do that. JD 16:14, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
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