Talk:Floating Runner: Quest for the 7 Crystals

GA review

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Nominator: Andrzejbanas (talk · contribs) 19:27, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Z-Gamer Guys (talk · contribs) 21:13, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

I've known about this game for some time, so I'm glad to see it nominated for good article status. Expect some notes very soon!

GA criteria

Last updated: 14:50, 28 January 2026 (UTC) by Andrzejbanas

See what the criteria are and what they are not

1) Well-written

1a) the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct

1b) it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation

2) Verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check

2a) it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline

2b) reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose)

2c) it contains no original research

2d) it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism

According to Earwig, there is a 20% similarity, though most similarities are from the repeated title. Violation unlikely.

3) Broad in its coverage

3a) it addresses the main aspects of the topic

3b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style)

4) Neutral:

4) Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each

5) Stable:

5) Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute

Has not been edited since January 5, 2026.

6) Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio

6a) media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content

6b) media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions

Overall: Pass

Prose

• A few sentences in the plot section are a bit confusing. Here are my suggestions to improve clarity:
  • "A force from a neighboring kingdom known as Zaurer has used his army of Dark Guards and infested the six worlds and tainted the crystals with evil and created a new seventh crystal." This sentence uses "and" a lot, which makes it feel like a run-on sentence. Consider splitting this into two sentences or restructuring it slightly.
  • "As the worlds nearly lay in ruin, a priest came forward and requested the citizens to gather the crystals and purify them a fountain to save their world". Consider rewording to the following - As these worlds nearly lay in ruin, an old priest came forward and requested the citizens to gather the crystals and purify them in the Fountain of Light to save Crystal Land.
  • "This leads to the priests apprentice Cress and a young bounty hunter named Lay volunteer to save the land." Change to - This leads to the priest's young apprentice Cress and a young bounty hunter named Lay volunteering to save the land.
• Where and what is Crystal Park?
• Specify that the characters go to Zaurer's lair in the Dark World.
• "Lay the male of the pair or the blonde-haired Cress" seems like strange wording to me. Should these be separated by commas? E.g.: Lay, the male of the pair, or the blonde-haired Cress.
• Link somersault in the gameplay section.
• "Power-ups ranging from having your spheres home-in on enemies to turning the projectiles into boomerangs." Avoid using "you" and "your" to describe the player. Instead, change to - Power-ups range from having the player's spheres home-in on enemies to turning the projectiles into boomerangs.
• "Lay and cress can find items through the game such as health potions and power-ups for their weapons." Change to - Lay and Cress can find items throughout the game, such as health potions and power-ups for their weapons. (Mainly for capitalization of "Cress").
• The sentence about D4 Enterprise acquiring T&E Soft's titles should be moved to the very end of the development and release section.
• "A journalist in Dengeki PlayStation that in similar earlier games, such as those in Namco's Valkyrie series had to show case depth in overhead views by zooming in and out on objects, an element that would be eliminated in 3D games like Floating Runner." I'm not sure what this sentence is trying to communicate. Would you be able to rephrase this?
• Change "Game Fan" to be consistent with how it appears throughout the article as "GameFan".
• Link first instance of Nintendo in the reception.
• "AllGame the anime-styled characters and cute monsters..." Slight grammatical change needed, such as "AllGame claimed..."

Sources

• Most sources look very good and very high quality. Great job! Some are inaccessible to me, but when checking all sources with links, the information on the article was present.
• Consider labeling Floating Runner: Quest for the 7 Crystals in the sources as the "Instruction Manual" (considering it uses page numbers), and/or link a PDF of the manual scan. This is what I used to source check the manual: link.

Hi @Z-Gamer Guys:! I'm not sure if you were done with your review or not, but I think I've addressed your issues. As most of them were just small bits and pieces (missing text, grammar, clarifying stuff like "what is crystal park" etc.) I didn't reply in point-by-point as its was relatively easy to fix in one big swoop. I've removed that Dengeki PlayStation statement. I was kind of trying to shoe in some commentary about the game from a source that was actively searched out by another editor. I wasn't really confident with it at the time, but I think I agree with your ascertain that it sort of muddles that section. I've left it out for now. Thanks for doing/starting the review. As you may have guessed, its rare to find anyone who has heard of, let alone played this game. Andrzejbanas (talk) 19:59, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, everything looks good here! I'll be happy to pass this as a new good article. Great work. Z-Gamer Guys (talk) 20:50, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

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