Talk:Genshin Impact/GA3

GA review

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Nominator: Gommeh (talk · contribs) 18:48, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: TheNuggeteer (talk · contribs) 09:24, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Will review this for WP:GARC. Regards, 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 09:24, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Lead

• each of which is → each are
  • Changed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 23:06, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
• critics writing approving "writing approving"?
  • Changed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 23:06, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Gameplay

• I do not see "role-playing" in source 4.
  • Added a source that supports this. Gommeh 📖   🎮 23:06, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
• mainly through directly I believe you should remove "directly", levelling up is already different from the latter example.
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 23:06, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
• You do not need to link items for video games. Might be a breach of WP:OVERLINK
  • Fixed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
• is required, obtainable through in-app purchases or as gameplay rewards, it is required is required is redundant, remove the second instance.
  • Done. It now reads "An ingame currency called "Primogems", obtainable through in-app purchases or as gameplay rewards, is required to pull on the game's banners." Wasn't sure whether "pull" should be wikilinked or not so I just left it.
• In-game rewards are granted for participating in Genius Invokation TCG. no source is cited for this.
  • I don't play the TCG in-game, but it looks like the opposite is true according to the Genius Invokation TCG article. Removed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Story

• You do not need to put all five nations with articles in the {{Main}} template, they are linked in the table.
  • Removed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
• Teyvat, allegedly you do not need to use "allegedly", maybe "described as".
  • Changed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
• individuals who have great ambitions this is vague. Is there a better way to phrase this?
  • Unfortunately I don't think there is. The game doesn't do a great job of describing the criteria for receiving a Vision, other than that. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
• Others may achieve elemental manipulation through Delusions, artificial Visions made from the remains of powerful gods which allow their bearers to control elements by feeding off their vitality,[40] or Moon Wheels, Vision-like objects exclusive to Nod-Krai that were created by the Three Moons. please chop this sentence.
  • Tried to rephrase it as multiple sentences, but couldn't find a good way that accurately and completely represents this. So I've just removed it (Delusions and Moon Wheels do basically the same thing as Visions in terms of gameplay anyway) Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
• What are "Heavenly Principles"?
  • The Heavenly Principles is the divine ruler of Teyvat. They have been asleep for the past 500 years, and not much is known about them. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
• What is a "Wild Hunt" and how does it serve Rerir?
  • He controls them (as their leader). Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Development

• miHoYo revealed the game in June 2019 at E3 2019.[50][51] The game was developed using the Unity Engine.[52] The game had a development and marketing budget of around $100 million, making it one of the most expensive video games to develop. these sentences are very choppy. I suggest you merge them.
  • I can't do much about the first sentence, but I did merge the other two into one longer sentence. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
• The game includes voice-overs in four languages, and 15 different languages for text. I believe this should be in "Release" or "Gameplay".
  • I can't really find a good place for that sentence in either of those sections, so I've just removed it. I doubt it's very important anyway. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
• and each nation is based on a region of the world. this isn't cited.
  • Removed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
• and provide emotional and beautiful melodies I believe you should attribute this.
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Release

• This section seems really short. There ought to be marketing for this game, since it was revealed at large expos and is really popular as well.
  • Added some information from the Chinese Wikipedia article. Additionally, although I couldn't find many news articles to support this, there are a lot of instances of billboards in major cities advertising the game, so I added a picture of one in Akihabara as an example of its marketing. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:38, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

  I just added a paragraph on an FTC settlement from around this time last year that got considerable media attention in relation to Genshin Impact's marketing tactics. Gommeh 📖   🎮 17:31, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Reception

• immediately and initially choose one word.
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 17:48, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
• The Youxiputao editor who is the editor?
  • There are two for that source, I've reflected that and named them.
• worldwide during → worldwide in
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 17:48, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
• million within two → million two
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 17:48, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
• December 16, 2023 survey you forgot the comma
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 17:48, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
• and it actually has please omit actually
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 17:48, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Collaborations

Nothing wrong here.

Other media

Nothing wrong here too.

Controversies

• WP:NOCRIT, this essay (not a real guideline, so take it with a grain of salt) says not to have a controversies section.
  • There has been a significant amount of controversy related to the game that has been covered by reliable sources, so IMO removing the controversies section would be a massive violation of WP:DUE. I believe I've covered the issues in a way that does not violate WP:NPOV. However, I'm more than willing to move these paragraphs into the reception section if needed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 17:48, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
    • Hi, I'm not the reviewer, but I saw that the lead says, The game has also been subjected to controversy over censorship of content related to Chinese politics, allegations of colorism in character design, and privacy and security concerns. These are reflected in the Controversies section, except the middle one, which doesn't appear to be brought up again in the article. 3df (talk) 08:17, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

      Ah, forgot to take that out when moving that information over to another article. Thanks for spotting that! Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:24, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

      You don't think it's suitable to mention in this article? 3df (talk) 22:31, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

      Pretty sure there was consensus a few months ago to move it to List of Genshin Impact characters. Gommeh 📖   🎮 23:27, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Spotcheck

This will check sources after source 12. I will perform this tomorrow. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 10:23, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

I'll get to this tomorrow at some point. Gommeh 📖   🎮 05:01, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

As of this version

• 14: Y does not mention "overworld"
  • Reworded. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:31, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
• 16: Y
• 18: Y
• 20: Y Mark source 20's urlstatus parameter as dead. I cannot access web.archive.org right now, so I will AGF this.
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:31, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
• 22: Y
• 24: Y
• 26: Y the source does not mention that Elemental Skills can be used at any time.
  • Technically they can't because of the cooldown, nice catch! Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:31, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
• 28: Y "is a core feature of its gameplay" the source does not say this.
  • Reworded to be closer to what the source says: "Each character comes equipped with their own elemental type and a few abilities that utilize that element. By switching between characters and using their powers synergistically you can unleash some seriously effective combinations." (source: IGN)
• 30: Y
• 32: Y
• 34: Y
• 36: Y I cannot access web.archive.org, so I will AGF this.
• 38: Y I can't access this, so I will AGF this.
• 40: Y same with this.
• 42: Y this source does not say military force, and doesn't mention an "aggressive foreign police", the "Heavenly Principles", and information about Tsaritsa giving the harbingers special authority.
  • Not sure if this sentence should be removed or only the citation, as this information clearly falls under MOS:PLOTSOURCE. In the meantime, I've removed the words "military force" and moved the citation up in the sentence so that it's right after the word "Snezhnaya." I'm leaning towards keeping the rest as is per the aforementioned MOS:PLOTSOURCE. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:31, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
• 44: Y passing per MOS:PLOTSOURCE
• 46: Y passing per MOS:PLOTSOURCE
• 48: Y
• 50: Y
• 52: Y making it one of the most expensive video games to develop was not mentioned.
  • Removed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:45, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
• 54: Y
• 56: Y Development was aimed at making the game different and fun from other MMORPGs in terms of its quest and combat systems as well as its random events and mode of exploration. does not seem neutral and the source is too primary and unreliable (in my opinion) as well.
  • Although I think it would have been OK to use a primary source there, that doesn't fit well with the previous sentence, so I have removed it anyway. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:45, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
• 58: Y will AGF this.
• 60: Y
• 62: Y
• 64: Y I have not enough time to watch the video, so I will AGF this.
• 66: Y
• 68: Y
• 70: Y
• 72: Y, this source, the latest from the three bundled sources, is only from 2022, not 2026.
  • Removed the 2026 mention. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:48, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
• 74: Y
• 76: Y
• 78: Y On August 21, 2024, the first day of Gamescom why was the source released on August 20?
  • Changed the date mentioned to August 20th in the citation. This was likely a typo made by the editor who put this in. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:45, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
• 80: Y
• 82: Y
• 84: Y
• 86: Y
• 88: Y
• 90: Y
• 92: Y
• 94: Y
• 96: Y
• 98: Y
• 100: Y
• 102: Y
• 104: Y this is a government source and seems biased. Also, if this is reliable here, then you should provide a conversion from Chinese yuan to dollars instead of placing dollars straight away.
  • Not sure if it is reliable, so removed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:48, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
• 106: Y
• 108: Y
• 110: Kindly mark this source as a dead link.
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:48, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Due to the many changes, the review will shift to this revision.

• 110: In my opinion, you should remove this source since it does not even source the sentence. Just rely on source 109.
• 112: Y
• 114: Y
• 116: Y
• 118: Y
• 120: Y
• 122: Y
• 124: Y
• 126: Y I do not see the information cited in the Nikkei article.
  • Removed. Also removed the previous sentence as it doesn't really fit well without it. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 128: This source looks like a blog and is mainly an advertising agency. I believe you should take a second look at this.
  • Removed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 130: Y please mark this a dead source.
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 132: Y
• 134: Y
• 136: Y
• 138: Y To be sure, there needs to be another source that cites the winner.
  • Added one. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 140: Y Is it supposed to be 2021?
  • Yes. Added a source from Apple to confirm. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 142: Y Same with 138.
  • Added. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 144: Y
• 146: Y
• 148: Y this does not say the game was nominated for Best Ongoing and Best Mobile.
  • Added a source that does. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 150: Y
• 152: Y
• 154: Y
• 156: Y Same with 138.
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 158: Y
• 160: Y
• 162: Y please mark this a dead source
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 164: Y
• 166: Y all of its cafes in Japan source only says 12.
  •  Not done The source actually says "all 12" meaning that there are twelve such cafes in Japan, and all of them would become collaboration cafes. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 168: Y
• 170: I think this is unreliable and most likely fails the WP:PRIMARY policy.
  • Removed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 172: Y
• 174: Y
• 176: Y I suggest adding a source after it was released.
  • Can't find a good one, but I did add another source that at least provides more information on it. Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 178: Y
• 180: Y
• 182: Y
• 184: Y the game's kernel-based not mentioned in the source.
  • Removed the word "kernel-based". Gommeh 📖   🎮 12:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
• 186: Y
• 188: Y
• 190: Y
• 192: Y

This is the largest source review I have ever performed in GA. @Gommeh: ping. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 07:17, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

Everything looks good now. I will pass. Thank you for your cooperation! 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 02:08, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

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