Trivia/Other Section
Several games have interesting or obscure caveats in terms of their release or their playability, and it's worth mentioning them for the sake of completeness. For example, Donkey Kong Junior is listed as a Gameboy Advance release, which is technically correct, but it was only playable via the e-Reader, which is not obvious. Additionally, Donkey Kong Junior also exists as a playable game within Game and Watch Gallery 3 and 4, which may technically not count as a release but deserves mentioning somewhere. There are several examples of games with unique scenarios like this, and this data doesn't really have a section where it could easily be integrated. Furthermore, some games have memes or cultural phenomena around them which also lacks a section. A trivia section to serve as a catch-all for data like this would be great, so long as said trivia can be cited and verified.
TimeSmash
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Hey! This is excellent, we ourselves have been wanting Triva data for a long time. Although this isn’t a high priority data it would offer a lot in terms of general knowledge.
However this is a difficult data to handle, as verifying it can be quite difficult and time consuming. Eventually we will revisit the concept and see what options we can come up with to faciliate this.
Leaving this ticket open if other users have suggestions, such as sources of gaming trivia that could be researched.
Thanks!
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DidYouKnowGaming
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We've been working to create a trivia database, utilising IGDB's API. We already actually have a large volume of trivia on our website, VGFacts, which we verify with sources being contributed. It is very time consuming, but definitely more so with our current method of adding games involves user contributions for game data.
If IGDB was interested in working with us in partnership somehow, I'd be interested to chat!