Talk:Octo Valley (location)

Hero Mode merge

It's come to light that the name Hero Mode does not exist in an official capacity: instead it is a transliteration from Japanese and leftover from teasers pre-release where official names had not been announced. Many fan sites before release adopted this name, hence the proliferation.

The official name for single player is "Octo Valley" shown by the official website, Iwata Asks, and Prima. Therefore, the Hero Mode article should be merged and redirected into the Octo Valley article and all links corrected. This will include renaming categories Hero Mode to Octo Valley.

I can get my bot to do it so it won't take any editing time: however it is obviously a big change so a heads-up or discussion is necessary.
User:Kjhf/Sig 13:42, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

A wiki that forgoes accuracy for the sake of people's inaccurate whims is an ugly sight to behold. I'm all in favor of using the correct name. Plus, changing the name won't really throw people in a loop. Most people I talk to just call it "single player". – Espyo^T 13:44, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

I agree. I mean look at the map on the GamePad while you're in Inkopolis. What does it say; Hero Mode? I didn't think so.NepetaLast (talk)

I'm all for it; it's better to be accurate to the game than use a fan-made term.Thesquidsisters (talk) 14:02, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Recategorising done. ShrimpPin has objections to the merge so I'm going to wait until they post here or we get overwhelming consensus. In summary there is a concern about having Octo Valley as both a Location and Mode -- there should be two articles detailing both.

Personally I disagree as one article can do both, but we'll see. User:Kjhf/Sig 00:51, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Octo Valley as a setting has some lore behind it, like how the kettles connect to giant underground caverns, and how they were running out of power. I think that story background deserves an article of its own, but I think the "Octo Valley" page should be the one about the game mode. My suggestion is for an "other uses" to be present that links to the Octo Valley (Setting) page. --GuyPerfect (talk) 01:58, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Re: "I think that story background deserves an article of its own, but I think the "Octo Valley" page should be the one about the game mode" Agreed. As I suggested below, perhaps the pages could be "Octo Valley" and then "Octo Valley (location)". —Eli (talk) 03:59, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm for this. As I mentioned in the Skype chat, I'd suggest making a note of the other name in the "Octo Valley"/single player mode article though. Like, "Octo Valley (ヒーローモード Hero Mode in Japanese) is…" etc. I agree it's interesting that Octo Valley is the name of the mode and the PLACE which single player mode takes place; I'd vote for having the two articles for the mode and the place named "Octo Valley" and "Octo Valley (location)", respectively. —Eli (talk) 03:58, 28 June 2015 (UTC)