Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magatama (martial art)

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The result of the debate was delete · Katefan0^(scribble) 22:42, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Magatama (martial art)

It's a misconception that there's a martial art called Magatama in the --King of Fighters-- series - the actual names of the arts used by characters of the Kusanagi family, as well as Iori and Shingo (mostly "Kusanagi style of ancient martial arts") are listed in an official source, the www.kof10th.com website, in the individual character profile pages. The misconception derives from part of the legend that inspired the Orochi plot in the KoF games up to 1997, as there are 3 sacred objects associated with the legend: a sword, a mirror, and a magatama (an object which has its own Wikipedia article, and which shouldn't need to go through a disambiguation page to be reached), which correspond to 3 important characters in that series, respectively Kyo, Chizuru and Iori Loona 11:58, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

• Question How common is the misconception? Would an explanation of the misconception be appropriate in, say, the King of Fighters article or another appropriate article? If so, my feeling is that it should be merged not deleted. KeithD (talk) 13:19, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

It's not that frequent to be worth mentioning in the main KoF article - at most, mentioning the common points (these tend to stick to the some of the special moves they use, and the odd normal attack or two) between the styles used by the characters Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, Shingo Yabuki and Saishu/Saisyu Kusanagi (Kyo's dad - the spelling of the name tends to change slightly according to the source) in their respective profiles - Kyo's, at least, is in need of some tweaking. In short, the fighting style that does exist (and evolves) in KoF is that of the Kusanagi clan, which the official bios pretty much refer to as "Kusanagi style" - Saishyu passed that on to Kyo (who changed some aspects of it after being beat by Goenitz prior to the KoF96 tournament), while the Yagami had something quite different in many aspects, with only a few similarities that border parody by opposition (this is most noticeable in KoF 95, where both Kyo and Iori - who debuted in that game - have projectiles, but throw them with practically opposite hand movements - Kyo's is up-to-forward, and Iori's is back-to-down; another special has both of them dashing at an opponent, and while Kyo lifts his victim upon hitting him, Iori slams him into the ground - both follow up with an explosion); Shingo is basically a Kyo fanboy who tries to do the same things, but with no formal training (other than bugging Kyo to show him a move, and then proceeding to practice that countless times, so it's said), although Saishyu offers to train him in a KoF2003 ending. In no game or official source is a "Magatama style" mentioned, so it's something not worth focusing on outside the character profiles IMO, especially with a wrong name, and certainly not with a page of its own. Loona 15:22, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, gamecruft that isn't even valid in the context of the game. Barno 01:13, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, both because it is gamecruft, and because it will confuse people who hear the word magatama, try to look it up, and read about a martial art that doesn't exist instead of the curved beads whose shape is the visual representation of the human spirit. Nandesuka 04:10, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per Nandesuka. -- Kjkolb 09:04, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

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