Template:Vgrelease/doc

This template is used in conjunction with the Template:Tl infobox to summarize release date information for computer or video game articles. It was taken from Wikipedia and modified to meet the needs of the Dragon Quest wiki.

Syntax

Using named parameters

The following parameters may be specified to display release dates for multiple regions in a single call (however, they will not be sorted in any particular order):

JP=date: Japanese region release date.
NA=date: North American release date.
PAL=date: PAL region release date. (or, if they differ: EU=date: European release date, AUS=date: Australasian (Australia and New Zealand) release date.)
INT=date: International version release date. See link to make sure you know what an international version is.

If it is desirable to list release dates in a specific order (e.g. chronological), specify each region with a separate call.

Use Template:Tl for the earliest of the dates only.

Alternate syntax

Using two parameters {{vgrelease | [[region]] | date }}

region

Wikilinked region name. For brevity, should be formatted as a piped link, e.g. [[Japan|JPN]]'.

It is also possible to combine multiple regions in this parameter, for release dates which are the same between several regions -- e.g. [[Europe|EU]] / [[North America|NA]]

date: Release date (should not be wikilinked). Use Template:Tl for the earliest of the dates only.

Using three parameters (for backwards compatibility) {{vgrelease | region | ID | date }}

region | ID: Name and abbreviation for the region (Japan, North America, etc.) to which the release date applies. This is essentially the same format as a piped link, minus the surrounding brackets.
date: Release date (should not be wikilinked). Use Template:Tl for the earliest of the dates only.

Examples

'''Super Nintendo Entertainment System'''<br>
{{vgrelease|JP={{Start date|1995|03|11}}|NA=August 22, 1995}}
'''PlayStation'''<br>
{{vgrelease|JP={{Start date|1999|11|2}}|NA=June 29, 2001}}
'''Nintendo DS'''<br>
{{vgrelease|NA={{Start date|2008|11|25}}|JP=November 27, 2008|PAL=Early 2009}}

Super Nintendo Entertainment System
^JP Template:Start date
^NA August 22, 1995
PlayStation
^JP Template:Start date
^NA June 29, 2001
Nintendo DS
^JP November 27, 2008
^NA Template:Start date
^PAL Early 2009

'''Famicom''':<br>
{{vgrelease|JP={{Start date|1988|12|17}}}}
'''PlayStation Portable''':<br>
{{vgrelease|JP={{Start date|2007|06|07}]|NA=July 2, 2007|EU=February 8, 2008}}

Famicom:
^JP Template:Start date
PlayStation Portable:
^JP Template:Start date
^NA July 2, 2007
^EU February 8, 2008