Mutliple games same name, conflicting pages

Licensed games clearly have multiple versions to capitalize on the brand name. But due to hardware limitations and different developers working on the same title they usually are totally different games.

Some licensed games like Eragon: https://www.giantbomb.com/eragon/3025-1150/ have a proper different page for each game.

Some licensed games like the android version of the amazing spiderman https://www.giantbomb.com/the-amazing-spider-man/3030-39739/ are gameplay and visually similar to its console counterparts but have a different page, but the Nintendo DS that is totally different is mentioned within the main game page. https://www.giantbomb.com/the-amazing-spider-man/3030-36687/

There is also duplicate information between these two pages.


Other examples as Return of the king https://www.giantbomb.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king/3030-17686/ that the main console game is straight-up action game stuff beat n up / hack and slash game. But the GBA version is a slow-paced isometric action rpg.

Legend of Spyro eternal night is an action-adventure game on consoles, a 2D Action Brawler in the GBA version, and a 3D platformer in the DS version.

Old Harry potter games are turn-based RPG games on handhelds but are normal action-adventure games on consoles.

Should we create separate pages for each variation of these games?

This his been discussed many times over the years. The conservations lean towards not separating the pages. Here's one of the threads where it was discussed (starting at post #6). I remember this thread and thought it was somewhat recent, but it's actually from 2015: https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/delete-combine-requests-34/the-wiki-discussion-thread-1766034/?page=1

I wouldn't mind seeing this revisited again. I know the search function is now better, and I also feel like these games that are basically totally different should have their own pages.

It would have to be a case-by-case basis. Where would you draw the line? I mean, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is an isometric game on GBA. Is that "different" enough to be a separate page? I'd say no.

The times where we have allowed it (some have slipped through unnoticed I'd guess) is when a certain version is a completely different story, which I believe is the case in games like the Avatar games based on the film and that Prince of Persia version on Wii.

Otherwise, we'd have separate pages for literally every handheld port for like 25 years. It'd be a mess.