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Tecmo Stackers

Tecmo Stackers, known as in Japan, is a 1995 puzzle video game developed and published by Tecmo for arcades. It was ported to the PlayStation and Sega Saturn, the former of which was released outside Japan in 1997. The gameplay is similar to Puyo Puyo. Hamster Corporation released the arcade version outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in August 2024.

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Tecmo Stackers, known as in Japan, is a 1995 puzzle video game developed and published by Tecmo for arcades. It was ported to the PlayStation and Sega Saturn, the former of which was released outside Japan in 1997. The gameplay is similar to Puyo Puyo. Hamster Corporation released the arcade version outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in August 2024.

Key claims

  1. release date: 1997 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 2024 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1997". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "2024". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365581717

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