Talk:Gesshizu

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The result was: promoted by Earth605 talk 14:46, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that the Gesshizu video game characters are based on rodents like the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, octodon and capybara?

• Source: Gematsu "The list of characters includes: ... Octodon (Deguu) ... Capybara ... Flying Squirrel (Momonga)" (independent secondary source in English)

• • ALT1: ... that a Gesshizu video game was released internationally under the title Cuddly Forest Friends? Source: Gematsu "Cuddly Forest Friends launches February 2 in the west" "... first launched for Switch on August 4 in Japan as Gesshizu: Minna de Chokomaka Muradukuri." (independent secondary source in English)
  • ALT2: ... that the Gesshizu video game characters were created in collaboration with San-X, who also designed Rilakkuma? Source: Famitsu "Gesshizu ... co-produced with ... Rilakkuma..creator San-X" (translated from Japanese) (WP:ABOUTSELF source (press release) via Famitsu)
  • ALT3: ... that the Gesshizu video game characters got their name from the word gesshirui which means rodent in Japanese? Source: tweet from gesshi1115 "do you know the origin of the Gesshizu name ... rodents (gesshirui) are animals with growing front teeth" (translated from Japanese) (WP:ABOUTSELF source, official X/twitter via official website)
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Created by Siawase (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Siawase (talk) 19:19, 31 July 2025 (UTC).

• New enough, looks long enough. No copyvio or plagiarism concerns, reliable sources are used. I find ALT0 or ALT3 to be most interesting. --JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) 14:24, 5 August 2025 (UTC)