Talk:Meccha Chameleon

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The result was: promoted by Beta Beta Beta (talk) 19:24, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that Meccha Chameleon is a rare case of a casual game from a Japanese solo developer reaching the top of Steam's sales charts?

• Source: Inven Global [It is a rare case of a casual game from a Japanese solo developer reaching the very top of Steam's sales charts]

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Comic Fiesta & Template:Did you know nominations/Connie Fleming
  • Comment: Might add hook later as this game is still new

Created by Miminity (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 57 past nominations.

Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 06:30, 16 June 2026 (UTC).

• ALT 1: ... that a reviewer claims that "you don't have to play Meccha Chameleon to play it"?
• Source: Rock Paper Shotgun [One of the game's loveliest qualities is that, strictly speaking, you don't need to play it to play it.].
• Nominator now has completed 2 required QPQs. Article clearly meets newness (June 16 creation) / length / copyright criteria. Alt0 looks good. For Alt 1, quote says "need to play" but hook says (in quotations) "have to play." Preference for Alt0. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnation2 (talk • contribs) 16:23, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

  @Mnation2: Looks like two QPQs to me? – Rhain ☔ ^he
  _him 00:52, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

  Yes, looks like on June 26th they completed their second QPQ. Therefore this looks good to go. Mnation2 (talk) 02:06, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

  FWIW, both QPQs were already completed on June 16 and listed here on June 17—several days before this review took place. Not sure where June 26 comes into it. – Rhain ☔ ^he
  _him 20:29, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

  Thanks for pointing that out - somehow I totally missed the 'Reviewed' line in the DYK submission. Mnation2 (talk) 02:51, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

ااا ~2026-36618-98 (talk) 23:23, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Firas

noticed a few grammar and spelling issues in this article. I think they could be corrected to improve readability. ~2026-36464-04 (talk) 04:28, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

noticed a few grammar and spelling issues in this article. I think they could be corrected to improve readability.

noticed a few grammar and spelling issues in this article. I think they could be corrected to improve readability. ~2026-36464-04 (talk) 04:29, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

I encourage you to WP:Be Bold and fix them yourself! Schlieffenplan223 (talk) 18:28, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Interesting game tips could be added

How to Get Good at Meccha Chameleon This site has highlighted a few cool ways to train your eyes, and your color design during the painting sessions, to improve both your hiding and seeking in meccha chameleon. Maybe worth adding to the main page. ~2026-37248-50 (talk) 12:39, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a WP:GAMEGUIDE, that kind of material is not appropriate. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 12:50, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

GA review

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Nominator: Miminity (talk · contribs) 07:57, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: A412 (talk · contribs) 22:44, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

I'll take a look at this one. ~ A412 ^talk! 22:44, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

Interesting read. Holding for prose. ~ A412 ^talk! 00:45, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

I left a copy-editing pass. . ~ A412 ^talk! 03:32, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, lists, and tables): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions and alt text):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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References

Reference numbers as of this revision.

Spotcheck

• [1] - Fine.
• [3] - Fine.
• [8] - Fine.
• [11] - Fine.
• [14] - The number of players in a lobby is based on the internet connection of the host. The recommended number of players is 2 to 12. - source does not appear to contain this information.

-  Done just a mislabeled ref name

• [20] - Fine.
• [23] - Fine.
• [29] - Fine.
• [37] - Fine.
• [40] - only a few of the maps contained within the Steam Workshop were malicious - Source supports the idea that the maps, not the game, were malicious, but not the idea that there were "only a few". In fact, it points out that this is not a rare type of attack, and that "new malicious maps could still be uploaded in the future".

- reworded

• [42] - Fine.
• [50] - "become one of the giants in the friendslop genre" - source has "become one of the giants in this genre", so you could bracket as "become one of the giants in [the friendslop] genre" or adjust the quote

-  Done

• [51] - Fine.
• [52] - Fine.
• [55] - Fine.
• [59] - Fine.
• [65] - Fine.
• [67] - Fine.
• [69] - Fine.
• [75] - Fine.
• [78] - Fine.

Reliable sources

• [56] - What is ascii.jp and why is it reliable? The linked article describes a defunct company, and Cite Unseen only describes this as unknown reliability from zhwiki.

- Weekly ASCII is reliable per WP:A&M/RS#News, idk why Cite Unseen tagged it as such. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 01:22, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Images

• Infobox: fine, proper NFCC rationale. Please add alt text.

- Hmm, it already has one Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 01:25, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

you're right, my bad ~ A412 ^talk! 01:58, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

• Gameplay: fine to not have one, but could we justify a gameplay screenshot?

- If it is fine, then I probably add it later. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 01:25, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Prose

Lead

• This lead is short. The Marketing section is not summarized and the Reception section could probably use more than just It received positive reviews. What elements did the positive reviews remark on?

- expanded, please tell me if there are any problems. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 01:40, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

• The game also won - Weird use of also as not really comparable to the previous sentence? I'd just have The game won

-  Done

Gameplay

• which is larger than normal player -> grammar, and let's distinguish players and characters: which is larger than a normal character or which is larger than normal characters

-  Done

• Player can use -> The player can use or Players can use

-  Done

• Reverse Chicken Race, where each player was given time to paint themselves - match tense with rest of sentence, is, unless this is a mode that is no longer playable.

-  Done

• After the timer ends, each player's paint job will be displayed on a pedestal, where other players will try to find the player after the observation time ends - where seems like the wrong word? Are the other players looking for them on the pedestal? Also, can we change other players -> hunters here? And what is observation time?

- reworded, "observation time" is the term used by the ref ()

• The game has both public and private lobbies, which support up to 24 players - Do both public and private lobbies support this number of players? It's unclear which type(s) the second phrase is describing.

-  Done rephrased

• Chameleons can taunt the hunter by producing a whistling sound, which helps the hunter locate the hiders - we've been consistently using plurals. -> Chameleons can taunt hunters by producing a whistling sound, which helps the hunters locate the hiders.

-  Done

Development

• Lemorion previously released games - previously is repetitive. Suggestion: Lemorion's other games include...

-  Done

• played various Fortnite-based games with hide-and-seek style mechanics - I didn't spotcheck this one, but it looks like this isn't what the source says. Source says "The title, created by Lemorion_1224 and Haganeiro, was conceived in Fortnite, where the two played with various hide-and-seek-style mechanics before settling on what would eventually become Meccha Chameleon.", which seems to indicate they tested hide-and-seek style mechanics for Meccha Chameleon in Fortnite, not that they played other games.

- Done? Idk if the rewording fixed the issue. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 02:02, 5 October 2026 (UTC) -- It's hard to say what the correct reading here is. "played with" as used in the source could mean either that the developers tested hide-and-seek mechanics in Fortnite as a development method or that they played other hide-and-seek games to see what mechanics other developers used. I'll leave it alone because I'm unsure. ~ A412 ^talk! 03:31, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

• painting itself -> painting themselves

-  Done

• It uses components and assets, including the back-end systems, from their previous games such as Penguin Hotel and Link Penguins - we mention the two previous games one paragraph up, so this is a bit repetitive. Suggestion: The game reuses components and assets, including the back-end systems, from Penguin Hotel and Link Penguins

-  Done

• I don't think they meant locale as in locale (computer software), I think they meant locale as in the location of the map.

- delinked

• "avoiding complex controls for the user" and "ensuring the system itself did not become overly complicated" - The source is in Japanese, so I presume you translated these yourself. See MOS:FOREIGNQUOTE for the usual way we frame editor-translated quotes (make clear it's a translation and make the original quote available).

- the original Japanese test is added.

Release

• He chose Nintendo Switch 2 because it is the only console that allows mouse control - I get this is what the dev said, but I think the premise is false, so it's weird to reprint. For example, PS5 and Xbox X/S both officially support mouse control.

- I just removed it

• posted a report on Medium - I don't think it's important that it was on Medium.

-  Done

• Remote Access Trojan - not a proper noun per target article, use sentence case.

-  Done

• Lemorion made a Steam Community post - again, I don't think we need to mention where it was posted.

-  Done

Marketing

• No comments.

Reception

• 2026's Biggest Viral Sensation - I think we can safely sentence case this, MOS:CONFORM

-  Done

• Seungjin Kang of Inven Global, commending the game, attribuited its popularity to "high-quality, novel art and camouflage Mecchanics have resonated with live-streaming audiences" - spelling, I don't think he actually commended the game, and this construction doesn't quite work, the quote isn't a noun phrase. Suggestion: Seungjin Kang of Inven Global described the game as popular on streaming platforms, saying that its "high-quality, novel art and camouflage mechanics have resonated with live-streaming audiences". And you may want to move this one to the third paragraph.

-  Done

• Fans of the game also recreated the character in the game -> Fans also recreated the character from the game
• it spawns various clone games -> it spawned various clone games

-  Done

• which is a 2D clone of Meccha Chameleon developed by Taishi Nakai and launched in App Store - just say it's an iOS game.

-  Done

• It sold 300,000 copies on September 16 -> It sold 300,000 copies by September 16

-  Done

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