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VGCollect Site Stuff => Video Game Database Discussion => Topic started by: wowgek7 on March 03, 2026, 05:06:44 pm
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recently I amde an mostly if not complete list of all EU nintendo NFR cards I am considering adding them all to the site. however since there is a lot of overlap with us ones which have the exact same name how should I do it?
The us download stations are all listed but none of the 9 eu ones. I could add them as the same name but that might be not ideal.
also if I am gonna do this should I add the 3ds ones to the ds list as wlel since the 3ds doesnt have an demo section?
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If you're wanting to submit new Nintendo DS demo entries, submit them to Nintendo DS Demo (https://vgcollect.com/browse/dsdemo). If you're wanting to submit new Nintendo 3DS demo entries, submit them to Nintendo 3DS Demo (https://vgcollect.com/browse/3dsdemo). Both platforms have their own dedicated Demo sections.
Since the items you're wanting to add do share the exact name as existing entries, it will be necessary to attach a TLD to entry names. There are other entries in both categories which demonstrate how to do this such as 47095 (https://vgcollect.com/item/47095) and 148729 (https://vgcollect.com/item/148729).
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yeah 3ds demo section does excist I looked at the wrong spot thats on me
but what is an TLD I never ehard of that before. I was planning to add the name obliusly and the unique code
like this
Download station vol 1
NTR-A7AP-EUR
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but what is an TLD I never ehard of that before. I was planning to add the name obliusly and the unique code
See the follow rules regarding TLDs:
Games released in multiple countries within the same region/category: No two items within a category should have the same item name. For categories that reflect continents such as North/South America or Europe or general categories such as Hardware or Accesories, etc, the item title may use a suffix to indicate which country/countries an item was released in. Brackets [ ] are used to enclose this information, and for each country we use the appropriate TLD (Top Level Domain) Identifier. Our list of common TLDs are located here: https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7009.0.html
The TLD is not to be used to represent which languages are printed on an item.
Examples: 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker has five regional releases within Europe on the PS2.
- Released in England or general English EU release does not require a TLD: 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker
- Released in Germany: 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker [DE]
- Released in Spain: 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker [ES]
- Released in France and Netherlands: 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker [FR][NL]
- Released in Italy: 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker [IT]
TLDs
The TLD is short for Top Level Domain and is a list of country abbreviations maintained by IANA. We use TLD for release countries because they are easily identifyable. Remember that the TLD is to represent which countries an item was SOLD in, not which languages are on the packaging.
So as previously suggested, refer to entries 47095 and 148729 as examples that are within the Nintendo DS Demo.
like this
Download station vol 1
NTR-A7AP-EUR
Just to clarify, the item you're referring to is named DS Download Station Volume 1, as seen here (https://i.postimg.cc/hvk5jsKR/1.jpg).
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correct I was using the first one from my list as an example.
but it doesnt mather anymore.
I have zero clue about TLD's you explained the function which I get but I have no idea how to spot them etc.
so frankly I am just not gonna bother with it its getting too complicated for me also i doubt these demos even have that number since with the acception of 2 they where suposed to be returned to nntendo to destroy
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The TLD is something we use to indicate what country or region an item is released in. It is used when there are multiple items in a category that have the same name, we add a TLD to make it so they have different names. If you do not know what TLD to use or if you should use one, you can just ask.
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just the ds has almost 60 eu cards 3ds has less but still a bunch.
and honeslty I am not gonna ask for 80 90 cards what I should use.
so its fine it was a nice idea and I want to get the information out since it wasnt easy to compile but if I dont know how I obliusly cnat do it.
if you find someone who gets it and wants to do it I have no problem sending that perosn the ds and 3ds lists i amde
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maybe do like (EU) and (US) at the end of the name? not perfect but at least ppl know what they're looking at
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maybe do like (EU) and (US) at the end of the name? not perfect but at least ppl know what they're looking at
I would love to do it like that but sadly thats not accoridng to the rules here so I cnat
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In a category like Demos, you can do it as
[US] and [EU]
but not
(US) and (EU)
but only to differntiate two entries.
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In a category like Demos, you can do it as
[US] and [EU]
Because the rule concerning TLDs specifically states that the attached TLDs should represent which country an item was sold in, using [EU] in any scenario removed from the actual category name is incorrect as the European Union is not one singular country. Like with the first examples I provided in this topic, any EU item requiring a TLD in a region-agnostic category should instead be supplied with a country-specific TLD such as [UK]. As always, we should confirm where exactly an item was sold in and not presume that information.
Unfortunately, this rule seems to have not been historically enforced or understood, which has led to the issue of the [EU] and [NA] TLD tags dominating Name fields.