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*Characters 2 and 3 are the two unique characters which identify the actual game. Though there are some rare exceptions (usually Japanese releases), this normally stays consistent through all the different versions of a specific game. This can be used to find out when the wiki is in error, and two games with separate pages are actually the same. See [[R8XE52]] and [[R8XZ52]] as an example. | *Characters 2 and 3 are the two unique characters which identify the actual game. Though there are some rare exceptions (usually Japanese releases), this normally stays consistent through all the different versions of a specific game. This can be used to find out when the wiki is in error, and two games with separate pages are actually the same. See [[R8XE52]] and [[R8XZ52]] as an example. | ||
*Character 4 is the region code. This is the most common changed character between different IDs for a single title and probably the most useful. By knowing the regions a game is released in, looking for missing region codes can help | *Character 4 is the region code. This is the most common changed character between different IDs for a single title and probably the most useful. By knowing the regions a game is released in, looking for missing region codes can help greatly in spotting missing IDs. Therefore, knowing correct release data for a game is crucial to knowing which IDs are valid and which IDs are missing. | ||
*Characters 5 and 6 reflect publisher, and these are the most confusing of all characters as they can be all over the place depending on the title. Sometimes titles will have different publishers for each region, the same publishers in all regions except one, all the same publisher, the same publisher but with a different last two characters that's actually valid, etc. However, they do follow patterns, even though they may be confusing patterns; see [[GameIDs]] for documentation on common trends. | *Characters 5 and 6 reflect publisher, and these are the most confusing of all characters as they can be all over the place depending on the title. Sometimes titles will have different publishers for each region, the same publishers in all regions except one, all the same publisher, the same publisher but with a different last two characters that's actually valid, etc. However, they do follow patterns, even though they may be confusing patterns; see [[GameIDs]] for documentation on common trends. | ||