Magia Exedra Implications

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BUR #50009 has been approved by @evazion.

create implication tomoe_mami_(bebe-o'-lantern) -> tomoe_mami

So Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Magia Exedra just got its first geniune original official alternate costume (though the swimsuit alts are apparently slightly modified from Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Gaiden). I don't know if this is the right name for it, but this is what I'm going with unless someone can tell me otherwise.

The user who contacted me previously over Discord regarding Project Moon E.G.Os has asked me to share this here:

As Knowledge Seeker said in the first message, a couple of MagiReco alts got rehashes in Exedra. Those are:

A graphic comparing all the adapted alts, below:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1020729151818317936/1452385174519152813/image.png?ex=69499e99&is=69484d19&hm=bcf61c2a63e4467a08c6762532c37dba7685120c8fd6d12e18894d492029362e&

In my opinion, the outfits are different enough to warrant separate tags, so BUR below.

(for future reference, the new Christmas alts would be Isuzu Ren (Sacred Gift) and Ayano Rika (Glitterjoy Snow Globe))

update id:9745839,9745837,9732473,9725726,9700855,9700854,9665092,9656100,9656025 -> char:tomoe_mami_(fiore_finale) -tomoe_mami_(swimsuit_ver.)
update id:9829715,9789185,9789184,9737853,9737843,9725726,9723086,9656100,9655762 -> char:miki_sayaka_(melodia_apassionata) -miki_sayaka_(surfer_ver.)
update id:9829715,9789185,9789184,9737799,9737795,9723083 -> char:kaname_madoka_(pluvia_clara) -kaname_madoka_(swimsuit_ver.)
update id:10297584,10238362 -> char:alina_gray_(marigold_dadaism) -alina_gray_(halloween_ver.)

imply tomoe_mami_(fiore_finale) -> tomoe_mami
imply kaname_madoka_(pluvia_clara) -> kaname_madoka
imply miki_sayaka_(melodia_apassionata) -> miki_sayaka
imply alina_gray_(marigold_dadaism) -> alina_gray

Damian0358 said:

The user who contacted me previously over Discord regarding Project Moon E.G.Os has asked me to share this here:

Alrighty, I'm here, and man it's been a while since I got into a proper Madoka tag debate. But I think it's important to consider, as I want to make sure we do this in a way users find helpful.

Comparing the Magia Record versions of the costumes to the Magia Exedra versions, as the user points out, there are more remarkable differences than at a glance.

For example, Mami's swimsuit alt has a different top, Sayaka's gained a thighhigh and...What I think are detached sleeves? Madoka's has a different skirt and more frills, and Alina's Halloween alt now has legs alongside hair flowers and a gold chain. The upcoming Rika and Ren Christmas alts in Exedra are no different in that regard.

The question here (and the one I think this user is proposing) is: "Are they different enough to qualify as different costumes?" While I am currently of the opinion that I think a simple copytag difference will work for IDing which exact design, that doesn't really help when if, for example, a new Madoka game releases further down the line that has the Exedra versions of the swimsuit alts further down the line, especially since then the old designs would not be easy to search for.

However, my main fear with this argument is that that is exactly the reasoning used in the current Mario costume tagging disaster me and Damian here are trying to fix, so I'm naturally adverse to the idea, especially when the differences are major enough to be noticeable, but still minor enough to be recognizable as the Magia Record costumes.

I'm willing to run the BUR as proposed to see what users think, but these are my general thoughts on the whole situation, and one to be wary of. Especially since we are already seeing artwork leaning more into the Exedra designs than the Record ones. Whatever is decided here will set a precedent moving forward regarding how we handle the returning costumes in Exedra and their changes to the design, both in how this thread is used and how the costumes are tagged depending on their differences. Which approach is better?

(I'm just waiting till I can get at least the Kioku art of Rika and Ren's Christmas outfit as by "upcoming" I apparently meant "today", so I can lump them into the BUR instead of having to tack it on later lol.)

Updated by Knowledge Seeker

BUR #60362 has been approved by @evazion.

create implication akemi_homura_(splashin'_kyubey_blast) -> akemi_homura

I was originally going to ignore this like I did with most returning costumes from Magia Record, but Homura's ended up looking so drastically different from her Magia Record swimsuit alt, that I can only believe this is a completely separate costume entirely.

So to the new tag and imply BUR hell it goes.

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