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Concord
Concord (2024)
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In August 2024, it was revealed that Concord would serve as the basis for an episode of "Secret Level", an animated video game anthology series released on Amazon Prime Video. However, the servers for Concord were shut down on September 6th, just two weeks after launch and much earlier than the show's planned release on December 10th. Despite this, it was confirmed the day before Concord was taken offline that the episode would remain in the show's lineup.
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Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (2024)
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James Marsters, who has voiced Zamasu in the franchise starting with the English dub of "Dragon Ball Super", previously played Piccolo in the infamous 2009 live action film "Dragonball Evolution". Marsters since expressed regret over his performance in the film, and stated he took on the role of Zamasu in an effort to "redeem himself with the Dragon Ball Z community". As a reference to this, at one point when using Fused Zamasu's Divine Hammer rush attack in Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, he quotes one of Piccolo's lines in the movie: "Human power has failed before, as it will AGAIN!".
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Pokémon Diamond Version
Pokémon Diamond Version (2006)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Pearl Version (Game), Pokémon (Franchise), Game Freak (Company)
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PC Gamer article:
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/pokemon-dev-game-freak-appears-to-have-suffered-a-teraleak-that-includes-25-years-of-never-before-seen-pokemon-art-assets-documents-and-even-canceled-movies/

Nintendo Life article:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/pokemon-developer-game-freak-reportedly-hacked-massive-amounts-of-data-allegedly-leaked

My Nintendo News article:
https://mynintendonews.com/2024/10/21/pokemon-mmo-leaked-codenamed-rodeo/

TheGamer article:
https://www.thegamer.com/game-freak-pokemon-leak-humans-pokemon-children-together/

PennLive article:
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2024/10/massive-pokemon-leak-exposes-personal-data-never-before-seen-lore.html

Forbes articles:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2024/10/14/pokmon-fans-dont-understand-the-game-freak-leaks/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/10/14/pokmons-typhlosion-goes-viral-after-game-freak-leak-for-the-weirdest-possible-reason/

Link to the leaked scrapped Sinnoh myths (in Japanese):
https://pastebin.com/x9Rne5iZ

The Cutting Room Floor article featuring English translations of the myths:
https://tcrf.net/Development:Pok%C3%A9mon_Diamond_and_Pearl/Documents

Veilstone's Myth and other Sinnoh myths:
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sinnoh_myths#Veilstone's_Myth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajRq8I6ZkHM#t=426s

Canadian indigenous myth of the Bear Mother:
https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/fp/fpz2f27e.html
https://www.sfu.ca/brc/our-work/imesh-mobile-app/indigenous-art-walk/bear-mother.html

The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_of_the_Fisherman%27s_Wife
Collection: Croc
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Due to the success of the Croc games, Fox Interactive considered creating an animated television series based on them. A show bible was written by Flint Dille complete with backstory and six episode synopses, but plans for the series were scrapped. These documents were considered lost for over 25 years until 2024, when Argonaut Games announced that the show bible (as well as accompanying meeting notes) would be included in the remaster of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos as part of the game's Crocipedia.
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Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog
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In Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comics, the G.U.N. Commander (who was unnamed in the games) was given the name "Abraham Tower". According to writer Ian Flynn, the reason he was given a name was because he "didn't want to be trapped by calling him 'Commander' or 'sir' every stinkin' time". The name (originally used by a character from a fan-made comic that Flynn never finished) was meant to evoke an idea of authoritative power: "Abraham", whether in regards to the biblical figure or the U.S. historical figure, lends itself to the notion of an influential leader, and "Tower" was in reference to how he was "tall, rigid, standing over all others". Although the name was exclusively used in the Archie comics, it would later be made canon to the game continuity when it was used for the character in the webseries "Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings", which was also written by Flynn.
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Ian Flynn statement:
https://web.archive.org/web/20151102103058/http://bumbleking.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=42114&;highlight=#42114

Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings - "Finding the Way":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coN_xKNg0rs

Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings - "To the Ark":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2d9sS-muqI
Untitled Goose Game
Untitled Goose Game (2019)
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In 2021, the game's developer and publisher collaborated with the animation company Chromosphere Studio to create a 4-minute pitch pilot for a potential animated series based on the game called "Untitled Goose Programme". The show would have been presented as recorded TV feed flipping to different channels where the Goose bothers the host and/or villagers. It's not known which networks or streaming services it was pitched to, but due to a lack of interest, further plans for the show were shelved. The pitch pilot was later officially uploaded to YouTube in 2024.
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Cancelled Release, Multimedia Adaptation
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Indivisible
Indivisible (2019)
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In July 2020, Deadline Hollywood announced that Indivisible would be adapted into a TV series for NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock by writers and executive producers Meg LeFauve and Jonathan Fernandez. No further updates were given on its production, and it was presumably cancelled after the closure of developer Lab Zero Games two months later. It's not known if the adaptation would have been animated or in live-action.
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Collection: MySims
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In 2008, an animated series based on the MySims series was announced as part of a deal between Electronic Arts and the United Talent Agency to turn their games into motions pictures and television shows, alongside a film based on the The Sims series announced the year prior. However, while The Sims film has since received numerous updates on its development, the MySims series has not been acknowledged since, suggesting it was eventually cancelled.
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Cancelled Release, Corporate Affairs, Development, General, Multimedia Adaptation, Real Life
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MultiVersus
MultiVersus (2024)
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When putting The Joker against Black Adam, the former will mockingly ask "Weren't you supposed to be 'rearranging the hierarchy' or something?". This is a jab at the 2022 film "Black Adam" starring Dwayne Johnson in the titular role. In the lead-up to the film's release, Johnson released a series of real life promos in which he declared that Black Adam would "change the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe". This quickly became an internet meme, and was poked at even further after the film bombed at the box office (the film had grossed $390 million, but needed to reach $600 million in order to break even).
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Celebrity, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Meme, Multimedia Adaptation, Real Life, Reference
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Skylanders: Ring of Heroes
Skylanders: Ring of Heroes (2019)
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Attachment Prior to the game's shutdown, several villains from across the Skylanders franchise were intended to be added to the game as enemies. These include:

• Evil Glumshanks from Skylanders: Swap Force
• Super Kaos from Skylanders: Imaginators
• A version of Kaos wearing his Emperor outfit from Skylanders: SuperChargers
• Bobbin Rood, Olaf Crushersson, and Runys Pointyboots from the Nintendo 3DS version of Skylanders: Trap Team
• A Goliath Drow, likely meant to be Brock from Skylanders: Giants
• Malefor, the main antagonist of the The Legend of Spyro games

Had these plans gone through, it would have marked Malefor's first physical appearance in a Skylanders game, with his previous appearances being in the IDW comics, the spinoff TV series "Skylanders Academy", and as a Skystone in Skylanders: SuperChargers.
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Unused enemies:
https://tcrf.net/Skylanders_Ring_of_Heroes/Planned_Content#Planned_Bosses

Skylanders Issue 7 (Malefor's IDW debut):
https://readallcomics.com/skylanders-007-2015/

Skylanders Academy - "Return to Cynder" (Malefor's TV series debut):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flsDGMnDXF4

Skylanders: SuperChargers - Malefor Skystone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-iU2H3BodY
Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.
Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020)
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Attachment One of the Sleep Mode screens, which depicts Mario and Luigi having a picnic in World 4-3, is based on a piece of concept art originally drawn for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and was included in this Game & Watch over two years before the film's 2023 release. The original image is showcased in one of the bonus features on the film's home media release, "Meet the Cast: Charlie Day as Luigi". Among other differences, the concept art features Mario & Luigi sitting on mushrooms instead of blocks and wearing their modern outfits instead of ones matching their in-game sprites.
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Artwork/Illustration, Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Multimedia Adaptation, Reference
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Street Combat
Street Combat (1993)
subdirectory_arrow_right Ranma ½: Chounai Gekitou-hen (Game)
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Attachment Street Combat was originally released in Japan as Ranma ½: Chounai Gekitou Hen, a tie-in with the anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's 1987 manga Ranma ½. The American release stripped out all references to the source material due to its obscurity in the United States at the time, though the in-game sprites for Street Combat's cast are visibly traced over their Ranma ½ counterparts. Additionally, Happosai and Cologne are merged into a single character, Happy, in Street Combat.
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The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Street_Combat

Hardcore Gaming 101 article:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/street-combat-ranma-%C2%BD-chounai-gekitouhen/

YouTube video comparing the Japanese and US versions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pttH2daFIjM
Iron Lung
Iron Lung (2022)
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On February 16, 2023, the game's creator David Szymanski jokingly announced on Twitter that a film based on Iron Lung was in development, starring YouTubers Markiplier (real name Mark Fischbach) as "John Iron Lung" and Jacksepticeye (Seán McLoughlin) as "The Fish", with a soundtrack by Andrew Hulshult. On March 8, Fischbach revealed that he would be directing, writing, and acting in a film, but did not specify what it was. On April 21, it was revealed to be film adaptation of Iron Lung, with Hulshult doing the film's music. Finally, on May 7, McLoughlin revealed on Twitter that he would appear in the film as well, bringing the original joke tweet full circle.
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Celebrity, Coincidence, In-Joke, Multimedia Adaptation, Real Life
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (2023)
subdirectory_arrow_right Sonic The Hedgehog (Franchise)
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Attachment In The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, when Sonic is found presumed dead on the ground, the pose he is laying in is a reference to a meme within animation circles known as the "Family Guy Death Pose". This pose is frequently used throughout the animated series of the same name created by Seth MacFarlane, which became criticized in later years for utilizing cheaper animation. This is not the first time this pose was referenced in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise; the first time being in Issue #3 of the IDW comic book miniseries "Sonic the Hedgehog: Imposter Syndrome", where the character Surge collapses into the pose at one point.
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Trailer for the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC8sIhr-z5I

Sonic the Hedgehog: Imposter Syndrome Issue #3 (Page 9; info and source provided by chocolatejr9):
https://readallcomics.com/sonic-the-hedgehog-imposter-syndrome-3-2022/

Know Your Meme article:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/family-guy-death-pose-peter-falls-down-the-stairs
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X (2001)
subdirectory_arrow_right Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (Game), Final Fantasy X-2 (Game), Final Fantasy (Franchise)
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Unofficial Japanese to French to English translation of Final Fantasy X-2.5 ~Eien no Daishō~ (3 page forum thread):
https://ffx3chat.createaforum.com/general-discussion/~eternal-cost~-french-to-english-translation-47/

Final Fantasy -Will- (links include Japanese audio, English subtitles, and English audio):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpWZ4bli70Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJd3Tfu5ulY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXf2RqR3lM4

Amazon link to the novella with mixed user reviews:
https://www.amazon.co.jp/FINAL-FANTASY-X-2-5-~永遠の代償~-ノベルズ/dp/4757541570

Article about novella criticism:
https://gamerescape.com/2014/01/03/final-fantasy-x-novella-causing-a-stir-among-japanese-fans/

Satirical article criticizing the novella:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150325022124/https://www.p4rgaming.com/square-enix-accidentally-publishes-fanfiction-for-the-final-fantasy-x-2-5-novel/

Videos covering X-2.5 and Will:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbELoIdX7Hg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDb7hsrcZUY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT7Qr0oG1SA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ecZEPkemE

Blog posts discussing the plots of X-2.5 and Will:
https://marathonrecaps.wordpress.com/2021/03/18/final-fantasy-x-2-5-price-of-eternity-big-bad-book/
https://marathonrecaps.wordpress.com/2021/03/25/final-fantasy-x-2-5-price-of-eternity-violence-in-sports/
https://marathonrecaps.wordpress.com/2021/04/01/final-fantasy-x-2-5-price-of-eternity-kick-the-puppy-love/
https://marathonrecaps.wordpress.com/2021/05/13/final-fantasy-x-will-literally-listen-to-my-story/
https://marathonrecaps.wordpress.com/2021/05/20/final-fantasy-x-will-alls-well-that-ends-under-a-giant-whale/
Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
subdirectory_arrow_right Fallout (Franchise)
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During an interview with Variety Fair, Todd Howard revealed that the 2024 live-action "Fallout" TV series was considered canon to the games, having wanted to tell an original story within the game's world rather than adapt any of the previous games. However, when the show came out, this led to complaints from fans accusing the show of retconning the events of Fallout: New Vegas. Specifically, the sixth episode "The Trap" featured a shot of a blackboard seemingly depicting the fall of Shady Sands (the capital of the New California Republic) as taking place in the year 2277. Fallout: New Vegas takes place in the year 2281, yet Shady Sands is stated to still exist in the game without any mention of a fall (although the city cannot be visited in-game). Emil Pagliarulo, a design director for Bethesda, would try to assure fans on Twitter that Fallout: New Vegas is still considered canon, claiming to being overprotective of the series' lore and going as far as to post a timeline of the Fallout series. While the timeline not only featured both Fallout: New Vegas, the TV series, and also confirmed that Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel is considered canon to the series, it did not address the timeline inconsistency brought about by the blackboard scene in the show. This reportedly led some fans to accuse Bethesda of holding a grudge against Obsidian Entertainment for making what many fans consider to be the best Fallout game and using the show as a way to spite them. However, it's worth noting that there are three other possible explanations for the inconsistency:

• Whoever wrote "2277" was misinformed due to the post-apocalyptic setting forcing many to rely on guesswork for event dates.
• It could be a simple mistake in writing for a series with large amounts of lore to it.
• It could be a reference to the "Lonesome Road" DLC expansion for New Vegas, where the player is given the option to nuke the NCR, though there is no confirmation that this ending is canon.

Howard would later defend the TV series and insist the game is still canon in an interview with IGN, claiming he had an emotional reaction when the TV series writers brought up the idea of bombing Shady Sands (which he also clarified was not a nuclear bombing) and carefully talked through the decision with them. When asked specifically about the 2277/2281 inconsistency, his response was that they were "threading [the needle] tighter there" to make it land in the TV series, move the Fallout series forward, and insisted that the fall of Shady Sands took place just after the events of the game. He reiterated that Bethesda was careful about sticking to the series timeline, admitting that there "might be a little bit of confusion at some places" and claimed that what was most important to them was what was happening in the time period of the TV series.
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Company: Sega
subdirectory_arrow_right Nintendo (Company)
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Attachment The first official crossover between a Nintendo property and a Sega property is often assumed to be either Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games or Super Smash Bros. Brawl. While these are indeed the first Nintendo-Sega crossovers within the gaming medium, there have been instances prior of crossovers in supplementary marketing material:

• A 1994 advert made by DIC for animation industry insiders showing their global reach through the Panda Club and Dragon Club TV blocks in China shows Sonic the Hedgehog waving through a TV screen while Mario pats him on the back, joined by Madeline from the Madeline book series and Billy Lee as seen in the cartoon adaptation of Double Dragon.
• The infamous Fight for the FoxBox promotional film made by 4Kids Entertainment in 2003, which utilizes existing anime and cartoon clips to make a new crossover story, shows Dr. Eggman and King Dedede as allies alongside Dial-bolic from Ultimate MUSCLE, Dr. K from Cubix: Robots for Everyone, and Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles working for Wayne from The Cramp Twins in an attempt to shut down the titular television channel. Although the villains do interact in this half-hour film, the heroes mostly do not, with Kirby and Sonic never sharing screen time in particular.

This is, of course, discounting instances of unauthorised parodies and mockery at the height of the console wars.
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Print ad cel:
https://twitter.com/SatamHistorian/status/1452085625558118402

Full advert found on eBay, and attached as a file.

Fight for the FoxBox:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKHYLf8uxnk
Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog
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Attachment Ben Hurst, one of the writers for the 1993 "Sonic the Hedgehog" animated series, attempted to pitch a continuation of the show to Sega in 2002 as either a third season or a movie. He consulted DiC Entertainment, who produced the show (as well as two other Sonic cartoons, "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" and "Sonic Underground"), and was given the name of a Sega executive who wanted to talk with him more about the idea. Hurst then received a call from Ken Penders, at the time the head writer for Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comics, who had been made aware of Hurst's interest in making a movie based on the series. Hurst offered to include Penders in the project, and told him his strategy for the pitch was to develop a satisfying storyline to conclude the show, and simultaneously giving Sega ideas for new games. This resulted in a long-standing controversy where Hurst claimed that Penders sabotaged his plan by telling Sega that he was trying to co-opt the franchise, resulting in Hurst's dismissal from the project. Over 13 years after Hurst's death, Penders would give his side of the story in a 2023 blog post, claiming that Hurst's joint proposal between the two would involve asking Sega to pay them to produce the series, and doubted that Sega would even schedule a meeting to let them pitch it if Sega funding the pitch was the premise, stating that "the owner of any IP is looking for a payday when it comes to using the rights for their properties."

In September 2003, Penders pitched his own concept for a Sonic the Hedgehog movie, titled "Sonic Armageddon". Four pieces of concept art were produced, and even a homemade pitch video was made to show to Sega executives. From what is known about the pitch (which seemed to borrow elements from both the 1993 series and the Archie comics), it would have involved the planet Mobius being destroyed and changed the depiction of the roboticization procedure to something much more gruesome than what had been previously seen. Notably, several major characters (such as the Freedom Fighters sans Sonic, Tails and Sally) are not shown in either the pitch video or the concept art, and the characters that are shown are given major redesigns. A common belief is that DreamWorks Animation was Penders' choice to produce the film, but Penders would later state in 2019 that he had pitched the idea to Sega only, and that DreamWorks had no involvement. The film never materialized; Penders would later claim on separate occasions that the idea was dropped because of "massive corporate upheaval", as well as the development of the animated series "Sonic X" affecting talks regarding the film.
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Onimusha: Warlords
Onimusha: Warlords (2001)
subdirectory_arrow_right Onimusha (Franchise)
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Akio Otsuka voiced the series main antagonist, Nobunaga Oda, in the Japanese dub of Onimusha: Warlords, and would reprise the role for three more games in the series until 2004. He would also later go on to voice and lend his likeness to Miyamoto Musashi, the protagonist of the 2024 "Onimusha" ONA series.
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Fruit Ninja
Fruit Ninja (2010)
subdirectory_arrow_right Fruit Ninja (Collection)
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According to Fruit Ninja creator Luke Muscat in a comment on a YouTube video comparing the 1993 and 2023 Super Mario Bros. movies, there was a massive push following Fruit Ninja's success to have it be adapted for TV or cinema, something he attributed to other members of the studio feeling that the other 2 mediums were more "legitimate" in the face of an era where games were not taken as seriously. All of the characters and stories added to Fruit Ninja were made for the purpose of facilitating these unmade adaptations, something Muscat described as "divisive" and compared to having to try and adapt a film that does not exist into a game rather than the other way around.
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Video comment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn3Yo5ea5L8&;lc=UgxhZPo859-w_okK-3B4AaABAg

Comment archived in case it gets deleted (YouTube link contains a comment hyperlink tag):
"Great video Patrick and team. I was the designer / creator of Fruit Ninja, which obviously had absolutely ZERO story or character development. After the huge success of the game, (and as I was leaving the project), a push started to get film and TV adaptions made. For some at the studio, getting an adaptation made the whole thing more legitimate, like the property had "made it". Games were still struggling to be taken seriously despite being such a huge global business, but film and TV didn't have that problem.
But given how narratively thin the source material was, new characters and story started getting added into the game specifically to support those future jumps to film and TV (and merch I guess). This was very... divisive. It was like having to adapt a film into an existing game... except the film didn't exist yet. It was a time."
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