Ghostbusters Video Games • Re: Ghostbusters: The Video Game & Spirits Unleashed - Do you consider them to BE canon!?

The 2009 Video Game's story makes it virtually impossible to remain within the Movie Continuity timeline. Thankfully, it remained in the IDW Comics timeline... <3 (The IDW Comics timeline is home to the Ghostbusters multiverse after all.)

The major issue with adding that Video Game to the timeline is that the whole plot of Afterlife hinges upon Ray, Peter, and Winston not believing Egon that Gozer was to return. The events of the Video Game demonstrate there were multiple setups made by the Cult of Gozer to ensure Gozer's return. So, in the Video Game continuity, there's no rational reason for the guys to doubt Egon when he states he's discovered the location of another Cult of Gozer resurrection temple. However, without the video game, it becomes more believable the guys would believe Egon's reaching at straws. (As we saw in Afterlife.)

We just started playing Spirits Unleashed.

Spirits Unleashed is an interesting topic for being within movie cannon. Since IllFonic already changed the ending cutscene from the original version to make the game's ending within movie cannon based upon a spoiler-free version of Frozen Empire coming to theaters.

The original ending just mentioned Ghostbustin' never ends and things would continue in the Firehouse.

The current ending (I do not have a completed story save yet so I don't know if yesterday's Frozen Empire changed the ending... so ending as of two days ago ways):

• Winston mentioned the Spenglers are moving into the third floor

• Ray hints Podcast is working with him for the summer (without directly naming him)

I am assuming yesterday's update did not change the ending so there's three key elements which the story's ending needs to address to become in cannon:

• Winston has to mention the Research Lab is about to be opened

• Winston not only has to mention the Spenglers are moving in but are taking over Ghostbustin'

• Winston has to mention the team is migrating to the Research Lab

Unfortunately, there's one major point which keeps the movie outside of cannon. It likely would require paid-DLC as it essentially would require extensive voice over work.

• Replace Eddie with Lars Pinfield (including recording with James Acaster)

I cannot see replacing Mike Haimoto's Dr. Edmund Chan without some way to allow replays of the story mode. The replays of the story mode (which would allow for Speedruns to be done one PC) would require an option to play through either the version created by IllFonic OR the more Movie Cannonical one.

I feel it would be a huge diservice to cut Mike Haimoto and the talent he brought to Dr. Edmund Chan completely out (even if I personally would prefer to play a version with James Acaster's Lars Pinfield.)

The Ghost extractor being made by Lars instead of Eddie would pretty much seal the in-cannon. It would make perfect sense what he said to Phobe when she inquired about Human tests and the Extraction Chamber.

Statistics: Posted by UncannyGirl — March 27th, 2024, 12:57 pm

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