>>37781789Here's why you're right to be angry;
GF is now pretty closely adhering to the Nintendo approach of continuity in its games. There is going to continue to be a loose timeline, but things like multiverses, split timelines, etc. are set up as firm elements of the series so that
1. any plotholes, oversights, etc. don't have to be addressed. this also means they don't have to write themselves out of being able to use recurring characters, necessarily tie up loose ends, etc.
2. this means that they don't have to be obliged to pay royalties if they ever sign a cockamimie contract with a scenario writer, etc. or even one who tries to sue them for intellectual property rights, etc. whether they're in the right or not. with only a very loose continuity, they are beholden to nothing, and can drop elements that risk legal issues without having to seriously disrupt the series canon
3. this allows them to invest less time, effort, and maybe even contract fees to any scenario writers, whether in-house or otherwise. normally, this would risk alienating fans who have gotten used to a storydriven series, but Nintendo has sort of mastered this, with LoZ probably being their golden standard in terms of "yeah, there is a timeline" even though there clearly isn't, and they put no energy into considering it. Splatoon is probably a very straightforward example, with the DEEPEST LORE being something that gets conversation threads started on online discussion boards (i.e. free advertising and thus every real possibility of free sales) by alluding to a continuity, with no real intention of delivering on it
that's why this is annoying. we even saw on /vp/ people losing their shit because Green, or rather
Blue was in the game. i bet dollars to donuts some people on /vp/ that were on the fence saw that and bought the game, because there was a strict antipathy across the board and after that you saw a lot of people rationalizing the game (i.e. their purchase)
