User:Aidanzapunk/Character concepts/Universes

With the exception of Shadow and Tails (who are from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe), Chun-Li (who is from the Street Fighter universe), and Sora (who is from the Kingdom Hearts universe), each character on my character concepts page hails from a new (coincidentally, non-Nintendo) universe; Shovel Knight and Cuphead, despite being existing universes, are also listed here as their symbols are unique to the userspace. This page acts as a parallel to our own universe pages, for those curious about each franchise listed on my page; however, it's more of a brief summary from me rather than anything in depth, and if you want to read more, I provide links to Wikipedia.

Fairy Tail

Fairy Tail (universe)
Publisher(s)	Kodansha
Designer(s)	Hiro Mashima
Genre(s)	Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Console/platform of origin	Manga
First installment	Fairy Tail (manga, 2006)
Latest installment	Fairy Tail: Beach Volleyball Havoc (2024)
Article on Wikipedia	Fairy Tail (universe)

The story of Fairy Tail follows Lucy Heartfilia, a Celestial Spirit wizard who wants to join the titular Fairy Tail guild. In the port town of Hargeon, Lucy has a run in with a wizard named Bora, who claims to be the famous "Salamander" wizard, and attempts to use the forbidden Charm magic on several females, including Lucy; an incoming Natsu Dragneel and Happy, looking for a dragon, similarly run into Bora after hearing about "Salamander", inadvertently snapping Lucy out of her trance, but are disappointed. As thanks, Lucy treats the two to lunch, where they discuss their two goals: Lucy wanting to join the Fairy Tail guild, and Natsu looking for Igneel, the Fire Dragon. After the two part ways, Lucy is invited by Bora to his yacht for a party later that evening, with the promise of joining the Fairy Tail guild, while Natsu overhears two women who were also invited talk about the party being hosted by "Salamander of Fairy Tail". They investigate the party, running into Lucy again, and inadvertently saving her once again, as she was nearly drugged. The three join forces, attacking Bora and his men, where Natsu reveals himself as the true Salamander, the Fire Dragon Slayer. Bora is defeated, though the victory is cut short when the Magic Council shows up in response to the damage being caused; Natsu drags Lucy along with him, reconfirming that she wanted to join the Fairy Tail guild, to which Lucy excitedly joins him. The three return to the guild, where Lucy is introduced to all of its members, who would form timeless bonds with Lucy and other future members of the guild.

Ace Attorney

Ace Attorney (universe)
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Genre(s)	Adventure, visual novel
Console/platform of origin	Game Boy Advance
First installment	Gyakuten Saiban (2001)
Latest installment	The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (2021)
Article on Wikipedia	Ace Attorney (universe)

Phoenix Wright, an up and coming defense attorney, is given a simplistic, yet hefty task for his first case: defend his best friend from elementary school in a murder trial. While he asked his boss, Mia Fey, to be put on the case due to the connection to the client, it would no doubt prove to be a difficult case for the first timer, due to the alibi given from the witness to the crime. Phoenix, however, confidently pointed out a major contradiction in the case, eventually leading to the witness being revealed as the true culprit. Things, however, would only escalade further in his career, as his very next case involved the murder of Mia, with her younger sister, Maya Fey, being placed as the defendant. What ensued was an uphill battle between Phoenix and the corrupt business owner Redd White, but Maya, using her family's spirit medium powers, channeled Mia, who threatened to blackmail Redd if he didn't confess to murdering her. Phoenix and Maya would afterwards form an unbreakable bond, working together on future cases, changing the Fey and Co. Law Office to the Wright and Co. Law Office.

Shovel Knight

Shovel Knight (universe)
Developer(s)	Yacht Club Games Nitrome VINE
Publisher(s)	Yacht Club Games Nintendo (Treasure Trove, JP)
Designer(s)	Sean Velasco
Genre(s)	Action, platform
Console/platform of origin	Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U
First installment	Shovel Knight (2014)
Latest installment	Shovel Knight: King of Cards/Shovel Knight Showdown (2019)
Article on Wikipedia	Shovel Knight (universe)

Shovel Knight and Shield Knight were a pair of adventurers who lived a happy life together. One day, they ventured to the Tower of Fate, where a terrible curse caused Shield Knight to disappear, and only Shovel Knight escaped the tower, with the disappearance of Shield Knight sending him into a deep depression. This, however, allowed the Enchantress and her army of Knights in the Order of No Quarter to take over the land, causing Shovel Knight to come out of retirement to save the land and defeat the Enchantress.

The series later expanded to include multiple side stories, including a "what if" scenario in the form of Plague Knight's campaign, two prequels focusing on Specter Knight and King Knight, and a fighting game with all of the Knights as playable characters.

Skullgirls

Skullgirls (universe)
Developer(s)	Reverge Labs, Lab Zero Games
Publisher(s)	Autumn Games, Konami
Designer(s)	Mike Zaimont
Genre(s)	Fighting
Console/platform of origin	PlayStation 3
First installment	Skullgirls (2012)
Latest installment	Skullgirls Mobile (2018)

The Skull Heart is a powerful object, allowing any one woman a wish should they not destroy it, and reappearing after seven years should they do so. Wishes, however, are selfish by nature, so anyone who uses the Skull Heart for a wish is destined to become the next Skullgirl. Skullgirls follows a cast of characters—Filia, Cerebella, Peacock, Parasoul, Ms. Fortune, Painwheel, Valentine, Double, Squigly, Big Band, Fukua, Eliza, Beowulf, Robo-Fortune, Annie, Umbrella, Black Dahlia, and the current Skullgirl, Marie—on their own path to either utilize or destroy the Skull Heart, with their different paths often intertwining with one another.

Professor Layton

Professor Layton (universe)
Developer(s)	Level-5
Publisher(s)	Level-5, Nintendo
Designer(s)	Akihiro Hino
Genre(s)	Puzzle, Adventure
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo DS
First installment	Professor Layton and the Curious Village (2007)
Latest installment	Layton's Mystery Journey (2017)
Article on Wikipedia	Professor Layton (universe)

Hershel Layton is an archaeology professor at Gressenheller University in London, England, who frequently gets wrapped up in mysteries that are full of twists and turns that make for a really compelling story in every game. Each game is unique in terms of story (with occasional returning characters as well), and honestly, even trying to summarize one game would take a while.

Ninja Sex Party

Ninja Sex Party (universe)
Genre(s)	Comedy rock, synthpop, electronic
First installment	NSFW (2011)
Latest installment	Level Up (2021)
Article on Wikipedia	Ninja Sex Party (universe)

Dan Avidan and Brian Wecht write songs about sexual things (occasionally they don't, but it's 90% of their stuff), and they're hilarious.

Celeste

Celeste (universe)
Developer(s)	Matt Makes Games (now Extremely OK Games)
Publisher(s)	Matt Makes Games (now Extremely OK Games)
Designer(s)	Maddy Thorson
Genre(s)	Platform
Console/platform of origin	Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
First installment	Celeste (2018)
Latest installment	Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain (2024)

Celeste started out as a small project made for a game jam on the Pico-8 game engine, featuring the player character traveling up a mountain and gathering strawberries. In a similar vein to the original Donkey Kong, there was no real "story", just a goal of getting as high up the mountain as possible. Enough people liked the game that its creators, Maddy Thorson and Noel Berry, decided to evolve it into a fully-fledged game, eventually becoming Celeste. You climb up a mountain while dealing with depression. Fun stuff.

Sega Ages

Sega Ages (universe)
Developer(s)	Sega, M2, 3D Ages, Sims
Publisher(s)	Sega
Genre(s)	Various
Console/platform of origin	Sega Saturn
First installment	Sega Ages: Vol. 1 Syukudai ga Tant-R (1996)
Latest installment	Sega Ages: Herzog Zwei (2020)
Article on Wikipedia	Sega Ages (universe)

The Sega Ages series is technically not a game series, instead encompassing a collection of ports and remakes of arcade and Genesis games. Sega started out releasing these types of games on the Saturn from 1996-1998, then continued on with the PlayStation 2 from 2003-2008, where they formed a new subsidiary called 3D Ages to revamp old Sega titles in 3D, then continued with the Xbox 360 only in 2012 to release previous collections of titles (rather than new stuff per se), and finally, most recently, releasing a bunch of arcade and Genesis titles on the Switch from 2018-2020. Notably, AGES isn't a character created for it, but rather used in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. I just chose to give it this universe to make things simpler; AGES as a character represents the whole of Sega, and while I was originally just gonna call it the "AGES universe", it didn't feel right to me.

Ori

Ori (universe)
Developer(s)	Moon Studios
Publisher(s)	Microsoft Studios
Genre(s)	Platform-adventure, Metroidvania
Console/platform of origin	Xbox One, PC
First installment	Ori and the Blind Forest (2015)
Latest installment	Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020)

Ori was created when they were ripped from the Spirit Tree during the Great Storm, birthing them. They were taken away to Naru, who lived in the forest, and raised by Naru as if they were her own. When the Spirit Tree tried to call out to Ori, the entire forest died, so Ori set out to find the three Elements of Light—Waters, Winds, and Warmth—to restore the forest to normal. You just have to do so while dealing with a giant pissed off owl who hates the light (and was the reason the forest died, since she stole the Spirit Tree's light) because her babies got blinded to death. Like, actually.

Ōkami

Ōkami (universe)
Developer(s)	Clover Studio
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Console/platform of origin	PlayStation 2
First installment	Ōkami (2006)
Latest installment	Ōkamiden (2010)
Article on Wikipedia	Ōkami (universe)

You play as a dog who's actually a goddess, and you get to paint the world with your tail. Life doesn't really get any better than this.

My Life as a Teenage Robot

My Life as a Teenage Robot (universe)
Publisher(s)	Nickelodeon
Designer(s)	Rob Renzetti
Genre(s)	Comedy, action-adventure, comic science fiction, science fantasy, superhero, science fiction, animated sitcom
Console/platform of origin	Television
First installment	My Life as a Teenage Robot (season 1, 2003)
Latest installment	My Life as a Teenage Robot (season 3, 2008)
Article on Wikipedia	My Life as a Teenage Robot (universe)

Jenny Wakeman was created to defend the city of Tremorton (and the rest of the Earth) from the alien race of the Cluster, who are also a bunch of robots for some reason, but all she really wants to do is go to high school and make friends, like a normal teenager. Kinda sucks that the show only lasted for three seasons.

Deep Rock Galactic

Deep Rock Galactic (universe)
Developer(s)	Ghost Ship Games
Publisher(s)	Coffee Stain Publishing
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Console/platform of origin	Windows, Xbox One
First installment	Deep Rock Galactic (2018)
Latest installment	Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (2024)
Article on Wikipedia	Deep Rock Galactic (universe)

You play as a dwarf and go mining on an alien planet, armed to the teeth with weapons to deal with the monsters on the planet. Heigh-ho.