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With the exception of Shadow and Tails (who are from the {{uv|Sonic the Hedgehog}} universe) and Chun-Li (who is from the {{uv|Street Fighter}} universe), each character on my character concepts page hails from a new (coincidentally, non-Nintendo) universe; ''Shovel Knight'' and ''Cuphead'', despite being [[Shovel Knight (universe)|existing]] [[List of minor universes#Cuphead|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.
With the exception of Shadow and Tails (who are from the {{uv|Sonic the Hedgehog}} universe), Chun-Li (who is from the {{uv|Street Fighter}} universe), and Sora (who is from the {{uv|Kingdom Hearts}} universe), each character on my character concepts page hails from a new (coincidentally, non-Nintendo) universe; ''Shovel Knight'' and ''Cuphead'', despite being [[Shovel Knight (universe)|existing]] [[List of minor universes#Cuphead|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.


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==''Fairy Tail'' ({{ja|フェアリーテイル|Fearī Teiru}}, ''Fairy Tail'')==
==''Fairy Tail''==
{{Infobox Series
{{Infobox Series
|title = Fairy Tail (universe)
|title = Fairy Tail (universe)
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|originconsole = Manga
|originconsole = Manga
|firstinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Fairy Tail}}'' (manga, 2006)
|firstinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Fairy Tail}}'' (manga, 2006)
|latestinstallment = ''Fairy Tail'' (video game, 2020)
|latestinstallment = ''Fairy Tail: Beach Volleyball Havoc'' (2024)
|interwiki = wikipedia
|interwiki = wikipedia
|interwikiname = Wikipedia
|interwikiname = Wikipedia
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==''Ace Attorney'' ({{ja|逆転裁判|Gyakuten Saiban}}, ''Turnabout Trial'')==
==''Ace Attorney''==
{{Infobox Series
{{Infobox Series
|title = Ace Attorney (universe)
|title = Ace Attorney (universe)
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|originconsole = Game Boy Advance
|originconsole = Game Boy Advance
|firstinstallment = ''[[wikipedia:Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Gyakuten Saiban]]'' (2001)
|firstinstallment = ''[[wikipedia:Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Gyakuten Saiban]]'' (2001)
|latestinstallment = ''Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Kakugo'' (2017) {{flag|Japan}}
|latestinstallment = ''The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles'' (2021)
|interwiki = wikipedia
|interwiki = wikipedia
|interwikiname = Wikipedia
|interwikiname = Wikipedia
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==''League of Legends'' ({{ja|リーグ・オブ・レジェンズ|Rīgu obu Rejenzu}}, ''League of Legends'')==
==''Shovel Knight'' ==
{{Infobox Series
|title = League of Legends (universe)
|image = [[File:AidanzapunkLeagueofLegendsLogo.png|250px]]
|caption = [[File:AidanzapunkLeagueofLegendsSymbol.png|50px]]
|publisher = Riot Games
|developer = Riot Games
|genres = Multiplayer online battle arena
|originconsole = PC
|firstinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|League of Legends}}'' (2009)
|latestinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Legends of Runeterra}}'' (2020)
}}
 
''League of Legends'' has a lot of gameplay modes, but its most famous is a 5v5 game on a map called Summoner's Rift, that has three lanes—top, middle, and bottom—and tons of forest in between the lanes. The goal is to progress into enemy territory by destroying their turrets, followed by their inhibitors, and finally, destroying their nexus.
 
I will die on the hill that says this game is fun, because it is. The community has its own special circle of hell, though.
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==''Shovel Knight'' ({{ja|ショべルナイト|Shoberu Naito}}, ''Shovel Knight'')==
{{Infobox Series
{{Infobox Series
|title = Shovel Knight (universe)
|title = Shovel Knight (universe)
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==''Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir'' ({{ja|ミラキュラス レディバグ & シャノワール|Mirakyurasu Redibagu ando Sha Nowāru}}, ''Miraculous: Ladybug & Chat Noir'')==
==''Skullgirls''==
{{Infobox Series
|title = Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (universe)
|image = [[File:AidanzapunkMiraculousLogo.png|250px]]
|caption = [[File:AidanzapunkMiraculousSymbol.png|50px]]
|genres = Action, Magical girl, Animated
|originconsole = Television
|firstinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir}}: Season 1'' (2015)
|latestinstallment = ''Miraculous World: New York – United HeroeZ'' (2020)
}}
 
Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste are two French teenagers with unique powers: they each own a Miraculous (the Ladybug and Cat Miraculouses, respectively) and its accompanying Kwami (Tikki and Plagg, respectively), allowing them to turn into the superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir. They are tasked with retrieving the Moth Miraculous from Gabriel Agreste, who, under his villainous identity of Hawk Moth, uses his Miraculous to give upset people powers and turn them into supervillains, on the condition that they bring him Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses, as the merging of the two will grant the user one wish.
 
The catch is that no one knows who's who, despite it being painfully obvious, as well as Cat Noir being in love with Ladybug, and Marinette being in love with Adrien.
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==''Skullgirls'' ({{ja|スカルガールズ|Sukarugāruzu}}, ''Skullgirls'')==
{{Infobox Series
{{Infobox Series
|title = Skullgirls (universe)
|title = Skullgirls (universe)
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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, and Umbrella—on their own path to either utilize or destroy the Skull Heart, with their different paths often intertwining with one another.
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.
 
Also, fuck you, Mike Z.
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==''Professor Layton'' ({{ja|レイトン教授|Reiton-kyōju}}, ''Professor Layton'')==
==''Professor Layton''==
{{Infobox Series
{{Infobox Series
|title = Professor Layton (universe)
|title = Professor Layton (universe)
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==''Rurouni Kenshin'' ({{ja|るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-|Rurōni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Rōman Tan-}}, ''Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story'')==
==''Ninja Sex Party''==
{{Infobox Series
|title = Rurouni Kenshin (universe)
|image = [[File:AidanzapunkRurouniKenshinLogo.png|250px]]
|caption = [[File:AidanzapunkRurouniKenshinSymbol.png|50px]]
|publisher = Shueisha
|designer = Nobuhiro Watsuki
|genres = {{iw|wikipedia|Chanbara}}
|originconsole = Manga
|firstinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Rurouni Kenshin}}'' (1994)
|latestinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Rurouni Kenshin: The Final}}'' (2021)
|interwiki = wikipedia
|interwikiname = Wikipedia
|interwikipage = Rurouni Kenshin
}}
 
''Rurouni Kenshin'' tells the story of Kenshin Himura, formerly the most dangerous assassin in all of Japan, now living a life of solitude by wandering as a "{{rollover|rurouni|The term is made up, but it essentially just means a wandering samurai|y}}". The series focuses on Kenshin trying to live his life as a rurouni who helps people and fights to make up for the wrongs he committed in his life previously, while dealing with returning figures from his past who bring him dangerously close to his previous ways of an assassin.
 
Also the creator got arrested for {{rollover|cheese pizza|You should know exactly what this means. (Hint: it doesn't actually mean cheese pizza.)|y}} in 2017. I don't condone his actions, but I can still enjoy the series, as there's such a thing as separating the art from the artist. I mean, how do you think fans of ''Harry Potter'' are still holding on?
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==''Ninja Sex Party'' ({{ja|ニンジャー・セックス・パーティー|Ninjā Sekkusu Pātī}}, ''Ninja Sex Party'')==
{{Infobox Series
{{Infobox Series
|title = Ninja Sex Party (universe)
|title = Ninja Sex Party (universe)
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|genres = Comedy rock, synthpop, electronic
|genres = Comedy rock, synthpop, electronic
|firstinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|NSFW|album}}'' (2011)
|firstinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|NSFW|album}}'' (2011)
|latestinstallment = ''The Prophecy'' (2020)
|latestinstallment = ''Level Up'' (2021)
|interwiki = wikipedia
|interwiki = wikipedia
|interwikiname = Wikipedia
|interwikiname = Wikipedia
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==''Celeste'' ({{ja|セレステ|Seresute}}, ''Celeste'')==
==''Celeste''==
{{Infobox Series
{{Infobox Series
|title = Celeste (universe)
|title = Celeste (universe)
|image = [[File:AidanzapunkCelesteLogo.png|200px]]
|image = [[File:AidanzapunkCelesteLogo.png|200px]]
|caption = [[File:AidanzapunkCelesteSymbol.png|50px]]
|caption = [[File:AidanzapunkCelesteSymbol.png|50px]]
|developer = Matt Makes Games
|developer = Matt Makes Games (now Extremely OK Games)
|publisher = Matt Makes Games
|publisher = Matt Makes Games (now Extremely OK Games)
|designer = Matt Thorson
|designer = Maddy Thorson
|genre = Platform
|genres = Platform
|originconsole = Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|originconsole = Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|firstinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Celeste|video game}}'' (2018)
|firstinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Celeste|video game}}'' (2018)
|latestinstallment = ''Classic Celeste 2: Lani's Trek'' (2021)
|latestinstallment = ''Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain'' (2024)
}}
 
''Celeste'' started out as a small project made for a game jam on the {{iw|wikipedia|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, Matt 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.
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==''Cuphead'' ({{ja|カップヘッド|Kappuheddo}}, ''Cuphead'')==
{{Infobox Series
|title = Cuphead (universe)
|image = [[File:Cuphead Logo.png|250px]]
|caption = [[File:AidanzapunkCupheadSymbol.png|50px]]
|developer = StudioMDHR
|publisher = StudioMDHR
|genres = Run-and-gun platformer
|originconsole = Xbox One<br>Microsoft Windows
|firstinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Cuphead}}'' (2017)
|latestinstallment = ''Cuphead: Tesla Edition'' (2019)
}}
}}


I mean, it's like the song says.
''Celeste'' started out as a small project made for a game jam on the {{iw|wikipedia|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.
 
:"''Well, Cuphead and his pal Mugman, they liked to roll the dice!<br>By chance they came 'pon Devil's Game, and gosh, they paid the price! (Paid the price...)<br>And now they're fighting for their lives, on a mission fraught with dread,<br>And if they proceed but don't succeed...well...<br>the Devil will take their heads!''"
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==''Kingdom Hearts'' ({{ja|キングダム ハーツ|Kingudamu Hātsu}}, ''Kingdom Hearts'')==
==''Sega Ages''==
{{Infobox Series
|title = Kingdom Hearts (universe)
|image = [[File:AidanzapunkKingdomHeartsLogo.png|250px]]
|caption = [[File:AidanzapunkKingdomHeartsSymbol.png|50px]]
|publisher = Square Enix (formerly Squaresoft)<br>Disney Interactive Studios
|developer = Square Enix (formerly Squaresoft)<br>Jupiter<br>h.a.n.d.<br>BitGroove Inc.<br>Success
|genres = Action role-playing, hack and slash
|originconsole = PlayStation 2
|firstinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Kingdom Hearts|video game}}'' (2002)
|latestinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory}}'' (2020)
|interwiki = wikipedia
|interwikiname = Wikipedia
|interwikipage = Kingdom Hearts
}}
 
I'm not even going to ''try'' to summarize the plot, because if you do, it takes a while. It's not difficult to understand (despite what others may insinuate), it just has a lot of unmissable details that are important to the overall story. If you do want a summary of the story (up to ''Kingdom Hearts III''), however, I recommend [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjiHufVEc7g this video]. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml5lDpJ5CgE This video] covers ''III''.)
 
In terms of how the game came to be, ''Super Mario 64'' had come out during development of ''Final Fantasy VII'', and Tetsuya Nomura wanted to make a game like it, but Square didn't think the idea could do well enough on its own without characters as iconic as Mario's, with the closest being anyone from Disney. Years later, when Shinji Hashimoto and Hironobu Sakaguchi were discussing a potential project that would have included Mickey Mouse, Nomura jumped at the chance to direct whatever it would have been. By sheer coincidence, Hashimoto happened to step into an elevator with a Disney executive (at the time, Square and Disney worked in the same building in Japan), and he was able to pitch the idea directly to Disney. They chose a crossover as a basic idea, eventually fleshing it out as a crossover between the cast of {{uv|Final Fantasy}} and various Disney films. Disney wanted Donald Duck to be the protagonist, while Square wanted Mickey Mouse, though Nomura shot both suggestions down in favor of creating the original character of Sora.
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==''Sega Ages'' ({{ja|セガエイジス|Sega Eijisu}}, ''Sega Ages'')==
{{Infobox Series
{{Infobox Series
|title = Sega Ages (universe)
|title = Sega Ages (universe)
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==''Ori'' ({{ja|オリ|Ori}}, ''Ori'')==
==''Ori''==
{{Infobox Series
{{Infobox Series
|title = Ori (universe)
|title = Ori (universe)
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==''Ōkami'' ({{ja|大神|Ōkami}}, ''Great God'')==
==''Ōkami''==
{{Infobox Series
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Ōkami (universe)
|title            = Ōkami (universe)
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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.
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.
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==''My Life as a Teenage Robot''==
{{Infobox Series
|title            = My Life as a Teenage Robot (universe)
|image            = [[File:AidanzapunkTeenageRobotLogo.svg|250px]]
|caption          = [[File:AidanzapunkTeenageRobotSymbol.png|50px]]
|publisher        = Nickelodeon
|designer          = Rob Renzetti
|genres            = Comedy, action-adventure, comic science fiction, science fantasy, superhero, science fiction, animated sitcom
|originconsole    = Television
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|My Life as a Teenage Robot}}'' (season 1, 2003)
|latestinstallment = ''My Life as a Teenage Robot'' (season 3, 2008)
|interwiki        = wikipedia
|interwikiname    = Wikipedia
|interwikipage    = My Life as a Teenage Robot
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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.
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==''Deep Rock Galactic''==
{{Infobox Series
|title            = Deep Rock Galactic (universe)
|image            = [[File:AidanzapunkDeepRockGalacticLogo.png|250px]]
|caption          = [[File:AidanzapunkDeepRockGalacticSymbol.png|50px]]
|publisher        = Coffee Stain Publishing
|developer        = Ghost Ship Games
|genres            = First-person shooter
|originconsole    = Windows, Xbox One
|firstinstallment  = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Deep Rock Galactic}}'' (2018)
|latestinstallment = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor}}'' (2024)
|interwiki        = wikipedia
|interwikiname    = Wikipedia
|interwikipage    = Deep Rock Galactic
}}
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.