Editing On a Godless Planet:Volume2B Preface (section)

===Divine Chat Zone===
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“Okay, let’s chat about the 80s and 90s. But first, what’s that you’re wearing, Senpai-chan?”

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“Well, we’re doing a swimsuit episode(?) this time, so I’m cosplaying(?) as a swimsuit video game character? Or something like that? Thematically, I apparently also could have worn the sailor uniform the character wears in the sequel.”

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“Any Senpai is the best if you ask me, but this swimsuit Senpai is even more the best!! But going from bikini armor to a sailor uniform makes the setting seem a lot different in the sequel, doesn’t it?”

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“Video games have a lot of sequels that drastically change the setting or game system and only keep the main characters the same. SNK’s Athena and Namco’s Druaga are a lot like that.”

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<That’s true. In this age, Japanese games went through a rapid evolution starting in the early 80s, which meant a lot of sequels being released, which fleshed things out in more than just quality and variety. The most interesting examples are the games that featured characters who started out in another game from an entirely different genre.>

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“I think home console sports game are the most prominent example. Each company would model the teams after the actual pro teams, but they would also often include a team made up of characters from their own games. You can see it as game characters becoming universal figures instead of just one-offs or a way to fill a role.”

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“Sounds a loooot like ussss.”

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“We do appear in a lot of different media, but you in particular got to be the protagonist of Populous.”

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