History FanonDiscontinuity / VideoGames

** The tv series ''Series/Fallout2024'' received praise from fans upon its release, but while few begrudged its overall quality many fans chose to disregard WordOfGod's assertion of it being canon to the franchise timeline due to a massive HappyEndingOverride for the entire West Coast.

** The tv series ''Series/Fallout2024'' received praise from fans upon its release, but while few begrudged its overall quality many fans chose to disregard WordOfGod's assertion of it being canon to the franchise timeline due to massive {{Continuity Snarl}}s that saw the entirety of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' {{retcon}}ned, in addition to a HappyEndingOverride for the entire West Coast.

* ''Heart of the Alien'', the unpolished corporate sequel to ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld'', isn't OK even by Eric Chahi, the original author, much less the fanbase. Amusingly, ignoring this game and its extended version of the story is made extremely easy by the fact that while the original game was released on every 16- and 32-bit gaming platform in existence, ''Heart'' only had one release, and it was on the UsefulNotes/SegaCD add-on. The fact that it turns the original game into a ShaggyDogStory by anticlimactically killing Lester (in an optional death scene) probably doesn't help.

** Reaction to the fifth game, ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'' varies; some like it for the platforming gameplay and new characters, some dislike it ''because'' of the new characters--and, of course, because it wasn't part of the original trilogy. Some purists accept it, many don't. The same applies to the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance games made by Digital Eclipse; some like them and consider them faithful to Creator/{{Insomniac|Games}}'s trilogy ([[ApprovalOfGod including Ted Price]]), while others either dislike the isometric perspective or hate them for not being made by Insomniac.

** Many fans would like to ignore ''VideoGame/StarFoxCommand'', made easier by the game's {{Multiple Ending|s}} chop suey and the fact that the next non-remake ''Star Fox'' game, ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero'', was a [[ContinuityReboot reimagining]] of ''VideoGame/StarFox64''. An official statement during the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} era indicates that this was also [[CanonDiscontinuity canonically in play]] before ''Zero'' came along, with Creator/SatoruIwata noting that if another title were to have popped up, it would've either been set post-''[[VideoGame/StarFoxAssault Assault]]'' or pre-''Command''.

** A minor example is VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOriginsBlackgate. This spin-off is completely ignored by the fans for its middling quality and very different formula compared to the other Arkham games.

** A minor example is VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOriginsBlackgate. This spin-off is completely ignored by the fans for to its middling quality and very different formula compared to the other Arkham games.

** An even more egregious case is the one of ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague''. Many fans prefer to ignore this game being part of the Arkhamverse and treat it as its own standalone story, due to several {{Continuity Snarl}}s such as Deadshot's RaceLift and Captain Boomerang and King Shark being alive and well, as well as the tone, story, visuals, gameplay style, and scope of the plot not at all meshing with the previous games in the franchise. Not to mention that Batman's appearance is seen as invalidating his [[spoiler: sacrifice]] at the end of Batman: Arkham Knight. It gets even worse with [[spoiler: Batman's death to the hands of Harley Queen, in the most disrespectful way possible.]]

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'': **A good portion of the fanbase feels this way about the 2013 prequel ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' because it was [[BTeamSequel developed by Warner Bros. Games Montreal instead of Rocksteady Studios]], contained many [[GameBreakingBug Game-Breaking Bugs]] at launch (some of which still haven't been fixed), and [[ContinuitySnarl contradicted some of the established backstory from]] ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' and ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''. Rocksteady Studios director Sefton Hill acknowledged that the game was canon in a 2014 interview and their 2015 sequel ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' contains several {{Continuity Nod}}s to ''Origins''. Despite this, some still refuse to acknowledge it as canon. It doesn't help that ''Arkham Origins'' was excluded from the {{Compilation Rerelease}}s ''Return to Arkham'' (Which included eighth gen re-releases of ''Asylum'' and ''City'', but not ''Origins''), along with the ''Arkham Collection'' (Which included the updated ''Asylum'' and ''City'' releases, along with ''Knight'', but no ''Origins''), leading ''Origins'' fans to believe that WB had gone back on their word and officially declared ''Origins'' CanonDiscontinuity.
** An even more egregious case is the one of ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague''. Many fans prefer to ignore this game being part of the Arkhamverse and treat it as its own standalone story, due to several ContinuitySnarls such as Deadshot's RaceLift and Captain Boomerang and King Shark being alive and well, as well as the tone, story, visuals, gameplay style, and scope of the plot not at all meshing with the previous games in the franchise. Not to mention that Batman's appearance is seen as invalidating his [[spoiler: sacrifice]] at the end of Batman: Arkham Knight. It gets even worse with [[spoiler: Batman's death to the hands of Harley Queen, in the most disrespectful way possible.]]

* A good portion of the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' fanbase feels this way about the 2013 prequel ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' because it was [[BTeamSequel developed by Warner Bros. Games Montreal instead of Rocksteady Studios]], contained many [[GameBreakingBug Game-Breaking Bugs]] at launch (some of which still haven't been fixed), and [[ContinuitySnarl contradicted some of the established backstory from]] ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' and ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''. Rocksteady Studios director Sefton Hill acknowledged that the game was canon in a 2014 interview and their 2015 sequel ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' contains several {{Continuity Nod}}s to ''Origins''. Despite this, some still refuse to acknowledge it as canon. It doesn't help that ''Arkham Origins'' was excluded from the {{Compilation Rerelease}}s ''Return to Arkham'' (Which included eighth gen re-releases of ''Asylum'' and ''City'', but not ''Origins''), along with the ''Arkham Collection'' (Which included the updated ''Asylum'' and ''City'' releases, along with ''Knight'', but no ''Origins''), leading ''Origins'' fans to believe that WB had gone back on their word and officially declared ''Origins'' CanonDiscontinuity.