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''Darkened Skye'' is a 2002 ActionAdventure game developed by Boston Animation and published by Simon & Schuster Interactive for UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. At first glance, it looks like your ordinary kind of action game. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all the sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her... "Why, it's a Advertising/{{Skittles}}!"

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''Darkened Skye'' is a 2002 ActionAdventure game developed by Boston Animation and published by Simon & Schuster Interactive for UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube Platform/NintendoGameCube and PC. At first glance, it looks like your ordinary kind of action game. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all the sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her... "Why, it's a Advertising/{{Skittles}}!"

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As much as I agree that the game's premise is questionable, I'm sure we can do without the rampart snark in the description


Prepare yourself for a one-of-a-kind game...

''Darkened Skye'' is a 2002 ActionAdventure game developed by Boston Animation and published by Simon & Schuster Interactive for UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. At first glance, it looks like your ordinary kind of action game. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her... "Why, it's a Skittles!"... ''wait,'' '''''what?''''' You heard that right, we are talking about ''Advertising/{{Skittles}}'', the candy. We'll give you a moment to collect your thoughts... are you done?

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Prepare yourself for a one-of-a-kind game...

''Darkened Skye'' is a 2002 ActionAdventure game developed by Boston Animation and published by Simon & Schuster Interactive for UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. At first glance, it looks like your ordinary kind of action game. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn the sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her... "Why, it's a Skittles!"... ''wait,'' '''''what?''''' You heard that right, we are talking about ''Advertising/{{Skittles}}'', the candy. We'll give you a moment to collect your thoughts... are you done?
Advertising/{{Skittles}}!"



* ActionGirl: Skye.

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* %%* ActionGirl: Skye.
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* SimpleStaff: Skye has a shepherd's staff that, after she gets her first Skittles, turns into a weapon (both a melee weapon and a magic staff) and a HammerspaceHideaway for Draak. If she [[SticksToTheBack stows it on her back]], she can run faster.
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* DarthVaderClone: The Mysterious Enemy that shows up regularly to battle Skye is TheDragon to the BigBad, a TinTyrant MagicKnight with a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep echoing voice]] who turns to be [[spoiler: Skye's father]].
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* BadassDecay: According to Necroth, he used to be a cosmic entity, but [[spoiler: over time his evil ambitions have shrunk him down to a tiny little maggot.]]

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* BadassDecay: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] InUniverse. According to Necroth, he used to be a cosmic entity, but [[spoiler: over time his evil ambitions have shrunk him down to a tiny little maggot.]]

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-> - [[http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/darkened-skye-review/1900-2842636/ Gamespot]]

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-> - -->-- [[http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/darkened-skye-review/1900-2842636/ Gamespot]]
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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of action {{RPG}} game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her..."Why, it's a Skittles!"...''wait,'' '''''what?''''' You heard that right, we are talking about ''Advertising/{{Skittles}}'', the candy. We'll give you a moment to collect your thoughts.....are you done?

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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' is a 2002 ActionAdventure game developed by Boston Animation and published by Simon & Schuster Interactive for UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. At first glance, it looks like your ordinary kind of action {{RPG}} game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC.game. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her... "Why, it's a Skittles!"...Skittles!"... ''wait,'' '''''what?''''' You heard that right, we are talking about ''Advertising/{{Skittles}}'', the candy. We'll give you a moment to collect your thoughts.....thoughts... are you done?



* CerebusSyndrome: The endgame turns rather serious, signified by having Skye change to an all-black outfit in the Gamecube version.

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* CerebusSyndrome: The endgame turns rather serious, signified by having Skye change to an all-black outfit in the Gamecube [=GameCube=] version.



* TheFaceless: The BigBad's [[TheDragon right-hand-man]] in a suit of armour, who [[spoiler: was once Skye's Father]].
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen He Whose Face May Not Be Glimpsed]]: Necroth, as lampshaded by Draak:
-->Let's just say he-whose-face-may-not-be-glimpsed and I have ''issues''!

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* TheFaceless: The BigBad's [[TheDragon right-hand-man]] in a suit of armour, who [[spoiler: was once Skye's Father]].
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen He Whose Face May Not Be Glimpsed]]: Necroth, as lampshaded by Draak:
-->Let's just say he-whose-face-may-not-be-glimpsed and I have ''issues''!
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* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Necroth, as lampshaded by Draak:
-->Let's just say he-whose-face-may-not-be-glimpsed and I have ''issues''!



* ImprobableAimingSkills / NoArcInArchery: Archer Grunks can shoot volleys of arrows with deadly precision, whether far away or in close quarters, so you best stay out of their line of sight. If caught up close, use a splash damage spell fast!

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* ImprobableAimingSkills / NoArcInArchery: ImprobableAimingSkills: Archer Grunks can shoot volleys of arrows with deadly precision, whether far away or in close quarters, so you best stay out of their line of sight. If caught up close, use a splash damage spell fast!



* LimitedWardrobe: In the PC version, Skye has only one outfit. In the Gamecube version, she has four outfits.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: The BigBad's [[TheDragon right-hand-man]], who turns out to be Skye's Father, who betrayed Skye's mother after being [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide seduced by magic]].]]
* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Necroth, who turns out to be a [[spoiler: PintsizedPowerhouse such that Skye has to shrink herself in order to deal with him]].

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* LimitedWardrobe: In the PC version, Skye has only one outfit. In the Gamecube [=GameCube=] version, she has four outfits.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The BigBad's [[TheDragon right-hand-man]], who turns out to be Skye's Father, father, who betrayed Skye's mother after being [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide seduced by magic]].]]
* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Necroth, who turns out to be a [[spoiler: PintsizedPowerhouse [[spoiler:PintsizedPowerhouse such that Skye has to shrink herself in order to deal with him]].



* OminousLatinChanting: The 3rd soundtrack of the Ogmire world.
* OneWingedAngel: The armored figure that serve's as Necroth's TheDragon turns into a giant, three-headed literal dragon in your final battle with him just before you confront Necroth himself.

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* OminousLatinChanting: The 3rd third soundtrack of the Ogmire world.
* OneWingedAngel: The armored figure that serve's serves as Necroth's TheDragon turns into a giant, three-headed literal dragon in your final battle with him just before you confront Necroth himself.



** [[spoiler: Also Skye's Father before he became TheDragon and a {{Voluntary Shapeshift|ing}}er.]]

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** [[spoiler: Also Skye's Father [[spoiler:Skye's father, before he became TheDragon and a {{Voluntary Shapeshift|ing}}er.]]
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* MixedAncestry: Skye is apparently mixed-race (as her mother is Black), though you'd never know it by looking at her. Her dad must have been really, ''really'' ginger. [[spoiler: [[EvilRedhead He did after all turn totally evil.]]]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Skye has defeated Necroth and saved the realm, and Dorian was restored to his true form, but her father turned evil and was killed, and her mother sacrifices herself to bring back the rainbow]].
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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of action {{RPG}} game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her..."Why, it's a Skittles!"...''wait,'' '''''what?'''''
You heard that right, we are talking about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_%28confectionery%29 Skittles]], the candy. We'll give you a moment to collect your thoughts.....are you done?

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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of action {{RPG}} game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her..."Why, it's a Skittles!"...''wait,'' '''''what?'''''
'''''what?''''' You heard that right, we are talking about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_%28confectionery%29 Skittles]], ''Advertising/{{Skittles}}'', the candy. We'll give you a moment to collect your thoughts.....are you done?
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* ShownTheirWork: Much of the game's lore is based off of various Skittles commercials.

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* AllThereInTheManual: Averted on the box. It's incredibly vague as to the actual plot of the game. The actual manual, however, mentions Skittles, complete with trademark symbol.

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Averted on the box. It's incredibly vague as to the actual plot of the game. The actual manual, however, mentions Skittles, complete with trademark symbol.



* IdleAnimation: Leave Skye standing for a few moments and she'll start doing a few things, like stretching her arms out, or examining her staff and then polishing it.

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Leave Skye standing for a few moments and she'll start doing a few things, like stretching her arms out, or examining her staff and then polishing it.



* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: Draak was originally Dorian, the Gargoyle Steward, who was punished by being turned into a mini-gargoyle after the real Gargoyles were [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]] by the BigBad. He becomes human again after Skye de-petrifies the Gargoyles.]]

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[[spoiler: Draak was originally Dorian, the Gargoyle Steward, who was punished by being turned into a mini-gargoyle after the real Gargoyles were [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]] by the BigBad. He becomes human again after Skye de-petrifies the Gargoyles.]]
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''Darkened Skye'' is commonly held up as the finest example of [[AdvertisementGame advergame]], WriterRevolt, or StealthParody based on [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040814224454/http://www.cgonline.com/previews/skittlesds-01-p1.html this article]]. Other employees involved in the project, however, dispute the negative connotations of that speaker; the creators of the game ''licensed the brand'', paying the candy company rather than the other way around, according to the interview with Dale [=DeSharone=] in Retro Gamer #31 from 2007.

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''Darkened Skye'' is commonly held up as the finest example of [[AdvertisementGame advergame]], WriterRevolt, or StealthParody based on [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040814224454/http://www.cgonline.com/previews/skittlesds-01-p1.html this article]]. Other employees involved in the project, however, dispute the negative connotations accounts of one executive producer]]. [[http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2012/09/dale-desharone-unspoken-legend.html Another producer, however]], noted that speaker; the creators of developer was paying to use the license, and nearly backed out when the game ''licensed was finished (but Skittles were already very interwoven into the brand'', paying the candy company rather than the other way around, according to the interview with Dale [=DeSharone=] in Retro Gamer #31 from 2007.
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* NoFourthWall: Skye and Draak are constantly doing {{Aside Glance}}s to the player, more often than not with a cheeky LampshadeHanging on game tropes and how ridiculous it is to have the plot centered around Skittles.

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* BadassDecay: According to Necroth, he used to be a cosmic entity, but [[spoiler: over time his evil ambitions have shrunk him down to a tiny little maggot.]]



* DarthVaderClone: The Mysterious Enemy that shows up regularly to battle Skye is TheDragon to the BigBad, a TinTyrant MagicKnight with a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep echoing voice]] who turns to be [[spoiler: Skye's father]].



* TheManBehindTheMonsters: The Master Vampire is much more human looking than the rest of the vampires you meet in the game, being essentially a classic Dracula-like vampire while every other vampire is a gargoyle-like beast.



* MixedAncestry: Skye is apparently mixed-race (as her mother is Black), though you'd never know it by looking at her. Her dad must have been really, ''really'' ginger. [[spoiler: [[EvilRedhead He did after all turn totally evil.]]]]



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* NintendoHardNintendoHard: Largely due to poor game design in certain areas rather than a deliberate design choice.
* NoNameGiven: The armored figure that serves as Necroth's TheDragon is never given an official name in-game; the name "Mysterious Enemy" is used in some walkthroughs and cast lists, though it's unclear how official this is as the credits merely lists the voice actors rather than their individual roles.


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* OneWingedAngel: The armored figure that serve's as Necroth's TheDragon turns into a giant, three-headed literal dragon in your final battle with him just before you confront Necroth himself.


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* RecurringBoss: Necroth's armored TheDragon pops up suddenly throughout the game to fight you, usually in the middle of the level with little warning or fanfare.


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* WaddlingHead: Necroth turns out to be a decidedly un-cute example; basically a normal-sized head with a shrunken, maggot-like worm body.
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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of {{RPG}} game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her..."Why, it's a Skittles!"...''wait,'' '''''what?'''''

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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of action {{RPG}} game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her..."Why, it's a Skittles!"...''wait,'' '''''what?'''''
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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of {{RPG}} game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her..."Why, it's a Skittles!"...'''wait,'' '''''what?'''''

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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of {{RPG}} game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her..."Why, it's a Skittles!"...'''wait,'' ''wait,'' '''''what?'''''
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* FollowTheLeader: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040814224454/http://www.cgonline.com/previews/skittlesds-01-p1.html The game started because]] the M&M's video games were selling well. The producer asked to not get involved in the project, but [[INeedAFreakingDrink after getting drunk]] thought she could do so.
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''Darkened Skye'' is commonly held up as the finest example of [[MerchandiseDriven advergame]], WriterRevolt, or StealthParody based on [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040814224454/http://www.cgonline.com/previews/skittlesds-01-p1.html this article]]. Other employees involved in the project, however, dispute the negative connotations of that speaker; the creators of the game ''licensed the brand'', paying the candy company rather than the other way around, according to the interview with Dale [=DeSharone=] in Retro Gamer #31 from 2007.

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''Darkened Skye'' is commonly held up as the finest example of [[MerchandiseDriven [[AdvertisementGame advergame]], WriterRevolt, or StealthParody based on [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040814224454/http://www.cgonline.com/previews/skittlesds-01-p1.html this article]]. Other employees involved in the project, however, dispute the negative connotations of that speaker; the creators of the game ''licensed the brand'', paying the candy company rather than the other way around, according to the interview with Dale [=DeSharone=] in Retro Gamer #31 from 2007.
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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of {{RPG}} game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her...''why, it's a Skittles!'''...'''wait,'' '''''what?'''''

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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of {{RPG}} game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her...''why, "Why, it's a Skittles!'''...Skittles!"...'''wait,'' '''''what?'''''
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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of {{RPG}} game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. ''"[[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her...'why, it's a Skittles!'"''...'''wait,''' '''''what?'''''

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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of {{RPG}} game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. ''"[[HighFantasy [[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her...'why, ''why, it's a Skittles!'"''...'''wait,''' Skittles!'''...'''wait,'' '''''what?'''''
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* TheObiWan: Ginnish.
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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of {{RPG}} game. ''"[[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her...'why, it's a Skittles!'"''...'''wait,''' '''''what?'''''

You heard that right, we are talking about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_%28confectionery%29 Skittles]], the candy. We'll give you a second to collect your thoughts...are you done?....

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At first glance, ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of {{RPG}} game.game, available on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and PC. ''"[[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her...'why, it's a Skittles!'"''...'''wait,''' '''''what?'''''

You heard that right, we are talking about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_%28confectionery%29 Skittles]], the candy. We'll give you a second moment to collect your thoughts...thoughts.....are you done?....
done?



''Darkened Skye'' is commonly held up as the finest example of [[MerchandiseDriven advergame]], WriterRevolt, or StealthParody based on [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040814224454/http://www.cgonline.com/previews/skittlesds-01-p1.html this article]]. Other employees involved in the project, however, dispute the negative connotations of that speaker; the creators of the game ''licensed the brand'', paying the candy company rather than the other way around, according to the interview with Dale [=DeSharone=] in Retro Gamer #31 from 2007. The game was released for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] and PC.

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''Darkened Skye'' is commonly held up as the finest example of [[MerchandiseDriven advergame]], WriterRevolt, or StealthParody based on [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040814224454/http://www.cgonline.com/previews/skittlesds-01-p1.html this article]]. Other employees involved in the project, however, dispute the negative connotations of that speaker; the creators of the game ''licensed the brand'', paying the candy company rather than the other way around, according to the interview with Dale [=DeSharone=] in Retro Gamer #31 from 2007. The game was released for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] and PC.
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Contrary to popular belief, ''Darkened Skye'' is not an [[MerchandiseDriven advergame]] or an example of WriterRevolt or StealthParody. The creators of the game ''licensed the brand'', paying the candy company rather than the other way around, according to the interview with Dale [=DeSharone=] in Retro Gamer #31 from 2007. The game was released for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] and PC.

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Contrary to popular belief, ''Darkened Skye'' is not an commonly held up as the finest example of [[MerchandiseDriven advergame]] advergame]], WriterRevolt, or an example StealthParody based on [[http://web.archive.org/web/20040814224454/http://www.cgonline.com/previews/skittlesds-01-p1.html this article]]. Other employees involved in the project, however, dispute the negative connotations of WriterRevolt or StealthParody. The that speaker; the creators of the game ''licensed the brand'', paying the candy company rather than the other way around, according to the interview with Dale [=DeSharone=] in Retro Gamer #31 from 2007. The game was released for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] and PC.
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At first glance, '''''Darkened Skye''''' looks like your ordinary kind of {{RPG}} game. ''"[[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her...'why, it's a Skittles!'"''...'''wait,''' '''''what?'''''

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At first glance, '''''Darkened Skye''''' ''Darkened Skye'' looks like your ordinary kind of {{RPG}} game. ''"[[HighFantasy In the far-off and decidedly fictional land of Lynlora]], you play as Skye, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere a bored shepherdess, who is lamenting her fate of being bored and trying to keep track of all these damn sheep]] when, suddenly, a commotion off in a clearing attracts her attention. When she goes to investigate, [[MagicMeteor she finds an ancient magical artifact; a flattened spheroid, orange, with an S in the center]]. She takes it to the local wisewoman, who tells her...'why, it's a Skittles!'"''...'''wait,''' '''''what?'''''

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