What's The Deal With: Spiritual Successors?

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

Jason Schreier, Arts, Society & Culture, Video Games, Maddy Myers, Technology, Kirk Hamilton

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🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ever play a game that feels a whole lot like an older game? What's the DEAL with that? This week, Jason, Maddy, and Kirk talk about spiritual successors, from Bloodstained (Castlevania) to Mighty No. 9 (Mega Man) and oh so much more. What are the different kinds of spiritual successors? Why are they so common in games? And why is Jason so excited for Eiyuden Chronicles??

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0:00.0	People talk a lot about spiritual succession, and I'm like, well, if it's anything like
0:07.5	regular succession, I'll watch it every Sunday night, it'll make me feel like I'm having
0:10.7	an entertaining panic attack.
0:13.2	Welcome to Trimble Click for me bringing the games to you.
0:15.4	This week we're talking about spiritual successors and what it means for one game to capture
0:19.0	and recreate the spirit of another game.
0:21.7	Also what it's like to be followed by A-poke, but not B-poke.
0:24.9	Let's get into it.
0:29.9	I'm Kirk Hamilton.
0:30.9	I'm Maddie Myers.
0:31.9	And I'm Jason Shryer.
0:32.9	And hello.
0:33.9	Hello.
0:34.9	Hi.
0:35.9	It sure is.
0:36.9	Again, again, again.
0:37.9	One of the great constants in my life is seeing the two of you on Skype and talking into
0:41.9	a microphone about video games each week.
0:43.9	Thank goodness.
0:44.9	Thank goodness.
0:45.9	Thank goodness that we get to make this show.
0:47.7	And thank goodness for all of the maximum fun members who make it possible for us to make
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