Question Wednesday #6: Licensed Games

[moon_hotel]

Sorry for missing last week! Here's a question for this week, though...

I've been thinking lately about licensed games, usually made as tie-ins to existing movie or TV show franchises, such as Chronicles of Riddick or Mickey Mouse Mousecapades etc. When I was growing up I remember thinking thay they were all really poor cash-in attempts, but even nowadays I have to admit that McDonald's Treasureland is absolutely amazing. Do you have any memories of licensed games that took you by surprise, whether in a good or bad way?

And, as always, what are you playing right now?

Comments

[moon_hotel]

To be honest, I think making totally unauthorized licensed games off of stuff is a lot of fun, especially if it's of properties obscure enough that you can just, like, fly under the radar for as long as you can manage. I have a lot of ideas for racy Dragon Quest-based visual novels for sure :V

[peppertsuki]

That's true, but there is something to be said for actively getting to determine what counts as canon without a bunch of nerds saying you're wrong :P