From Undertale to Deltarune, it solely stands to cause that the following undertaking for Toby Fox and friends could be selling Japanese wrestling. No, actually. Released on Youtube on new 12 months’s eve, weird Undertale-styled video brief Kenny’s Quest was meant to air earlier than American wrestler Kenny Omega threw down along with his rival Hiroshi Tanahashi on the Tokyo Dome on Friday. Unfortunately plans modified on the final minute, and the clip received’t be proven reside, so it went up early for us to get pleasure from beneath. Pin your hopes and goals on the wrestlemen beneath.
So, why Undertale? It was Kenny’s game of the 12 months. He missed the unique PC launch, however the hit Switch in 2018, so he received an opportunity to play it and focus on it with fellow game-enjoying wrestleman Xavier Woods over at Giant Bomb. It’s a superb learn. I’d love to listen to the story of how Kenny’s Quest got here to be, although – was he so taken by Undertale that he instantly received in contact with its creators? The video beneath credit the entire crew, with Toby Fox co-writing and directing it with Kenny, Temmie Chang on artwork, and Everdraed (the fevered mind behind Undertale’s horrifying remaining boss) on video enhancing. They even received localisation home 8-4 (Nier: Automata, amongst others) to verify it reads nicely in each English and Japanese.
This isn’t the primary time Undertale and wrestling fandoms have collided, however so far as I’m conscious that is the primary time it’s been finished formally. Back in 2015, cross-media wrestlefan Alfredo Dizon produced Undertale Wrestling, a 40-minute YouTube Epic. Without Temmie’s artwork, he needed to make do with recreating the RPG forged in a WWE game. Worth a watch although, if solely to see how the mixed powers of anime, friendship and John Cena can defeat something – even The Undertaker, who’s an evil undead cowboy. When you concentrate on it, wrestling is mainly an RPG already.
It’s all simply joyfully daft stuff. Tiny pixel-man Kenny Omega could also be on the ropes on the finish of the video, however on the planet of wrestling, there’s each likelihood for a comeback – even when he’s meant to be the ‘bad guy’ on this story. The match goes down this Friday, January 4th at WrestleKingdom 13. Personally, I’m rooting for Kenny – the boy couldn’t convey himself to do Undertale’s harrowing Genocide route as a result of he didn’t need to damage any of the characters. He’s a superb lad, actually, simply misunderstood. Tanahashi ought to cease choosing on him.
