Gaming Headcanons

[Bakuma1997]

Self explanatory, can range from goofy shit post to serious theories

 

[Glimbo]

I'm a subscriber to the "Squall is dead" theory even if the devs already denied it. It just makes it easier for me wrap my head around the crazy stuff that happens later. The website is still up too.

Squall's Dead - a theory of what really happens in Final Fantasy VIII

An analysis discussing the possibility that Final Fantasy VIII contains a 'hidden story' in which Squall dies and the rest of the game is a dream.

squallsdead.com

 

[starseeker300]

Serious Theory - Metoid: The Samus played as in other m is a clone created by the federation to be loyal to them, and that clone is ultimately consumed by the x parasite and is also the main sa-x encountered in metroid fusion. (this is the only way ill except other m as canon)


Joke Theory - Resident Evil: the first enemy encountered in re4 was the one remaining uninfected villager and leon unknowingly just murdered a dude after breaking into his home

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

I'm a subscriber to the "Squall is dead" theory even if the devs already denied it. It just makes it easier for me wrap my head around the crazy stuff that happens later. The website is still up too.

Squall's Dead - a theory of what really happens in Final Fantasy VIII

An analysis discussing the possibility that Final Fantasy VIII contains a 'hidden story' in which Squall dies and the rest of the game is a dream.

squallsdead.com

I subscribe to the theory: "Nomura and Nojima's brains are dead".

 

[Bakuma1997]

Castlevania 1 is a movie, made after 1999 following Dracula's final defeat according to Aria of Sorrow's Lore, long after the Belmont's legend faded to myth (Explaining why it feels so... non serious compared to post Rondo Castlevania and the white squares on the top and bottom of the title, those are the holes of a projector's tape), also, the remakes, including Chronicles, are retellings similar to the multiple variants of various fairy tales, the real first duel of Simon versus Dracula beign Super Castlevania IV

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Self explanatory, can range from goofy shit post to serious theories

My theory: The reason why Blaze, the Coconut Crew, and Marine are the only characters to be seen in the Sol Dimension is because Eggman Nega was smart enough to actually take over the entire world and only a select few places are left untouched. Eggman didn't hold his reign over Sonic's dimension, it's only fair to assume Eggman Nega did. Would also explain how the PRINCESS Blaze is a loner, since we know Eggman operates by turning everything into robots, it's likely Nega would do the same, probably making them look and sound as normal as possible. It would also explain how Sonic Rush would play out, princess in hiding and a foreign rodent that Nega isn't equipped to beat and neither is Eggman, add in some random raccoon girl from who knows where.

At least this is how I would interpret it if Sonic Rush wasn't in a weird place because Sonic 06 just HAD to have Blaze in it.

 

[Bakuma1997]

(this is the only way ill except other m as canon)

Other what? Everybody knows Metroid only had Prime in Wii

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

WarCraft ended after WC3.

Post automatically merged: Feb 27, 2025

I subscribe to the theory: "Nomura and Nojima's brains are dead".

Who are they?

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

Who are they?

The writers of Final Fantasy VIII.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Serious Theory - Metoid: The Samus played as in other m is a clone created by the federation to be loyal to them, and that clone is ultimately consumed by the x parasite and is also the main sa-x encountered in metroid fusion. (this is the only way ill except other m as canon)


Joke Theory - Resident Evil: the first enemy encountered in re4 was the one remaining uninfected villager and leon unknowingly just murdered a dude after breaking into his home

?? How would SA-X be Other M Samus when in Fusion its explained that SA-X took Samus power suit in the original encounter?

 

[ciro64]

I hate that canonically Dracula was just some angry human that decided to use a magical stone and become immortal.

My headcanon is this: all early vampires were irrational goblin-like creatures, like the low-level vampires we see in Castlevania 64:

They were some sort of mixture between a demon and a human.

Dracula was no different from them at first, but due to his personality and lucky circumstances he was able to learn from the humans around him and become rational, and get a more human appearance in the process.

He also learned that by biting humans in a more welcoming way, he could transform them in vampires that were as rational and elegant as him, spawning the age of vampires as we know it.

 

[LiberoVulpes]

Some of mine:

The Wizards from Master of Magic, are the founding members of The Wizard's Throne in Age of Wonders, and because old habits die hard, they are the same ones that cause the crisis of Age of Wonders 2. Nothing after Age of Wonders 2 Shadow Magic is canon.

Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma, and Grandstream Saga, are all the same events, happening in different timelines.

 

[Tonberry]

I don’t really like headcanons unless the game/devs invite to it (only because it tends to make people fight over harmless stuff, I have nothing against the idea of making them!), but I had to pick one:

In Morrowind, the Nerevarine is an Argonian. It makes for the ultimate subversion if Nerevar is reincarnated as the race that would be the least probable to thwart Dagoth-Ur. Argonians are treated as pests and used as slaves on Vvardenfell, so them being saved by the race Dagoth-Ur (and Dunmer in general) seemingly loathe the most makes for a cool underdog story.
And the fact that you can do this on your own playthrough makes it feel even cooler.

 

[starseeker300]

?? How would SA-X be Other M Samus when in Fusion its explained that SA-X took Samus power suit in the original encounter?

I guess the federation lied when they told samus this in fusion

 

[Nidstang]

That all Doom games are canon/part of the same story.
Officially the confirmed canon is: Doom > Doom 2 > Doom 64 > Doom: The Dark Ages > Doom 2016 > Doom Eternal

But I think it can fit as:
Wolfenstein 3D > Wolfenstein: Spear Of Destiny > Wolfenstein RPG > Doom 3/Doom 3: The Lost Mission > Doom 3: Resurrection Of Evil > Doom > Doom RPG > Sigil > Sigil 2 > Doom 2 > Doom 2 RPG > Hellion > Final Doom > Doom 64 > Doom: The Dark Ages > Doom 2016 > Doom Eternal
With Doom 3 happening either directly before or during Doom 1, and Doom RPG 1/2 happening *around* Doom 1 and 2.

The dates don't line up exactly, and Doom 3 is essentially a retelling of Doom 1 with some differences. But there are references throughout the franchise connecting them all. Even the comics and novels are referenced at points, so they fit in somewhere too.

I also think there are multiple Doomguys.

1. Doom RPG/Doom 2 RPG - Stan Blazkowicz, BJ from Wolfenstein's descendent
2. Doom 3 - unnamed marine
3. Doom 3: The Lost Mission - unnamed marine
4. Doom 3: ROE - unnamed marine
5. Doom, Sigil, Sigil 2, Doom 2, Hellion, Final Doom, Doom 64, Doom: The Dark Ages, Doom 2016, and Doom Eternal - all Flynn Taggart (unconfirmed, but that is the password used in Doom Eternal for his computer) using the name from the novels, all confirmed to be the same Doom Slayer though.

So there are 5 Doomguys, with the main one (Doom, Sigil, Sigil 2, Doom 2, Hellion, Final Doom, Doom 64, Doom: The Dark Ages, Doom 2016, and Doom Eternal) becoming the Doom Slayer, and the other four contained to smaller stories.

 

[Tonberry]

That all Doom games are canon/part of the same story.
Officially the confirmed canon is: Doom > Doom 2 > Doom 64 > Doom: The Dark Ages > Doom 2016 > Doom Eternal

But I think it can fit as:
Wolfenstein 3D > Wolfenstein: Spear Of Destiny > Wolfenstein RPG > Doom 3/Doom 3: The Lost Mission > Doom 3: Resurrection Of Evil > Doom > Doom RPG > Sigil > Sigil 2 > Doom 2 > Doom 2 RPG > Hellion > Final Doom > Doom 64 > Doom: The Dark Ages > Doom 2016 > Doom Eternal
With Doom 3 happening either directly before or during Doom 1, and Doom RPG 1/2 happening *around* Doom 1 and 2.

The dates don't line up exactly, and Doom 3 is essentially a retelling of Doom 1 with some differences. But there are references throughout the franchise connecting them all. Even the comics and novels are referenced at points, so they fit in somewhere too.

I also think there are multiple Doomguys.

1. Doom RPG/Doom 2 RPG - Stan Blazkowicz, BJ from Wolfenstein's descendent
2. Doom 3 - unnamed marine
3. Doom 3: The Lost Mission - unnamed marine
4. Doom 3: ROE - unnamed marine
5. Doom, Sigil, Sigil 2, Doom 2, Hellion, Final Doom, Doom 64, Doom: The Dark Ages, Doom 2016, and Doom Eternal - all Flynn Taggart (unconfirmed, but that is the password used in Doom Eternal for his computer) using the name from the novels, all confirmed to be the same Doom Slayer though.

So there are 5 Doomguys, with the main one (Doom, Sigil, Sigil 2, Doom 2, Hellion, Final Doom, Doom 64, Doom: The Dark Ages, Doom 2016, and Doom Eternal) becoming the Doom Slayer, and the other four contained to smaller stories.

Impressive.
I thought Dark Ages was marketed as being before the entire franchise, but shows what I know I guess lol.

 

[Prism_Red]

Spoiler for Yakuza series

Spoiler: SPOILER

In Yakuza 6, the true reason why Yomei Alliance built the Yamato is because chairman Kurusu foreseen the event of Project x Zone 2 where Kiryu and Majima fight against extraterrestrial forces, to prepare to combat this threat, he built the most powerful battleship as defender of humanity, he enlist Takeshi Kitano to oversees the project and secretly protect the ship at the same time due to his experience protecting his impenetrable castle years ago.
Unfortunately, Kiryu revealing the ship's true nature spells doom for humanity in the future, as it draws attention of alien civilization known as Gamilas. Years later, after realizing Yamato as a threat, the Gamilas unleashed a meteorite bomb on earth, kicking off the plot of Space Battleship Yamato.

 

[Nidstang]

Impressive.
I thought Dark Ages was marketed as being before the entire franchise, but shows what I know I guess lol.

It's the start of the Trilogy (2016, Eternal, Dark Ages), but it happens after 64. In the story after Doomguy kills the Mother Demon he essentially decides to stay in Hell waging war against demons for like hundreds of years. It's during this time (presumably The Dark Ages) where the codec entries from 2016 are formed, and the legend of the Doom Slayer develops. The Dark Ages is most likely going to end with Doomguy being put in the coffin that he emerges from in 2016.

 

[MasterEn]

Serious Theory - Metoid: The Samus played as in other m is a clone created by the federation to be loyal to them, and that clone is ultimately consumed by the x parasite and is also the main sa-x encountered in metroid fusion. (this is the only way ill except other m as canon)

as much as everyone would like that, including me; other m is canon.
matt mcmuscles uncovered the reasons behind the bizarre reasons for samus' out of character portrayal in the game. if you want, i can briefly go over it or i can provide you a link to the video.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

The writers of Final Fantasy VIII.

XD why

 

[KirboDeku]

That Final Fantasy VIII is just an alternate timeline of Final Fantasy VII. The only difference is that junctioning exists, which makes everyone go mad, causing everything to change besides the protagonist being an edgy swordsman.

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

XD why

Its a joke about the story in FFVIII being so bad and nonsensical people make theories to make sense of it. It is silly to make these theories when the most likely explanation is that Nomura and Nojima are awful writers.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Its a joke about the story in FFVIII being so bad and nonsensical people make theories to make sense of it. It is silly to make these theories when the most likely explanation is that Nomura and Nojima are awful writers.

Ehh I didn't find it bad sure it has plot twists that make you go whaaa? But overall its good especially laguna parts.

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

Ehh I didn't find it bad sure it has plot twists that make you go whaaa? But overall its good especially laguna parts.

No way, Laguna is one of the worst characters in Final Fantasy. His whole subplot is a giant waste of time.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

No way, Laguna is one of the worst characters in Final Fantasy. His whole subplot is a giant waste of time.

They could have concluded it better with a flashback where you get to trap adel but oh well I guess...

No bro laguna is way too funny to be bad