The document discusses the rise of "spiritual successors" in the gaming industry, where new games are inspired by or continue the style of older, popular franchises. It notes several examples from the 2000s onward like Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night continuing the Castlevania series. The modern movement of spiritual successors started exploding in 2013 with games like Mighty No. 9 continuing Mega Man. This was enabled by the indie game revolution beginning in 2009 with Minecraft, which allowed former AAA developers to independently create spiritual successors through Kickstarter campaigns like Bloodstained and Yooka-Laylee.

1. SPIRITUAL
SUCCESSIONISM
Modern Trends in the Gaming Industry
Madison Pippert

2. ORIGIN OF THE SPIRITUAL
SEQUEL
• Old concept
• EarthBound > Pokémon
• Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest > Bravely
Default
• Xeno series
• Recent rise of spiritual successor
• former developers from major companies

3. ORIGINS OF THE MODERN
MOVEMENT
• Explosion of SS started 2013
• Mighty No. 9, SS to Mega Man

4. BLOODSTAINED:
RITUAL OF THE NIGHT
• SS to Castlevania
• Koji Igarashi
• Kickstarted May
2015

6. • SS to Banjo-Kazooie
• Playtonic Games
• kickstarted May 2015

7. NOW LET’S TALK SONIC
OCS

11. BUT WHY NOW?
• indie revolution
• Minecraft released 2009
• Journey in 2012

12. QUESTIONS?

13. SOURCES• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyno9/mighty-no-9
• http://galaxytrail.com/freedomplanetsite/
• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night
• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playtonic/yooka-laylee-a-3d-platformer-
rare-vival
• http://www.moddb.com/games/freedom-planet/features/the-evolution-of-
freedom-planet
• http://copyright.gov/title17/92chap2.html#201
• http://gamerant.com/best-video-game-spiritual-sequels-successor/
• http://www.giantbomb.com/spiritual-successor/3015-425/games/
• http://www.gamecritics.com/node/1824
• http://www.gamenguide.com/articles/22753/20150330/axiom-verge-ps4-review-
not-a-metroidvania-game-but-a-straight-up-metroid-game.htm
• http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/30/8311893/axiom-verge-playstation-4
• http://techcrunch.com/2009/04/29/kickstarter-launches-another-social-
fundraising-platform/
• http://kotaku.com/we-need-better-video-game-publishers-472880781
• http://www.insidejobs.com/careers/game-publisher
• http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/02/06/the-first-moments-of-minecraft/
• https://www.gameacademy.com/the-indie-revolution/
• http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/02/06/the-first-moments-of-minecraft/
• https://www.artefactmagazine.com/2015/12/10/the-independent-video-game-
revolution/