Topic: Ludia games BUR

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

The bulk update request #10801 is pending approval.

create implication dragons:_rise_of_berk (1) -> ludia (1)
create implication dragons:_rise_of_berk (1) -> how_to_train_your_dragon (4229)
create alias midnight_wrath_(httyd) (2) -> midnight_wraith_(dragons:_rise_of_berk) (2)
create implication midnight_wraith_(dragons:_rise_of_berk) (2) -> dragons:_rise_of_berk (1)
create implication jurassic_world_alive (11) -> ludia (1)
create implication jurassic_world_alive (11) -> jurassic_world (1706)
create alias jurassic_world_the_game (0) -> jurassic_world:_the_game (2)
create implication jurassic_world:_the_game (2) -> ludia (1)
create implication jurassic_world:_the_game (2) -> jurassic_world (1706)
create implication hadros_lux (1) -> jurassic_world_alive (11)
create implication mortem_rex (1) -> jurassic_world_alive (11)
create implication ceramagnus (2) -> jurassic_world_alive (11)

Reason: Characters/Species from Ludia's mobile games have a small but nonzero presence on the site, though until now Ludia didn't even have a tag for itself.

Things to note:
- Ludia's Jurassic World games have an absurd amount of hybrids made specifically for them. Some of them are present on the site, but I feel like trying to have every single one use proper implications is a sisyphean task. That said, since the JW movie hybrids have their own tags and aren't aliased to just hybrid, I'm not sure what the proper approach here is, hence me not touching them
- Mortem Rex, Ceramagnus, and Hadros Lux are definitely made specifically for Jurassic World Alive, but it's never quite clear what they're actually supposed to be. They're not hybrids, and at least Mortem Rex is very clearly said to be a Tyrannosaurus, but it's not clear whether they're supposed to be different species or just unique characters from other species
- I was under the impression Ludia was under Jam City, but it appears to no longer be the case - Wikipedia claims they've been sold this year, and currently lists no other parent company

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Watsit

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bugabond said:
create alias midnight_wrath_(httyd) (2) -> midnight_wraith_(dragons:_rise_of_berk) (2)

I'd rather this one be swapped, and the implication to the game be removed. Unless it's something guaranteed to be exclusive to the game and won't appear in any significant capacity in subsequent entries. We shouldn't imply species/characters to specific entries of a series if they appear in multiple entries.

watsit said:
I'd rather this one be swapped. Unless it's something guaranteed to be exclusive to the game and won't appear in any significant capacity in subsequent entries. We shouldn't alias species/characters to specific entries of a series if they appear in multiple entries.

I wasn't sure about it either, but it's a character made explicitly for that mobile game. Having said that, even if it doesn't appear anywhere else, the current name I've got in the BUR is uncomfortably long, so I think swapping the tag names around might be the better choice.

The character isn't canon and unique to a single mobile game, so I think skipping the mobile game that created it is not right here. No other characters from Rise of Berk appeared anywhere else as far as I can tell (except perhaps another one of Ludia's mobile HTTYD games? I think Titan Uprising might have reused a couple), and given how HTTYD movies are very reluctant to reuse anything from other HTTYD media, and to my knowledge the only other piece of media that did reuse species from Rise of Berk (School of Dragons) having reached end of life, the odds of characters from this game appearing anywhere else are extremely slim.

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