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* There are at least four different continuities in the ''[[Rayman]]'' games. The first game takes place in a surreal, cartoony world where everyone has [[Raymanian Limbs]]. Then there is the ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]'' universe that serves as the setting for all subsequent games (''Rayman M'', ''Rayman 3'' '''and''' including ''[[Raving Rabbids]]''; this is important later in this paragraph), a slightly more realistic fantasy realm. There are no ties to the universe or storyline from the first game and Rayman is now the only limbless character.<ref>A [[Cameo]] by the General from ''[[Tonic Trouble]]'' suggests that ''Tonic Trouble'' takes place in this universe too. ''Tonic Trouble'' takes place on a surreal version of Earth where everyone has [[Raymanian Limbs]], which flatly contradicts the slightly more realistic version of Earth we see in the ''Rabbids'' games, so let's keep things from getting too complicated and keep that out of the discussion, shall we?</ref> Then there is the [[Animated Adaptation|TV series]] which has yet another different cast and universe. The presence of [[Space Pirates|Admiral]] [[Captain Color Beard|Razorbeard]], the antagonist of ''Rayman2'', suggests that it might have tied into the main universe [[Too Good to Last|had it been allowed to run for more than four episodes]]. And then there is the fact that ''Rabbids'' was spun off into its own universe with ''[[Rabbids Go Home]]'', set on a contemporary Earth. And the now upcoming game is... ''[[Rayman Origins]]'', a [[Prequel]] which appears to... wait for it... [[Canon Welding|weld the first two universes together]]. Does anyone else feel a [[Continuity Snarl]] coming up?

* ''[[Alone in the Dark]]: The New Nightmare'' is in a different continuity than the original series, but the 2008 [[Video Game|game]] is a direct [[Sequel]], with Carnby having been kept in stasis by Lucifer since 1938.

* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' was a pretty awesome Wild West sandbox [[Video Game|game]] in its own right, but the creators apparently had a lot more cooked up for John Marston, because then ''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]'' came out six months later. Same Wild West setting, but Marston now has to fight zombies in an Alternate Continuity.

* '''[[F-Zero]]'' has its main continuity with ''F-Zero'', ''F-Zero X'' and ''F-Zero GX''. Its alternate continuities are ''F-Zero: Maximum Velocity'' (which takes place 25 years after the events of the first [[Video Game|game]]) and ''F-Zero: GP Legend'' (which takes place in 2201, as opposed to the 26th century). ''GP Legend'' was received lukewarmly by most fans in the West ''[[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|because of the changes]]'' despite being a clear alternate universe.