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** 4. Five video games, all their own stories and [[Word of God|officially non-canon.]]
* ''[[Futakoi]]'' and the second TV series, ''[[Futakoi Alternative]]'' are a quite obvious example. The first being a fairly normal harem-type [[Anime]], while the second was much more madcap comedy.
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* ''Rockman EXE'', also known as ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'' (games dub) or ''[[Mega Man NT Warrior]]'' (anime dub) is essentially an alternate version of the regular ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' universe, with the major change being that the Robot Masters and other major characters are sentient programs instead of robots. Meanwhile, the [[Video Game|games]], [[Anime]], and [[Manga]] of EXE are all separate continuities.
** Also, every [[Video Game|game]] since 3 has been [[One Game for the Price of Two]]. Lan seems to remember any experiences he has in either version, even when they're inconsistent; it's as if he personally experienced not one version or the other, but some quantum superposition of the two. (For instance, he remembers both Shuko and Raika after BN4.) The most jarring example is Colonel: MegaMan remembers him well in both versions of BN6, but he only met him briefly in the Team ProtoMan version of 5.
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* The various versions of the series starting with the ''[[Blood: The Last Vampire]]'' [[OVA]]. There were several [[Manga]] adaptions of the original concept, each with varying storylines, then the [[Blood Plus]] [[Anime]] took some of the basic character templates and ideas and made a series that bears only a slight resemblance to the original. This again also has several [[Manga]] adaptions that take different paths.
* ''[[Black Butler]]'' has two different continuities: the ongoing [[Manga]] and the 24-episode [[Anime]]. The [[Anime]] not only featured a few differences in the [[plot]]lines it took from the [[Manga]] (such as certain key characters appearing earlier than they were supposed to), but had new [[plot]]lines, supporting characters, and main villains when it [[Overtook the Manga]] after the ''6th episode''. Even the supporting characters that had originally appeared in the [[Manga]] had their long-term roles (Soma and Agni being reoccurring characters in the [[Manga]] as opposed to simply disappearing at the end of their arc in the [[Anime]]) and appearances (Aberline) and personality (both, in the case of Queen Victoria) changed in the [[Anime]].
* Most [[Visual Novel|visual novels]] adapted into [[Anime]] have the tendency to have many different continuities. Case in point: ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'': The TV [[Anime]] follows the [[Video Game|game's]] True End: Nagisa wins and {{spoiler|she and Ushio both do not die}}, and two [[OVA]] productions featuring the two most popular girls winning ([[Ensemble Darkhorse|Tomoyo's]] [[OVA]] and the to-be-released [[OVA]] for [[Die for Our Ship|Kyou]]) exist, as well as the Toei movie {{spoiler|leaves Nagisa dead and instead focuses on Tomoya's post-traumatic-stress-disorder and his relationship with Ushio}}.
** ''[[Fate/stay night]]''(as stated below) is another example, with the [[Anime]] following Fate, and the [[Manga]] following Unlimited Blade Works. Heaven's Feel makes up for it's lack of exposure with the fan theory that {{spoiler|it is the [[canon]]ical route in the franchise}}. Supported by [[Fate/stay night/WMG|Wild Mass Guessing]].
*** Archer's ''very existence'' is this, as his life is said to have followed {{spoiler|the events of the Fate route; however, where his life and the Fate route's [[Canon]] end diverged is unknown}}.
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== Toys ==
* ''[[Transformers]]'' has had this since day 1; while [[Marvel]]'s original [[The Transformers (animation)|cartoon]] and [[The Transformers (
** Possibly re-canonised - Unicron, Primus and the big Thirteen are back in as we know and love them (With some minor changes to specifics).
* ''[[Monster High]]'' has several continuities: the doll's diaries, the cartoon series, and the novel series by Lisi Harrison. The diaries and the webisodes seem to follow the same plot line, and there is some debate over whether the TV specials are part of the same continuity as the webisodes. The novels, meanwhile, follow a completely different story.
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** As for the [[Video Game|games]], those may even take place in two separate [[canon]]s as the console titles and handheld titles do not seem to be happening in the same timeline and often contradict each other. That's not even counting [[Video Game|games]] that may not even be considered official [[Canon]].
* [[SNK]]/Playmore has released a bunch of [[No Export for You|Japan only]] cellphone games- many of them [[Dating Sim]]s or [[Raising Sim]]s that feature alternate versions of characters from its vast [[Fighting Game]] library. The Alternate Continuity is especially accented for example, in the games that take place in modern times but have characters from ''[[Samurai Shodown|Samurai Spirits]]'' show up- quite often as the male protagonist's potential romantic interest. Or in the case of [[Ninja Maid|Iroha]] for one [[Raising Sim]], as a plain old human version that you strive to make the damned best maid in the world.
* 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:
* ''[[Alone in
* ''[[Nie R]]'' is an Alternate Continuity [[Sequel]] of ''[[Drakengard]]''. While ''Drakengard 2'' happened in the A Ending, where the world is mostly saved, ''Nier'''s world happens after the [[Mind Screw]] E Ending, where Caim and Angelus end up in Tokyo. In fact, according to [[All There in the Manual|backstory]], Caim and Angelus are actually responsible for devastating the world ([[Villain Protagonist|Just like he would've wanted]]).
* ''[[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.
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* ''[[Tron 2.0]]'' was considered the sequel to ''[[Tron]]'', until it was rendered non-canon by ''[[Tron: Legacy]]''.
* ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'' takes place in another continuity rather than the main ''[[BioShock (series)]]'' setting.
* [[Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds]] differs from [[The War of the Worlds (novel)||the book]] and the [[Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds|rock opera]] that inspired it by taking place in an alternate universe where the humans aren't quite so outmatched, and the Martians remembered to take their flu shots.
* In the first [[Disgaea]], the good ending is considered canon but, the game [[Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?]] is canon from the "normal" ending. You can tell considering that {{spoiler|Prinny Laharl}} shows up as a boss.
* Two versions of the fourth ''[[Ys]]'' game were produced concurrently, ''Ys IV: Mask of the Sun'' for the [[Super Famicom]] (Falcom's canonical version) and ''Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys'' for the [[TurboGrafx-16]] CD. They have the same characters and places but are completely different in terms of plot.
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** And all the children's books.
** And the Armada/discontinued Energon comic.
*** The snarl of continuities is enough to require classification [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Universal_stream within the work itself]. According to the best in-universe sources (the [[Transformers:
* [[Word of God]] is that the ''[[Madagascar]]'' film and the [[Spin-Off]] TV series ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' are in alternate continuities.
* [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] has had so many continuities, that in the [[Turtles Forever]] special, they made it where every continuity was actually an [[Alternate Dimension]] in a TMNT [[Multiverse]].
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