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Maximum Games has entered into a partnership with Paramount Consumer Products to develop a competitive multiplayer fighting game set in the universe of Avatar: The Last Airbender, the company announced. It will launch in Early Access in 2025. A developer and platforms were not announced. Watch the announcement video below.

(Announcement starts at 12:38.)

https://piped.video/watch?v=cwwNMXmxBjA

(Alternatively at youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwwNMXmxBjA)

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[–] Jtee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think that's splitting hairs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It really isn't. Smash Bros./ For Honor is very different than Mario Volleyball.

[–] Jtee 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I just mean competitive multiplayer fighting could be pro-bending.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's still not really conveying the stuff that's making Avatar interesting, IMHO.

Avatar was amazing for a few reasons: creative world-building, philosophical questions, spirituality, adventures, politics, martial arts and the intricate detail in the martial arts animation. None of these aspects are well suited for a "competitive multiplayer" game. No one remembers anything about the story of the first titanfall game.

It has the vibes of the XCOM First-person shooter they planned, before the series was revived with the tactics game.

Edit: The pro-bending stuff was mostly there to introduce characters and introduce some drama for the characters. I think "sports anime" stuff isn't the thing most people like about anime. Plus: pro bending never included airbending.