#weird parallels

Wherein there’s a VR world therapy program that takes the form of a relaxing environment for amnesiacs but gets taken over by a rogue AI. Someone gets turned into a robot, which gives them a lot of new, useful functions.

I never would have guessed Splatoon would have it’s own Neo World Program arc.

There are some major differences

Instead of replacing traumatic memories with good ones, the Memverse is meant to help amnesiac octopuses reclaim their memories.

Instead of being designed by the ultimate therapist, programmer, and neurologist, it was made by a pop star in her free time, with the help of some old work friends.

Instead of a big cast of quirky characters there’s four characters stuck in an elevator. Two lesbians, their live-in protagonist, and the world’s coolest girl who is also intensely self-aware about being a third wheel.

Since we’re talking Splatoon, instead of a summer island trip, the relaxing environment is a battle tower.