2020 Spring Showcase/Presentations/Redacted Games

Hello there Fantendo! Your friendly neighborhood founder, employee, CEO, and totally benevolent and well-meaning Silvak here bringing you a very special Redacted Games Spring Showcase Presentation! In this presentation, I will reveal new information about the recently announced Slam Jam Warriors, as well as maybe some other projects I've been developing behind the scenes... You'll just have to wait and see for that last bit, but without further ado: Presentation time!
==Day 1- Slam Jam Warriors (3/19/20)==
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Slam Jam Warriors is Redacted Games’ first official project, as well as the newest umbrella game to grace Fantendo. Much like basically every other umbrella game on the wiki, it’s a platform fighter that brings together a variety of characters from the very best in movies, video games, TV series, comic books, the internet, and more. The gameplay may seem like nothing special for a project like this, but there are some key differences that set it apart from the figurative mother of all umbrellas Super Smash Bros.
I won’t spoil all of Slam Jam Warriors’ gameplay elements, but I’ll give you the basics. The game is much faster-paced than Smash; characters’ attacks come out and end much faster than your typical Smash character. This speedier combat creates more of an emphasis on combos and other elements of more traditional fighting games. One of the biggest elements of gameplay is the Talent Meter, the game’s obligatory super meter. Based on the Nerdlucks’ method of transformation into Monstars from Space Jam, the Talent Meter not only allows characters to perform three powerful hyper moves of varying strength, but also allows fighters to use unique, powered-up versions of their special moves.
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Slam Jam Warriors boasts a rather unconventional roster of fighters, three of which have already been revealed. Just for the sake of it, I'll give you a review on what's been revealed so far, as well as a a brief rundown on each character.
Based on the famous athlete’s Space Jam incarnation, Michaal Jordan serves as the game’s jack-of-all-stats (even though he’s got a pretty good air game), using a basketball-based fighting style to slam and jam his opponents into the blast zones. Michael’s a good introduction to the game, having rather straightforward attacks that still have their own complexities.
Straight out of the fantastic 2018 film adaptation of the classic comics character, Venom bites into the jam! The lethal protector is an aggressive grappler with a close-quarters fighting style and an insatiable hunger for… everything that counts as living meat, really. And even things that don’t.
Tommy Wiseau’s infamous character in The Room, Johnny is here, and he’s feeling pretty betrayed! Taking heavy inspiration from his appearance in Smash Bros. Lawl, Johnny fights using water bottles, a recording device, his best friends Mark and Denny, and his own Wiseau strength. As he takes more damage, Johnny becomes more and more enraged until he’s fed up with the world, increasing the power of his attacks greatly.
That’s all the fighters that have been revealed so far, but it's far from the game's entire roster. There are a lot more characters to be announced, and to be honest new character reveals are probably the only reason you’re reading this. So without further ado, I’m showing off a new challenger for Slam Jam Warriors. Please, take a look. 
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Michael Jordan, Venom, and Johnny charge at each other and begin to trade blows in an intense battle. Jordan brings his ball hand down on Johnny, who counters it by pushing the ball back, crying “Don’ touch me!” The camera cuts to a wide shot of the battle, as several sports channel-esque overlays fade in and the video’s quality becomes grainier. The battle is being broadcast on a somewhat futuristic-looking monitor, which is being watched by a ball-shaped figure in a dark, wide room.“Come on Venom! Do something! Sock that guy in the stimulus package!"Three ISJA men walk towards the figure on a bridge decorated with electrical plugs.“Alright, I got an ISJA invitation for one… Blaze the Cat?”The figure turns to face them, revealing himself to be a spherical robot with limbs made of electricity and a gigantic face behind a screen.“Oh yes, I’m Blaze the Cat! I’d say I’m one shocking feline.”“... Ok then.. Just sign this form real fast and follow the instructions on the card and you’re in.”The being snatches the form and invitation from the man with his arms, signing the form with glee and revealing a third arm from his back to open the invitation’s envelope.“I’m in!”
Suddenly, a jet of flames impacts Mr. Electric’s face. A humanoid cat with lavender fur, a purple dress and fur done up in a ponytail drops down in front of the men, engulfed in a fiery aura.“Give me back… MY INVITATION!”
Gameplay footage is then shown of both Mr. Electric and Blaze. Emphasized for Mr. Electric is his slow mobility, long-range attacks and zoner playstyle. Blaze is shown to have a dominating playstyle, being incredibly fast and easily comboing opponents. The footage ends with Electric and Blaze dashing towards one another on a stage of Mr. Electric’s lair, hitting each other with an attack simultaneously and engaging in a match of rapid-fire fisticuffs.“You shouldn’t have stolen an invitation from a royal princess!”"I haven’t cared about princesses since one froze me, Lavagirl!”Blaze and Electric keep on fighting. Suddenly, the main ISJA employee finally realizes…“Wait a minute, there was already an invitation for a Mr. Electric! Isn’t that you?"Electric and Blaze stop fighting for a moment. 
“Clispaeth, I gave out the wrong one.. because of you!"Mr. Electric lets this revelation sink in. Blaze gets even more pissed off, and her fur begins to rise from how intense her aura of fire becomes. Electric’s eyes widen in panic before the camera smash cuts to the Slam Jam Warriors logo.
That’s right, Mr. Electric from The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D and Blaze the Cat from the Sonic franchise join the jam! You’ll have to wait until the page goes up to learn more about these new fighters, but they’ll surely bring the fire and lightning to the court!
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Well, that’s all for day one of Redacted Game’s Spring Showcase. I hope you enjoyed it!  Even more announcements for Slam Jam Warriors are coming tomorrow, so stay tuned!
==Day 2- Slam Jam Warriors (3/21/20)==
The camera rapid cuts between several thugs being brutally beaten, tossed aside, and even having their heads bitten off… by Venom. When the carnage is over, Venom transforms back into Eddie Brock, who walks away from the scene just as the police arrive.
“Mmm… delicious.”“I’m actually pretty thirsty right now.. haven’t had a drink for a good minute and it’s killing me.”“Why didn’t you get something from Ms. Chen’s before we went out to hunt bad guys?”“I don’t know, I just-“Suddenly, the two hear music in the distance- music that’s growing louder.“... The hell is that?”“Eddie!”Eddie looks out in front of him to see a muscular blue and silver humanoid running towards him. A humanoid that has the Pepsi logo emblazoned on his chest.PEPSIMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!Pepsiman stops in front of Brock, holding his hand out and making his signature FWISHing sound. A can of Pepsi instantly appears in Brock’s hand, and he opens it and takes a sip.“Not too great but it’ll do..”“What is this… carbonated liquid?! IT’S DISGUSTING! WHAT IS THIS THING AND WHY DID IT FEED US THIS VILE SUBSTANCE?!”“Whoa Venom calm do-“Venom fully manifests, ready to tear Pepsiman limb from limb.“We’ll see if you taste better than your horrible beverage!”Pepsiman is unfazed and stands his ground, ready for a fight…
The trailer cuts to gameplay footage of Pepsiman. He’s very much a glass cannon, having some decent attack power but being easily launched. He stops Michael Jordan from approaching him with a geyser of Pepsi, throws a powerful charged kick at Mr. Electric, tries to chase after Blaze but trips over nothing and faceplants, and combos Venom into the blast zone before taking a swig of Pepsi. The trailer cuts back to a battered Pepsiman running away as fast as he can from an enraged Venom. The trailer ends with a shot of a Pepsi can against an all-black background with the Slam Jam Warriors logo displayed above it.
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Welcome back to the Redacted Games Spring Showcase! As you just saw from that trailer, Pepsiman has officially joined the Slam Jam Warriors cast, bringing with him a repertoire of Pepsi-based attacks… and his clumsiness.
Before we reveal yet another new fighter for the game, I would like to touch upon an aspect of Slam Jam Warriors I haven’t mentioned yet- the modes. Most of the modes you’d expect from these games are there- an arcade mode, a training mode, a story mode perhaps (wink wink). But I would like to preview two modes that will be featured in Slam Jam Warriors.
SLAMBALLWith such a heavy basketball theme permeating the entire game, you may wonder “where’s the actual basketball?”. Well, here it is. Inspired by the fanmade Smashketball minigame for Super Smash Bros., Slamball is a variant of normal versus matches where instead of KOing opponents through blast zones, you have to dunk them through gigantic hoops! These massive hoops are placed on both ends of the stage (or court as they’re called here) and are the only means of killing your opponent. Meteor-smashing attacks are invaluable in this mode!
TOWER SLAMShifting from variations of normal play to something more unique, Slam Jam Warriors features a competitive tower-scaling battle like no other- Tower Slam! Heavily based on Smash Run from Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and the fake "Tower of Smash" leak from it’s companion game for Wii U, Tower Slam has four fighters ascend the floors of a gigantic tower, fighting enemies to collect stat boosts that will assist them in a final battle at the tower’s peak. The tower is filled with a lot of things- treasure, enemies trying to kill you, minibosses trying to kill you, bosses trying to kill you- even the tower itself is trying to kill you! Over time, the tower’s lower floors will lock up, encouraging the players to ascend. If you’re still in these lower floors when they lock up, well… you die. Unlike Smash Run, fighters are able to directly interact with one another, and you could even steal some of an opponent’s stat boosts by KOing them! There’s a lot more that could be revealed about this mode, but you’ll have to wait for the page to find out more!
Now with that out of the way, I think it’s time for another character reveal to cap off this day of the presentation. Please, take a look.
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A man types away at his laptop. His desk is cluttered with documents, several other laptops and six copies of the same book. He types some more and scrolls a bit before he starts feeling for any full pockets on him- he doesn’t have his pills.“Where are my pills?”There’s a very awkward pause between the response of a woman offscreen, “I’ll get ‘em for you!” and “I’ve got your pills!”. However, the man is finally tossed a bottle of pills.“Thank you!”The man stares at the bottle for a moment, until he decides…“I don’t need these. I’m not taking these anymore!”He tosses the bottle aside. He continues to type away at his computer, before the camera finally cuts to what he’s looking at… the ISJA website. We then hear this man’s thoughts…“This is not the way I intended my experiment and creating this planet, and this human species to go. I’m disappointed in this species.”The man begins to watch footage of ISJA matches, including the one between Michael Jordan, Venom, and Johnny.“But at least, with everything I’ve given this human species… they know how to make a good game.”“I don’t need those pills. I need this.”
The trailer cuts to gameplay footage of Neil Breen. He’s a rather slow-moving but still powerful fighter with rather unorthodox attacks. He hacks into Pepsiman’s attacks, summons his friend Jim, who falls on top of Blaze and launches her, and leaps into the air much like in Twisted Pair. In what is presumably a hyper move, he freezes Michael Jordan in place before comboing him, unfreezing him and causing him to launch from the damage taken. Breen poses with his tiger from Pass Thru before the trailer fades into the Slam Jam Warriors logo.The trailer cuts to Johnny opening and walking out through the rooftop door of his apartment before seeing Neil Breen standing in front of him, completely dressed in white.“Oh hi- Wait. Who are you anyway?”“I am the creator of this planet and this human species. And I will become a Slam Jam Warrior ™.”
Neil Breen, indie film auteur extraordinaire, joins the jam! Combining all his film appearances together, Breen uses hacking, insane superpowers, straight-up godlike abilities and sheer Breenius to dominate his opponents.
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Well, that’s a wrap on day two of the Spring Showcase! Tune in on Sunday for one final round of new reveals and information for Slam Jam Warriors!
==Day 3- Slam Jam Warriors (3/22/20)==
Welcome back to day three of the Redacted Games Spring Showcase! Today is the final round of reveals for Slam Jam Warriors in this presentation, and for this last day I’m cutting out the middle-man: this will be entirely new fighter announcements. Already I think I’ve kept you waiting long enough. So please, take a look.
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Michael Jordan is blasted back by a ball of purple energy. Down on his knees and bloodied already, Jordan gets up on his feet and readies his b-ball. However, his unknown assailant quickly teleports behind him in another purple sphere of energy, blasting Jordan away. Michael manages to dodge a spear of energy thrown by the attacker and hurle a flaming basketball back at him… only for it to be caught by the figure’s crystalline hand.“For being the 'champion' of this little game, you really are pathetic. Why fight at all?! Just accept your annihilation!”
Mephiles throws the b-ball back at Michael, which punches him right in the gut. His knees once again fall to the floor of the abandoned court, and Jordan struggles to catch his breath.“Look at yourself. You can barely stand. You can barely do anything!”“I-I’ll never give up. I-I got bac-”Mephiles lets another signature Dan Green laugh.“Such foolishness! You’re all but dead, Jordan. Let’s make it official!”Mephiles begins charging up another spear of energy to finish Michael off. However, in the midst of his pain, Michael stands firm, and says his previous sentence again.“I’ve got backup.”Suddenly, a can of Pepsi drops onto Mephiles and explodes, slamming him straight into the ground. Pepsiman backflips from behind and lands in front of Jordan, who now has Blaze and Venom standing alongside him. Jordan musters the strength to stand and the four pose, ready to throw down with Mephiles. Mephiles, slightly drenched in soda, rises up and begins charging energy. Jordan slugs his b-ball once more as Blaze, Venom, and Pepsiman charge at Mephiles, running alongside the flying basketball. This time the b-ball hits Mephiles in the chest, and the three slam jam warriors leap towards him, ready to strike.The camera quickly cuts to two flails flying in the air, which then plant themselves in Venom’s and Pepsiman’s backs, pulling them away from Mephiles. Blaze readies a fiery kick before a laser blast knocks her out. Jordan finally runs towards Mephiles and just barely dodges a katana flying right for him. Jordan tumbles to the ground and stares at a silhouette at the far end of the court. The figure unsheathes a second katana.“I’m actually pretty surprised you’re still alive after fighting Mephiles for so long… but even if you survived him, you won’t survive the greatest, most feared, most nefarious, most ultimate supervillain the world has ever seen!"The figure steps out of the shadows, revealing himself to be a muscular man clad in orange, dark blue armor and silver armor and an instantly recognizable mask.“SLAAAAAAAAAADE!”
Jordan is confused and unimpressed at the same time. He turns to Mephiles.“... He with you?”“I heard you say earlier that you had backup. Well guess what?! Mephiles had backup too! And he’s here! And he’s gonna destroy you!”Slade activates his hoverpack and whizzes past Jordan, slashing him with his katana. He lands besides Mephiles, trying to look as badass as a Flash-animated character can.“We’re, like, the greatest duo of supervillains ever assembled! We are Sladephiles!”
“Sladephiles?”“Yeah, you like it? It’s just the perfect way to describe our, uh, friendship.”“I don’t mind at all. Let’s just finish these imbeciles off!”“Right!”The trailer cuts to gameplay footage of Mephiles and Slade. The two can tag in and out of battle instantly, as soon when Mephiles starts a combo on Michael Jordan before tagging in Slade to finish it. Mephiles focuses mainly on projectile and long range attacks while Slade focuses on getting opponents closer to him with attacks such as flails deployed from his katanas. The two pose together before the trailer cuts back to Slade and Mephiles fighting against Jordan and his allies, ending off with a shot of the two villains standing their ground while being surrounded by the heroes. The trailer cuts to the Slam Jam Warriors logo, before a sudden flash of Slade’s signature mind manipulation changes the logo to read “Slade Jam Warriors”.
That’s right, Mephiles the Dark from the much-maligned Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 and Slade from the also much-maligned Teen Titans GO! (specifically Teen Titans GO! to the Movies which is actually kinda.. good?) get into the jam as a tag-team character! Using opposite playstyles and the ability to instantly tag in and out in battle, this completely arbitrary crossover teamup seeks to dominate (or destroy) the court!
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When I said this presentation was going to be nothing but character reveals, I meant it. So, we’re going straight into another, final character reveal for Slam Jam Warriors. Please, take a look.
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The screen lingers on a black screen before a blue textbox appears reading:Warning: The trailer you are about to watch is canon.The textbox is toggled, and it is followed by another textbox. A man’s voice reads its text:“The year is 2053. Basketball is dead.”The screen fades to an image of a pixelated Charles Barkley. More textboxes appear in front of the image, and Barkley’s voice reads each:“My name is Charles Barkley. I am one of the last b-ball stars alive. In 2041, basketball was made illegal and almost all b-ballers were massacred in what is now known as “The Great B-Ball Purge”. I lived, but I lost my reason for living. B-ball was gone.”“Or so I thought.”“Recently, I received an invitation from the “International Slam Jam A-
Suddenly a muscular man wearing nothing but red briefs bursts through the screen, shattering its glass and causing it to go static.“aaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!! WHO CARES ABOUT BASKETBALL?! DO YOU CARE ABOUT BASKETBALL?! NO ONE CARES ENOUGH ABOUT OLD SPICE! I’M GONNA SHOW THOSE DUMMIES THE POWER THEY’RE MISSING OUT ON!"
Turning his feet into rockets, Terry launches to the top of the screen. The camera cuts to an ISJA arena, where Mr. Electric is getting ready to fight an unknown opponent. Suddenly, Terry lands next to him with such intensity that the ground Electric is standing on launches him into the ceiling like a one-sided seesaw.“OLD SPIC-“Terry looks at his opponent with confusion and a hint of… fear. The camera cuts to a view of this opponent’s bare feet, as he drops his oversized Sega Saturn besides him. The figure gets into a fighting stance and lets out a primal shout, revealing himself to be…
“You will play the Sega Saturn until your fingers break! Until your fingers break!” (dialogue translated from Japanese)The crowd starts to roar in the background as Terry adjusts himself.“Huh? Sega Satan? I don’t know what that is… AND I DON’T CARE WHAT THAT IS! OLD SPICE ODOR BLOCKER BODY WASH HAS THE POWER TO BLOCK ANYONE, EVEN YOU!”Segata summons a couple clones of himself, which throws Terry off-guard a bit.. before he responds by summoning clones of his own.“3! 2! 1!”Before the announcer can even finish her countdown, Segata and Terry dash towards each other alongside their small armies of clones, their attacks immediately cancelling each other out.The trailer cuts to gameplay footage of Terry and Segata. Terry is a purely unorthodox character who weaponizes feats from his commercials in battle, including his stretching punch, explosions, and even turning opponents into snack dispensers. Meanwhile, Segata is a fast, strong and ruthless fighter; he kicks Michael Jordan’s basketball back at him, judo throws Neil Breen to the ground and uses the two explosions that ensue to propel himself upward, and reenacts his infamous brutal beatdown on Venom.The trailer cuts back to Terry and Segata duking it out. Segata throws Terry, but just before he hits the ground he yells “EXPLOSION!”. The two explosions simultaneously created by Terry and Segata engulf the court and the arena. The screen fades to white before showing the Slam Jam Warriors logo one final time.
Terry Crews and Segata Sanshiro, two reality-warping advertising legends from the Old Spice and Japanese Sega Saturn commercials, officially join the jam! Both of them are some of the most powerful characters- if not the most powerful characters- in the game, and both are a force to be reckoned with.
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And that wraps up day three of the Spring Showcase, as well as Slam Jam Warriors reveals. See you one last time tomorrow for a very special announcement!
==Day 4- New Projects (3/23/20) ==
Welcome back to the final day of the Redacted Games Spring Showcase! So far, I’ve been revealing nothing but content for Slam Jam Warriors for basically the entire presentation, however it is not the only project I’m developing. So today, I’m revealing a brand-new project from Redacted Games. Please, take a look.
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“I’m Eddie Brock.”The camera cuts to a dramatic shot of a somewhat futuristic San Francisco skyline. The camera pans over gigantic skyscrapers that tower over the ones already present. Neon signs and displays are everywhere. Small futuristic ships, modern-day cars and alien horse-drawn carriages speed through the city’s roads.“I was a reporter.”The camera cuts to Eddie himself, walking through the streets of San Fran alone, passing by the likes of human civilians, robots, Weezer fans, and furries.“But right now… I’m a journalist… and San Francisco’s local vigilante.”We catch glimpses of Venom running across buildings, using gooey tendrils to swing from building to building.“Me and Venom have gone through a lot over the years. We’ve fought bad guys with symbiotes…”We see a flashback to the battle between Venom and Riot."… more bad guys with symbiotes…”Another flashback is shown of a fight between Venom and Carnage.“... and bad people with symbiotes.”Yet another flashback to Venom being cornered by multiple symbiotes.“But today’s been a little different from the other times we’ve had to save the universe.”
Venom continues to leap across buildings as the camera pans up, revealing several gigantic starfish-like ships in the sky. All kinds of spiky, white creatures are descending upon the city from these organic ships, causing havoc all around our lethal protector. Several white humanoids drop down in front of Venom alongside a couple smaller creatures with gaping maws and blades and a small fight ensues. However, Venom is able to overpower them. Venom continues to traverse the city, taking out more of the creatures until he jumps off of a building, hitching a ride of a flying white beast.“But luckily, we have some friends helping us out.”Down on the ground, three individuals are seen fighting against the ever-growing Poison hordes. A man in a costume resembling a doctor’s scrubs throws syringes into some of the Poisons. A velociraptor casts fire and lightning spells, striking down Poisons that somewhat look like other Marvel characters. A heavily-armored resembling the epitome of 90s comic book character designs makes some Poisons eat hot lead with six massive guns at once, wielding two with each arm and handling the other four with ethereal artificial arms. The flying Poison from earlier swoops over them and Venom jumps off of it, bashing more Poisons with a symbiote shield while landing to the ground. The four continue to rip and tear through the onslaught.“These.. aliens might think this planet is vulnerable..”The four continue to fight until they notice hundreds of the smaller Poisons combining into a giant mecha that soon towers over some of the city’s smaller buildings.“... But these hellspawn have got another thing coming for them.”Regardless of the gigantic monster standing before them, Venom and his allies stand their ground.“We and our new friends?”The group poses as Venom himself finishes Eddie’s dialogue…“We’re Monday-to-Friday mother-firetrucking superheroes.”Venom puts on a leather jacket, straps on five ammo belts filled with capsules containing several symbiote-like substances, and puts on
some badass shades.“Let’s kick some disgusting Poison ass.”Venom grabs one of the capsules and releases the contents. A symbiote-like creature emerges from it and wraps around Venom’s arm, transforming it into a massive arm cannon with several guns on it. The lethal protector dashes towards the mecha before he leaps into the air and fires his symbiont weapon. The camera cuts back to the San Francisco skyline being engulfed by the massive explosion caused by Venom firing his ultimate weapon. The camera pans to up in the sky, where a logo fades in…. 
But Venom, you’re already in a Redacted game that heavily features y-“So what? You love our movie so you’re going to make an entire game based around it anyway.”You’re exactly right.
Redacted Games is proud to announce Venom: Lethal Crusaders, a game based on the hit 2018 film Venom. This project is still in very, very early development, but look out for it in the near (or distant) future.
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But that is actually not all Redacted is developing beyond Slam Jam Warriors. I have one last announcement to make about another brand-new project.Let me just pull it up from the files here… there we go.
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PROJECT SPECTACLE
Project Spectacle is another game that’s in very early development- so early it doesn’t even have a proper logo! All I’ll say is that it’s yet another umbrella game to the wiki, but everything else about it will remain hidden until I think it’s time to reveal it.
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And that’s a wrap on the Redacted Games Spring Showcase! It was a fun four days of just revealing new stuff. Well, I guess all else I can say is to look out for Slam Jam Warriors, Venom: Lethal Crusaders, and Project Spectacle when they officially drop on Fantendo! Farewell, goodbye, stay safe, wash your hands, and peace.
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