Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World began as a comic by Bryan Scott O’ Malley, first published in 2004, about the titular 20-something young man falling in love with a punky girl named Ramona Flowers. However, to win her heart, he needs to face off against her seven evil exes. It communicated this aspect of the story through retro video game metaphors (the fights against the evil exes representing the baggage that comes with life and relationships) along with numerous other visual references. Most notable, whenever Scott defeated one of the evil exes, they’d drop a bit of changes, much like in River City Ransom. While a cult classic at first, it attracted the attention of Hollywood executives, leading to a 2010 live action movie. Created to tie-in with it was a video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. While much of the actual story of the comic (and movie) is communicated through good old fashioned dialogue, the game tosses away that pretense and reimagines the whole thing as a 2D beat-em-up, most heavily influenced by (of course) River City Ransom.
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