History Literature / WorldsOfPower

''Worlds of Power'' was a series of {{novelization}}s of UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem games published in the early 1990s by Scholastic Books. They were written by several authors using the pen name "F.X. Nine". The books averaged about 120 pages long, and featured strategies for the featured game as an added incentive, either in a trading card on the inside cover or at the end of each chapter. At the end of each book was a list of recommendations for other books the author "thought you might like". The quality of the books varies, as does the faithfulness to the game's plot.

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* ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest Castlevania II: Simon's Quest]]''

''Worlds of Power'' was a series of {{novelization}}s of NintendoEntertainmentSystem games published in the early 1990s by Scholastic Books. They were written by several authors using the pen name "F.X. Nine". The books averaged about 120 pages long, and featured strategies for the featured game as an added incentive, either in a trading card on the inside cover or at the end of each chapter. At the end of each book was a list of recommendations for other books the author "thought you might like". The quality of the books varies, as does the faithfulness to the game's plot.

* [[TrappedInTVLand Trapped in Video Game Land]]: Happens in the ''Castlevania II'' book, in which the {{kid hero}} gets transported to the world of the video game itself (which is treated as specifically the world of a video game, unlike, say, the ''[[VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors Warriors & Wizards]]'' book, which treats Kuros's homeland as a fantasy world or other time period).

** Considering how simple the games' plots were, a lot had to be added, and many of the stories added a great deal of backstory, or even additional characters. The most notable here is ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'', which adds Eve, a HumanAlien from another planet, as the original owner of the Sophia III vehicle. These details would later become canon in ''Blaster Master: Blasting Again''.

* HumanityEnsues: While running Mega Man through a duplicating machine to better his odds against Dr. Wily's more powerful batch of robots, Dr. Light accidentally turns him into a human instead ([[JustEatGilligan rather than just building another Mega Man]]).

** Considering how simple the games' plots were, a lot had to be added, and many of the stories added a great deal of backstory, or even additional characters. The most notable here is ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'', which adds Eve, a human from another planet, as the original owner of the Sophia III vehicle. These details would later become canon in ''Blaster Master: Blasting Again''.

** One of the stranger examples is the ''Simon's Quest'' book, which adds elements such as the heroes needing to rescue some woman named Linda Entwhistle who is apparently Simon's girlfriend, or Dracula actually being some low-level lackey for a much more evil monster named Thanatos, or an encounter with a friendly troll named Freddie. Strange because the kid who accompanies Simon is [[AscendedFanboy a fan of the ''Castlevania'' games]] and that he specifically enters the world of the games, not just a fantasy world based on a videogame in the reader's world.

* AdaptationExpansion: Considering how simple the games' plots were, a lot had to be added, and many of the stories added a great deal of backstory, or even additional characters. The most notable here is ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'', which adds Eve, a human from another planet, as the original owner of the Sophia III vehicle. These details would later become canon in ''Blaster Master: Blasting Again''.

** One of the stranger examples is the ''Simon's Quest'' book, which adds elements such as the heroes needing to rescue some woman named Linda Entwhistle who is apparently Simon's girlfriend. Strange because the kid who accompanies Simon is [[AscendedFanboy a fan of the ''Castlevania'' games]] and that he specifically enters the world of the games, not just a fantasy world based on a videogame in the reader's world.

* TotallyRadical: Used in a number of these books.
** This is actually used as a weapon against Dracula, of all people.
* [[TrappedInTVLand Trapped In Video Game Land]]: Happens in the ''Castlevania II'' book, in which the {{kid hero}} gets transported to the world of the video game itself (which is treated as specifically the world of a video game, unlike, say, the ''[[VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors Warriors & Wizards]]'' book, which treats Kuros's homeland as a fantasy world or other time period).

* LighterAndSofter: Yes, they've been bowdlerized from E and E10-equivalent games. Wildlife is non-fatally diverted away in ''Ninja Gaiden'', or turn out to be robots for no real reason. Jark Markson (Ladd Spencer's equivalent in the ''Bionic Commando'' novel) takes out Badd troops with karate and tranquilizers (though he still explodes Master D at the end).

* ''VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors''

* AdaptationExpansion - Considering how simple the games' plots were, a lot had to be added, and many of the stories added a great deal of backstory, or even additional characters. The most notable here is ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'', which adds Eve, a human from another planet, as the original owner of the Sophia III vehicle. These details would later become canon in ''Blaster Master: Blasting Again''.
* {{Bowdlerize}} - To placate the parents, rarely did the villains actually die. Enemy soldiers would be taken out with tranq bullets, animals and boss enemies turned out to really be robots, and there's a separate world for monsters that they're sent back to when they're defeated by meddling heroes, to name a couple.

* ImprobableAge - Ryu Hayabusa of ''Ninja Gaiden'' has his age lowered from adulthood to 13, making his travel to America and his whole journey rather improbable.
* InNameOnly - ''[[{{Shadowgate}} Before Shadowgate]]'' has nothing to do with ''VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}''. It's ostensibly a prequel.
* LighterAndSofter - Yes, they've been bowdlerized from E and E10-equivalent games. Wildlife is non-fatally diverted away in ''Ninja Gaiden''--or turn out to be robots for no real reason. Jark Markson (Ladd Spencer's equivalent in the ''Bionic Commando'' novel) takes out Badd troops with karate and tranquilizers (though he still explodes Master D at the end).
* RevisedEnding - In ''Ninja Gaiden'', Ryu's dad doesn't die in the book like he did in the game.
* TagalongKid - Many of the books, though not all, have the main character actually be some middle school student who goes on an adventure with the hero.
* TotallyRadical - Used in a number of these books.

* [[TrappedInTVLand Trapped In Video Game Land]]: Happens in the ''Castlevania II'' book, in which the {{kid hero}} gets transported to the world of the video game itself (which is treated as specifically the world of a video game, unlike, say, the ''VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors'' book, which treats Kuros's homeland as a fantasy world or other time period).

* AdaptationExpansion - Considering how simple the games' plots were, a lot had to be added, and many of the stories added a great deal of backstory, or even additional characters. The most notable here is probably ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'', which adds Eve, a human from another planet, as the original owner of the Sophia III vehicle. Notable because of how it's...
* AscendedFanon - The ''Blaster Master'' adaptation is canon. Specifically, in the backstory of ''Blasting Again'', Jason is said to have married Eve, the woman from another planet who appears only in the book and is his companion for much of the story.

* LighterAndSofter - Yes, they've been bowdlerized from E and E10-equivalent games. Wildlife is non-fatally diverted away in ''Ninja Gaiden''--or turn out to be robots for no real reason. Jark Markson (Ladd Spencer's counterpart in the ''Bionic Commando'' novel) takes out Badd troops with karate and tranquilizers (though he still explodes Master D at the end).

* LighterAndSofter - Yes, they've been bowdlerized from E and E10-equivalent games. Wildlife is non-fatally diverted away in ''Ninja Gaiden''--or turn out to be robots for no real reason. Jark Markson (Ladd Spencer's counterpart in the ''Bionic Commando'' novel), or the guy posing as him anyway, takes out Badd troops with karate and tranquilizers (though he still explodes Master D at the end).

* LighterAndSofter - Yes, they've been bowdlerized from E and E10-equivalent games. Wildlife is non-fatally diverted away in ''Ninja Gaiden''--or turn out to be robots for no real reason. Nathan "Radd" Spencer, or the guy posing as him anyway, takes out Badd troops with karate and tranquilizers (though he still explodes Master D at the end).

There was also a ''Junior Worlds of Power'' series, aimed at an even younger demographic. They were physically bigger, but only about 70 pages long. There were only two books in the series: ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan Mega Man 2]]'' and ''Bases Loaded II''.

''Worlds of Power'' was a series of {{novelization}}s of {{NES}} games published in the early 1990s by Scholastic Books. They were written by several authors using the pen name "F.X. Nine". The books averaged about 120 pages long, and featured strategies for the featured game as an added incentive, either in a trading card on the inside cover or at the end of each chapter. At the end of each book was a list of recommendations for other books the author "thought you might like". The quality of the books varies, as does the faithfulness to the game's plot.

There was also a "Junior Worlds of Power" series, aimed at an even younger demographic. They were physically bigger, but only about 70 pages long. There were only two books in the series: ''VideoGame/MegaMan II'' and ''Bases Loaded II''.

* AscendedFanon - The ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'' adaptation is canon. Crazy, isn't it? Specifically, in the backstory of one of the later ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'' games, Jason is said to have married Eve, the woman from another planet who appears only in the book and is his companion for much of the story.

* ImprobableAge - Ryu Hayabusa of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' has his age lowered from adulthood to 13, making his travel to America and his whole journey rather improbable.

* LighterAndSofter - Yes, they've been bowdlerized from E and E10-equivalent games. Wildlife is non-fatally diverted away in Ninja Gaiden--or turn out to be robots for no real reason. Nathan "Radd" Spencer, or the guy posing as him anyway, takes out Badd troops with karate and tranquilizers (though he still explodes Master D at the end).
* RevisedEnding - In ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'', Ryu's dad doesn't die in the book like he did in the game.

* [[TrappedInTVLand Trapped In Video Game Land]]: Happens in the ''Castlevania II'' book, in which the KidHero gets transported to the world of the video game itself (which is treated as specifically the world of a video game, unlike, say, the ''VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors'' book, which treats Kuros's homeland as a fantasy world or other time period).

* ''[[{{Shadowgate}} Before Shadowgate]]''

* InNameOnly - ''[[{{Shadowgate}} Before Shadowgate]]'' has nothing to do with ''{{Shadowgate}}''. It's ostensibly a prequel.

* [[TrappedInTVLand Trapped In Video Game Land]]: Happens in the ''{{Castlevania}}'' book, in which the KidHero gets transported to the world of the video game itself (which is treated as specifically the world of a video game, unlike, say, the ''VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors'' book, which treats Kuros's homeland as a fantasy world or other time period).

* AdaptationExpansion - Considering how simple the games' plots were, a lot had to be added, and many of the stories added a great deal of backstory, or even additional characters. The most notable here is probably ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'', which adds Eva, a human from another planet, as the original owner of the Sophia III vehicle. Notable because of how it's...

* DeusExMachina - Occasionally. In ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'', the arm has several other highly convenient functions that come in handy at the last second. The only exception is when he finds out he actually has an extra grappling cable.
** Debatable example, since those other gadgets are explained when he first finds out about the arm, instead of finding out it has just the gadget he needs right when he needs it.

* DeusExMachina - Occasionally. In ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'', the arm has several other highly convenient functions that come in handy at the last second.

* HumanityEnsues: While running Mega Man through a duplicating machine to better his odds against Dr. Wily's more powerful batch of robots, Dr. Light accidentally turns him into a human instead ([[JustEatGilligan rather than just building another Mega Man like he did the first time]]).

* HumanityEnsues: In an attempt to create a duplicate of Mega Man to better his odds against Dr. Wily's more powerful batch of robots, Dr. Light accidentally turns him into a human instead (rather than just building another robot like he did the first time).

* AdaptationExpansion - Considering how simple the games' plots were, a lot had to be added, and many of the stories added a great deal of backstory, or even additional characters. The most notable here is probably ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'', which adds Eva, a human from another planet, as the original owner of the Sophia III vehicle.