History Main / ContinuityReboot

* ''MortalKombat9'', the first ''MortalKombat'' game published by WarnerBros, mixes this trope with AlternateContinuity: picking up right where ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon'' left off, Raiden is about to be killed by Shao Kahn and thus invokes the TimeyWimeyBall by sending a telepathic message to his ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' self, warning him of events to come. The game thus visits altered versions of the first [[MortalKombat2 three]] [[MortalKombat3 games]] as twisted by a Raiden with knowledge he wasn't supposed to have back then, attempting to prevent ''Armageddon'' from even happening.

* EpicMickey made it fairly clear that any OswaldTheLuckyRabbit cartoons that weren't made by WaltDisney no longer exist. [[TakeThat Or at least we're going to pretend they don't.]] And considering that Disney has waited a good 80 years to get the rights to Oswald back, hell, [[AndTheFandomRejoiced they can do what they want.]]
* ''TwistedMetal: Head On'' disregarded the two 989 Studios developed games and continued directly from ''TM 2''. Now the series is being completely rebooted on the PS3.

* ''MortalKombat9'', the first ''MortalKombat'' game published by WarnerBros, mixes this trope with AlternateContinuity: picking up right where ''MortalKombatArmageddon'' left off, Raiden is about to be killed by Shao Kahn and thus invokes the TimeyWimeyBall by sending a telepathic message to his ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' self, warning him of events to come. The game thus visits altered versions of the first [[MortalKombat2 three]] [[MortalKombat3 games]] as twisted by a Raiden with knowledge he wasn't supposed to have back then, attempting to prevent ''Armageddon'' from even happening.

* One oft-cited possible reason for ''ArmoredCore''[='=]s CapcomSequelStagnation is this: Every time they start with a new number, it is always a new continuity almost unconnected with previous games ala ''FinalFantasy''. Example: the Earth-centric original Armored Core, which shifts to Mars-based ''Armored Core 2'', which reboots back to Earth-based ''Armored Core 3'' (the longest continuity with 5 games under this setting), and then the PresentDayPresentTime ''Armored Core 4''.

* The ''Film/{{Spider-Man}}'' film series will be rebooted in 2012, a decade after it started.

* The protagonist of ''StrontiumDog'' died in a HeroicSacrifice in a 1990 story, and was then killed ''again'', quite horribly, at the end of the ''Darkest Star'' arc. The series was revived in 1999; this {{revival}} established that the prior stories were 'folklore', and the new series was 'what really happened'. Since the classic series had included such stories as bringing AdolfHitler forward in time to stand trial, this move was pretty sensible.

Frequently, a Continuity Reboot will include one (or more) {{Tone Shift}}s, usually to whatever is considered the best money-maker for the target demographic, DarkerAndEdgier being the most common. But could just as easily be LighterAndSofter.

Frequently, a Continuity Reboot will include one (or more) {{Tone Shift}}s, usually to whatever is considered the best money-maker for the target demographic, DarkerAndEdgier being the most common.

* {{Thundercats}} receives on in July of 2011.

* ''MortalKombat9'', the first ''MortalKombat'' game published by WarnerBros. (though still developped by the same team), mixes this trope with AlternateContinuity: picking up right where ''MortalKombatArmageddon'' left off, Raiden is about to be killed by Shao Kahn and thus invokes the TimeyWimeyBall by sending a telepathic message to his ''[[Game/MortalKombat Mortal Kombat 1]]'' self, warning him of events to come. The game will thus visit altered versions of the first [[MortalKombat2 three]] [[MortalKombat3 games]] as twisted by a Raiden with knowledge he wasn't supposed to have back then, attempting to prevent ''Armageddon'' from even happening.

* The DCUniverse has had a couple of these justified by CosmicRetcon; most famous is the ''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.

** More accurately, the 'new' BSG is a completely different show that ripped off a handful of names and ''very'' loose concepts from ''Battlestar Galactica'' to tell a totally contradictory and unrelated story that in some ways embodies the ''oppposites'' of the underlying themes of the actual BSG. Also known as 'bnit and switch'.

** The SquareEnix published, upcoming ''Tomb Raider'' '''is''' a complete reboot, at least as far as we know. Even Lara has been given a full, very humanlike makeover, as well as now being 19, so expect yet another origin redux.

* ''MortalKombat9'' mixes this trope with AlternateContinuity: picking up right where ''MortalKombatArmageddon'' left off, Raiden is about to be killed by Shao Kahn and thus invokes the TimeyWimeyBall by sending a telepathic message to his ''[[Game/MortalKombat Mortal Kombat 1]]'' self, warning him of events to come. The game will thus visit altered versions of the first [[MortalKombat2 three]] [[MortalKombat3 games]] as twisted by a Raiden with knowledge he wasn't supposed to have back then, attempting to prevent ''Armageddon'' from even happening.

* The ''SpyroTheDragon'' franchise has two, rebooting the series in both story and gameplay: ''The Legend of Spyro'' and the upcoming ''Skylanders''.

* After a record-breaking 225 issues, and possibly due to a copyright legal war involving the previous head writer, ''ComicBook/SonicTheHegehog'' is getting a full reboot, stripping away all of the extraneous characters except Sonic, Eggman, and the original Freedom Fighters and setting the series up to be based more in [[SonicTheHedgehog the video game universe]] than the [[Series/SonicTheHedgehog SatAM]] one.

* After a record-breaking 225 issues, and possibly due to a copyright legal war involving the previous head writer, the ArchieComicsSonicTheHegehog series is getting a full reboot, stripping away all of the extraneous characters except Sonic, Eggman, and the original Freedom Fighters and setting the series up to be based more in the video game universe than the [[SonicTheHedgehogSatAM SatAM]] one.

* The ''Legend of Spyro'' games rebooted the ''SpyroTheDragon'' franchise in both story and gameplay.

** The Square Enix published, upcoming Tomb Raider ''is'' a complete reboot, at least as far as we know. Even Lara has been given a full, very humanlike makeover, as well as now being 19, so expect an origin redux.
* ''{{Bomberman}}: Act Zero'' was intended to be a DarkerAndEdgier reboot of the Bomberman franchise. It failed so spectacularly, the series returned to normal immediately after and ''Act Zero'' became CanonDiscontinuity.

* {{Rayman}} Origins seems to be a reboot, combining the elements of the first game with those of the second and third game. This might be a good idea, seeing as there is a huge different in environments between the first and second game, leading some fans to believe that they took place in different universes.
** There is the possibility that it isn't a reboot, and that it actually connects the chronology of the series (in its own weird-ass way).

* ''SilentHillShatteredMemories'' is a reboot of the SilentHill universe. [[YourMileageMayVary Or]] [[MindScrew is]] [[OrIsIt it]]?

* ''CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' is a reboot of the ''Castlevania'' franchise, set outside of Koji Igarashi's official timeline.

* ''{{Turok}}'' did one in 2008, adapting a more generic SpaceMarine theme. It wasn't a bad game, with great graphics and some fun gameplay elements, but sadly it only managed to attain [=~So Okay It's Average~=] status as a whole. [[FranchiseKiller Due to the ho-hum response both critically and commercially, the planned sequel was scrapped.]]

* ''MortalKombat9'' mixes this trope with AlternateContinuity: picking up right where ''MortalKombatArmageddon'' left off, Raiden is about to be killed by Shao Kahn and thus invokes the TimeyWimeyBall by sending a telepathic message to his ''[[Game/MortalKombat Mortal Kombat 1]]'' self, warning him of events to come. The game will thus visit altered versions of the first three games as twisted by a Raiden with knowledge he wasn't supposed to have back then.
* When Ubisoft acquired the rights to the MightAndMagic series following 3D0's bankruptcy, they decided to make an entirely new setting from scratch.

* ''{{Smallville}}'' is a reboot of the Superman franchise. It is arguably a continuation of the {{canon}}, although it is debatable what Superman story is actually {{canon}}; comics, movies, TV shows might all claim the designation. It is definitely a reboot if you regard the original Superman movies as canon, for example, although some of the history is intact.
** In the comics, the universe in which the events of ''Smallville'' took place is supposed to be a canon AlternateUniverse.

* ''AloneInTheDark: The New Nightmare'' disregarded the story of the original trilogy and changed the timeframe from the 1920's to the modern era. The franchise was rebooted again in 2008.

* ''MortalKombat9'' mixes this trope with AlternateContinuity: some time after ''Armageddon'', Raiden is about to be killed by Shao Kahn and thus invokes the TimeyWimeyBall by sending a telepathic message to his ''[[Game/MortalKombat Mortal Kombat 1]]'' self, warning him of events to come. The game will thus visit altered versions of the first three games as twisted by a Raiden with knowledge he wasn't supposed to have back then.