History VideoGame / MushroomKingdomFusion

* DemotedToExtra: Mega Man, and to a lesser extent VideoGame/MegaManX, is extremely conspicuous by his absence. This tends to lead to flame wars given the general response to an all-star video game cast[[UnexpectedCharacter and Roll]]. The former is, however, a very important NPC.

* DemotedToExtra: Mega Man, and to a lesser extent VideoGame/MegaManX, is extremely conspicuous by his absence. This tends to lead to flame wars given the general response to an all-star video game cast...[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Roll]]. The former is, however, a very important NPC.

* ThrowTheMookAtThem: The game occasionally offers variants of its source games' bosses who veer into this, such as a version of [[SuperMarioBros2 Mouser]] who tosses Bob-omb enemies or a variant of [[SuperMarioLand King Totomesu]] with lots of hit points and an unusual vulnerability to the exploding Koopa variants that spawn endlessly during the battle.

* TookALevelInBadass: Roll goes from swinging her broom in ''MegaManPoweredUp'' ([[ImprobableWeaponUser admittedly, fairly well]]) and being the eternal joke character of the pre-''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'' CapcomVsWhatever games to having some of the most potent high-level powerups of any playable character. [[GlassCannon You may be in trouble without them, though...]]

** Eggman, upon catching Solid Snake in his lair, pulls out the infamous "[[AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Snooping as usual, I see!]]" line.

* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Link's Z-Saber and Buster Sword can erase bullets if swung at the right time.

* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: The game's developers don't really take minor things in continuities into account [[RuleOfFun so the game can be more entertaining]]. For instance, Sonic can use a rifle [[ShadowTheHedgehog despite previously saying he would never be caught dead with one]].

* MythologyGag: Some of the {{Self Imposed Challenge}}s in the community are of this variety; for instance, "[[DoesntLikeGuns I wouldn't be caught dead with one of those!]]", an unarmed run as Sonic through a war zone, is named for a line from ''ShadowTheHedgehog''.

* {{Ninja}}: [[spoiler:[[NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa]].]]

* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler:R.O.B., [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Simon Belmont]], [[VideoGame/MegaManX Vile]], [[NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa]], [[SuperMarioBros Classic Mario]].]] And that's just the ones that have been ''announced''.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: More or less a result of using an all-star cast of video game characters. Aside from Samus, some effort has been made to avert the trope -- this was part of the argument in favor of the now-scrapped OriginalGeneration character Agent M, and the inclusion of Roll over Mega Man owes itself in some part to defeating the trope. The forums tend to get behind female characters for {{Shotoclone}} status; [[SonicTheHedgehog Amy]] appears to have been confirmed, and support for [[NinjaGaiden Rachel]] appears every now and then.

Characters featured in ''MKF'' include Mario, Luigi, and Wario plus a roster of characters from other video game franchises (such as ''SonicTheHedgehog'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''NinjaGaiden'', and ''VideoGame/MegaMan'').

Unfortunately the game has been cancelled, revived, then cancelled for good due to burnout, lack of free time, and the mess that the source is in. However, [[http://www.fusiongameworks.net/smf/index.php/topic,1789.0.html a fan]] has started a remake in Game Maker: Studio. Time will tell whether it meets the same fate as the original.

** Mario's "Gunner" suit is [[MetalSlug Marco Rossi]]. Luigi's is [[StreetFighter Guile]].

* ExiledFromContinuity: If you're going to make a contribution to ''MKF'', make sure that your ideas for characters, levels, and such aren't from a game made after June 2008. Music's fine, though.

* BossRush: ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' style.[[spoiler:..and one at the final stage before the Abomination.]]

* SoundtrackDissonance: Calliope the Clown is a whimsical and goofy clown boss that jumps around and punches the living daylights out of you with spring-loaded boxing gloves. His boss music? The serious ''{{Gradius}} V'' boss music.

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: After you fight [[VideoGame/MegaMan Bomb Man]] for a while in the Energy Zone, the true boss ([[{{Contra}} Robo-Corpse]]) comes up and eats Bomb Man.

Unfortunately, this game has been cancelled for good due to burnout, lack of free time, and the mess that the source is in. However, [[http://www.fusiongameworks.net/smf/index.php/topic,1789.0.html a fan]] has started a remake in Game Maker: Studio. Time will tell whether it meets the same fate as the original.

* {{BFS}}: Link's [[FinalFantasyVII Buster Sword]].

[=JudgeSpear=], the game's founding developer, stepped down from the project due to increasingly polarized views of the game's content and the inclusion of many different game elements, far removing the game from the original concept of just Mario visiting other game worlds, plus several disagreements with the other team members. A spinoff fangame project, ''SuperMarioFusionRevival'', was founded to revive that original concept.

As of October 20th, 2013, [[http://fusionfangaming.spriters-resource.com/site-news-board/is-this-game-cancelled/?PHPSESSID=0caade31f1737a86ccb4ea5273054f30 the game was cancelled]], but the developers [[http://fusionfangaming.spriters-resource.com/site-news-board/the-current-and-final-plans-for-mkf/ have since decided to]] WrapItUp.

The game design is influenced by franchises such as the ''Sonic'', ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', and ''Mega Man'' series and other Nintendo titles. Other game franchises featured include (but are not limited to) ''MetalSlug'', ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', and ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins''; some obscure game titles represented are ''{{R-Type}}'' and ''EVOSearchForEden''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Borderline example; the shopkeeper's none other than [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Morshu]].

* PromotedFanboy: Most of the development team. The most notable ones would be Obreck and [=LarsLuron=], who have coded quite a bit of the project.

* ScheduleSlip: To the point where it's hard to figure out what's still in the game anymore.
** For the longest time the devs themselves didn't know, with communication between them being practically non-existent. Once the team got straightened out (with dead and useless developers being demoted), they hold regular meetings. It's a wonder the project didn't collapse beforehand.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://mkfusion.wikia.com/wiki/Mushroom_Kingdom_Fusion_Wiki Huzzah!]]

* WordOfGod: The game designers realized Mario and Luigi feel less "special" when their gimmick of varied powerups are copied by ten or so different characters, and so gave them each several more suits.

The game design is influenced by franchises such as the ''Sonic'', ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', and ''Mega Man'' series and other Nintendo titles. Other game franchises featured include (but are not limited to) ''MetalSlug'', ''{{Castlevania}}'', and ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins''; some obscure game titles represented are ''{{R-Type}}'' and ''EVOSearchForEden''.

* {{Dracula}}: The ''{{Castlevania}}'' version, to be more exact.

* OneSteveLimit: The BigBad Legion is ''not'' from the ''{{Castlevania}}'' series. [[TheGhost So far.]]

* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler:R.O.B., [[{{Castlevania}} Simon Belmont]], [[VideoGame/MegaManX Vile]], [[NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa]], [[SuperMarioBros Classic Mario]].]] And that's just the ones that have been ''announced''.

As of October 20th, 2013, [[http://fusionfangaming.spriters-resource.com/site-news-board/is-this-game-cancelled/?PHPSESSID=0caade31f1737a86ccb4ea5273054f30 the game has been cancelled.]]

* CrisisCrossover: Characters from different game franchises join forces to fight the [[BigBad the villains]] from those same franchises and more.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Yep, there's water levels. Even the characters who can't swim (like [[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]) have SuperNotDrowningSkills in this game.

* BossInMookClothing: Covenant Elite in general, but especially the two blocking your path at the end of 8-4. You can, however, abuse MercyInvincibility to get by, making them a sort of SkippableBoss as well. [[hottip:*:(Killing the back one gets you the key to the secret exit, which leads to a goldmine of top-class powerups, so you should try to take them both down.)]]

** The official reason that was given was that Mega Man had '''far''' too many weapons to choose from, and that weapon choices would be 1) difficult and 2) easily make him a GameBreaker. As they wanted ''somebody'' to represent the World of 20XX among the playable characters, Roll was chosen instead. This explanation [[VoodooShark fell apart really quickly]], as weapon choices had to be made for Roll and Protoman. The ''real'' reason was that Mega Man was an integral part of the game's story events from back when the story plans were huge and impractical. Once that story event had been cut/changed, the devs had already backed themselves into a corner by making Roll and Protoman. That problem is now the way, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apNrZg4zpzQ&t=3m42s he's in!]]

** It was explained that Mega Man had '''far''' too many weapons to choose from, and that weapon choices would be 1) difficult and 2) easily make him a GameBreaker. As they wanted ''somebody'' to represent the World of 20XX among the playable characters, Roll was chosen instead.
** If you think about it, that's a pretty silly explanation as weapon choices had to be made for Roll and Protoman. Of course, the real reason was that Mega Man was an integral part of events from back when the story plans were huge and impractical. Once that story event had been cut/changed, the devs had already backed themselves into a corner by making Roll and Protoman.
** ...but then that problem was out of the way, because [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apNrZg4zpzQ&t=3m42s he's in!]]