Note: This refers to unsanctioned fan revivals on the main page of VideoGame.Fusion Fall. Since that should not be there I have archived the contents here. -Synchronicity
In 2016, the FFL team revealed that, with some help, they were able to create a new server with the original FusionFall client as it was right before the Birthday Bash. Closed alpha testing for the new private server with the original client, FusionFall Retro, was set for late-January. With the change of plans, FusionFall Legacy's focus shifted from being a private server for the original version of the game to a fully reimagined version of FusionFall, with Retro serving as a stopgap until Legacy's full release. This project, as a whole, would be called FusionFall Universe.
Retro would see a few unsuccessful releases before its official release in September 2018. Following some coding magic, the development team was able to add a large amount of new content to the game despite having to essentially hack it to get updates done. With this news, the team plotted out three major expansions, as well as a few smaller ones, for the future. About one-fourth of this content consisted of "lite" versions of Legacy areas and plotlines, but most was unique to Retro.
Devan, as well as two original team members of the project, had been working solely on Retro for some time with the intent to pass it on later. As they set their leave for May 2020, Legacy was gearing up for a demo release later that year. Sadly, in mid-April, Universe was hit with a DMCA by Cartoon Network after a disgruntled fan snitched on the Universe team to Warner Bros.' legal team, resulting in Retro being shut down and Legacy being canceled. Despite this fan claiming to have made false accusations of pedophilia and illegal money transfers towards the developers, Warner's legal team officially debunked those claims in a letter to the community.
A number of fans have made attempts to carry on Legacy's vision, though none have been successful so far. Only Worlds Collide, a semi-direct descendant of the original project, could be considered on-track for an eventual release.
Another major revival titled Fusion Fall re:SPAWN had a smaller following but was very close to releasing playable content. After its first leader was outed for inappropriate interactions with underage girls, the project was forced into hiatus and eventually lost its second leader to creative differences. The team ended the project in late 2021.
Both the original game and Retro have been publicly archived in the form of Open Fusion and Retrobution respectively, fan projects that are still active to this day.
- Art Evolution: Updates over the years have slowly given some of the characters graphical upgrades to make them more in line with their show's counterparts. For example:
- Billy has slightly shrunk in size to accommodate for him still being a child.
- Eddy and Edd have new faces that better reflect their show's art style.
- Wilt received a new model that allows for more animations.
- Father now has a reddish outline around his body.
- The Bus Came Back: Though the build of the game used for Retro was pre-Birthday Bash, certain characters introduced during the event have slowly but surely been added back in, including Flapjack, Fred Fredburger, Megawhatt, Echo Echo, Albedo and Johnny Bravo.
- The Cameo: Ice Bear makes an appearance during the 2018 Knishmas event as a re-textured bear model made to resemble a polar bear. You can't interact with him, though he does occasionally speak.
- Game Mod: Retro is slowly becoming one of these, with new vehicles not seen in the original, exclusive gear, bug fixes that address issues with the original game, implementations of both new and unused musical scores, new NPCs, and even a new local banking system.
Dad
Boomer
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: He's the one nice guy out of his brothers and is also the blond one.
- Heel–Face Turn: Boomer didn't understand why the Rowdyruff Boys were hurting people instead of helping people and so he stopped doing criminal things. His brothers ran him off as a result.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Boomer is a nice kid with bright blue eyes. He's the token heroic one out of his family as well.
- Plot-Relevant Age-Up: From physically being five to physically being a preteen.
Carl
- Early-Bird Cameo: Was silently introduced in FusionFall Retro, prior to his proper debut in Legacy.
Weasel
General Skarr
Susan and Mary Test
- Unexpected Character: After the negative reception Johnny and Dukey got during the original game's run, no one expected more characters from Johnny Test to appear.
- Actor Allusion: In Carl's Retro-exclusive mission, he has you seeking out the voice of who he believes is the main star of his favorite series, Space Wars. This ends in you tracking down either Larry 3000 or Stickybeard, both of whom are voiced by Mark Hamill.
- Screwed by the Lawyers:
- As the people working on Legacy have said multiple times, they have no official permission from Cartoon Network or anyone else to work on the game, so this was bound to happen eventually. They ended up getting a cease and desist from Fresh TV for their use of Chris McLean and related characters and settings, and were forced to remove them from the game.
- In April 2020, the devs revealed
that Cartoon Network had hit them with a DMCA takedown request, resulting in Retro getting shut down, Legacy being cancelled, and the team's fan projects, social media, and web services no longer being hosted.
- What Could Have Been:
- An example for Legacy: Total Drama characters were planned, with Chris being shown off, before a claim from Fresh TV requested that he and the TD universe be removed.
- Another one for the folks at Legacy: they had a planned release date for when Retro was supposed to go online, but they encountered problems on the scheduled date and were forced to postpone.
