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%%''BobAndGeorge'' follows the story of the 8-bit Game/MegaMan games...mostly.
%% Many of its subcomics also use this trope, including as ''MSPaintMasterpieces'', which also follows the plot of the 8-bit Mega Man games
%%''TheChosenFour'' for ''EarthBound''.
%%''{{Concerned}}'' - followed the plot of ''HalfLife2'' as Gordon Freeman unknowingly follows in [[TooDumbToLive Gordon Frohman's]] wake. Frohman is the main character.
%%''[[http://dam.smackjeeves.com/ Dream About Me]]'' for the Gray/Popuri thread of ''HarvestMoon 64''
%%''EightBitTheater'' (possibly the TropeCodifier) ''loosely'' told the story of the original FinalFantasyI.
%%''[[http://ff6comic.comicgenesis.com FF6 Comic]]'' for ''FinalFantasyVI''.
%%''Webcomic/FinalFantasyVIITheSevening'' for ''FinalFantasyVII''
%%''TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' starts out telling the immediate backstory of ''MetalGearSolid'' from the villains' perspective, but sprawls out into the rest of the series, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] almost all the significant plot and gameplay elements of the games along the way. The events of ''Metal Gear Solid'' are shown in a [[TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste deliberately anticlimactic]] [[http://www.gigaville.com/comic.php?id=499 single strip]].
%%''Webcomic/{{Prequel}}'' for ''TheElderScrolls'' series, starring a {{woobie}} Khajiit named Kaita Managan, and [[AscendedExtra Quill-Weave]].
%%[[SecretOfManaTheater Secret of Mana Theater]] for ''[[ManaSeries Secret Of Mana]]''
%%''{{Webcomic/SuperEffective}}'' for ''PokemonRedAndBlue'' - insofar as the original Pokemon games had a story and insofar as it [[ScheduleSlip managed to inch into it]].
%% {{Webcomic/Pokemon-X}} does the same for ''PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', with ScheduleSlip applying there as well.
%% NuzlockeComics takes a lot of liberties, but the result is awesome!
%% BlackAdventures, for ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'', may not have [[ImageBoards started out this way]], but it seems to be doing so now.
%%[[http://taleotc.com/ Tale of the Cave]] for ''CaveStory''.

%%More examples (in no particular order)
%%There are at least three different Webcomics following the plot of ''TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', at least two of which age-up Link and Tetra to aproximately the age of their ''TwilightPrincess'' counterparts, in order to circumvent the LighterAndSofter problem. [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=49542 Here's one of them.]]
%%"Of the movies" rather than "of the games", but ''DMOfTheRings'' for ''LordOfTheRings'' and ''DarthsAndDroids'' for ''StarWars'' (currently the prequels, but they're planning to tackle the original trilogy after that).

%%A subtrope of TwiceToldTale and a subgenre of {{Fan Web Comic}}s: these comics play out the plot of their chosen games, from start to finish. Some comics hold closer to the original storyline than others. Liberties may be taken - via AlternateCharacterInterpretation, inclusion of original characters, and embellishment (if not outright {{Retcon}}ning) of plot points - the essential plot and major elements remain the same.Such comics often take the form of an AffectionateParody.

A subtrope of TwiceToldTale and a subgenre of {{Fan Web Comic}}s: these comics play out the plot of their chosen games, from start to finish. Some comics hold closer to the original storyline than others. Liberties may be taken - via AlternateCharacterInterpretation, inclusion of original characters, and embellishment (if not outright {{Retcon}}ning) of plot points - the essential plot and major elements remain the same.

Such comics often take the form of an AffectionateParody.

* ''BobAndGeorge'' follows the story of the 8-bit Game/MegaMan games...mostly.
** Many of its subcomics also use this trope, including as ''MSPaintMasterpieces'', which also follows the plot of the 8-bit Mega Man games
* ''TheChosenFour'' for ''EarthBound''.
* ''{{Concerned}}'' - followed the plot of ''HalfLife2'' as Gordon Freeman unknowingly follows in [[TooDumbToLive Gordon Frohman's]] wake. Frohman is the main character.
* ''[[http://dam.smackjeeves.com/ Dream About Me]]'' for the Gray/Popuri thread of ''HarvestMoon 64''
* ''EightBitTheater'' (possibly the TropeCodifier) ''loosely'' told the story of the original FinalFantasyI.
* ''[[http://ff6comic.comicgenesis.com FF6 Comic]]'' for ''FinalFantasyVI''.
* ''Webcomic/FinalFantasyVIITheSevening'' for ''FinalFantasyVII''
* ''TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' starts out telling the immediate backstory of ''MetalGearSolid'' from the villains' perspective, but sprawls out into the rest of the series, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] almost all the significant plot and gameplay elements of the games along the way. The events of ''Metal Gear Solid'' are shown in a [[TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste deliberately anticlimactic]] [[http://www.gigaville.com/comic.php?id=499 single strip]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Prequel}}'' for ''TheElderScrolls'' series, starring a {{woobie}} Khajiit named Kaita Managan, and [[AscendedExtra Quill-Weave]].
* [[SecretOfManaTheater Secret of Mana Theater]] for ''[[ManaSeries Secret Of Mana]]''
* ''{{Webcomic/SuperEffective}}'' for ''PokemonRedAndBlue'' - insofar as the original Pokemon games had a story and insofar as it [[ScheduleSlip managed to inch into it]].
** {{Webcomic/Pokemon-X}} does the same for ''PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', with ScheduleSlip applying there as well.
** NuzlockeComics takes a lot of liberties, but the result is awesome!
** BlackAdventures, for ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'', may not have [[ImageBoards started out this way]], but it seems to be doing so now.
* [[http://taleotc.com/ Tale of the Cave]] for ''CaveStory''.

!!More examples (in no particular order)
* There are at least three different Webcomics following the plot of ''TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', at least two of which age-up Link and Tetra to aproximately the age of their ''TwilightPrincess'' counterparts, in order to circumvent the LighterAndSofter problem. [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=49542 Here's one of them.]]
* "Of the movies" rather than "of the games", but ''DMOfTheRings'' for ''LordOfTheRings'' and ''DarthsAndDroids'' for ''StarWars'' (currently the prequels, but they're planning to tackle the original trilogy after that).


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* ''Webcomic/FinalFantasyVIITheSevening'' for ''Final Fantasy VII''

** BlackAdventures, for ''[[{{Ptitle2gli7wce}} Black And White]]'', may not have [[ImageBoards started out this way]], but it seems to be doing so now.

* ''[[VGCats Super Effective]]'' for ''PokemonRedAndBlue'' - insofar as the original Pokemon games had a story and insofar as it [[ScheduleSlip managed to inch into it]].

** PokemonX does the same for the ''PokemonRubyAndSapphire''.

* There are at least three different Webcomics following the plot of ''TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', at least two of which age-up Link and Tetra to aproximately the age of their ''TwilightPrincess'' counterparts, in order to circumvent the LighterAndSofter problem. This troper doesn't have a link to them on hand right now, but if anybody has, please feel free to add it.
** [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=49542 Here's one of them.]]

* There are at least three different Webcomics following the plot of ''TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', at least two of which age-up Link and Tetra to aproximately the age of their ''TwilightPrincess'' counterparts, in order to circumvent the LighterAndSofter problem. This troper doesn't have a link to them on hand right now, but if anybody has, please feel free to add it.
** [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=49542 Here's one of them.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Prequel}}'' for ''TheElderScrolls'' series, starring a {{woobie}} Khajiit named Kaita Managan, and [[AscendedExtra Quill-Weave]].

* Webcomic/{{Prequel}} for ''TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', starring a {{woobie}} Khajiit named Kaita Managan, and [[AscendedExtra Quill-Weave]].

* [[http://www.manatheater.com/ Secret Of Mana Theater]] for ''[[ManaSeries Secret Of Mana]]''

** PokemonX does the same for the ''PokemonRubyandSapphire''.

* "Of the movies" rather than "of the games", but ''DarthsAndDroids'' for ''StarWars'' (currently the prequels, but they're planning to tackle the original trilogy after that).

* ''[[VGCats Super Effective]]'' for ''{{Pokemon}}'' - insofar as the original Pokemon games had a story and insofar as it [[ScheduleSlip managed to inch into it]].
** PokemonX does the same for the ''Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'' games.

** Many of it's subcomics also use this trope, including as ''MSPaintMasterpieces'', which also follows the plot of the 8-bit Mega Man games

** BlackAdventures, for ''Black'' and ''White'', may not have [[ImageBoards started out this way]], but it seems to be doing so now.

* ''[[VGCats Super Effective]]'' for ''{{Pokemon}}'' - insofar as the original Pokemon games had a story.

* ''{{Concerned}}'' - followed the plot of ''HalfLife2'' as Gordon Freeman unknowingly follows in [[TooDumbToLive Gordon Frohman's]] wake. Frohman is the main character.

!!Examples

* ''EightBitTheater'' (possibly the TropeCodifier) ''loosely'' told the story of the original FinalFantasyI.
* [[http://www.manatheater.com/ Secret Of Mana Theater]] for ''[[ManaSeries Secret Of Mana]]''
* [[http://taleotc.com/ Tale of the Cave]] for ''CaveStory''
* ''{{Concerned}}'' - followed the plot of ''HalfLife2'' as Gordon Freeman unknowingly follows in [[TooDumbToLive Gordon Frohman's]] wake. Frohman is the main character.

* There are at least three different Webcomics following the plot of ''TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', at least two of which age-up Link and Tetra to aproximately the age of their ''TwilightPrincess'' counterparts, in order to circumvent the LighterAndSofter problem. This troper doesn't have a link to them on hand right now, but if anybody has, please feel free to add it.
** [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=49542 Here's one of them.]]
* ''TheChosenFour'' for ''EarthBound''.
* ''[[http://dam.smackjeeves.com/ Dream About Me]]'' for the Gray/Popuri thread of ''HarvestMoon 64''
* ''TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' starts out telling the immediate backstory of ''MetalGearSolid'' from the villains' perspective, but sprawls out into the rest of the series, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] almost all the significant plot and gameplay elements of the games along the way. The events of ''Metal Gear Solid'' are shown in a [[TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste deliberately anticlimactic]] [[http://www.gigaville.com/comic.php?id=499 single strip]].

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A subgenre of {{Fan Web Comic}}s: these comics play out the plot of their chosen games, from start to finish. Some comics hold closer to the original storyline than others. Liberties may be taken - via AlternateCharacterInterpretation, inclusion of original characters, and embellishment (if not outright {{Retcon}}ning) of plot points - the essential plot and major elements remain the same.

* ''TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' starts out telling the immediate backstory of ''MetalGearSolid'' from the villains' perspective, but sprawls out into the rest of the series, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] almost all the significant plot and gameplay elements of the games along the way. The events of ''Metal Gear Solid'' are shown in a deliberately anticlimactic [[http://www.gigaville.com/comic.php?id=499 single strip]].

* ''TheChosenFour'' for ''{{EarthBound}}''.

* ''EightBitTheater'' (possibly the TropeCodifier) ''loosely'' told the story of the original FinalFantasy.

* ''BobAndGeorge'' follows the story of the 8-bit MegaMan games... mostly.
** Many of it's subcomics also use this trope, including as ''MSPaintMasterpieces'', which also follows the plot of the 8-bit MegaMan games

** NuzlockeComics takes a lot of liberties, bu the result is awesome!

** {{Nuzlocke}} takes a lot of liberties, bu the result is awesome!