There was a time when a KPop Demon Hunters tie-in online game would have been a given. Netflix would have partnered with a studio to create a in all probability horrible recreation based mostly on the Okay-pop group Huntr/x’s music-powered demon-slaying adventures that children may lease at their native Blockbuster for the weekend after they noticed and have become obsessive about the film. These days, film studios are rather more treasured about high quality management, so we don’t get waves of tie-in video video games haphazardly dropping on the eShop or PlayStation Retailer. And yeah, it’s in all probability factor we don’t have a KPop Demon Hunters online game months after the musical blew up on Netflix, however I wouldn’t be shocked if somebody on the streaming firm has been contemplating throwing some cash round to get one made. What such a recreation would possibly seem like down the road is anybody’s guess, however followers are already creating mock-ups of a KPop Demon Hunters recreation, and I hope sooner or later a studio will get to make one a actuality.
JHN Studios is a YouTube channel that creates 8-bit variations of Okay-pop songs, and whereas most of their movies are reimaginings of tunes by real-world teams, they’re now working their approach via the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack. Every of those preparations is accompanied by retro-style animated movies of a hypothetical KPop Demon Hunters rhythm recreation that recreates the songs’ respective scenes from the film. I’m obsessive about the superb sprite work. I would like the Rumi as a keychain or pin.
The precise rhythm gameplay of those mock-ups isn’t that complicated, but it surely does make for proof of idea. A rhythm recreation looks like the plain alternative for a KPop Demon Hunters recreation, and the film’s unbelievable tunes have already began worming their approach into the mod scene for video games like Beat Saber, Friday Night time Funkin’, and Useless as Disco. That being stated, I additionally assume the film could be a pure match for a retro-style beat-em-up just like the initiatives popping out of Tribute Video games, akin to Scott Pilgrim EX and Marvel Cosmic Invasion. Give me a three-player co-op brawler that lets me and two mates smack round some demons whereas JHN Studios’ chip-tune preparations play within the background.
Whereas a recreation might be nonetheless a pie-in-the-sky dream for the second, it does sound like Netflix absolutely intends to capitalize on KPop Demon Hunters’ success with a sequel.
