BothMinecraftand low-fi indie adventureUndertalewith games likeFortniteandDeltarunestealing their spotlight. But creators are still working on making some cool fan projects – even if it means merging the two unlikely franchises together. A newly-created video focuses on just that, offering up the intro of the game in a new light.
Posted by Redditoru/Dodu-, the video seems innocuous enough. The 25-second video starts withMinecraftprotagonist Steve climbing a gigantic mountain. Following the ascent, Steve falls through a crevice in the middle of the mountain, hitting a pitch-black section. Tiny, yellow flowers greet the player before he turns to a purple sheep.
You can catch the full video below:
Hello my child.fromr/Undertale
Make no mistake–work was put into this. While there are naturally-developed caverns, caves, and sinkholes inMinecraft, Dodu explained that he had to blast this section out using TNT.
Now what does this have to do withUndertale– let me step in and deconstruct that for you.
For everyone who has never played the RPG Maker title that struck internet fame, each game begins with the same intro – following a war that broke out between Monsters and Humans. Despite coming out victorious and sealing the Monsters underground, in the year 201X humans have been falling through a hole at the top of Mt. Ebott. Those who manage to fall through that hole are never seen again.
You, as the game’s protagonist, trip and fall into Mt. Ebott, startingUndertale’s adventure.
The game opens up to a quick dialogue section – you are introduced to Flowey, the seemingly innocent flower-like creature that “welcomes” you to the game. That is, before purple-clad goat mom (Toriel) drives the vindictive flower away and whisks you to her home.
So there you have it–Steve climbs the mountain, falls to the bottom, is greeted by flowers, and has his first encounter with Toriel.
It’s worth noting that recreating intros are a pretty popular meta in the content creation game. Lest we forget the recreation ofSuper Smash Bros. Melee’s intro usingUltimate.Or perhaps how we saw someone makeremakeAvatar: The Last AirbenderandStar Warsscenesin that title as well.
In many ways,Undertalehas reached a revered meme status. Despite Toby Fox’s other gameDeltarunecoming in to steal the spotlight, we are still seeing cool collaborations likeGroove Coasterworking songs into their gameand Jack Black singing “Megalovania”. On the other end,Minecraftseems to be winding down – the Nintendo 3DS versionjust received a final update, ushering the end of development on that handheld platform. And though the movie is in active development, itmay be having some production woes.
Minecraftis currently available on quite literally everything – whether it be your Nintendo Switch, tvOS, or toaster. Meanwhile,Undertaleis available for Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and Vita. Oh, andMinecraftispurchasable on Amazonif you are interested and haven’t picked it up yet.
