Vernacademia Season 1: Episode 39: Defining Sequels

Here we delve into the concept of the follow up title, and propose our own ideas on what constitutes different types of follow ups, in preparation for our next talk on the concept of the graceful sequel

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Cliff Notes:

00:03 Introduction
01:09 Restating Previous Definitions
02:50 The Narrative Sequel and Prequel
03:15 The Uncharted Series
03:32 The Narrative and Temporal Link
04:43 The Mechanical Sequel
05:09 The Legend of Zelda series
06:46 Direct Sequels within The Zelda Series
07:27 Spiritual Successors
07:54 Freedom Planet
08:33 Carrying the Legacy
08:49 Demon's Souls and Dark Souls
09:42 Spin-Off
10:41 Metal Gear and Metal Gear Revengence
11:20 Mario and Luigi games
11:40 The Full Sequel
12:28 The Cousin
14:34 The Reboot
15:21 Examples
16:06 The Remake
16:32 Re-Imagining
16:41 Salt and Sanctuary and Dark Souls
17:31 Inspired By
18:35 F-zero
19:10 A personal example
20:46 Wrap-up
21:16 Next Cast
21:51 Sign Off