Coupled Games

The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

A limited form of Coupled Games can be found in the pairing of Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion, which was released on the GameBoy Advance and GameCube respectively. Completing one of these games gave a reward in the other if the systems were linked together, in one case providing a new costume for the main character and in the other allowing players to play the first Metroid game.

Players of Sonic Adventure on the SEGA Dreamcast could find Chao creatues. While these could be raised and played with in the main game, they could also be interacted with as a separate game on the Visual Memory Units - interactive memory cards - of the console. These were also used in the Dreamcast version of Power Stone where players could gain advantages through player various small games on the VMUs.

Relations

Can Instantiate

Crossmedia Gameplay, Extra-Game Input, Interruptibility

Can Modulate

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Can Be Instantiated By

Trans-Game Information

Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

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History

The pattern is based on the concept of Coupled Games identified in the master thesis Kopplade Spel - Utökning av TV-spel med mobil funktionalitet.

Acknowledgements

Johan Peitz