Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall | |
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Developer(s) | Cartoon Network, Grigon Entertainment |
Publisher(s) | Cartoon Network |
Director(s) | Levon Hakobyan, Greg Grigon |
Producer(s) | Cree Haas, Toe Bronson (co-producer) |
Designer(s) | Levon Hakobyan, Chris Sunn (lead designer), D. R. Watson, Jeremy Polk (lead designer), Greg Grigon |
Writer(s) | Levon Hakobyan, Erab Azraeu, Greg Grigon |
Composer(s) | R. Gerald Pott |
Engine | Unity |
Platform(s) | Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS X |
Release date(s) | January 14, 2009 |
Genre(s) | MMORPG, Third Person Shooter |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall was a massively multiplayer online game developed by Cartoon Network and Grigon Entertainment. FusionFall used the Unity engine as its client technology basis.
For the first year, the full game required a subscription; free accounts could only access to a portion of the content.
On August 29, 2013, the game's servers were shut down.
Gameplay
In FusionFall, the player takes control of a customized avatar based on characters from current and past shows. Their character is viewed from a third-person perspective with an overlaid HUD. The game had large playable environments, with travel facilitated by various warp points as well as certain temporary vehicles to get to areas faster. Gameplay primarily focused on the alliance between the heroes and villains of the Cartoon Network universe, featuring characters from Cartoon Network shows both past and present. Many characters are available as guides after players complete level four of the game. Playing past level five originally required a monthly paid subscription in the form of redeemable cards that could be purchased at participating retailers. The cards were rendered obsolete after April 16, 2010, when the entirety of the game became free to play; players with unredeemed time cards were offered a refund for their unused cards.
Beta testing
The open beta testing began on November 14, 2008, available to anyone with an account on Cartoon Network's website. It ended on November 16, 2008. A second beta began on December 5, 2008, and ended on December 7, 2008. The third took place during the weekend of December 12, 2008, with a single-day extension on December 19. A final beta test started on December 27, 2008, and ran until January 11, 2009. All characters created before December 22, 2008, including those of the FusionFall staff, were deleted, but all made on or after December 27, 2008, were carried onto the official release.
Subscription
When it was first released, FusionFall required a paid subscription for the full game, with a limited portion of the content available to free accounts. Free accounts could only play in the "future" portion of the game, which only allows players to collect four nanos and create two characters. The full game had a total of 36 nanos before the new extensions. The game had more than 40 nanos. To create up to four characters, players had to earn all 36 nanos during the beta testing. Players with characters that progressed into the past during the sneak peek or during a previous subscription had their characters locked until a current subscription was purchased.
Subscription plans included one-month, three-month, year-long, and family plans. The FusionFall Victory Pack Exclusive was made available for purchase when the game was released. It contained a four-month subscription, as well as a game guide, T-shirt (if bought from GameStop), and exclusive outfits and weapons for the player's character. The Victory Packs were eventually discontinued, having been replaced with one-month and three-month game card available for purchase at Target outlets.
The game was made completely free on April 19, 2010, making everything a member could have available for free.
On the same day, the game gave the player the Clockwork set. It only counts for subscribers and can only be accessed with a code.
Comic
A comic prequel, co-written by Matthew Schwartz and Megas XLR co-creator George Krstic, entitled FusionFall: Worlds Collide!!, was passed out during Comic Con '07. Due to the overwhelming success of the comic, George Krstic is in talks to write a script for a FusionFall feature based on the comic to accompany the game's launch. The comic used to be available on the official website for public viewing and in PDF format for download. It covers the events leading up to the start of the game.
Events
On certain holidays, such as Thanksgiving or Christmas, FusionFall had small in-game celebrations that usually involved a special code for exclusive holiday items, scenery, and missions carried by special guest appearances of future cast members. Events for holidays stretched from two weeks to several months; some rolled directly from one to the other. The game periodically added new missions, NPC's, areas, and elements from more recent shows. An area called the Academy was also put into the game, where players made their characters and started playing. FusionFall's development, however, stopped so Cartoon Network could focus on other games such as Project Exonaut, Formula Cartoon, and FusionFall Heroes. The Holo Suit, an in-game outfit, used to change look, reflecting in-game events and the time of year.
Nanos
Many characters from throughout the Cartoon Network Universe appear as Nanos in-game, which give the player's character special powers and abilities. They are largely based on actual characters from common and/or older Cartoon Network shows.
Characters
Character | Series | Voice Actor/Actress | Description/Role |
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Dextera | Dexter's Laboratory | Candi Milo | A boy genius |
Computress | Hadley Puntereri | Help desk for players
Dexter's mechanical assistant | |
Dee Dee | Dexter's Laboratory | Kathryn Cressida | Dexter's sister |
Mandark | Dexter's Laboratory | Eddie Deezen | Dexter's arch-rival, has a crush on Dee Dee |
Major Glory | Dexter's Laboratory | Rob Paulsen | Dexter's favorite super hero, Leader of The Justice Friends |
Dexbots | Dexter's Laboratory | Unknown | Servants of Dexter and Computress |
Mandroids | Dexter's Laboratory | Unknown | Mandark's minions |
Ben Tennysona | Ben 10 | Yuri Lowenthal | An alien-shape-shifting superhero |
Gwen Tennyson | Ben 10 | Ashley Johnson | Ben's cousin, Human/Anodite hybrid |
Kevin E. Levin | Ben 10 | Greg Cipes | Ben's best friend, Human/Osmosian hybrid
Gwen's boyfriend |
Grandpa Max Tennyson | Ben 10 | Paul Eiding | Ben and Gwen's grandfather |
Vilgax | Ben 10 | Steven Blum | Ben's nemesis |
Tetrax Shard | Ben 10 | Dave Fennoy | A Petrosapian friend of Ben |
Azmuth | Ben 10 | Jeff Bennett | A Galvan and the creator of the Omnitrix and Ultimatrix |
Paradox | Ben 10 | David McCallum | Time-traveling ally of Ben |
Ship | Ben 10 | Vyvan Pham | The pet Galvanic Mechamorph symbiote of Julie Yamamoto, Ben's girlfriend |
Albedo | Ben 10 | Yuri Lowenthal | Rival of Ben |
Hex | Ben 10 | Khary Payton | Uncle of Charmcaster |
Alan Albright | Ben 10 | Zeno Robinson | A plumber's kid who's a Human-Pyronite hybrid |
Megawhatt | Ben 10 | Unknown | A mischievous alien that possesses electrical powers |
Echo Echo | Ben 10 | Dee Bradley Baker | One of Ben's alien forms, Sonorosian |
Alien X | Ben 10 | Yuri Lowenthal | The most powerful of all of Ben's alien forms,Celestialsapien |
Plumbers | Ben 10 | Unknown | Intergalactic police officers |
Blossom | The Powerpuff Girls | Catherine Cavadini | Leader of the Powerpuff Girls |
Bubbles | The Powerpuff Girls | Tara Strong | Sweetest of the Powerpuff Girls |
Buttercup | The Powerpuff Girls | Elizabeth Daily | Toughest of the Powerpuff Girls |
Professor Utonium | The Powerpuff Girls | Tom Kane | Father/guardian/creator of the Powerpuff Girls |
Mojo Jojoa | The Powerpuff Girls | Roger L. Jackson | Arch-nemesis of the Powerpuff Girls |
Fuzzy Lumkins | The Powerpuff Girls | Jim Cummings | A hillbilly-like beast |
Him | The Powerpuff Girls | Tom Kane | Cross-dressing Satan/devil |
Princess Morbucks | The Powerpuff Girls | Jennifer Hale | A spoiled, rich girl who longs to become a Powerpuff girl |
The Mayor | The Powerpuff Girls | Tom Kenny | Mayor of the City of Townsville |
Blowfish | The Powerpuff Girls | Kevin Michael Richardson | Fish-like creatures |
Ace | The Powerpuff Girls | Jeff Bennett | Leader of a group of villains called "The Gangreen Gang" |
Monkey Skyway Agents | The Powerpuff Girls | Unknown | Mojo Jojo's monkey minions |
Numbuh 1 | Codename: Kids Next Door | Benjamin Diskin | Kids Next Door team leader |
Numbuh 2 | Codename: Kids Next Door | Benjamin Diskin | Kids Next Door operative |
Numbuh 3 | Codename: Kids Next Door | Lauren Tom | Kids Next Door operative |
Numbuh 4 | Codename: Kids Next Door | Dee Bradley Baker | Kids Next Door operative |
Numbuh 5 | Codename: Kids Next Door | Cree Summer | Kids Next Door operative |
Father | Codename: Kids Next Door | Maurice LaMarche | Arch-nemesis of the Kids Next Door |
Stickybeard | Codename: Kids Next Door | Mark Hamill | Leader of the Candy Pirates |
Toiletnator | Codename: Kids Next Door | Dee Bradley Baker | Laughing stock of his fellow KND villains |
Candy Pirates | Codename: Kids Next Door | Unknown | Stickybeard's crew |
Mac | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Sean Marquette | Bloo's creator/Best friend |
Blooregard Q. Kazoo "Bloo" | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Keith Ferguson | Mac's imaginary best friend |
Frankie | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Grey DeLisle | Granddaughter of Madame Foster
Caretaker of Foster's |
Wilt | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Phil LaMarr | An tall imaginary friend named after Wilt Chamberlain |
Coco | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Candi Milo | A bird-like imaginary friend |
Eduardo | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Tom Kenny | An cowardly imaginary friend |
Mr. Herriman | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Tom Kane | An imaginary friend, created by Madame Foster |
Cheese | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Candi Milo | An annoying imaginary friend |
Samurai Jack | Samurai Jack | Phil LaMarr | A samurai warrior who wields a magic sword |
The Scotsman | Samurai Jack | John DiMaggio | Ally of Samurai Jack |
Demongo | Samurai Jack | Kevin Michael Richardson | Aku's most dangerous minion |
Grim | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Greg Eagles | The Grim Reaper, collector of souls |
Billy | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Richard Steven Horvitz | One of Grim's "best friends" |
Mandy | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Grey DeLisle | One of Grim's "best friends" |
Hoss Delgado | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Diedrich Bader | Spectral exterminator |
Dracula | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Phil LaMarr | Grandfather of Irwin |
Jeff the Spider | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Maxwell Atoms | A giant talking spider, Billy's son |
Fred Fredburger | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | C. H. Greenblatt | An elephant-like demon |
Thromnambular | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Dwight Schultz | A talking skull |
Ghost Duck | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Bart Flynn | A ghostly duck |
Eddy | Ed, Edd n Eddy | Tony Sampson | Leader of the Eds
Self-proclaimed King of the Cul-De-Sac |
Edd "Double D"a | Ed, Edd n Eddy | Samuel Vincent | One of the Eds |
Ed | Ed, Edd n Eddy | Matt Hill | One of the Eds |
Lee Kanker | Ed, Edd n Eddy | Janyse Jaud | One of the Kanker Sisters |
Marie Kanker | Ed, Edd n Eddy | Kathleen Barr | One of the Kanker Sisters |
May Kanker | Ed, Edd n Eddy | Erin Fitzgerald | One of the Kanker Sisters |
Urban Rangers | Ed, Edd n Eddy | Unknown | Local city rangers employed by Double D |
Coop | Megas XLR | David DeLuise | Pilot of the giant robot Megas |
Juniper Lee | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | Lara Jill Miller | A teenage girl who can see monsters |
Courage | Courage the Cowardly Dog | Marty Grabstein | An easily frightened dog |
The Chickens From Outer Space | Courage the Cowardly Dog | Howard Hoffman | Alien chickens |
The Magic Tree | Courage the Cowardly Dog | Peter Fernandez | A magical talking tree |
Mel Anzana | Courage the Cowardly Dog | Jim Cummings | The leader of the mutant eggplants |
Bob O'Ganoosh | Courage the Cowardly Dog | Jim Cummings | A mutant eggplant |
General Tso | Courage the Cowardly Dog | Unknown | The leader of the alien chickens |
Johnny Bravo | Johnny Bravo | Jeff Bennett | A man who constantly fails to woo women and "sounds" like Elvis |
Larry-3000 | Time Squad | Mark Hamill | A time-traveling robot |
T.O.M. | Toonami | Steven Blum | Host of Toonami |
C.L.Y.D.E. | Toonami | Unknown | A series of surveillance robots working for T.O.M. |
Chowder | Chowder | Nicky Jones | A cross between a bear, a bunny, and a cat who loves to eat |
Shnitzel | Chowder | John DiMaggio | A rock monster, Chowder's co-worker |
Kimchi | Chowder | C. H. Greenblatt | Chowder's pet fart cloud |
The Wisdom Tooth | Chowder | John DiMaggio | Chowder's sentient wisdom tooth |
Sour Ron | Chowder | Corey Burton | The leader of the Puckerberry Overlords |
Puckerberry Overlords | Chowder | Maxwell Atoms, Corey Burton | Sour Ron's minions |
Arbor | Chowder | Ron Perlman | A sentient Arborian tree |
Arbora | Chowder | Mindy Sterling | A sentient Arborian tree
Arbor's wife |
Flapjack | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Thurop Van-Orman | An adventurer-in-training |
Candy Wife | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Unknown | Peppermint Larry's wife, who is also made of candy |
Solomon "Doc" Saturday | The Secret Saturdays | Phil Morris | A crypto-zoologist scientist |
Drew Saturday | The Secret Saturdays | Nicole Sullivan | A crypto-zoologist scientist
Doc's wife |
Zak Saturday | The Secret Saturdays | Sam Lerner | Doc and Drew's son |
Fiskerton | The Secret Saturdays | Diedrich Bader | One of the Saturdays' cryptids, acts like a brother to Zak |
V.V. Argost | The Secret Saturdays | Corey Burton | Arch-nemesis of the Saturdays |
Zon | The Secret Saturdays | Fred Tatasciore | One of the Saturdays' cryptids |
Kumari | The Secret Saturdays | Unknown | A humanoid species of amphibious creatures |
The Chupacabrab | Various | Unknown | Mexican cryptid |
Finn the Humanc | Adventure Time | Jeremy Shada | Adventurer |
Jake the Dog | Adventure Time | John DiMaggio | Adventurer
Finn's brother |
Princess Bubblegum | Adventure Time | Hynden Walch | Princess of the Candy Kingdom |
The Ice King | Adventure Time | Tom Kenny | Ruler of the Ice Kingdom |
Lady Rainicorn | Adventure Time | Niki Yang | A unicorn/rainbow hybrid creature, Jake's girlfriend
"Bridge" from the Academy to the rest of the Cartoon Network Universe |
Gunter | Adventure Time | Tom Kenny | The Ice King's pet penguin |
Stanley | Adventure Time | Unknown | A watermelon |
Reaper | Adventure Time | John DiMaggio | A skeleton that guards the Mystery Dungeon |
The Magical Toadstool | Adventure Time | Keith Ferguson | A magical toad |
Rex Salazarc | Generator Rex | Daryl Sabara | EVO member of Providence |
Bobo Haha | Generator Rex | John DiMaggio | An EVO chimpanzee that is also Rex's wing-man |
Agent Six | Generator Rex | Wally Kurth | Sixth deadliest man alive, agent of Providence |
Providence Agents | Generator Rex | Unknown | Foot soldiers of the agency Providence |
Ilana | Sym-Bionic Titan | Tara Strong | The beloved princess of a distant planet known as Galaluna
Pilot of the Corus armour |
Lancec | Sym-Bionic Titan | Kevin Thoms | A high-ranking Galalunian soldier
Pilot of the Manus armour |
Octus | Sym-Bionic Titan | Brian Posehn | A highly intelligent Galalunian robot |
Johnny Test | Johnny Test | James Arnold Taylor | Third-party character
An 11-year-old boy |
Dukey | Johnny Test | Trevor Devall | Third-party character
Johnny's talking dog and best friend |
Hootie | FusionFall | Unknown | A Fusion Blowfish |
Rudy | FusionFall | Unknown | A Fusion Blowfish |
Cootie | FusionFall | Unknown | A Fusion Blowfish |
Judy | FusionFall | Unknown | A Fusion Blowfish |
Tootie | FusionFall | Unknown | A Fusion Blowfish |
Runty | FusionFall | Unknown | Billy's pet Fusion Spawn |
Lord Fuse | FusionFall | Unknown | Leader of the Fusions, a race of destructive aliens |
^a Dexter, Ben 10, Mojo Jojo, and Edd are Guides
^b The Chupacabra first appeared in the Dexter's Laboratory episode, Got your Goat as one of Dexter's creations to scare Dee Dee. It later appeared in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode, Aren't You Chupacabra to See Me? as a monster sealed in a cursed video tape. It then appeared in The Secret Saturdays episode, Cryptid vs Cryptid as a cryptid Fiskerton had to fight.
^c Finn, Rex, and Lance are Academy Teachers
Nano-only characters
Character | Series | Voice Actor/Actress | Description/Role |
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Swampfire | Ben 10 | Dee Bradley Baker | One of Ben's alien forms, Methanosian |
Humongousaur | Ben 10 | Dee Bradley Baker | One of Ben's alien forms, Vaxasaurian |
Rath | Ben 10 | John DiMaggio | One of Ben's alien forms, Appoplexian |
AmpFibian | Ben 10 | Dee Bradley Baker | One of Ben's alien forms, Amperi |
Four Arms | Ben 10 | Richard McGonagle | One of Ben's alien forms, Tetramand |
Aku | Samurai Jack | Greg Baldwin | Samurai Jack's nemesis, lord of darkness |
Megas | Megas XLR | Unknown | A giant robot from a distant future |
Van Kleiss | Generator Rex | Troy Baker | Rex's nemesis |
Mordecai | Regular Show | J. G. Quintel | A blue jay that works as a park groundskeeper |
Rigby | Regular Show | William Salyers | A raccoon that works as a park groundskeeper. |
The Sym-Bionic Titan "Titan" | Sym-Bionic Titan | Richard McGonagle | A giant Galalunian robot that is the combined form of Corus, Manus, and Octus |
Gumball Watterson | The Amazing World of Gumball | Logan Grove | A cat that attends Elmore Junior High |
Darwin Watterson | The Amazing World of Gumball | Kwesi Boakye | A fish with legs that attends Elmore Junior High
Gumball's best friend and "brother" |
Unstable Nano | FusionFall | Unknown | An unidentified form of Nano that can take the forms of Johnny Test, AmpFibian (from Ben 10: Ultimate Alien), and Van Kleiss (from Generator Rex). |
Operating networks
FusionFall was available to play on many different browsers:
- Firefox 10.0
- Firefox 3
- Opera (Web Browser)
- Internet Explorer 9
- Internet Explorer 6
- Safari (web browser)
- Google Chrome
FusionFall Heroes
On March 25, 2013 (157 days before the original FusionFall was shut down), Cartoon Network released a new FusionFall game called FusionFall Heroes. In this game, instead of playing an avatar players created online, Cartoon Network decided to let online players actually play different variants of their favorite Cartoon Network characters. This game occurs concurrently with Fuse' attack on the Cartoon Network Universe in the original game. The first known playable characters are Finn the Human, Fionna the Human, and Marceline of Adventure Time, Dexter of Dexter's Laboratory, Mordecai and Rigby of Regular Show, Four Arms and Feedback of Ben 10, Gumball Watterson of The Amazing World of Gumball, Mojo Jojo of The Powerpuff Girls, and Johnny Bravo of his eponymous show. In this game, there are different costumes for player characters as well as eggs that can unlock new costumes for different heroes. If the player buys an egg that contains a hero costume that the player's hero already owns, the hero is ranked up and all of its stats are increased by one.
FusionFall Legacy
Development on a fanmade remake, titled FusionFall Legacy, started back in February 2014 and was made fully aware of on February 1, 2015, with the creation of a Facebook page and expansion of a previous fan website.
However, development of FusionFall Legacy was stopped in favor of going forward with another fan-made version of the game, FusionFall Retro. The game is currently in alpha.
External links
- FusionFall at the Internet Movie Database
- FusionFall Legacy at "http://www.fusionfalllegacy.com"
- FusionFall Retro at "http://www.fusionfallretro.com"