Video Game Musicals

The hype and excitement of E3 this week has had me in that kind of mood to enjoy one of my other loves in life - video games - and got me to thinking - there's been a lot of great musicals done by adapting all sorts of media - but to my knowledge there hasn't yet been an attempt to adapt a video game's story. I could see certain games possibly working either as a commercial endeavor, artistic, or both - some games really do have complex and beautiful stories that could lend themselves to a good musical. Is there a reason nobody's really tried, or, if they have, been successful? Do you think there's something about video games that would lend it impossible to create a decent musical adaptation? Or if you think it would work or just want to dream, what kind of video game would you love to see get the musical treatment?

Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "Oh Lawd, SUCH a can of worms type of question for me!

Yo, I just had a brilliant idea: can we organize a Broadway Stars Play Smash Bros. fundraiser?!

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That image is Fire Emblem Heroes isn't it? Though Fire Emblem is a series I think that would make a really good and entertaining musical! And I agree - seeing Stars play Smash or Mario Party or anything like that would be a blast. And now I'm wondering who Sutton Foster would main....

Ah right. I always mix the two up. But yeah, it has a lot of story that could be expanded on. Really a lot of games, but especially rpg's, have enough lore and worldbuilding that a decent show could be made out of them. Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Fallout, Legend of Zelda (though Zelda would be pretty tricky - we've seen before what we can get when we try to actually give Link a voice...). And many more.

And alas I don't have connections. I wish I did because this would be fun! For some reason I'm not sure if the actual audiences cross over too much though, which I guess would explain why it hasn't been done. Still, would be neat to try at least. And yeah I can see Sutton as either of those - maybe a Jigglypuff too. Heck, all the divas should main Jigglypuff.

i would like a Final Fantasy musical written by Nobuo Uematsu, and I think a Kingdom Hearts musical could be fun if Disney was involved!