I've read all of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books—no, really, all of them—and my soul's been attempting to rebuild since then. Being dead inside has its advantages, though. I only felt a small twinge where my heart used to be when I heard the news about the possibility of an upcoming Twilight anime.
As Topless Robot points out, Twilight and weepy shojo anime might actually be a match made in the fluffier, frillier circle of Hell reserved for pretty, pretty vampires:
”Unlike so many anime adaptations of American material, anime's oft-tortuously slow storytelling style and focus on relationships and repetition matches Twilight perfectly; there are already half a dozen vampire series out there which could practically be re-dubbed to be Twilight sequels anyways. What I'm saying is that it would be seriously hard to make a shitty Twilight anime, at least according to the franchise's screaming fans, and thus it would be incredibly successful.”
So, we know that anime and Twilight will be very happy together if this comes to pass. The question on my mind is, would Edward Cullen and Bella Swan the idiot child be compatible with a video game?
Any kind of video game?
Offhand, I want to say Twilight would make a good pseudo-JRPG. What's good for anime tends to be good for role-playing games, and God knows Twilight isn't lacking in the required walls of text and dollar-store religious cliches.
But for all their flaws, JRPGs at least have, y'know, events. Things happen. People go places, talk to other people, and save the world. You can't make an RPG out of long car rides and Edward's maddening, endless denial about being a Servant of the Night.
Oh wait, maybe you can.
“Bella, you must believe me when I say I am not a vampire.”
>No
“But thou must.”
>Yes
“I'm so happy!” o/~
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