Summary
The Nic Cage-ledWilly’s Wonderlandmovie now has its own video game, but it’s nothing like theFive Nights At Freddy’sgames thought to inspireWilly’s. The 2021 movie appeared to share a similar premise to the popularFNAFfranchise - although its filmmaker, G.O Parsons, stated any similarities were purely coincidental, and it was inspired by restaurants such as Chuck E. Cheese, with the original idea coming about in 2015 just before the firstFNAFgame was released - but with one key difference:Nic Cage’s mute janitor could fight back against the deadly animatronic creatures that thought they were hunting him, resulting in an array of violent carnage.
Brazilian developer QUByte Interactive has adapted theWilly’s Wonderlandpremise into a 2.5D side-scrolling beat ‘em up title. In the new game, players can take control of either The Janitor or Liv, a teenager set on burning down the animal-themed restaurant, or team up in local co-op to play as both. While all of theanimatronics from the filmdo appear, such as Tito Turtle, Siren Sara, Arty Alligator, Cammy Chameleon, and Willy Weasel, they will also be commanding further hordes of evil beings for the humans to fight.
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Despite Sharing Similarities To FNAF’s Premise, Willy Wonderland Is Extremely Different
The Two Games Have Very Different Gameplay
As theWilly’s Wonderlandmovie and game departed from theFive Nights At Freddy’sseries by having its human protagonist able to hold their own against the animatronic threats, it makes sense that its tie-in game would do the same. Whereasthe originalFive Nights At Freddy’sgames were point-and-click survival titlesin which players would assume the role of a night security guard who would use monitors to figure outwhere the killer animatronics could attack from, this wouldn’t have made much sense in the world ofWilly’s Wonderland.
Willy’s Wonderland’s Janitor would explore the restaurant more freely while doing their job and restoring it to its former glory. He didn’t serve the role of security, so he would take his breaks playing pinball and drinking sodas - and, at one point, bursting into dance - instead. Therefore, the idea of more ofa beat ‘em up title does make sense for the movie tie-in, even though it does lose some of the horror influences of the filmby having the human characters take on the animatronics with ease through the use of special techniques and powerful abilities.
A version of theWilly’s Wonderlandgame was released for mobile devices in 2021, but is no longer available. As per a press release from QUByte Interactive, the new title, available on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch has been “revamped” and promises more of a big-screen gaming experience. Players can purchase the game now.
