While crossovers can be easy to write between two series, Mega Crossovers are pretty much more messy and harder to handle. Now for some thoughts:
Character roster:
In the Marvel vs. Capcom series it's literally a mega crossover and so are the Super Robot Wars series. How they manage to limit is to select their favorite characters or the more popular characters while leaving out other characters either as cameo or background. Super Robot Wars for example doesn't literally include every last Super Robot series, they select the ones they want to add.
It was my lesson learned from a lot of mistakes I made in Super Sentai vs. Power Rangers which proves I need more discipline as a writer and hoping not to make that mistake in Super Sentai vs. Nickelodeon. Now for some thoughts on the matter. In Super Sentai vs. Power Rangers, I was ignoring that I was writing in too much. So I ended up making the decision not to include the Kalish seasons or newer seasons of Power Rangers or Super Sentai to limit the characters. In Super Sentai vs. Nickelodeon learning from the mistake of the former, I selected certain shows and only certain teams of Super Sentai to lessen the characters in a mega crossover. Pretty much I just gave advice to Fantasy Leader to choose only his favorite seasons to write his crossover and I gave him some ideas. Everything else is undisclosed.
Non-canon:
Most of the series in a mega-crossover are also pretty much standalone or self-contained over continuity heavy. For example in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, while Marvel is continuity heavy, the Capcom series are basically self-contained like Street Fighter, Darkstalkers and Megaman are separated from each other. So when Capcom goes together, a lot of non-canon stuff happen in their continuities like Ryu's Shinkuu Hadoken becomes a beam type of super move while it isn't in the normal Street Fighter continuity, or another is Morrigan's added moves in Marvel vs. Capcom which do not exist in Darkstalkers.
Keeping in character:
Quite the mistake I've had was to go very out-of-character to characters like how many times I've been inside the body of certain characters. Keeping in character is one area where I need to master by making down notes while working on their character development.
Being careful of crossover attractions:
It's been my mistake to do a lot of random pairing or in my case, too much romance. Well, they need development and a lot to do so. I better be careful not to ruin other ships later.
Space allowance:
The mistake of Super Hero Taisen is that it tries to put a LOT of characters in one movie, cram them and poof it's a really huge disaster. If you ask me, a video game or a Manga series would have given more time to develop than that terrible movie written by Patrick Star.
Character roster:
In the Marvel vs. Capcom series it's literally a mega crossover and so are the Super Robot Wars series. How they manage to limit is to select their favorite characters or the more popular characters while leaving out other characters either as cameo or background. Super Robot Wars for example doesn't literally include every last Super Robot series, they select the ones they want to add.
It was my lesson learned from a lot of mistakes I made in Super Sentai vs. Power Rangers which proves I need more discipline as a writer and hoping not to make that mistake in Super Sentai vs. Nickelodeon. Now for some thoughts on the matter. In Super Sentai vs. Power Rangers, I was ignoring that I was writing in too much. So I ended up making the decision not to include the Kalish seasons or newer seasons of Power Rangers or Super Sentai to limit the characters. In Super Sentai vs. Nickelodeon learning from the mistake of the former, I selected certain shows and only certain teams of Super Sentai to lessen the characters in a mega crossover. Pretty much I just gave advice to Fantasy Leader to choose only his favorite seasons to write his crossover and I gave him some ideas. Everything else is undisclosed.
Non-canon:
Most of the series in a mega-crossover are also pretty much standalone or self-contained over continuity heavy. For example in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, while Marvel is continuity heavy, the Capcom series are basically self-contained like Street Fighter, Darkstalkers and Megaman are separated from each other. So when Capcom goes together, a lot of non-canon stuff happen in their continuities like Ryu's Shinkuu Hadoken becomes a beam type of super move while it isn't in the normal Street Fighter continuity, or another is Morrigan's added moves in Marvel vs. Capcom which do not exist in Darkstalkers.
Keeping in character:
Quite the mistake I've had was to go very out-of-character to characters like how many times I've been inside the body of certain characters. Keeping in character is one area where I need to master by making down notes while working on their character development.
Being careful of crossover attractions:
It's been my mistake to do a lot of random pairing or in my case, too much romance. Well, they need development and a lot to do so. I better be careful not to ruin other ships later.
Space allowance:
The mistake of Super Hero Taisen is that it tries to put a LOT of characters in one movie, cram them and poof it's a really huge disaster. If you ask me, a video game or a Manga series would have given more time to develop than that terrible movie written by Patrick Star.
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