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Some Thoughts on Handling Mega Crossovers

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 sea...

What are Apparently the Rule of Crossovers?

In the world of "you can do this, you can do that" and "don't do this, don't do that" you can do what you want as long as rules aren't violated.  So there's the freedom zone protected by a restriction zone.  Now what could be the rules of mega crossovers?  As somebody who had played Super Robot Wars or have talked with its fans like Chris X, or with fans of such like Fantasy Leader I just thought of the rules based on my mistakes in Super Sentai vs. Power Rangers or other fics.  Now what's next?  As a writing critic of sorts with other fellow critics, I do hope I get them straightened up: 1.) When crossing two obviously standalone series, feel free to add non-canon events or even an alternate story.  I was afraid to do that in my Kamen Rider Kiva vs. Danny Phantom fic ignoring in Super Sentai vs. Power Rangers contains a lot of non-canon like Gai Yuki dying and going back from the dead just a few hours after he died or how the Gokaigers and PR ...