Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24800939-20190104224457/@comment-61022-20190106014700

It's never felt right to me to include other media formats in with the Earth-19999 universe (or similar) unless it's specifically cited somewhere. I've always wondered why we lump in Earth-19999 based media (comic books, books, video games) differently than we do when the same is adapted from Earth-616 material.

Using Earth-616 as a direct example: anything adapted from Earth-616 material (so practically every video game, novel, television show, movie etc) is considered as happening in an alternate/parallel universe.

I can go in specific (and numerous) examples if anyone wants to hear them (I'm trying to avoid a text wall).

I like the compromise of making those appearances "minor" if we're not separating them all together. However, I think that concurrently maybe we should also institute "Expanded History" pages for Cinematic Characters. The main page only details the primary media (films) while the expanded history also includes additional and potentially apocryphal material that appear in books/comic prequels etc.

Outside of that, I think that video games should always be considered a separate reality from the source material.