{"id":53643,"date":"2025-09-09T20:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T20:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/53643\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T20:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T20:05:07","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-fan-reimagines-the-movie-as-a-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/53643\/","title":{"rendered":"Kpop Demon Hunters Fan Reimagines The Movie As A Video Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a time when a KPop Demon Hunters<\/a> tie-in video game would have been a given. Netflix would have partnered with a studio to create a probably terrible game based on the K-pop group Huntr\/x\u2019s music-powered demon-slaying adventures that kids could rent at their local Blockbuster for the weekend after they saw and became obsessed with the movie. Nowadays, movie studios are much more precious about quality control, so we don\u2019t get waves of tie-in video games haphazardly dropping on the eShop or PlayStation Store. And yeah, it\u2019s probably a good thing we don\u2019t have a KPop Demon Hunters video game months after the musical blew up on Netflix, but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if someone at the streaming company has been considering throwing some money around to get one made. What such a game might look like down the line is anyone\u2019s guess, but fans are already creating mock-ups of a KPop Demon Hunters game, and I hope one day a studio gets to make one a reality.<\/p>\n

JHN Studios is a YouTube channel that creates 8-bit versions of K-pop songs, and while most of their videos are reimaginings of tunes by real-world groups, they are now working their way through the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack. Each of these arrangements is accompanied by retro-style animated videos of a hypothetical KPop Demon Hunters rhythm game that recreates the songs\u2019 respective scenes from the movie. I\u2019m obsessed with the excellent sprite work. I want the Rumi as a keychain or pin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The actual rhythm gameplay of these mock-ups isn\u2019t that complex, but it does make for a good proof of concept. A rhythm game seems like the obvious choice for a KPop Demon Hunters game, and the movie\u2019s incredible tunes have already started worming their way into the mod scene for games like Beat Saber<\/a>, Friday Night Funkin\u2019<\/a>, and Dead as Disco<\/a>. That being said, I also think the movie would be a natural fit for a retro-style beat-em-up like the projects coming out of Tribute Games, such as Scott Pilgrim EX<\/a> and Marvel Cosmic Invasion<\/a>. Give me a three-player co-op brawler that lets me and two friends smack around some demons while JHN Studios\u2019 chip-tune arrangements play in the background.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While a game is probably still a pie-in-the-sky dream for the moment, it does sound like Netflix fully intends to capitalize on KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 success<\/a> with a sequel<\/a>. <\/p>\n