Riot doesn’t want to “kitchen sink” any League of Legends spinoffs
pcgamesn.comIt’s no secret that the League of Legends roster is pretty damn huge. With over 164 playable characters available in the MOBA right now, narrowing down which one should get its own spinoff game is surely no easy task. So, we asked Tequila Works’ creative director on the upcoming Song of Nunu, Raúl Rubio Munárriz, and Riot Forge’s creative director, Rowan Parker, how you make that very, very hard choice.
Amid a sea of plushie poros and adorable Nunu-themed hats are glowing PCs that beckon you into the heart of the Freljord. This is the first real look we’ve got at Song of Nunu, a story of friendship, furry creatures, and, most importantly, fun.
The duo have been in the game since launch, beloved because they’re just so adorable (unless your jungler is running it down mid and building Blue Nunu), so it makes sense to give them their own spinoff story. How does Riot go about choosing champions to create spinoffs for, though? Munárriz and Parker reveal all.
“We don’t go to studios with an idea in mind,” Parker tells PCGamesN. In the case of Nunu, Parker recalls that Tequila Works was actually the one that pitched Riot Forge with the idea of using “this ten-year-old boy and his yeti to tell an adventure.”
Munárriz breaks down his choice using an analogy about toys – which I love, by the way. “You go to this house and there are a lot of action figures, and you’re like ‘oh yeah, I like this one!'” he says. “But there are multiple champions. They have mighty muscle guys, powerful wizards; I like the character of the innocent boy.”
Some may, however, have chosen the mighty axe-wielding Darius, or the deadly Akali over a slightly older, less-flashier jungler. Of course, we all want to see out favorite champs get spinoffs
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