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Drawn to Life: Two Realms

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Drawn to Life: Two Realms

Francis Aidan Gasquet · Public domain

Drawn to Life: Two Realms is a 2020 entry in the action-adventure series that began in 2007 with THQ and 5th Cell.[1] The game received "mixed or average reviews" on Metacritic and weak approval on OpenCritic, with 18% of critics recommending it.[2]

Making and release

The acquisition covered the 2007 DS title and its 2009 sequel, but not the SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off.[3] Two Realms was the third concept pitched to 505 Games in 2019, following earlier revival attempts in 2015 and 2017.[4] In Two Realms, Draw Mode received a major overhaul with new tools such as transparency locking and a digital color-picker.[5] In a second bankruptcy auction after THQ's 2013 bankruptcy, 505 Games paid $301,000 to acquire the Drawn to Life series.[3]

After six years of inactivity, the series saw a leak of Drawn to Life: Two Realms on a Taiwanese rating site in October 2020.[6] The reveal trailer was accidentally posted on 505 Games' French YouTube channel one month later, and was quickly removed.[6] December 7, 2020 was the game's release date.[6] Artists Chern Fai and Edison Yan, executive producer Joseph Tringali, and composer David J. Franco were among the many original creators who returned for this title.[4]

What the cited sources add

The original Drawn to Life and its DS sequel were developed by 5th Cell Media.[3] A Nintendo Everything article stated that the website DrawntoLifeGame.com was registered on October 12, 2020, though 505 Games' involvement was unconfirmed.[1] Another Nintendo Everything article described Two Realms as "an entirely new entry in the series"[7] OpenCritic's aggregate page included a review stating the game "lacks creativity in the gameplay and is overall a pretty dull experience"[8]

A 2013 Polygon article noted that 505 Games placed a bid solely on Drawn to Life during the THQ auction, while Nordic Games obtained most other THQ intellectual property for $4.9 million.[3]

References

  1. Brian, "Drawn to Life: Two Realms leaked for Switch", Nintendo Everything, 2020-10-22. facts only, no text reused. nintendoeverything.com
  2. Wikipedia, "Drawn to Life: Two Realms" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Drawn to Life: Two Realms Reviews", Metacritic; "Drawn to Life: Two Realms", OpenCritic; Ryder, "Drawn to Life: Two Realms Review", NintendoLife, November 24, 2009 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Sarkar, "Drawn to Life series acquired by 505 Games for $301K in second THQ auction", Polygon.com, 2013-04-22. facts only, no text reused. polygon.com
  4. Wikipedia, "Drawn to Life: Two Realms" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Drawn to Life: Two Realms was actually the third concept pitched to THQ Nordic" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Drawn to Life: Two Realms" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: https://drawntolife.wiki/en/File:Colorpicker.png#mw-jump-to-license Confirmed by a DigitalContinue developer on the Drawn to Life: For All Discord Server. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Drawn to Life: Two Realms" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Brian, "Drawn to Life: Two Realms leaked for Switch", Nintendo Everything, 2020-10-22; Brian, "Drawn To Life: Two Realms trailer leaked, reveals December launch on Switch", Nintendo Everything, 2020-11-03 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Brian, "Drawn To Life: Two Realms trailer leaked, reveals December launch on Switch", Nintendo Everything, 2020-11-03. facts only, no text reused. nintendoeverything.com
  8. "Drawn to Life: Two Realms", OpenCritic. facts only, no text reused. opencritic.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Drawn to Life: Two Realms (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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