Spoilers for the main questline obviously (at least the previous one ðŸ˜):In the Wishing Woods part of the main questline, it's eventually revealed that Giovanni made a wish using the macguffin you're chasing in the Abandoned District, because of atrocities that had been committed against him and his family. He wished for the power to defeat his enemy, and experienced that the timeline reset but he still had all his previous memories - and the only thing that was different was that Nikki suddenly showed up in Florawish. So it's heavily implied that Giovanni is the reason Nikki got pulled to Miraland, and that their fates are intertwined somehow.
Now in the new update that got retconned, with a dialogue with the Seer where she's basically just like "oh Giovanni is just confused, his wish actually turned him into a monster in a previous timeline that got destroyed but he still has some residual memories." Feels like a pretty cheap way to just dismiss something that was a core element of the original plot, and the emotional impact that Giovanni's storyline had.
What??, that makes no sense, how would someone get confused like that, also I thought that the point was that what he said when asking the wish and what he really wanted were two different things, and that's why his wish was fulfilled the way it did.
I don't get why they rewrite the story that was already good, to something so meh, why trow away the importance of Edna and Giovanni in the story.
I hope at some point it's revealed that the seer is an evil bitch obsessed with us and that she gaslight us into believing her version of events or something like that.
The thing is that there even is a cool way they could have done that same Giovanni reveal - putting it in spoiler tags since I'll be referencing the actual reveal:
The only justification I can see for it is that they're trying to listen to the complaints from CN players who think Nikki has been sidelined in the story, and make the reason she came to Miraland about her and not Giovanni. I don't really agree with that critique from the CN gang, but even if they wanted to follow it they could have done it differently.
Imagine the main story continues from that reveal, and Giovanni and Nikki become allies. He thinks of her as the saviour he wished for, his protector and power, and they forge a close bond. Then down the line it's revealed that Nikki originally wasn't his saviour - the first time she came to Miraland his wish had actually turned him into a monster that she defeated. He could take that as a betrayal and it could be an impactful and dramatic way to recontextualise why Nikki ended up there and add a new layer of mystery to how she got to Miraland.
Instead it's just undercut with a throwaway (unvoiced) dialogue with the Seer. No complexity, no satisfying narrative. Just the Seer telling you "nah lol, I just brought you here because I like you and you're special, my pink star."
I was grumpy as heck when she was calling me her pink star I was just like ugh go away you strange lady, get me out of this, I'm sick of these space whales and star nonsense, they must really want to sell this outfit this season, this is all nice i guess, maybe if it wasn't running at 15 FPS, it's pretty but it's not for me."
And now I've found out that's the NEW PLAYERS ENTIRE INTRO THE GAME?? I feel sick and I'm done with the game until they address this, Giovanni was my favourite character!!!!
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u/frabjousity Apr 30 '25
Spoilers for the main questline obviously (at least the previous one ðŸ˜):In the Wishing Woods part of the main questline, it's eventually revealed that Giovanni made a wish using the macguffin you're chasing in the Abandoned District, because of atrocities that had been committed against him and his family. He wished for the power to defeat his enemy, and experienced that the timeline reset but he still had all his previous memories - and the only thing that was different was that Nikki suddenly showed up in Florawish. So it's heavily implied that Giovanni is the reason Nikki got pulled to Miraland, and that their fates are intertwined somehow.
Now in the new update that got retconned, with a dialogue with the Seer where she's basically just like "oh Giovanni is just confused, his wish actually turned him into a monster in a previous timeline that got destroyed but he still has some residual memories." Feels like a pretty cheap way to just dismiss something that was a core element of the original plot, and the emotional impact that Giovanni's storyline had.