Online games always tend to have active, creative communities that put together fun projects, but Overwatch's community stands above and apart. The latest example comes from Redditor Wanderyen, who shared a fun clip crossing over Overwatch with Disney's The Incredibles. The short animated clip features a hand-drawn recreation of a scene from The Incredibles with Wrecking Ball, Lucio, and Mei replacing the movie's orb-shaped robot villain, Frozone, and Dash in an action-packed scene.
In Wanderyen's animated clip, Hammond peeks out from his Wrecking Ball mech with a pair of goggles, spotting Lucio and Mei as his targets. Lucio is skating away from Wrecking Ball with Mei on his back, only to have an Indiana Jones-esque boulder sequence with Wrecking Ball rolling toward them in the background. Adorably, Mei is using her ice spray to create a path on the ground for Lucio to skate over. It's a brief, 8-second animation, but is a quite clever mash-up.
For those unfamiliar with The Incredibles, the Overwatch animation is directly pulled from a sequence towards the end of the movie. The villain has released their evil robot on the city of Metroville and the family of The Incredibles is fighting against it with their friend Frozone. This sequence is taken, perhaps even rotoscoped, from a scene where the robot is chasing after Frozone while he carries Incredibles son Dash on his back.
Wanderyen's video clip is ultimately just a short, fun way to celebrate being a fan of both The Incredibles and Overwatch. Unsurprisingly, the comments on the post are very appreciative of Wanderyen's work, with many asking for more. Wanderyen even goes so far as saying that they'd be interested in drawing Overwatch's Echo as the baby Jack Jack.
Looking at Wanderyen's Reddit history, they're both a talented artist and a dedicated gamer. They've shared multiple commissions of art made for various different games, including professional work for the MMORPG Wing of Misadventure. There's also a lot of Overwatch art, including animated chibi Overwatch buddies and a fan comic with Moira. They even shared one of their own Overwatch gameplay clips in which they punch the enemy team to death as Ana. Needless to say, they're a fan.
Overwatch's community is frequently creating exciting fan content for each other. Whether it's a piece of Genji fan art that crosses over with Star Wars or a Steampunk version of Mercy, there always seems to be a new example of Overwatch fans' creativity available week to week. It points to a promising future for the shooter, especially with Overwatch 2's development continuing to move forward.
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