M.O.E. (Master of Eternity) refference?

[MrGrinch989]

So, I really liked the anime song that plays during the weapon crafting cutscene so I googled it and it turns out, the song that plays was an opening from a dead mobile phone game called M.O.E. (Master of Eternity). Apparently, the game was shut down a few years ago by Nexon.

I'm just curious what made the developers of Dave the Diver include this in the game? Did they work on M.O.E. are they paying homage to it? Are they trying to get us to play this dead game (I'd play it, TBH).

What do you guys think?

[Potatosalad]

Q. It seems to have a reference to M.O.E. Is there a particular reason for using M.O.E.?

[Director of Dave the Diver] : For Moe, the idea was to create an anime universe that would appeal to the geeky characters that exist in the game. Nexon has a great IP called Moe, so we approached them and asked if we could borrow their resources, and they said yes.

Mintrocket, a brand behind Dave the Diver is a new sub-brand of Nexon, specialized in supporting small groups of Nexon developers looking for something 'fresh'. that's why they were able to use M.O.E IP.

In Dave the Diver, the M.O.E is referenced as 'Stra Stella, ストラステラ' - a title used in Japanese market.

ref: https://www.gametoc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=69776