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Johnnie5727 has Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Mar 23, 2017 @ 11:35am

Fnaf Book and Fnaf games?

I'm having trouble putting the Fnaf books and games together http://community.edgecast.steamstatic.com/economy/emoticon/sans

Last edited by Johnnie5727; May 16, 2017 @ 3:08pm

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Johnnie5727 has Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Mar 23, 2017 @ 11:36am

I know their not canon to each other, but somethings go together others don't.

Hunter #357 has Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Mar 23, 2017 @ 3:13pm

They aren't supposed to go together.

It's like trying to jam a circle block into a square hole on one of those childrens' toys.

Last edited by Hunter #357; Mar 23, 2017 @ 3:14pm

Dr. Slapnutz has Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Mar 23, 2017 @ 5:16pm

Scott was very fickle on explaining what was canon and what wasn't. Personally, I don't see anything that was stated in the story to be directly contradictory to what was canon in the games. Remember, we don't TRUELY know everything yet. I'd say the only thing that didn't seem like it fit was MAYBE one of the animatronics MAYBE being possessed by someone else than in the game... MAYBE. How canon the book is or isn't, kind of relies on how you perceive the game's story and timeline of events.

Like, say, if you believe William Afton is the Purple Guy, then most of it is not canon; if you think Michael Afton is Purple Guy, then more of it can be. I know that may seem like a large oversimplification of the game's world, but again, we don't really know 100% of everything that happened in the games themselves. If anything, this book gave us more direct information than the games ever did! Like I said before, I pretty much go by the logic that if the book doesn't go against any obvious FACTS about the games' lore (which I don't think it does), than it can be a canon as you want, unless shown otherwise.

TL;DR Depending on how you perceive the game's universe, it may or may not be canon.

Hunter #357 has Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Mar 31, 2017 @ 8:22pm

Originally posted by Ryder743:
they say ingame Mr.Afton aka PURPLE GUY. Kind of a spoiler...

Spoiler for what?

The fact that they refer to someone as that doesn't mean that game is related to the book, it just confirms that Afton likely is the canon surname for Purple Guy in the games.

Last edited by Hunter #357; Mar 31, 2017 @ 8:22pm

Cuben

Apr 1, 2017 @ 4:46am

The Novels take place in an alternate universe, the thing about alternate universes is the story is the same but somethings are different, for example Wiliam Afton in the books handles the business side of Fazbear Entertainment while in the games a prime example William Afton has his own company under the name " Afton Robotics, " and created the Funtime Animatronics in the games.

Last edited by Cuben; Apr 1, 2017 @ 4:47am

Hunter #357 has Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Apr 1, 2017 @ 5:29am

Originally posted by Ryder743:
it takes place in the universe if they say that. right?

I'm not sure what you're saying, but this is my understanding:

There are two seperate timelines, both of which are apparently canon but not to each other.
One is for the book, one is for the games.
They share many similarities, such as Purple Guy being named Afton.
They also have many differences, such as Henry existing in the book but not in the games.
The book timeline SHOULD NOT be used to solve the games' lore, and vice versa.
As for SL, it seems to fall under the games' timeline more than the books'.

(just to add onto the conversation)
Here are some things I personally think that are different between the books and games:

BOOK: Afton and Henry are two different people.
GAME: Afton and Henry are the same person.
WHY: Afton magically gets a son and a daughter in SL, and since there's no proof of Henry existing, as well as "Mr. Afton" in the beginning dialogue seeming to have been the one to design the robots while he didn't in the books, I think it can be safe to assume that they're one and the same in the games.

BOOK: Charlie never dies.
GAME: Charlie dies and possesses Circus Baby.
WHY: Having established my earlier point of Afton being Charlie's possible father in the games, Charlie is likely the one who died in Circus Baby considering the night-beginning dialogue who refers to the designer of the animatronics as "daddy."

BOOK: Golden Freddy is the same as Fredbear.
GAME: Golden Freddy is NOT the same as Fredbear.
WHY: The bowties and hats. They were a main focus on Nightmare Fredbear's teaser, and for a reason: Fredbear was not Golden Freddy. Though, my personal compromise being that Golden Freddy was a spare suit of Fredbear.

Tell me what you think.

Johnnie5727 has Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Apr 19, 2017 @ 11:50am

Originally posted by Hunter #357:
Originally posted by Ryder743:
it takes place in the universe if they say that. right?

I'm not sure what you're saying, but this is my understanding:

There are two seperate timelines, both of which are apparently canon but not to each other.
One is for the book, one is for the games.
They share many similarities, such as Purple Guy being named Afton.
They also have many differences, such as Henry existing in the book but not in the games.
The book timeline SHOULD NOT be used to solve the games' lore, and vice versa.
As for SL, it seems to fall under the games' timeline more than the books'.

(just to add onto the conversation)
Here are some things I personally think that are different between the books and games:

BOOK: Afton and Henry are two different people.
GAME: Afton and Henry are the same person.
WHY: Afton magically gets a son and a daughter in SL, and since there's no proof of Henry existing, as well as "Mr. Afton" in the beginning dialogue seeming to have been the one to design the robots while he didn't in the books, I think it can be safe to assume that they're one and the same in the games.

BOOK: Charlie never dies.
GAME: Charlie dies and possesses Circus Baby.
WHY: Having established my earlier point of Afton being Charlie's possible father in the games, Charlie is likely the one who died in Circus Baby considering the night-beginning dialogue who refers to the designer of the animatronics as "daddy."

BOOK: Golden Freddy is the same as Fredbear.
GAME: Golden Freddy is NOT the same as Fredbear.
WHY: The bowties and hats. They were a main focus on Nightmare Fredbear's teaser, and for a reason: Fredbear was not Golden Freddy. Though, my personal compromise being that Golden Freddy was a spare suit of Fredbear.

Tell me what you think.

I believe Fredbear and Golden Freddy are the same, but the rest of that makes sence.