Ratchet & Clank Is Even Bigger Than We Realize

Ratchet & Clank still seems to be even bigger than we realize. There's so many different ways this series can further branch out. Let's dive into it.

0:00 Well… Isn’t It? There’s A Lot Of R&C Games!
0:39 Ratchet & Clank – The New Generation
1:52 The Idea of Comics, Prequels & Spin-Offs
4:48 Here’s Something You Probably Didn’t Know
5:49 Remember That One Animated Episode: Life of Pie?
7:23 Let’s Not Forget Rift Apart Coming To PC
7:54 Could You Imagine?

[hassanghanim]

Its clear Rift Apart is setting up a big event for the next game.

[elharvey]

The best route to go for Ratchet and Clank is definitely a sequel to Rift Apart finding the Lombax dimension, it would be nice if they took the story more serious kind of like an "Empire Strikes Back" story (a Lombax as an Antagonist for example)

As for the question in the end I think it's best of Sly and Jak are given their own Reboot games first that hints to Ratchet and Clank like Lombaxes in Paris or Precursors knowing about dimensional Rifts and Zonies

[meliasnahtony]

Concerning Jak and Daxter and Sly Cooper, my thought on them becoming Canon to the RaC series is a "Maybe", depending on how they play their cards.

If they pass them off as alternate dimensions, that would be nice, but a far more interesting approach to them would be to place them in their own separate Galaxies within the RaC multiverse, and put them just far enough out of the normal happenings that only the elite of those galaxies have a clue about what's going on, so their canon events can converge near seamlessly (Insomniac/Sony, please consider) with relatively minor plot holes that can just be explained by this logic.

If they are to start with Jak, they'd need to start not with the main man himself, but the Precursors, and Clank finally having someone he can talk to without having to look up at them, or to get a stool. Extra points if he can be the tall one for once. Afterwards, we can meet Jak, and maybe get a Precursor armor set of our own.

As for Sly, that's a more tricky transition. The best bet we have with it is via Clockwork's full backstory, which would be fascinating. Giving him a Transformers-esque history of how he came to their planet would make for an interesting backstory. However, it would have to be played with extreme caution, or else it would become one of the cheesiest backstories in video game history. Not some "Evil Superman"-esque story would work here, make it seem like some sci-fi, eldritch stuff. Some extra-dimensional, mechanical-based life form that evolved somewhere far off from the reality that Sly lives in, and was raised by his ancestors or something. Something that does not truly understand the concepts of age or death due to it not being able to actually experience it for itself. This would make for a really interesting way of making the story seem true.

Oh, and making the Metal heads actually be some sort of bioweapon that the Lombaxes tried to wipe out would also help a bit

[teagsmid]

I do hope Ratchet Clank Talwyn find Lombax together

[TheFloodFourm]

I replayed Rift Apart last month so I started playing the original again and my fiance was like “that’s cool that he’s just a mechanic in the first game”

I wonder how many people view Ratchet as a galactic super hero akin to something you’d see in the MCU

[chiefblox]

I hope we get a tv series like life of pi it was fun to watch

[sirjess]

Ratchet & Clank is honestly one of the best platform gaming franchises that deserves the same spot compare to Sonic, Mario etc. and I’m more excited for whenever the next R&C game comes out than Insomniac’s Marvel games after Rift Apart as a big Marvel fan myself.
What I do hope is for a Rivet & Kit spin-off solo game that focuses more on Them only as their own story and I’d do anything to make that happen. Then maybe also a TV series that’s canon to the games like Sonic Prime.🙌🏻🤞🏻

[Poldovico]

I would love to see Jak return, though I never got into Sly.
I would say do not cross them over as a "serious canon" kind of thing. Nods and references are great, but whatever these three franchises do, I would like them to be able to do it without having to worry about stepping on each other's toes through a shared setting.

[NotMilkels]

6:42 me who was watching it in Poland on YouTube. (I know that this isn’t the office release, but just upload to YouTube, but I watch it outside of the Canada)

[flamingkitsune]

Ah yes the 'love' rivets gotten that's one way to put it. But in all seriousness im psyched to pay rift apart in a few weeks hyped like crazy

[ChristianDK]

i honestly would love to see Ratchet and Clank come at long last to the Lombax dimension. would be so interesting to see how different Ratchet might be. i guess it could be interesting to see both Ratchet and Rivet visit this Dimension and see their actual race, who knows what a "real" lombax is, as we do know their culture is very much high tech and all of them seem to be very very smart, as while Ratchet dosen't seem like the most intelligent he still seems to easily build or fix things that are machinery and space ships. So who knows. it could also be that the lombaxes have grown so fearful of other dimensions due to well them having to flee and might see Ratchet as an imposter. we could have his farther be a statue which is celerbrated and revered as their savior who held back Tachion to protect the fleeing citizins.

it would also seem like Ratchet and Rivet does seem to be rather into each other, like in a sense of love, but it could also be that idk akwardness of essentialy meeting your dimensional counterpart might just be abit weird. But then again i kinda wanna see Ratchet for once be happy and potentialy help the lombaxes from comming out of hideing and potentialy guide them in rebuilding their civilization back on their homeworld of Fastoon or another planet

[jinpachimishima]

Where can I read that Captain Starshield comic? I didn’t even realize that existed, so now I’m excited because I thought I knew about all R&C media.

[TheXavierSpace]

I think as a long fan of the series that a new one could start from the “Future” series on ps3 to understand the lore (and maybe play the 3rd R&C to get introduced to Nefarious). Rift Apart from my point of view is not just a presentation to the new players but also a gift for the storical ones.
While playing Rift Apart i had the same vibes of “A Crack in time” that in my favorite game of the series. Quite disappointing that they remove the explorable space like “A crack in time” for travel between planets and sectors.

[sebulbathx]

So far Tools of destruction is by far the best Ratchet game. Rift apart was good but somewhat underwhelming I expected more. The Ryno wasn't as awesome as it was in Tools.
But I will be onboard with spin-off games.

[CommentingCommenter]

Yep Ratchet & Clank has a lot of potential. Let's just hope Insomniac Games (but more specifically PlayStation Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment) will do things to reach this, especially now that the time between big game releases will be longer.

[ghostofsentric]

I think another crossover would give studios a chance to reintroduce sly.

[rccerberus]

I know I'm late but happy 4th of July and as always I love to see your videos it makes my day better

[ariswilliams]

The Galaxy just got bigger with this Video. :)

[gamerforever]

VTNVIVI I save every single one of your Ratchet & Clank videos because I am a mega fan but in the end I never get to watch them because I speak Italian and very little English and the YouTube subtitles are only sketchy.
I cry in the corner.

[Real_Amphy]

honestly, given that demention hopping is now on the table, I would love a game where instead of planets, we get dimensions that are based on sony IP. Spyro world, Jak world, Sly world, Crash world, etc. Ive seen a lot of people going the "lombax are evil now" plot, and having them invade these dimensions and having to help the worlds protag would be very cool.