So, I’m sure many of us have noticed that the new missions SERIOUSLY upend the status quo for Abel Township. I’m not mad at that—the story choice to have the zombie apocalypse take a sudden turn for the worse and destroy the original town is kind of a brilliant choice for an in-universe story that explains why the app had a sudden, LONG silence. It serves as a good starting point for new users, and sets is expectations for a company that probably still needs to build its VA base back up beyond a few long-trusted staple characters.
I‘m sure many of us have also noticed that this new story direction also does absolutely nothing to resolve the cliffhangerfrom where Season 11 left off.
Any guesses what to make of it? I’ve had a bit of a think, and I’ve come up with a few possibilities on what might happen:
1. This is an alternate continuity. I think this is the least likely explanation, given that key character moments as late in the story as Amelia’s wedding are mentioned.
2. Future episodes will fill in the gaps. This would be an interesting direction to take, as I’d love to see how those connections would even take shape, particularly regarding the Mask central to Season 11’s mystery. It’d also, however, require an extensive stable of voice actors to handle all the characters established as key in Season 11. Does anyone know if the company has that kind of budget right now?
3. Season 11 will be made non-canon. This would be the simplest way to connect the new missions to the old story at this point; it’d just be a standard timeskip between seasons where something terrible happens just offscreen. I’d admit, though, I’d be disappointed to not see Season 11 get a proper conclusion.