>>3847944
I don't know. Towards the end I was definitely beginning to worry they'd skip Nimzo entirely and just have Ladja. Just having pic related show up for 3-4 minutes would have felt pretty video gamey though, so just leaning into the fourth wall break at the end was a nice surprise. It also got me more invested in the ending as I was watching it, because where up to that point the stakes were simply the survival of this movie's universe, the fight was now about ALL video game worlds, and what they mean to us as the players.
The movie's hero wasn't just trying to save Dragon Quest Land anymore, but defending the legitimacy of your favorite JRPG and what it means to you.
It was beautifully done imo