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--- For years we have written on this wiki that the events of the game Jurassic Park: The Game (JP:TG) take place in the same universe as the movies. In fan jargon: the movies and The Game are in the same canon. A lot of fans disliked this and pointed at many internal errors in The Game or contradictions with the movies. All with the purpose of showing that JP:TG should not be part of the film canon. In 2016 we stopped using the canon concept to write our articles.

However, I think there is a need for a thread were we discuss all proposed contradictions between JP:TG and the movies. This is that thread.

What errors do I want to hear about:
 * internal inconsistencies in JP:TG
 * contradictions between JP:TG and movies and movie-related material

I will often compare any contradiction with contradictions between sequels/prequels in other film/series franchises.

After we have discussed a problem in dept, I will write a summary about it below.

Visitor Center doors
At the end of The Game's scenario T. rex Showdown! the Tyrannosaurus bursts through the Visitor Center's door and damages the Center's front heavily.

In the protagonists stumble upon the Visitor Center that is now overgrown. However, the Center's front is fully intact and the doors are closed.

I could make up one or two stories that could fix this contradiction. However, this difference does prove to me that the script writers were oblivious to The Game or this sequence from it. However, they were also oblivious to the information on their own viral website.

Fans who like Jurassic Park: The Game to be part of the film universe could accept that, in hindsight, this one sequence went a little bit different than shown on screen. Rexy did indeed leave the Visitor Center to go after the humans, but in such a way that the Visitor Center's front wasn't damaged.

I think that a real-life example of such a change can be found in the Tolkien movies. In The Fellowship of the Ring the young Bilbo find the Ring in gollum's cave. In the prequel, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the way in which the ring is found by Bilbo is very different.

Nonetheless, the film makers intended The Hobbit series to be a genuine prequel.

Different Gerry Harding
The most aparant contradiction with the films is Gerry Harding. Unlike its film counterpart, the Gerry of JP:TG doesn't have a mustache.

This is what Mark Darin said about this:

They are definitely the same characters. We did make cosmetic changes to Gerry Harding... but we felt it was a bit like recasting a character between movie sequels. Gerry was a minor character in the movie, but he was to be the lead role in our game, so we wanted him to appear a bit younger, but it is still meant to be the same character (but without the mustache).

In many franchises sequels make changes to characters face or apparel.

In Game of Thrones season 3 Daario Naharis is played by Ed Skrein. In season 4 he is played by Michiel Huisman. They didn't even try to make them look similar:



This didn't make GoT season 4 uncannonial. Changes like this are common place in many franchises. In most cases the media that is produced later is regarded as canon.BastionMonk (talk) 07:33, October 12, 2013 (UTC)

Different Isla Nublar map
The map of Isla Nublar seen on the Tour the Island website and The Game’s version of the Jurassic Park brochure is very different from the island map seen on the computer screens in.

However, the island map shown on the film prop brochure and the Jurassic World map are also very different from the computer screens. Other maps appeared in other film material.

The position of dinosaur paddocks is also quite different on the JP:TG map than the other maps. The Control Room screen, that we see when all the fences go off, shows that all dinosaur paddocks were located on the eastern corner of the island, rather then spread all over the island like in the brochure map. Tell me wich map is right, and how you know:

So, I'd say that JP:TG's map is just another contradicting map we can add to a large pile of contradicting maps.

Number of Raptors
In the JP film there are only 3 Raptors left on the island. All of them die during the movie. In JP:TG there is an entire pack of raptor hunting down the protagonists. However, if you take the time to scratch the surface, you see this isn't a real contradiction.

Muldoon says in the film: "We bred eight originally, but when she came in, she took over the pride and killed all but two of the others."

If we would take this quote literally (which movie-only purists should if they are consistent), there shouldn't be any raptor left on Isla Sorna to see in. He probably means that they bred raptors on Site B, brought the older 8 to Isla Nublar, the Big One killed all but two.

Later Alan Grant says: "Just the two Raptors, right? You sure the third one's contained?"

Alan probably refers to just the three Raptors that had escaped from the Raptor Pen, and are now roaming the compound.

The InGen Field Journal says that John Hammond ordered a new batch of Raptor from Site B. They were kept in the Quarantine Pens. Far from the Visitor Center, nothing for Alan Grant to worry about.

Different Isla Sorna
These two quotes sum it all up:

A map of the novel version of Isla Sorna can be seen in the Marine Facility. The film version of Isla Sorna is very different from the novels. BastionMonk (talk) 07:33, October 12, 2013 (UTC)

I assume it is most likely an, if anything. There's nothing in the game that indicates this island is Isla Sorna. Jhayk&#39; Sulliy (talk) 21:33, October 12, 2013 (UTC) 