Summary
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora offers a fresh narrative set in the Avatar universe.
- Players step into the shoes of a Na’Vi orphan to fight off the RDA’s colonization of the Western Frontier.
- The Western Frontier is a new, unseen part of Pandora that players can freely explore.
Ubisoft’s latest open-world title, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, takes players on an adventure across Pandora. Since its release, many fans have been wondering when the game takes place in the Avatar canon and if the game’s connected to the movies.
The game features an original story with new characters set in the Avatar universe. But when does it take place in the Avatar timeline? Let’s take a look.
1. When does Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora take place?
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora takes place in the year 2169, 15 years after the Battle of the Hallelujah Mountains that happened in the first Avatar film and 1 year before the events of the second film, The Way of the Water.
The introduction of the game takes place during the events of the first film in the year 2154, and the main game begins 15 years later. James Cameron confirmed at Ubisoft Forward 2023 that the game takes place between the events of the first and second films.
2. Is Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora connected to the movies?
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is canon and connected to the movies, as it takes place between the events of the first movie, and Way of the Water. It coexists with the movies as confirmed by James Cameron himself.
Unlike the 2009 Avatar game, which served as a prequel to the first movie, this game expands the Avatar canon by offering players a fresh new narrative set in a new corner of Pandora. The goal is to tell new stories in the same universe without intertwining them.
3. Is Jake Sully in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora?
Jake Sully, our big-screen Na’Vi protagonist, does not appear in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. He is name-dropped though in the game’s opening moments and cutscenes, but that’s just the extent of his appearance.
The game features a new protagonist in the form of a Na’Vi orphan, but Jake Sully fans, fret not, as he’ll be once again appearing as our favorite Na’Vi hero in the upcoming third Avatar movie, the sequel to Way of Water.
4. Are there any characters from the movies in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora?
No characters from the movies appear in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Since this game takes place in a new area of Pandora that has never been shown in the movies, it makes sense why this is the case.
Jake Sully and his Na’Vi group are definitely out there when the game takes place, but they don’t appear in it. However, there are references to characters from the movie in the game, like General Ardmore, who’s one of the main villains in the movies.
5. Will characters from the game appear in the Avatar movies?
According to Lightstorm Entertainment’s executive vice president of franchise development, Josh Izzo, it’s TBD if characters from Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will appear in the upcoming movies.
“Now from a reverse perspective, game to film, from a character perspective, TBD. But from a kind of biome, creature, and world perspective, there’s always potential opportunities for that type of kind of ambient, world-created stuff to possibly make it into the film if filmmakers think that it’s kind of…that it works within the framework of what’s going to be in that particular scene,” he said.
Well, even if they don’t appear, Avatar fans are clearly eating well with the upcoming movie and the DLC for the game, which is slated to release next year, and who knows? Jake Sully and his gang might make an appearance too.
6. About Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is the second installment in Ubisoft’s Avatar franchise, inspired from the movie by James Cameron.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is an open-world, first-person, action adventure title taking place on the alien world of Pandora. Players will control a Na’vi in this standalone story, and embark on a journey across a never before seen part of Pandora, the Western Frontier. Explore stunning landscapes, encounter unique creatures and push back against the threat of the RDA in this next-gen exclusive return to Pandora.
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