If Elden Ring was Turned Into a 90s-Inspired Saturday Morning Cartoon, This is What it would Look Like

Studio 64 Bits worked tirelessly for four months to hand-draw every single frame, allowing them to introduce Elden Ring to the wild world of Saturday morning television in the 90s. The end effect feels like a bizarre parallel universe in which the game appears alongside Thundercats and He-Man.

Ranni is right there at the start, cradling a double-necked electric guitar slung lazily across her shoulders, and as she begins noodling on the opening chords, the camera sweeps across these blasted landscapes, full of familiar faces from both the base game and the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. We see Malenia charging ahead with blades flashing, Blaidd standing tall and loyal by her side, and Messmer looming large as the true new threat. Meanwhile, Miquella and Radahn share a dramatic moment, and Melina, Rykard, Mohg, Varre, Midra, Placidusax, Astel, Maliketh, and the Elden Beast all flash across the screen in quick, splashy bursts. Each character receives the usual cartoon makeover, complete with bold outlines, vivid colors, and exaggerated posturing that transforms their conflicts into heroic showdowns rather than gloomy, terrible struggles.

The animation sticks to the technical limits of 90’s TV production, which means that the colors don’t deviate much from a fairly limited palette, the lines have just a hint of that creaky hand-drawn cel look to them, and the transitions snap along with the same crisp timing you’d see on shows from that era. The music builds to a precise pitch, culminating in a driving rock song that sounds like it might have come directly from the opening titles of Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors or Captain Planet. Every second creates the impression that an entire series could follow, with the Tarnished rushing across the continent to repair the Elden Ring and face off against these legendary monsters in one thrilling episode after the next.

After the main intro concludes, the film transitions to a brief commercial in which Elden Ring appears to have recently been released for the old SNES. A happy narration promises additional dungeons, secrets, and a fate that is entirely in the player’s control. The tagline reverses a humorous old Nintendo slogan into ‘Now you’re playing with power, rune power’, and the spot concludes with a quick little bumper that parodies the DIC logo from coutnless old 90’s cartoons. It connects neatly to their last full-length SNES remake, making the entire package feel like one continuous block of faux Saturday morning programming.