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Dustin Bailey

A bizarre PS2 tie-in to a disastrous French CG movie has held the final performance of Harry Potter's original Dumbledore captive for 20 years, and it's finally been preserved

Kaena.

21 years ago, a French CG film called Kaena: The Prophecy launched to poor reviews and even worse box office results. The film's creative leads were deeply tied to the video game industry, and a PS2 adaptation was released in Japan shortly after the movie. While an English-language version of that game featuring the vocal talents of the film's star-studded cast was essentially completed, it never actually launched, and seemed to have effectively become lost media – until now, that is.

A few days ago, Robin Davies posted on Twitter (thanks, Time Extension) that "I'm very happy to have recently acquired a full debug preview copy of the game with its original voice cast. I'll give it a playthrough and upload some videos when I can find the time." The tweet's accompanied by a few gameplay clips showing Kaena in action, and folks, it is something. 

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