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Maki Kuronami wrote: This is a thing I'm rather guilty about in my old works. *cringing intensifies*

Usage of Original Generation characters to glue together the entire crossover. This is often used when the crossover is universes apart and don't take place in the same setting.

OG characters also have a tendency to be ridiculously OP, be it protagonist or antagonist. Like, they're often above or on the same tier as the protagonists of both 'verses.

While it can be done well, it's quite rare.

That's really just my pet peeve, though. That is a trope that is fairly common actually. One notable example is Kingdom Hearts, which introduces a crapton of characters (including several Gary Stues) to glue the story across the different worlds.

... Although, how much does that work on a series that is more confusing than The Matrix Trilogy is debatable.

Another example is in Persona Q, which is actually a crossover between Persona 3 and 4 (the latter of which I'm still currently playing so I would appreaciate if you all kept spoilers to a minimum of zero. Thank you very much). Persoa Q introduces Rin and Zen, and both of are pretty important for the plot (as far as I can gather. Spoiler trigger), and are the only characters that can fight without Personas.

So yeah. The trick to use the OG Characters would be to make them not as strong as the rest of the cast, or not incredibly perfect, as to avoid Mary Sueism.