Big Chungus IV: Into the Depths

"Welcome to the Land of Dead Memes."

-Fistibaby to Big ChungusBig Chungus IV: Into the Depths is the fourth video game in the Big Chungus franchise. It was distributed by Epic Games. It is notable for both being a New York Times Bestseller and for being marketed as "the last Big Chungus game".

Premise
After returning to ChungusLand and freeing it from Xander Cage, Shrek, and Goku, things have mostly been peaceful. However, not everything is as it seems. Big Chungus is captured, and now he must race against time to stop a great evil living in a subterranean world deep under ChungusLand. First, he must defeat the Joker, before obtaining the Sacred Talisman and killing Ktulu.

Release
Due to Big Chungus 3: Return of Xander Cage being marketed as the last in the "Chungus Trilogy", this was thought to be the end of the Big Chungus franchise. However, its relatively high sales convinced Hello Games founder/owner David Ream to begin work on a sequel. Because he was suffering from writers block at the time, he held a contest, two ideas tied for first: this game and what would become Big Chungus 21: The Thanos Escape. Production started on both. However, halfway through, Ream decided to only work on Into the Depths, cancelling all work on what would become Big Chungus 21. Unfortunately, the code was stolen by hackers. The official trailer for Big Chungus IV was released on December 23, 2006, and it was heavily viewed on YouTube. The official game was released on April 14, 2007 for the PS3, Xbox 360, and a deluxe version for the Gamecube. Unfortunately, SunnySide Games also released a refined version of the other code called Big Chungus 4: Race for the Stones. The resulting lawsuit put SunnySide Games out of business, and everyone forgot about what happened. Big Chungus IV: Into the Depths was later re-released in 2018 for the PS4.

Sales
The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions sold a combined 70 millon copies. The Gamecube version sold 60 millon copies. Sales were lower than usual due the Thanos controversy and how it was "not as great, though still good, as its three predecessors" (Washington Post).

Gamecube Deluxe Edition
The gamecube version includes :

Starter Pack

Old weapons

Original Soundtrack

Trivia

 * If you put the Konami code in the start menu all the characters are going to become invisible.
 * In the part in the Catacombs if you find yourself in Blue Kratos, your game may become psychedelic.
 * In the alley, if you have Spoderman in your party, he will kill you. This is a reference to Chungus 2.
 * The game is rated M on the PS4 & GCN versions, but AO on the PS3 & Xbox 360 versions due to political reasons and a cameo of Barack Obama, which was replaced with Mayro in the GCN version and Greg Heffely on the PS4 version.

Gamecube OG Soundtrack

 * 1) Intro Song - Anyway You Want from Journey

Ports
It was first released for Nintendo Gamecube and XBOX 360 and later ported to PS3 and PS4. It was also ported to Ouya, Soujia Boy, Nintendo DS, XBOX ONE.