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I do wonder if NnT is supposed to be considered part of the big five.
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See, I don't think there are any plans for a "big five" anymore, hence my issue with the Quintology—at least in its original incarnation—being dead. Soulstorm is no longer a bonus game from what I can deduce, it is merely the second part of the story, an honorific that was once held by Munch.
The concept of the Quintology was very clear and concise: Five core games, with intermittent bonus games, Ă* la Exoddus. Granted, the bonus games were not originally planned, and came about via anomalous and serendipitous means, but they fit the build for the story Lorne was trying to tell.
Soulstorm, on the other hand, seems to be not only a rewrite of Exoddus, but an opportunity to tread new soil and tell a different, somewhat familiar story.
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I don't feel as though the entire Quintology is "dead" so much as it is "hibernating."
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I beg to differ. I see this as, for lack of a better term, "Quintology, Mark II". This is a chance to start again, to tell a simpler, more refined story. I can't help but feel—this time around—we're going to see less quasi-revolutionary risks, and a far more streamlined, character-centric story, with Abe as the lynchpin.
Ergo, we have:
The Quintology [Abandoned]:
- Abe's Oddysee
- Abe's Exoddus
- Munch's Oddysee
- Munch's Exoddus [Unreleased]
- Squeek's Oddysee [Unreleased]
The Quintology, Mark II:
- New 'n' Tasty
- Soulstorm
- Abe's Happy Third Adventure, sans Munch [Unreleased]
- Abe's Amazing Fourth Adventure, featuring Squeek [Unreleased]
(I haven't included Stranger's Wrath in there because I never saw it as a part of the Quintology.)
Two separate stories; two separate universes.