I owned a lot of Bionicles as a kid. While I fell off after the Toa Nuva stuff, the movie tie-in Bionicle: Mask of Light was tiny Harvey’s DVD go-to, and I have its corny “Unity, Duty, Destiny!” chant imprinted into my brain. Those neurons have been reactivated by the demo trailer for Team Kanohi’s Bionicle: Masks of Power, which dropped on its Youtube channel yesterday.

Typically when you hear the words “fan made” and “Unreal Engine” next to each other, you imagine oversaturated, high-bloom Mario tech demos with ray tracing and zero actual appeal. This trailer, shock of shocks, freaking rips. 

Firstly, the music. It’s a Bionicle-themed song titled As Above, So Below that debuted with the trailer itself. The song’s a meeting of the minds between Bionicle meme g…