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The King of Fighters '96
The King of Fighters '96 (1996)
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Chizuru's design was based on the character, Yohko Shiraki, from the 1970 manga/anime series Tomorrow's Joe/Megalo Box.
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Deltarune
Deltarune (TBA)
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According to Toby Fox, Susie was originally inspired by Maya Fey from the Ace Attorney series, being a similar "small, friendly, sassy companion" without any major tension. However, she was eventually changed into a more acrid figure as development progressed.
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Deltarune
Deltarune (TBA)
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According to creator and director Toby Fox, the idea for Deltarune originated in 2011, when he had a literal fever dream about witnessing the ending to a game that didn't exist; upon waking up, he became determined to make that game a reality.

Development originally started the following year, but was put on hold before designing even a single room before the project resumed after Undertale's release; two of the songs originally composed during that initial stage would later be reused in Undertale as "Bonetrousle" (previously the main battle theme before being replaced with "Rude Buster") and "Heartache" (previously titled "Joker Battle", apparently being Spoiler:Jevil's early battle theme before being replaced with "THE WORLD REVOLVING").
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The King of Fighters '98
The King of Fighters '98 (1998)
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Because the addition of '94 Kyo Kusanagi in the previous game was well received by fans, Kyo's character from The King of Fighters '95 was added to the roster as another alternate version of Kyo.
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The King of Fighters XII
The King of Fighters XII (2009)
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Many of the spectators in the background of the France stage are obese, well-dressed women that are dining while excitedly watching the match. The idea for these NPCs was inspired by a posh French resort that is known for attracting wealthy tourists, and was not intended to stereotype French women as being fat.
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month October 18, 2021
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The King of Fighters XII
The King of Fighters XII (2009)
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According to Ignition's Director of Business Development, Shane Bettenhausen, the decision to revert many of the older characters back to their classic designs and moves was an aesthetic choice:

"To go along with the game's central 'Rebirth of KOF' theme, the designers purposefully returned to the classic KOF '94 costumes and move sets for many of the returning fighters."
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month October 18, 2021
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Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown (1993)
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Attachment Charlotte's design is based on the character Oscar Francois de Jarjayes from the 1972 manga series The Rose of Versailles.
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The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
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According to level designer Mitsuo Kodama, the design of the Italy stage is inspired by the portrayal of Italy in the 1992 Hayao Miyazaki movie Porco Rosso.
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The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
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The design of the Japan stage is heavily inspired by the look of Neo Tokyo from the 1988 film Akira.
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month October 17, 2021
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Dead or Alive 6
Dead or Alive 6 (2019)
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Rachel's Break Blow is based on her "Blades of the Ouroboros" spell from Ninja Gaiden Σ.
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month October 17, 2021
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Dead or Alive 6
Dead or Alive 6 (2019)
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Momiji's Break Blow is based on her "Art of the Crimson Lotus" ninpo spell from Ninja Gaiden Σ2.
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Dynamite Headdy
Dynamite Headdy (1994)
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According to a 1994 BEEP! Megadrive magazine interview with the game's producer/designer Koichi Kimura, he was asked if he was influenced by his love for Western animation for the game. He responded:

"Yeah. Actually western animation was one of the things that influenced me to get into the game industry in the first place. I really admire the sensibility of Looney Toons, where you never know what’s going to happen next. Watching them inspires me to hone my own skills. The difference between games and animation, though, is that in animation the artist directs how the scene moves and unfolds, whereas in games, that control is given over to the players. But I think that’s actually a strength for gaming and could lead to even more interesting scenes, which is something I want to explore more."
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person ProtoSnake calendar_month October 17, 2021
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Art of Fighting
Art of Fighting (1992)
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Robert's design is based on actors Steven Seagal and Andy Garcia, and the character James Crockett from the Miami Vice series. The character artist, Shinkiro, expressed difficulties in designing Robert on the count of not knowing how rich people behaved.
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month October 17, 2021
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Dead or Alive 6
Dead or Alive 6 (2019)
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Ayane's Break Blow is base on a ninpo attack she performed in a hidden cutscene from Dead or Alive 2.
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Dynamite Headdy
Dynamite Headdy (1994)
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According to a 1994 BEEP! Megadrive magazine interview with the game's producer/designer Koichi Kimura, he was asked why many of the backgrounds use theater stage motifs (The spotlight, the curtains, rigging systems…). He responded:

"It’s just my personal taste. There’s a director named Terry Gilliam, who creates these fantastic, magical worlds that take place in the real world. He’ll do things like add an artificial sun to a normal, everyday scene. While I was designing Dynamite Headdy, I thought that kind of world would be cool, so we made a few mock-ups in that style. After seeing it in-game, I thought it looked great, so we doubled down and tried to make that a visual theme for the whole game. At this point in the development it might look really lame if we only went half-way with that aesthetic. There’s a bunch of other cool things we still plan to add, too."
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Genshin Impact
Genshin Impact (2020)
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is held in high regard by the development team, and is cited as one of the main inspirations for Genshin Impact.

"In a post that our team circulated to players last year, we mentioned that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was one of our inspirations for creating Genshin Impact as an open-world action RPG. That said, it is important to note that once you actually pick up the game, you will find the experience of Genshin Impact to be very different from that of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild."
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Dead or Alive 3
Dead or Alive 3 (2001)
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According to series producer Yosuke Hayashi, the Snow stage was directly inspired by the Castle stage from Virtua Fighter 4. The Beach stage is also inspired by the "beautiful rendition of water" on Jeffry's stage from Virtua Fighter 3.
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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005)
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In a Reddit AMA with Shutaro Iida, he revealed that, for him and his team, the most insufferable thing about developing this game and for the Nintendo DS was strict demand from higher ups "to use the touch [screen technology] as much as possible" during their development.
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Platform: Wii
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Retro Studios, according to one of it's developers Bryan Walker, were at first extremely concerned about wanting to develop for Nintendo's upcoming Wii system due to the console's mediocre specs compared to the competition. However, being among the first westerners to see a prototype of the unique controller for the console, they were immediately won over by the gaming machine's groundbreaking motion-control gimmick.

“...And we were a little concerned to be blunt, and then, ta-da: they rolled out the Wii Remote. Kind of in unison, the whole team went, ‘Ohhhhh. Ahhhh. Okay.’ Everybody was watching at E3 where the Wii was rolled out and the stampede when they opened the door of people running right past the Sony PS3 display to get in line with the Nintendo display to play the Wii. We were like, ‘Ah okay. We understand now. We’ll be quiet.”
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Virtua Fighter 4
Virtua Fighter 4 (2001)
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The idea for Lei-Fei was inspired by series creator Yu Suzuki's trip to China:

"In 1993 or 1994 I went to China and met a famous Shaolin monk, and so I wanted to create a Shaolin monk fighter for Virtua Fighter."
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month October 15, 2021
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