According to the game's artist Yoshitaka Amano from a 1987 Beep Magazine interview, Square told him to make an illustrated cover of a character (Onion Knight) wielding 2 blades. Originally, Amano wanted to draw a landscape-style drawing with no human characters, but he changed it since it was an illustration for a video game, and was later glad he did as he felt the game's final cover had more impact.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
According to director/writer Hironobu Sakaguchi and writer Yoshinori Kitase, Final Fantasy V marked the first time they worked together on a game. Kitase then commented about their working relationship during the game's development:
"Mr. Sakaguchi and I worked on [the game's] events in a relay, so when we would go to work, the first thing we'd do is check the data the other had put up to check the continuity. We'd see each other's work and think 'I'll make something even better!' in a sort of competition."
"Mr. Sakaguchi and I worked on [the game's] events in a relay, so when we would go to work, the first thing we'd do is check the data the other had put up to check the continuity. We'd see each other's work and think 'I'll make something even better!' in a sort of competition."
Contributed by ProtoSnake
In the Japanese release, due to the CERO rating system restricting certain graphic elements from appearing in games released in the country even with the highest rating of CERO-Z, a cutscene of Boozer getting his arm burnt with a blowtorch by the Rippers was altered by shifting the camera angle of the scene towards Boozer's face to imply he is getting burnt off-screen.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
In a 1996 Gamest interview, some of the featured concept art shows designs for 2 characters named "Marisu" and "Teresu" who were not included in the final game. The game's character designer Mimori Fujinomiya commented:
"These were characters looked too much like ripoffs of the koropokkuru, so I abandoned them. Their personalities were too similar to Macky and Pentell, anyway. I do like their Robo-Dog though."
"These were characters looked too much like ripoffs of the koropokkuru, so I abandoned them. Their personalities were too similar to Macky and Pentell, anyway. I do like their Robo-Dog though."
Contributed by ProtoSnake
In a 1992 Famicom Tsuushin interview with the game's producer/designer Hiroyuki Takahashi, he stated that Jogurt/Yogurt was originally just a sketch character made by game's character designer Yoshihiro Tamaki. Tamaki thought the idea would be great to have a completely out-of-place character in the game's battles.
In a 1992 developer team interview featured in the Shining Force Encyclopedia, Tamaki admitted the character was created partially as a joke and before any of the official concept art had been completed. He also stated that Jogurt's face is based on the game's director Kenji Orimo.
In a 1992 developer team interview featured in the Shining Force Encyclopedia, Tamaki admitted the character was created partially as a joke and before any of the official concept art had been completed. He also stated that Jogurt's face is based on the game's director Kenji Orimo.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
English dub voice actor Karen Strassman, known for Kitana & Mileena from Mortal Kombat (2011) and Mortal Kombat X, did not return to voice her characters for Mortal Kombat 11, citing internal politics in the gaming industry that affected the game's casting.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
In a 2019 "ESPN Esports" video/interview between ESPN commentator Arda Ocal & professional boxer Mike Tyson, Ocal asked him about Balrog (who made his first appearance in Street Fighter II under the name M. Bison, but had his name changed to Balrog in the English localization due to the close similarities to "M. Tyson") and if he knew about the game and his influence on Balrog's character design. Tyson responded that he knew nothing about either Street Fighter or Balrog, but that he was honored by Capcom's impersonation of him upon seeing it for the first time.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
In a 1996 interview published in a Dungeons & Dragons mook (magazine & book portmanteau) covering Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystra and this game, the developers were asked why they choose Dungeons & Dragons as the setting. The game's designer Tomoshi Sadamoto responded:
"It was TSR, the copyright holder of D&D, who came to us first and talked about doing a game. However, an agreement could not be reached at that point and the project was on hold for awhile. Sometime later a compromise was reached, and we were able to start working on the first game, Tower of Doom."
He also admitted that from the beginning, the game was only intended for the arcade.
"It was TSR, the copyright holder of D&D, who came to us first and talked about doing a game. However, an agreement could not be reached at that point and the project was on hold for awhile. Sometime later a compromise was reached, and we were able to start working on the first game, Tower of Doom."
He also admitted that from the beginning, the game was only intended for the arcade.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
In a 1994 Hippon Super and Game-on magazines interview, the game's field graphics designer Tomoe Inazawa wanted the Serpent Trench's ocean floor less shallow-looking by making it darker and more impenetrable, realistic and alluring than how the ocean appeared in previous Final Fantasy games:
"Well, in reality, that’s how the ocean floor is: dark and impenetrable. What has been depicted in earlier games is really a shallower image of the ocean. So I was thinking about how to convey something more realistic, so I made it dark. Dark and alluring."
"Well, in reality, that’s how the ocean floor is: dark and impenetrable. What has been depicted in earlier games is really a shallower image of the ocean. So I was thinking about how to convey something more realistic, so I made it dark. Dark and alluring."
Contributed by ProtoSnake
Bass and Tina's father-daughter relationship shares similarities to that of the one between former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan and his daughter Brooke Hogan. Hulk Hogan was known to be very protective of his daughter in spite of her efforts to be more independent, which is often portrayed in their stage personas and public appearances. Also like Tina, Brooke has pursued careers outside of pro-wrestling; including modeling, acting, and music.
Contributed by DrakeVagabond
Bass Armstrong is heavily influenced by professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, both in his character design and moves.
Contributed by DrakeVagabond
Leifang's 14th costume from the Playstation version of the game is a reference to the Pixie from Monster Rancher.
Contributed by DrakeVagabond
Kasumi's 14th costume from the PlayStation version of the game is a reference to the Angel from Monster Rancher.
Contributed by DrakeVagabond
In a 1996 interview with the game's director Kouji Okada published in Dengeki PlayStation magazine, he stated that the demons are voiced by the staff from Atlus, including those enlisted from all over the company rather than just the game's developers, while also singling out that the female demons were voiced by female staff members.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
Tina's default costume is based on an outfit worn by WWE professional wrestler Terri Runnels.
Contributed by DrakeVagabond
In Episode 172 of the webseries "The Angry Video Game Nerd" in which the Nerd reviewed Jurassic Park: Trespasser, James Rolfe conducted an interview with the game's executive producer Seamus Blackley about the game's development. He asked him why they used the Tribe C Alpha Velociraptor as the final boss when raptors were already the most frequently-encountered dinosaur in the game. He responded:
"We didn't have time to create, or budget to create a new boss dinosaur, and we were in a huge rush to finish, and we had a huge amount of pressure from DreamWorks Interactive. Of course all of these things are ludicrous now when you think about them, because as we say 'a late game is only late until it ships, but a bad game is bad forever'."
"We didn't have time to create, or budget to create a new boss dinosaur, and we were in a huge rush to finish, and we had a huge amount of pressure from DreamWorks Interactive. Of course all of these things are ludicrous now when you think about them, because as we say 'a late game is only late until it ships, but a bad game is bad forever'."
Contributed by ProtoSnake
In the original Wii version, the river overpass in Santa Destroy has a wall underneath it with poor-enough
collision detection that if you walk into it in a certain way, Travis will clip through the wall and can walk infinitely directly underneath Santa Destroy, even out of the city. This glitch was fixed in all future re-releases of the game.
collision detection that if you walk into it in a certain way, Travis will clip through the wall and can walk infinitely directly underneath Santa Destroy, even out of the city. This glitch was fixed in all future re-releases of the game.
Contributed by MehDeletingLater
Ayane's 6th costume is based on Millennia, the protagonist from the Tecmo game Kagero: Deception II.
Contributed by DrakeVagabond
Helena's 3rd costume is a reference to Reina, the protagonist from the Tecmo game Deception III: Dark Delusion.
Contributed by DrakeVagabond
According to a 1993 Dengeki SFC magazine interview, the game's designer Norifumi Hara commented on the start of the game's development:
"We were tasked with creating a sequel to Tetris, and I love versus fighting games, so I wanted to make head-to-head competitive matches the main focus. Originally the title was "Batorisu" 1 [Note: This is a combination of the words "Batoru" (battle) and "Tetorisu" (Tetris) that does not quite translate well into English], and we were developing it for the Famicom, but of course the Super Famicom was a better choice, we realized."
"We were tasked with creating a sequel to Tetris, and I love versus fighting games, so I wanted to make head-to-head competitive matches the main focus. Originally the title was "Batorisu" 1 [Note: This is a combination of the words "Batoru" (battle) and "Tetorisu" (Tetris) that does not quite translate well into English], and we were developing it for the Famicom, but of course the Super Famicom was a better choice, we realized."
Contributed by ProtoSnake
Select this option if you'd like to include results that match any of your criteria. Otherwise, only results that match all selected criteria will be returned.
