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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (2013)
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Two of the alternative costumes available for Naruto Uzumaki, a samurai outfit and Goku's uniform were based on illustrations by Masashi Kishimoto published in a Shonen Jump issue and an artbook. The two of them attracted producer Yuki Nishikawa who consulted other members from the company in order to include them in the game.
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month April 19, 2015
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Franchise: Borderlands
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Mordecai's official profile on the Borderlands 2 website states that he is colorblind. Borderlands 2 lead writer, Anthony Burch, is also colorblind, and may be inspiration for this character trait.
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person Dazz calendar_month April 19, 2015
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Franchise: Mass Effect
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Attachment To create an establishing visual look for the game's world that could compete with the likes of Star Wars' visual style, long smooth circular arcs were incorporated into all of the characters, aliens, ships, armor and weapons, and even the logo. The style was inspired by some of the artists working on the game, especially from the artwork by one of the game's artists, Syd Mead.

Because the previous generation of games couldn't achieve smooth polygons, this style was instrumental in convincing the public that Mass Effect was a real next-gen game.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month April 19, 2015
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Tekken 6
Tekken 6 (2007)
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According to Katsuhiro Harada, the game was released for the Xbox 360 because of fans requesting to have the game on different systems. This eventually led to the release of Tekken 3D: Prime Edition on the 3DS.
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person Stryker94 calendar_month March 28, 2015
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Vanquish
Vanquish (2010)
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A lot of the game was inspired by the anime Casshern, with a heavy emphasis on speed for gameplay. The background visuals were initially influenced by the movie Tristan + Isolde, but the staff ended up using a personal style.
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month March 28, 2015
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Collection: Kid Icarus
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The Eggplant Wizard was implemented due to Toru Osawa having a passion for eggplants.
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person Artwark calendar_month March 27, 2015
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Resident Evil
Resident Evil (1996)
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Attachment Hideki Kamiya admitted that he got "Joseph Frost's" first name from a Shonen Jump manga character named "Joseph Joestar" from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
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person ProtoSnake calendar_month March 20, 2015
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Warframe
Warframe (2013)
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The name "Warframe" comes from a 1950's Boeing Aircraft Company WWII research project equipping WWII soldiers with exoskeletons.
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person I142 calendar_month March 20, 2015
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Borderlands 2
Borderlands 2 (2012)
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Attachment The inside cover artwork for the game was based on artist Olly Moss's art style of his homages to various franchises, however, the clouds in the artwork were taken directly from one of Moss's own pieces; from his Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back fan poster.

When Moss found out, he took to Twitter to express his disappointment, however, Gearbox CEO, Randy Pitchford, soon contacted him and apologized for the incident.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month March 14, 2015
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Myth Makers: Trixie in Toyland
Myth Makers: Trixie in Toyland (2005)
subdirectory_arrow_right Ninjabread Man (Game), Anubis II (Game), Rock 'n' Roll Adventures (Game), Zool (Collection)
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Ninjabread Man was originally developed to be a re-imagining of the classic Amiga title, Zool. Data Design Interactive had gained the rights to create the title using the Zool license, but after Zool's rights holders were left unimpressed with the work that had been made on the game, the licensing rights were revoked.

Ninjabread Man's reskins, Anubis II, Myth Makers: Trixie in Toyland, and Rock 'n' Roll Adventures all appear to be based on different levels from this pitch, as the first Zool featured candy, toy, and music levels, while Zool 2 featured an Egyptian level.
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person Dazz calendar_month March 11, 2015
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Samurai Warriors 4
Samurai Warriors 4 (2014)
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In previous titles, Nō's designs were based on a butterfly motif and the use of beautiful clothing. For the fourth game she was made to match Nobunaga's demon-like armor. However, due to the number of ideas coming in for Nobunaga's design, the finalized version of Nō's design had to wait until his were approved
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month March 11, 2015
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Samurai Warriors 2
Samurai Warriors 2 (2006)
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Nobunaga's feather collar was added to emphasize his symbolic items in the series, which are black feathers. The collar was removed in later titles, however the feather motif was still maintained.
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month March 11, 2015
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Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory (1995)
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Attachment According to Neo Geo Freak, a popular Neo Geo magazine, Blue Mary's character design was based on Android 18 from the Dragon Ball series.
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person ProtoSnake calendar_month March 11, 2015
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Bayonetta 2
Bayonetta 2 (2014)
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All of Noatun's designs were inspired by the palaces, cities and waterways of Italy and Belgium.
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month March 8, 2015
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Franchise: Tomb Raider
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Lara Croft's design was based on the style of Swedish pop star Neneh Cherry, and the attitude of Tank Girl from the comic book series of the same name.
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month March 8, 2015
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Odin Sphere
Odin Sphere (2007)
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Onyx is likely based on Surtr, king of the fire giants in Norse mythology. During Ragnarok, the end of the world, the flames that Surtr brings forth engulf the entire world. Surtr's name also translates as "black", of which the word Onyx is a synonym.
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month March 8, 2015
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Toukiden: The Age of Demons
Toukiden: The Age of Demons (2013)
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Tecmo Koei states that the decision to create Toukiden for the PS Vita and PSP was due to Capcom releasing their titles on the Nintendo 3DS, they believed that plenty of people using Sony consoles were keen for a hunting game on their systems.
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person DrakeVagabond calendar_month February 17, 2015
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Citizens of Earth
Citizens of Earth (2015)
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The idea for the concept of the game came to the game's creator, Ryan Vandendyck, on how certain RPGs feature "the world coming to an end" and "there's a huge evil" storyline, but the people in the game just go about their business and not seem to care. Vandendyck thought that if the game's people knew about this, then they possibly would pitch in to help stop it. Vandendyck wanted the game's protagonist to recruit people but not fight battles and have the people do their dirty work for them, so he decided on making him a politician. To make him feel more useless, he decided to make the protagonist the Vice President.

Some of the game's influences were the games Suikoden, EarthBound, and Pokémon.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month February 2, 2015
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Franchise: Mario
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According to Eiji Anouma, Miyamoto got the idea of naming Mario from Marionette. Marionette is a puppet controlled from above with strings or wires. Miyamoto also made puppets during his days at school where he would display his puppets in front of the class.
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person Artwark calendar_month January 31, 2015
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Starship Titanic
Starship Titanic (1998)
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Attachment The Starship Titanic novel, which was to tie-in with the game's release, was written in less than three weeks of its deadline. The book was originally intended to be written by someone else, based on an outline written by Adams, however, Adams later decided to write it himself. Though due to Adams's poor punctuality, the book was instead written by former Monty Python member Terry Jones, who also provided voice work for the game, who claimed that he wrote the novel whilst in the nude.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month January 31, 2015
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