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Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
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One of Steven Ogg's influences when he was portraying Treavor Philips in the game was actor Tom Hardy; specifically Hardy's performance in the 2008 film Bronson.

"He was able to walk that line of psychopath and entertainer while maintaining his sense of humor in some pretty dark places. I'm always inspired by intensity and those that take great pride in what they do - be it an actor, painter, musician, writer, or arborist."

As well as some music which Ogg would listen to, to help imagine Treavor.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month October 1, 2013
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Touhou Shinreibyou: Ten Desires
Touhou Shinreibyou: Ten Desires (2011)
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The game's final boss, Toyosatomimi no Miko, is based on the legends of Prince Shoutoku, a political figure who lived during the Asuka period in Japan. Most notably, Miko shares the exact same birthday, is stated in supplementary materials to have lived in the world outside Gensokyo, and even shares the ability to understand ten conversations at once.

Miko's identity as Prince Shoutoku is also referenced in the name of her leitmotif, "Shoutoku Legend ~ True Administrator."
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The Wonderful 101
The Wonderful 101 (2013)
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Attachment In Operation 005-C, the boss battle is designed to play similarly to the Punch-Out series. The Gah-Goojin that the team pilots has two attacks, one obtained by collecting stars, the other by landing hits. These are references to the Star Punch in the NES Punch-Out!!, and the Knock-Out Punch in the SNES Super Punch-Out!!.
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person Frank Jaeger calendar_month September 29, 2013
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Disney's Toy Story
Disney's Toy Story (1995)
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Attachment The Nightmare Buzz boss fight was based on a scene deleted from the final film.
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person ST3 calendar_month September 28, 2013
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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
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person HolySka1991 calendar_month September 27, 2013
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1990)
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Attachment On the opening title screen, Freddy doesn't seem to be wearing his clawed glove. Here, his trademark blades simply protrude out of his fingers. This is because the title screen is based on the box art for A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge.
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person MovieMaster91 calendar_month September 26, 2013
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Franchise: Dead Rising
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The idea for Dead Rising came about while Resident Evil 4 was under development. Keiji Inafune, lead developer for the series, was concerned that the idea of traditional slow zombies would die out, as the zombies in Resident Evil 4 were now able to run, use weapons, and talk. He wanted to create a game in which the slow zombie type was more prominent than any other character in the game.
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person Dazz calendar_month September 26, 2013
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Pokémon Red Version
Pokémon Red Version (1996)
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Prior to release, the game was rejected multiple times by Nintendo until Shigeru Miyamoto took interest. When Game Freak wanted to start development, they required funding, and thus the team worked on smaller Nintendo projects to obtain funding.
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person Funland47 calendar_month September 24, 2013
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Franchise: Resident Evil
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Richard Waugh, the second voice actor for Albert Wesker, was inspired by the Walt Disney villain Shere Khan from "The Jungle Book".

My kids were toddlers at the time and we had been watching a lot of Disney films. As soon as I read Wesker I thought, wouldn't it be cool to have this military-type have a really cultured, chocolaty voice like George Sanders in The Jungle Book. Wesker is basically my version of Shere Khan.
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person Outofmind23 calendar_month September 24, 2013
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Viva Piñata
Viva Piñata (2006)
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Attachment Viva Piñata originally began as a game called "My Garden", and later "Amazing Garden", for Microsoft's Pocket PC PDA mobile phone. Players could attract animals to their garden and trade them with other players. Development was later moved to the Xbox with the prototype running within Grabbed by the Ghoulies and later onto the Xbox 360. The decision to use Piñata animals was made when the game's concept artist, Ryan Stevenson, looked at the original animal designs which reminded him of Piñata which he'd seen in a Mexican restaurant in New York.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 23, 2013
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Kirby's Epic Yarn
Kirby's Epic Yarn (2010)
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The game was originally going to be a different IP called "Fluff's Epic Yarn". According to Etsunobu Ebisu, the original idea came from Madoka Yamauchi. The idea was presented to Nintendo after the developers at Good-Feel were done finishing the design document for the game. Nintendo asked the developers if they'd make it into a Kirby game, as Prince Fluff's design was similar to Kirby's.
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person starwindbliss calendar_month September 22, 2013
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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)
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Attachment Early in the game, the scene where The Boss and Naked Snake are seen reaching out to each other from the Hind chopper and on the ground respectively was originally going to be different. According to Hideo Kojima in the MGS3 commentary, this scene was originally going to have The Boss release her bandana to the wind for Snake to catch, which he'd then use as a sling. However, the scene was changed because one of the motion capture actors requested that they change when Snake acquired the bandana to when The Boss throws him down into the river prior to this scene.
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person SOGESNAKE calendar_month September 22, 2013
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No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (2010)
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Attachment Shinobu's outfit in No More Heroes 2 is based off the Japanese "Gothic Lolita" style.
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person SOGESNAKE calendar_month September 19, 2013
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No More Heroes
No More Heroes (2007)
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Attachment Shinobu's outfit in No More Heroes is based off the Japanese "kogal" style.
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person SOGESNAKE calendar_month September 19, 2013
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No More Heroes
No More Heroes (2007)
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Shinobu's name is a pun on the word shinobi which means "to steal away". It also means ninja. However "Shinobu" can as a given name mean "endure" or "recall". This depends on how it is written in kanji.
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person SOGESNAKE calendar_month September 19, 2013
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)
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Attachment The idea to make The Wind Waker in HD came from the developers playing around with the Zelda HD Experience tech-demo. They used the same lighting from the demo on Link's The Wind Waker model, and his appearance had such a strong impact that they started to do the same with The Wind Waker's environments as well.

"We took the various versions of Link from the Zelda HD Experience, [Skyward] Sword and The Wind Waker and lined them up in the same setting. We used practically the same shader and brought out the same shading, and Link from The Wind Waker made an overwhelmingly strong impact. He exerted some kind of unnatural pressure." - Satoru Takizawa
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person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month September 18, 2013
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)
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The game's drastic change in art direction came from the desire to reinvigorate the Zelda development team. The hope was the new direction would inspire new gameplay ideas, which it did.
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person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month September 18, 2013
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Pac-Man
Pac-Man (1980)
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It's believed that Pac-Man's design came from a pizza with a slice removed. According to the game's designer, Toru Iwatani, this is only half true. The other half of the design comes from the Japanese character for mouth, kuchi (口), which he rounded out to make it into a featureless ball. An idea to give him eyes was brought up during development, but was dropped to make sure Pac-Man wasn't over complicated.
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month September 18, 2013
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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
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Attachment Gregg the Grim Reaper was named after Gregg Mayles, one of the designers on the game.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 17, 2013
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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
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Attachment Birdy the scarecrow is based on Paul McCowell who was the units adminstrator at Rare.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 17, 2013
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