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Persona 3
Persona 3 (2006)
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Koromaru is likely based off a real dog named Hachikou. Both dogs owners died, but the dogs go to the place they last saw their master, to wait for them to return.
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person Outofmind23 calendar_month May 27, 2013
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American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice (2000)
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During development, Marylin Manson was involved in producing music for the soundtrack. He left the production team early on, but his contributions still made it into the final game, mostly in the influence of alchemy and The Mad Hatter.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Music, Real Life
person Outofmind23 calendar_month May 26, 2013
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Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (1997)
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Dr. Victor and his assistant Mary, located in the Hotel Goumaden, are based on the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley, "Frankenstein", in which the protagonist is named Victor Frankenstein.
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person Outofmind23 calendar_month May 26, 2013
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Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
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Mr. New Vegas is voiced by Wayne Newton, who is known as Mr. Las Vegas in real life. The designers created the role for Newton "because he is Las Vegas," and that "he really brings that extra touch of Vegas class to the game."
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person ThisGuyInTheSuit calendar_month May 26, 2013
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Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Persona 2: Innocent Sin (1999)
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Attachment The Demon Painter is modeled after the series artist Kazuma Kaneko.
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person Outofmind23 calendar_month May 26, 2013
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Franchise: Ace Attorney
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Shu Takumi, the creator of the Ace Attorney series, had always wanted to make a mystery game. He gained this opportunity when Capcom told him to get 7 inexperienced employees and "make whatever you want". His idea for a lawyer based game was frowned upon by the higher-ups, but tried to convince them that the game would be interesting with its "eccentric" characters.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person 17thCupOfCoffee calendar_month May 26, 2013
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Clock Tower
Clock Tower (1995)
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Attachment The game is loosely based on the film "Phenomena" (released as "Creepers" in the US). Many of the details that happen in the movie are copied in the game, such as the main character being named Jennifer and being chased by the deformed son of the villain.
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Development, Inspiration
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 24, 2013
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Duke Nukem 3D
Duke Nukem 3D (1996)
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Attachment The box art for Duke Nukem 3D was inspired by the movie poster for Army of Darkness.
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Development, Inspiration
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month May 24, 2013
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Rise of the Triad: Dark War
Rise of the Triad: Dark War (1995)
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In Rise of the Triad, the SFX for the God-Mode Power-up were inspired by sounds that John Romero would make while No-Clipping through walls in Wolfenstein 3D.
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person Rofl25 calendar_month May 24, 2013
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Portal
Portal (2007)
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Attachment GLaDOS had a few different designs before the final one seen in the game. Earlier designs included a floating brain, a sprawling, spidery mechanism, and an upside-down version of Botticelli's painting "The Birth of Venus" made out of robot parts. The final version was a huge mechanical device with a delicate robotic figure, which shows off her raw power and femininity.
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 24, 2013
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Mega Man 6
Mega Man 6 (1993)
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Two of the Robot Masters, Wind Man and Knight Man, were actually designed by fans and included in the game as the result of a Nintendo Power competition.
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 21, 2013
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Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts (2001)
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Margarete Gertrude Zelle was designed after the real life World War I German spy "Mata Hari".
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person Outofmind23 calendar_month May 21, 2013
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Valkyria Chronicles
Valkyria Chronicles (2008)
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Attachment Due to her popularity among the fans, the shocktrooper Edy Nelson got her own side story, Edy's Mission: Enter the Edy Detachment, and additional skirmish maps in the form of DLC. Her detachment also appeared as cameo characters in Valkyria Chronicles 2.
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person Mass Distraction calendar_month May 20, 2013
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Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
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According to the Masayuki Uemura, one of Nintendo's hardware designers who oversaw the design of the Famicom, the reason the console was named the "Family Computer" was because during the '80s, words like "personal computer" and "home computer" became widespread in Japan, and the word 'Family' hadn't been used yet. Uemura also wanted to call it "Famicom" for short, after having it suggested to him by his wife, but the idea was rejected by Nintendo's then boss, believing "Family Computer" to be easier to understand, although the moniker was still colloquially used by many.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month May 20, 2013
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Pilotwings 64
Pilotwings 64 (1996)
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Attachment The character Lark was modeled after Nester, the mascot of Nintendo Power and star of the comics "Howard & Nester" and "Nester's Adventures".
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts (2001)
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Many of the monsters in the game were likely inspired by the works of horror author H.P. Lovecraft.
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person Outofmind23 calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Collection: Metal Slug
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Marco Rossi and Fiolina Germi, in addition to her teddy bear Peppino, have their names derived from the 1976 anime series "3000 Leagues in Search of Mother".
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person Mass Distraction calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
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Officially, the protagonist's name in this game is "Claude". Hacking into the game's files, one can find a text string saying "DEFNAME = CLAUDE" which not only made it clear his name was Claude, but also hinted at a removed mechanic allowing the player to rename the main character. As a result, many also believe he is Claude Speed, the protagonist of GTA2.

Sam Houser claimed that the GTA3 protagonist did not have a name as he was merely the player's avatar, but would later be named "Claude" as of San Andreas, as everyone had taken to calling him that.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Removed Feature, Suggested, Theory, Unused Content
person MightyKombat calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Persona 4 Arena
Persona 4 Arena (2012)
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The color palate switch was meant to make the playable charters look like past Persona characters, Guilty Gear characters or BlazBlue characters.
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person Outofmind23 calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Dead Rising 2
Dead Rising 2 (2010)
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Attachment The "Goblin Mask" is based on Blanka from Street Fighter.
This is furthered by a combo weapon utilizing this mask and a battery to create a weapon called "Roaring Thunder" which shocks all zombies in radius to the target.
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person Psychospacecow calendar_month May 17, 2013
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