It's probably been mentioned but Suda legit said he was based on Johnny Knoxville right?
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Video game characters that were, ahem, "inspired by" characters from other media
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I guess I'd buy that. Dark Knight Returns would have been out around that time too. It also has a dystopian vibe.
Niko's design and likeness from GTAIV is straight-up lifted from the bad guy from the movie Behind Enemy Lines:
This was far more blatant.
This was far more blatant.
Isn't russians wearing jogging suits a stereotype in itself?
Its a general Slav stereotype that is not exclusive to Russians.
Niko's design and likeness from GTAIV is straight-up lifted from the bad guy from the movie Behind Enemy Lines:
This actor was actually contacted by Rockstar Games who wanted to cast him in GTA IV, but he turned the role down.
Wolfgang Krauser from Fatal Fury/KOF was based on Charles Istaz AKA Karl Krauser, a Belgian/German wrestler who moved to Japan and became a pivotal figure in the Japanese pro wrestling scene.
We aren't weird for thinking it was Ellen Page, so it's okay. I thought so too. She bore a striking resemblance to her. When I found out she wasn't, I audibly said something like, "ah yeah that's bullshit lol."
This one is the most blatant one here, I feel. Characters like Snake eventually transitioned character-wise from their inspiration, but York is just straight up a slightly hammier Coop. IIRC, in early versions of the game, York even looked just like Coop,but they changed it (as well as the Sheriff's look).Not exactly the same looking but like...
Bumping this because I just saw the Crusher Joe movie, and I wonder if Talos here may have inspired the visuals of Final Fantasy VII's Barrett.
I also suspect that the Jellyfish Pirates from Guilty Gear was inspired by Sol Bianca; they're an all-female team of space pirates named after months. May is the youngest one, and in the original version she's a mech pilot and engineer.
The remake might have cued in on this since it had a scene where May is in a cartoony pirate costume.
I also suspect that the Jellyfish Pirates from Guilty Gear was inspired by Sol Bianca; they're an all-female team of space pirates named after months. May is the youngest one, and in the original version she's a mech pilot and engineer.
The remake might have cued in on this since it had a scene where May is in a cartoony pirate costume.
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You're killing me, you left out the best one, my man Jann Lee from DoA. Most fun version of Bruce Lee to play as IMHO.
What a shame to think that :/King from Tekken and Guin from Guin Saga.
A few years back I was reading Ashita no Joe for the first time, and came across the character Harimao. It became immediately apparent that Blanka from Street Fighter was heavily "inspired" by him being an wild man fighter with almost ape like arms, and a penchant for jumping and rolling in mid air. Though outside of that, Blanka's a good deal different, since he was a child who got lost in the jungle and raised by animals, while Harimao is a pretty insensitive caricature.
Blanka being a white kid who was lost in a travel accident and grew up in the jungle is more Tarzan than Harimao, I think, although that might be where his fighting style came from. Tarzan is even supposed to mean "white" like Blanka does. Harimao is from a tribal society, an actual cultural outsider that Joe claims himself to be.
Might be similar to how Dhalsim's fighting style comes from Master of the Flying Guillotine's La Seng, the Indian fighter with stretchy arms, but his storyline is basically Nam from Dragonball.
How many countless alien monsters were direct ripoffs of H.R. Gigers Alien?
Contra and Metroid come to mind. But so many miscellaneous monsters in games from the 80s and 90s ripped off the Giger art style and Alien as well as facehugger design.
Contra and Metroid come to mind. But so many miscellaneous monsters in games from the 80s and 90s ripped off the Giger art style and Alien as well as facehugger design.
High Lord Wolnir (Dark Souls 3)
Barragan Luisenbarn (Bleach)
Both have attacks that fire a poisonous/decaying miasma too.
Guess it's not easy coming up with original designs for 20+ bosses, and From got tired of ripping Berserk and Bastard!! for once, lol.
I mean, that is the inspiration.
Barragan Luisenbarn (Bleach)
Both have attacks that fire a poisonous/decaying miasma too.
Guess it's not easy coming up with original designs for 20+ bosses, and From got tired of ripping Berserk and Bastard!! for once, lol.
I'm stretching too much here, but I'm having fun.
I mean, that is the inspiration.
The entire overarching plot of Honkai Impact 3rd (MiHoYo developed, their previous game before Genshin Impact) is VERY heavily inspired from Evangelion.
Ancient celestial type race, Honkai, invade the earth and the best/only way to fight them is with a mixture of their tech on modified humans.
A big goal of the game is to prevent the 3rd eruption/impact (just like Evangelion), with the 2nd one having happened in the year 2000... just like Eva.
There's a secret society that basically runs the show (Shicksal) that has heavy SEELE/NERV overtones, and the closest thing to a main villain, Otto Apocalypse, is a guy who is ready to doom the entire world in order to get back his dead female love interest, much like Gendo.
The game even had an official Evangelion crossover earlier this year that I sadly missed, but it actually added Asuka as a playable character and Eva-inspired costumes for a few existing characters.
Ancient celestial type race, Honkai, invade the earth and the best/only way to fight them is with a mixture of their tech on modified humans.
A big goal of the game is to prevent the 3rd eruption/impact (just like Evangelion), with the 2nd one having happened in the year 2000... just like Eva.
There's a secret society that basically runs the show (Shicksal) that has heavy SEELE/NERV overtones, and the closest thing to a main villain, Otto Apocalypse, is a guy who is ready to doom the entire world in order to get back his dead female love interest, much like Gendo.
The game even had an official Evangelion crossover earlier this year that I sadly missed, but it actually added Asuka as a playable character and Eva-inspired costumes for a few existing characters.
Weird that no one mentioned it yet but there's a widely accepted term to describe these type of characters that are "heavily inspired" by another more popular one, and it's "EXPY" (from the other Wiki) .