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Video game characters who are based from other characters
- Thread starter Boss Doggie
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Most of the original characters were inspired by different characters from various media.
This basically:
...BE those characters ?
is suposed to be
????
ShockingAlberto
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In fairness to Nomura, the specific instruction he was given was "Make a female Cloud."
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I always thought Viper was more of Mature.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I've heard a rumor Mega Man came about because Capcom couldn't get the rights to Astro Boy...but yeah, there's an obvious similarity there.
And of course you have Protoman who's a mix of Racer X and Char Aznable.
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
Everything Pokemon.
lol
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Fixed for the character she's based on more.
Viper black widow
Same color pallete
Job
Down to the name
Viper Vanessa
Honestly now that i look at her design-wise Viper makes me think of Storm.
She was even in marvel vs capcom games.
snow in jamaica
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Dio was also inspired by Baoh, another Hirohiko Araki character.
Weltall Zero
Member
Tekken is... not too subtle about it.
They completely embrace it, though, attaching tropes and even secondary costumes from their inspirations onto the characters. It's all very lovingly done.
Aside from the white, long hair and cursed sword, I hardly see them having much in common. Elric is brooding and tortured, while Arthas is at first a self-righteous zealot before his turn, then a murderous sadist that thoroughly enjoys killing and defiling everything in his path. They're oddly similar in that their alignment ultimately opposes their culture's, each being a reverse of the other.
They completely embrace it, though, attaching tropes and even secondary costumes from their inspirations onto the characters. It's all very lovingly done.
Aside from the white, long hair and cursed sword, I hardly see them having much in common. Elric is brooding and tortured, while Arthas is at first a self-righteous zealot before his turn, then a murderous sadist that thoroughly enjoys killing and defiling everything in his path. They're oddly similar in that their alignment ultimately opposes their culture's, each being a reverse of the other.
BotchPoppaPump
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Old Guts.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I wish Jackie Chan is more homaged than Bruce Lee, but I guess his fighting style is too varied.
I have to reply simply for the sheer amount of World Heroes love in the OP.
There's tons of them in that series since they're supposed to be fictionalized people throughout history.
The guy bringing the heroes to their fights is Doc Brown presumably inspired by the same character in Back to the Future.
There's tons of them in that series since they're supposed to be fictionalized people throughout history.
The guy bringing the heroes to their fights is Doc Brown presumably inspired by the same character in Back to the Future.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I'll always love that Guile is based on a Nazi.
The irony, I can almost taste it.
The irony, I can almost taste it.
semiconscious
Member
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not_so_special
Banned
Aaronrules380
Member
I don't think Chrono was inspired by Gohan, it's just that Akira Toriyama was the designer of both and a lot of his hero characters have similar looks
TharpDaddy
Member
Not sure if it fits since it's not really a character, but Ten Count from Battle Arena Toshinden 3 is pretty much an exact rip off of Michael Jackson. He even moon walks when backing up and has a hilariously bad voice imitation.
Huh?
First off that's just Toriyama's style. He's not based on Gohan.
Secondly, Cloud? Wat.
Seven Force
Banned
Here's one I've always liked: Gregory Edgeworth from Ace Attorney is based on Atticus Finch, from To Kill a Mockingbird.
IIRC, the localization took it a step further and gave him his first name as a homage to Gregory Peck, the actor that portrayed Finch in the film adaptation.
IIRC, the localization took it a step further and gave him his first name as a homage to Gregory Peck, the actor that portrayed Finch in the film adaptation.
Holy Order Sol
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Zephyr from Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is pretty much Dio.
BotchPoppaPump
Member
I'd never put these two together before. Good one.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
The inspiration of a thousand monsters on a thousand games
Stone Ocean
Member
Neo Dio is like 3 Jojo/Araki characters in one lol
Donte looks nothing like this in the final gameDonte from DmC: Devil May Cry is Tameem, the game's creator.
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ShinMaruku
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Shamrock7r
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Nintendo has made variations of Mario and Luigi in other games, notably Zelda
Tarin from Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Talon and Ingo from Ocarina of Time, and their counterparts in Majora's Mask
Tarin from Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Talon and Ingo from Ocarina of Time, and their counterparts in Majora's Mask
Ramon from KOF, Tizoc from Garou and King from Tekken are all tangentially based on Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), the real life wrestler, orphan care taker, and priest who also inspired the movie Nacho Libre. In fact, any wrestler who has "helps orphans" as his back story is based on him.
There is an enemy in Persona 3 that is a shadow version of Hulk Hogan, he seems to be a popular choice for this.
Waku Waku 7 had a character that was a parody of Indiana Jones and another who was a parody of Ryu.
That infamous interviewer from mass effect 3.
Yun and his brother were designed to resemble characters from Gundam Wing, i believe.
There is an enemy in Persona 3 that is a shadow version of Hulk Hogan, he seems to be a popular choice for this.
Waku Waku 7 had a character that was a parody of Indiana Jones and another who was a parody of Ryu.
That infamous interviewer from mass effect 3.
Yun and his brother were designed to resemble characters from Gundam Wing, i believe.
MrJoobJoob
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Mirrors Edge villain:
EA CEO Andrew Wilson:
Source: stolen from Twitter
EA CEO Andrew Wilson:
Source: stolen from Twitter
Alex and Hugo from Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
Mindblown.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh yeah Bob from Tekken is based from Sammo Hung.
Oh right, Yun and Yang and based off of Duo and Trowa from Gundam Wing.
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