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Yeah that's true that's how those inspirations came to be, as for Popeye, Jumpman represents Popeye DK represents Bluto, while Jumpman's girlfriend represents Olive, also what's your definition of anime style games?

i would rather wacht then read but because often the anime doesn't follow the storyline toroughly or they don't finish the story like with katekyo hitman reborn so i prefer reading manga because it mostly reaches it's climax /conclusion in the end but if i watch the anime i don't read the manga until after the anime gets canceled or ends because to me it's no fun to watch sins i already know what wil happen got something else yo wish to know ?

Also for how original look at Hyper Dimension Neptunia,Disgaea,Jak and Daxter,Banjo Kazooie,Ape Escape and so forth, with each new console release came new original IPs such as those. When past systems such as N64,Snes,PS1,PS2 first came those new IPs were released, when Ps3 first came Hyper Dimension was first released, I mean come on we hardly have any originality nowadays. Anyway enough of my rant I just want the game industry to go back where it once was, but it's continuously spiraling downwards.

My original characters were inspired by real ppl I know, and characters from various anime and video games. My artwork maybe anime style, but at least they don't follow those overused character archetypes. While I personally have no problems with archetypes, it just bugs me when their being shoved in your face, Star Ocean 4 is a perfect example of how annoying the characters are and the archetypes continuously being beaten to death. There are some archetypes I actually love though, like the Shonen main character archetype that cares deeply for his friends, and there's the mysterious girl archetype. Tales of Graces F uses character archetypes but it isn't being beaten to death and is actually used in perfect timing.

Actually you were spot on about what you said. The original Donkey Kong was inspired by Popeye and King Kong. The character Mario was inspired by Nintendo of America's old boss, who's name was Mario also. There's a difference between inspiration and simply copying. All these military first person shooters are direct ripoffs of CoD just to make money, since CoD is one of the top selling games in the world. Companies want that sucess and as a result they toss aside any originality just to make that large sum of money. Gone are the days of original IP's and creative games and innovation.

may I ask why?

they are good to have, but I mean...can't always get to or rely on book stores. When my fave book store closed down, I picked up my cell and got busy (reading).