Q
from Street Fighter III: 3rd Strikeis
a mysterious fellow... shrouded in mystery... but
we do know a fictional character he was inspired from. Robot Detective is a
tokusatsu superhero TV series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced
by Toei Company Ltd. The show was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 5th to
September 27th, 1973. Q's mask and stylish jacket was definitely based
on "K" from Robot Detective.
Inspector
Gadget & Q
Not only
their clothing attire, but the fact that they both seem to be made of
metal brings this one to the table. If only Q had extending arms and and
hat-copter.
K9999
& Tetsuo
SNK
unapologetically based KOF 2001's K9999 off of Tetsuo from the iconic
anime film, Akira (1988). The similarity is most apparent during K9999's
super move (above) featuring his disgusting-yet-cool cybernetic flesh
arm. SNK thought it was a good idea at the time of KOF
2001's release,
but decided to remove the character from the series immediately after to
avoid potential lawsuits from the creators of Akira.
King &
Tiger Mask
Tiger
Mask started out as a Japanese manga series in 1968. Many years
later, the character has lived on, portrayed by various Japanese
pro-wrestlers. While King wears a Jaguar mask, there are many
elements of King's design heavily influenced by Tiger Mask. Just
like in TEKKEN's storyline (with King II succeeding King I), the
originalTiger Mask dies while saving a child and is succeeded by
Tiger Mask 2. Tiger Mask also has a rival named Black Tiger (Armor King
anyone?). Not only do they share storyline traits and visual
appearances, but a handful of King's in-game moves are inspired by moves
performed by Japanese pro-wrestlers who portrayed Tiger Mask in the
ring.
Armor
King & The Hound
When
The Hound (Sandor Clegane) from Game of Thrones dons his badass
helmet in the beginning of the series... he is basically Armor
King. The
actor who plays him (Rory McCann) stands 6' 6" in real life, with TEKKEN's
iconic pro-wrestler standing 6' 4". To state the obvious, they're
both giants, and badass, memorable characters in their respective
series! You can also equip Armor King with a giant knight's sword in
several TEKKEN games.
Star
Fox & Rocket Raccoon
At first,
most gamers might call Rocket Raccoon a rip-off of the Nintendo
icon, Star Fox. In actuality, Rocket Raccoon is the elder of the two,
first appearing in Marvel Preview #7 (1976)... with the first Star Fox
game coming out in 1993. Were Nintendo's designers secretly inspired by
Marvel's obscure space Raccoon? There's no way to tell, and they'd
probably never admit to it... but I think it's possible.
Darun
Mister & Wario
Darrun
Mister is a huge wrestler from Street
Fighter EX (actual based on real life wrestler, the Great Ganma).
However, check out the similarities with Wario from Nintendo. It's all
about the mustache in this case... well, maybe a little bit more than
that actually. Wario actually seems to have a Middle Eastern accent in
some instances, and if Wario did fight... I imagine he'd use some kind of
wrestling.
Baki
the Grappler & Gai
Tendo
Gai Tendo is
indeed loosely based on Baki from the manga/anime, Baki
The Grappler. The similarities between them are obvious, notably the
bright-ass orange hair and MMA fighting style. I'm also pretty certain that the SNK artist
that drew the Card Fighters Clash artwork above (Falcoon), used
that specific Baki The Grappler artwork above (on the left) as a
reference. I'd imagine if you're not familiar with either of the
characters above... you probably can't even tell them apart.
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