If you're going to reference Akira, I want it to be so obscure that it takes 35 years for people to catch it. - ThreadSky

kaelanramos.bsky.social • 95 days ago

If you're going to reference Akira, I want it to be so obscure that it takes 35 years for people to catch it.

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daltonherriott.bsky.social•43 days ago

Guy who only knows of Akira from the Amiga CD32 game

daltonherriott.bsky.social•43 days ago

I already knew about the cancelled Sega Genesis game, but I never knew about the cancelled Game Boy adaptation lol

https://docpop.org/2018/02/close-look-known-akira-video-games/

powerrr.bsky.social•89 days ago

this fuckin rules lmao

scrollboss.bsky.social•95 days ago

Hilarious. It looks so much more sci-fi compared to everything else in the stage, but I just thought they were trying to make it look interesting.

indigotrance.bsky.social•95 days ago

The bike slide is overdone. This is far more interesting.

bubbabyte.bsky.social•95 days ago

As a huge Final Fight fan, this just blew my mind.

tobydodgen.bsky.social•95 days ago

Wtf…what if Final Fight had been a very different game…

thevideogamelibrary.org•90 days ago

Oh wow, that’s crazy 😃

Nice find, Kaelan!

ussher.ca•89 days ago

I love how much Japanese games from that era just straight up lifted or homaged things the developers liked. It just reminds you these were just nerdy fans as well.

mednafox.bsky.social•95 days ago

https://youtu.be/vOaMpHTm_xk
If you're going to reference Akira, incorporate it into the level design of your game to make your setting feel more scientific

mistacozmoz.bsky.social•95 days ago

holy SHIT

elkamucho.bsky.social•94 days ago

Real talk, I remember watching Akira on a livestream around the same time I was playing Half-Life 1 commenting how the elevators looked like they came from Half-Life.

bigmex1up.bsky.social•94 days ago

They even recreated that detail in Street Fighter 6. I mentioned that detail on my blog. https://streetwriterpodcast.blogspot.com/2023/09/street-fighter-6-master-class-in-game_0103333813.html

mcbradders.bsky.social•76 days ago

📌

spikelknight.bsky.social•89 days ago

Nice spot

stagefatality.bsky.social•95 days ago

perhaps a bit far-fetched or just a coincidence, but the rightmost part of that wall reminds me of the cool hi-tech door in Iron Man's stage intro in Marvel Super Heroes

nfgworld.com•92 days ago

Related (perhaps tenuously):

tomasparant.bsky.social•95 days ago

If you're going to reference Akira, I want it to be so on the nose that you have to redesign the character everytime he dares to show up because of potential copyright issues.