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Published: 2006-10-19 22:04:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 9269; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 250
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Here are characters I've designed in the early days of minigolf game project.I thought generic male and female characters in the released mobile version of the minigolf game was too dull. And wanted to bring in some zany characters in the spirit of many fighter game series.
Wacky characters that's kinda over the top...
Well, the idea was rejected... Generally speaking, western game companies tend to shy away from trying to put characters in puzzle games.
well, it was still fun drawing these characters.
I actually drew these on a paper with pencil and scanned them in. I was in the middle of giving them some colors... and it was canned...
Done around 2005 winter...
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western game companies tend to SUCK D:<
these would be great in a minigolf game!
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Some of them look like they would belong on one of the courses in Albatross 18. Really nicely done though. ^^
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I really like the first one. it looks like dr.slump (i hope you know that comic)
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The robot is my favourite one. It looks like a mischief between Great Mazinger, Getter Robot and the master villains of Cyborg 009.
Even the taur sfinx is cool.
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I hate using this term, but the sphinx is made of win. Rejected characters, my goodness. Do Western companies have taste any more? Whatever, I really like these.
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I would totally play a golf game with Mr. Mazinger there.
Or heck, a golf game spun off of Super Robot Wars in general.
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Revolver Stake Iron *has no idea about golf*
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I like these characters...if they don't work in a golf or puzzle game, why not a fighting game or shoot'em up?
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I don't think they are exotic enough for fighting game or shoot'em up.
also, EA Mobile doesn't make fighting or shoot'em up games...
Well... they do havae that Def Jam game...
But, you know what I mean...
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Well, it was a nice thought anyway...
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That's why I reject puzzle games.
Great stuff like that?
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Well, marketing wise, it does make sense... Make the "casual" game look generic as much as possible... So, a lo of different kinds of people can get into it.
Sims is a good example of that...
Of course, it makes the game look blend like there is no tomorrow...
You can't fight with the sales numbers and studies though...
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I see some Akira Toriyama influences in these sketches.
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Probably because they are not in typical SD style that dominates all SD stuff out there these days. It's much in line with Toriyama San's Arare series and the early days of Dragon Ball comic book. His style at that time was the semi SD look you can see here in these characters.
Although I wasn't thinking about his work, I wouldn't be surprised if it influenced me in any way.
There is nothing new under the sun.
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Yeah it does kinda resemble the style in his short stories. Especially the cars. But it is cool, I do not mind it at all actually. It is a nice light-hearted style.
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I love this I want to do like a theme of this as like a contest it seems so cool~!!
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I don't see why the ideas were rejected.
With acouple of 'special strokes', this could of been the perfect ''golf game for people who don't like golf''
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Aww, why are these 'rejected'? They're all great! 
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Oh, wow. @_@ Sorry 'bout that- I need coffee...somehow I managed to completely skip over the description. ._. It's a shame a lot of Western companies don't include characters like these in puzzle games >_<; I think it always adds a lot of life and fun when they are included.
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The third from the top reminds me of a pet on Ragnarok Online.
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Nice concepts.
For some reason, the sphinx and Ling Ling remind me of Marioland. Am I right?
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Sir Richard, Tee, and the sphinx are great. The robot kicks all sorts of ass, especially with a laser golf club.
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I'd so play this game! Characters make things interesting. (Especially these ones)
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Those are awesome torukun! I especially like the sphinx.
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awesome ride. i love the first and last pics.
do Chinese ghosts have legs? or am i thinking of Japanese ghosts...
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chinese vampires are somewhere between zombies and a vampire...
They are essentially a corpse. So, yes. they have feet.
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Hehe...great stuff. Love the sphinx, and something about the explorer at the bottom cracks me up (I think it's his cleft chin).
I, for one, would be much more inclined to play a golf game if zany characters were involved.
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cleft chin rox!
i would like to be able to select different characters too...
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GETTER~~~~~~~!
BEAAAAAAAAAAAAM~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!
Well, reminds me of Black Getter, actually...
But really fun stuff~!
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