Have you ever encountered something minor in a game, which resembles a recurring feature of another game, too uncannily to be coincidence but isn't a
(explicit) shout out, homage or reference?
Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals is one of my most nostalgic games, as I used to play it at my grandma's house as a little boy. Some recurring elements of the series are: the protagonist has red hair and wears blue clothing under his armour; either his love interest or death incarnate has blue hair (usualky, they are the same person, though they threw it around a bit in Lufia 2, giving both death incarnate and the love interest greenish hair and the unlucky childhood friend blue hair).
A few years back I borrowed an American-made JRPG from an uncle (don't ask me why) called Sudeki.
Apart from Elco's HORRENDOUS accent, the game was mostly forgettable, and at the time any similarities just passed over me. However, not to long ago, the realization struck me like a brick to the head: Sudeki's protagonist has red hair, wears blue clothing under his armour and has a blue-haired love interest.
I know JRPG characters tend to have ridiculous colour schemes and designs at time and there most likely are other redhead protagonist, but just try and point me another game with a protagonist matching this description.
(explicit) shout out, homage or reference?Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals is one of my most nostalgic games, as I used to play it at my grandma's house as a little boy. Some recurring elements of the series are: the protagonist has red hair and wears blue clothing under his armour; either his love interest or death incarnate has blue hair (usualky, they are the same person, though they threw it around a bit in Lufia 2, giving both death incarnate and the love interest greenish hair and the unlucky childhood friend blue hair).
A few years back I borrowed an American-made JRPG from an uncle (don't ask me why) called Sudeki.
Apart from Elco's HORRENDOUS accent, the game was mostly forgettable, and at the time any similarities just passed over me. However, not to long ago, the realization struck me like a brick to the head: Sudeki's protagonist has red hair, wears blue clothing under his armour and has a blue-haired love interest.
I know JRPG characters tend to have ridiculous colour schemes and designs at time and there most likely are other redhead protagonist, but just try and point me another game with a protagonist matching this description.
