- Team Ninja considered giving Ryu's arm curse the form of a snake
- the idea was to make it look scaly up his arm, and then take over his body
- the Curse of the Dragon Sword is a result of karma
- this causes Ryu to be haunted by the hundreds of people that he has killed in the past
- this is to show Ryu's inner conflict
- The Mask of the Regent is Ryu’s rival in this game
- he is a master alchemist, an expert swordsman, and he wants Ryu to suffer
- Mizuki is a half Japanese, half British member of the Air Self-Defense Force
- she plays a secret role in the story