Kamiya cites Voltron, Power Rangers as influences for The Wonderful 101
Coming from an MTV interview with Hideki Kamiya...
"That’s a huge factor. That’s the stuff that I grew up with, and yearned for as a boy. Growing up with 'Kamen Rider,' 'Ultraman,' and 'Voltron' - this idea of heroes is something that I’ve always been fond of, and everything that’s in the game now comes from that fondness in my heart, and stuff that’s really close to me. You have these units of rangers, like the Power Rangers, and you have a group of these heroes that form, and typically they’re in groups of five. So suddenly you hear about having a group of one hundred of these guys, wow - there’s going to be one hundred different heroes taking on these enemies, and it’s almost got this humorous twist to it like just imagining one hundred of these heroes."
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"That’s a huge factor. That’s the stuff that I grew up with, and yearned for as a boy. Growing up with 'Kamen Rider,' 'Ultraman,' and 'Voltron' - this idea of heroes is something that I’ve always been fond of, and everything that’s in the game now comes from that fondness in my heart, and stuff that’s really close to me. You have these units of rangers, like the Power Rangers, and you have a group of these heroes that form, and typically they’re in groups of five. So suddenly you hear about having a group of one hundred of these guys, wow - there’s going to be one hundred different heroes taking on these enemies, and it’s almost got this humorous twist to it like just imagining one hundred of these heroes."
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