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Athena
Apr 18, 2009 11:53:39 GMT -5
Post by stefanl on Apr 18, 2009 11:53:39 GMT -5
BTW here is the original artwork side by side with the gamebox... i regret i never bought that art from Wakelin:
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Athena
May 21, 2009 0:31:08 GMT -5
Post by boogiecat on May 21, 2009 0:31:08 GMT -5
Yeah that one is awesome!!
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Athena
Oct 15, 2015 16:18:36 GMT -5
Post by drpepperfan on Oct 15, 2015 16:18:36 GMT -5
shmuplations.com/athena/ Short interview from 1993 about the creation of Athena. Also developer comments from the Psycho Soldier strategy guide. "Athena is a game where you power-up your armor as you get stronger, so a costume like that was necessary for the game design. It honestly wasn’t done for titillation." Kappa.
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Athena
Jan 19, 2016 15:16:58 GMT -5
Post by drpepperfan on Jan 19, 2016 15:16:58 GMT -5
Interview with Toshiyuki Nakai about the early years of SNK shmuplations.com/snkorigins/ As the designer of the character herself, there's a sizable amount of info about making Athena and Psycho Soldier.
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Athena
Jan 19, 2016 16:37:06 GMT -5
Post by Kubo Caskett on Jan 19, 2016 16:37:06 GMT -5
I have read the article and I'm thinking to myself, whatever happened to the G-Mantle Guy? According to SNK Wiki, he (or it) was replaced by Terry Bogard for some reason, probably to be a metaphor for SNK's fighting game addiction I guess.
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Athena
Jan 19, 2016 21:47:13 GMT -5
Post by drpepperfan on Jan 19, 2016 21:47:13 GMT -5
Terry worked better as a mascot really. Not only was he universally beloved by SNK fans, he was iconic as hell (all you need is his hat to know who he is). I don't really think mascots for video game companies who don't come from a game really work (Hi Captain Commando).
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Athena
Jan 19, 2016 22:39:59 GMT -5
Post by Nester the Lark on Jan 19, 2016 22:39:59 GMT -5
SNK Playmore's official Twitter account is named G-Mantle. I remember back when it was first created in 2013, it also used him as the icon, and hash-tagged a lot of tweets with "#Hahaha". It was almost like a role-play account. Too bad it doesn't have that much personality now.
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Athena
Jan 19, 2016 22:49:34 GMT -5
Post by Kubo Caskett on Jan 19, 2016 22:49:34 GMT -5
SNK Playmore's official Twitter account is named G-Mantle. I remember back when it was first created in 2013, it also used him as the icon, and hash-tagged a lot of tweets with "#Hahaha". It was almost like a role-play account. Too bad it doesn't have that much personality now. Nowadays it's shilling KOF XIV and the Asstack abomination (and Derpfense too), hopefully it should be shilling more than those starting this year.
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Athena
Jul 27, 2016 15:29:52 GMT -5
Post by Frau Doppelganger on Jul 27, 2016 15:29:52 GMT -5
I remember sinking so many hours into the original Athena game during my childhood. I was tenacious enough to make it to World of Hell but never managed to finish the game.
I'm also going to have to side with scylla as far as her character design does. I prefer her thicker, cuter designs.
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Athena
Sept 19, 2017 14:30:45 GMT -5
Post by drpepperfan on Sept 19, 2017 14:30:45 GMT -5
"Athena: On Stage puts you in the role of the singing idol variation, and looks to be some kind of sim/dating game, along with the usual selection of mini-games. I think? One of those cutesy bullshit fanservice games, I guess."
lol old hg101 articles.
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