Nausicaa games
Aug 27, 2012 22:27:21 GMT -5
Post by Kid Fenris on Aug 27, 2012 22:27:21 GMT -5
Hayao Miyazaki hates just about everything invented after 1935, so he probably disliked video games well before Nausicaa was turned into one.
Other games with Nausicca references:
Riot (arcade): There's a god-warrior head at the end of the first stage, not far beyond an impaled Robocop.
Earnest Evans (Genesis/Sega CD): The China level has an underground cavern straight out of Nausicaa.
Alisia Dragoon (Genesis): The bug-fish airship in the third stage is Nausicaa as all hell.
Final Fantasy: Chocobos, but everyone noticed this already.
Panzer Dragoon: Lots of visual similarities, though that may be due to the influence of Moebius, who also inspired Miyazaki.
Galaxian (NES): Not quite the same as the above, but there's a hidden sound test with a tune from Nausicaa. Listen to it here: tcrf.net/Galaxian_%28NES%29
As this 1up.com article points out, plenty of games were inspired by Nausicaa's opening credits, which show a made-up human history in carvings and tapestries. Game Arts' Lunar 2 and Givro's Wonder Project J2 are pretty good examples of this imitation, and they're both descendants of the film in a weird way. Game Arts grew out of Gainax, which had in its ranks a bunch of animators from Nausicaa (including Mahiro Maeda, who you'll see in Lunar's credits). And Wonder Project J2's anime director, Umanosuke Iida, was also a Nausicaa animator.
Other games with Nausicca references:
Riot (arcade): There's a god-warrior head at the end of the first stage, not far beyond an impaled Robocop.
Earnest Evans (Genesis/Sega CD): The China level has an underground cavern straight out of Nausicaa.
Alisia Dragoon (Genesis): The bug-fish airship in the third stage is Nausicaa as all hell.
Final Fantasy: Chocobos, but everyone noticed this already.
Panzer Dragoon: Lots of visual similarities, though that may be due to the influence of Moebius, who also inspired Miyazaki.
Galaxian (NES): Not quite the same as the above, but there's a hidden sound test with a tune from Nausicaa. Listen to it here: tcrf.net/Galaxian_%28NES%29
As this 1up.com article points out, plenty of games were inspired by Nausicaa's opening credits, which show a made-up human history in carvings and tapestries. Game Arts' Lunar 2 and Givro's Wonder Project J2 are pretty good examples of this imitation, and they're both descendants of the film in a weird way. Game Arts grew out of Gainax, which had in its ranks a bunch of animators from Nausicaa (including Mahiro Maeda, who you'll see in Lunar's credits). And Wonder Project J2's anime director, Umanosuke Iida, was also a Nausicaa animator.
