 04-27-2009, 07:38 PM | #18 |
| No avatar, no justice, no dreams, no hope! Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender:  Posts: 15,507 Thanks: 732 Thanked 1,158 Times in 751 Posts | Quote: | Originally Posted by Wiki It began life as a prototype created by Masahiro Sakurai and Satoru Iwata in their spare time titled Kakuto-Gēmu Ryūō (格闘ゲーム竜王?, lit. "Dragon King: The Fighting Game"), and originally featured no Nintendo characters. However, Sakurai hit on the idea of including fighters from different Nintendo franchises in order to provide "atmosphere" which he felt was necessary for a home console fighting game, and his idea was approved. | Think I read an interview with Sakurai saying something like that. |
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