Katametle

I can't help but think that the inspiration for Katamari

Came from ...

a dung beetle.

And just for fun

Final Fantasy X-2's Spiritual Ancestor

Those girls with the crazy eyes and dazzling dress spheres in the game

Final Fantasy X-2 is a spiritual decendant of....

Charlie's AngelsSo, yeah... that is all. With the exception of this last picture I found. It's a fun play on visuals and words.

Get it?

Oddworld's Spiritual Ancestor

This crazy guy is descended from...

I know, I know who'd a thunk it. But it's really just a small leap from this...

to this...

Oddworld incorporated a lot of the same feel that Prince of Persia had. Running and jumping. Acrobatic puzzle solving with your life on the line. And the Scrabs and Paramites scared the snot out of me.

(Scrab, fast and lethal.)

(Paramite, like a cross between a spider and a pit bull. I think they scare me the most. To this day I have nightmares.)

God of War's Spiritual Ancestor

It's true. God of war is a spiritual descendant of the good old NES's

Perhaps you may recall the box art better than the title screen.

This was a great game for the NES. It was ahead of it's time. It was also hard. No mater how hard or how long I tried I never beat this one. But it was good.

Kung Fu Panda's Spiritual Ancestor

It's true, Kung Fu Panda decended from...

Well, maybe not. Maybe not directly. But for some reason I get the same feel from them. I mean they both have animals that perform feats of martial arts, and... They both have a Oriental theme to them. Well that's close enough for me, and it should be close enough for you. At any rate I liked the movie, and I liked the game.