Stellar Blade's director is unsurprisingly a big fan of 2B and Tifa, but his inspirations also include some of Tekken's leading ladies and a GameCube cult classic
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Given the unrelenting thirst inspired by Stellar Blade’s Eve, you might not be surprised to learn that director Hyung-Tae Kim is a big fan of some of gaming’s most notable sex symbols, including Final Fantasy 7’s Tifa and Nier: Automata’s 2B. But you might not have expected Eve to have been inspired by the lead of a 21-year-old GameCube cult classic.
Australian magazineStackasked Kim what his favorite PlayStation heroines were, and he responded “This is a very difficult question because there are so many… Michelle and Nina from Tekken 2, Tifa from Final Fantasy XII [sic], 2B from NieR: Automata, and so many more for different reasons. I think I like the idea of having an independent and strong side to them without hiding their own charms.”
Yes, Stellar Blade’s Eve sees you staring at her, just like Nier Automata’s 2B and Death Stranding’s Sam knew what was happening.
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