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Post subject: Cultural and Historical References *SPOILERS*
PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 2:35 am 
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In this thread, I'm going to make a list of many of the cultural and historical references made in the game that may have flown over the average player's head. Don't expect it to be complete any time soon, but I'll do my best to get things updated in a reasonable amount of time.

Characters and NPCs
Spoiler! :
Amundsen - Reference to Roald Amundsen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen
Basil - Character from the film version of Zorba the Greek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek_(film)
Chief Churchil - Based on Winston Churchill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill
Dankichi - Based on boxing trainer from Hajime No Ippo http://ippo.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Doctor Jones - Reference to Indiana Jones
Gibo (Aiko Gibo) - Famous Japanese psychic
Glover (Thomas Blake Glover) - Scottish man who had business in Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blake_Glover
Jimsy - Character from Future Boy Conan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Boy_Conan
Chief Lenon (John Lenon)
Linda (formerly Linda McCartney)
McCartney (Paul McCartney)
Mr. Clark (William Smith Clark) - Advised Japanese government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Clark
Nemo - Character created bu Jules Verne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Nemo
Sherlock Holmes IX - Descendant of THAT Holmes
Tarkovsky - Based on Russian filmmaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Tarkovsky
Vanya - Character in Uncle Vanya by Chekhov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Vanya
Watson - Based on character in Sherlock Holmes
Zorba - Character from the film version of Zorba the Greek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek_(film)


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