>According to a magazine article for Incite Video Gaming Magazine about Ridge Racer 64 for the Nintendo 64 from February 2000[2], a Japanese male developer couldn't find a woman's face for Reiko so he had a quick shave, conducted a spot of eyebrow plucking and scanned his own head in as Reiko is "part man".
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Huh. didn't know that.
I'd fuck him
>Incite
>Makes alot of inflammatory articles
>Taking shit journalism seriosly
Neck yourself OP.
It seems awfully specific, and seems to be citing some Japanese source. This is exactly the sort of thing that would appear in Weekly Famitsu, Dengeki Playstation, or something like that.
RR4 era Reiko has a very masculine face. She looks kinda troony.
why does it look like she's lying on the ground?
Isn't she like 50 at this point.
For me, it's the other Nagase.
angels never age.
She isn't a scan you fucking retard, there's an artist credited for her design. Incite just made up some racist crap because that's how western journalism works.
Looks like Bjork.
>She isn't a scan you fucking retard, there's an artist credited for her design.
That would be the CG artist. It isn't crazy to scan or to use a photo as a basis for the cg model. That's probably what happened. No one's saying that they just scanned a face and called it a day. The character is after all completely female and feminized. Just that it is possible the article is right, and for a quick time saving move they used their own face as a base model.
The bags under her eyes are hot
dat gap tho
R4 era Reiko is the cutest one, though. New Reiko (RR6 onwards) looks too much like any other Japanese CG waifu.
So would I, but I've still never seen any source for that information ever aside from one blurb from a press-starved magazine
I'd believe it were it not for the fact that Namco had a shoestring budget with dev teams of about six people at the time and scanning faces or photos, even as a base, wouldn't make much sense since so many of their artists were traditional pixel-pushers and well versed in making something from nothing.
For me, it's the other other Nagase.
they got rid of them on her new model, and the stick-out teeth, too
I was ready to call bullshit on this, but I dunno. Slim down the nose and narrow the chin, and I can see it.
And some girls look like their dad. Whatever.
Reiko Nagase from Ridge Racer 2(psp), is best Nagase.
>Tekken is still alive
>AC is back
>Pac-Man is getting compilations and a World remake
>Klonoa remasters are out soon
>Ridge Racer is still FUCKING DEAD
A good middle ground, yeah. She still has the bigger eyes and smile of the old model before they narrowed everything down for RR3D, and the bit of character in the intro/finale videos and trailers is great, especially that damn smile in the .gif you posted.
Always found it funny how the Nagase template became a mainstay of the series that she didn't even originate in.
No like unbounded, and 7, while good, didnt bring anything new. Ridge racer is too traditional for its own good.
Its going the way of FZero GX. There isnt anything new you can do.
>especially that damn smile in the .gif you posted.
They had her smile down for a long time. Must be protected at all cost.