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It's becoming increasingly common to see the deceased recreated digitally for video games. We spoke to Capcom about how the late Toshirō Mifune became the face of Onimusha: Way of the Sword's protagonist, the approach taken, his family's thoughts, and more. gameinformer.com/exclusive-fe...

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It's kind of funny how they wanted to do an original version of Musashi, so naturally they got a guy who's well known for his role as Musashi lol. That's like getting Mark Hamill to voice Joker but not *that* Joker, but also yes we want you to think about *that* Joker, but he's not *that* one.

Back in 2002 I remember thinking it was weiiiiiird that they decided to use (the late) Yusaku Matsuda's likeness in Onimusha 2. Like...?? ...??? Dead people cannot give consent to use their legacy to promote something

Still probably gonna skip it because of it. Honestly, probably would've skipped Onimusha 2 if I'd known it used a dead actor's likeness, too. On top of being grody, it also just kinda feels like a squandered opportunity to create something new.