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Attachment In response to fans of Antonblast and Pizza Tower attempting to start an arbitrary rivalry between the two games, Antonblast creator Tony Grayson tweeted "Why not both?" with an illustration of Anton and Peppino kissing.
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person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 15, 2024
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Attachment Jewel Ghoul's boss fight opens with him striking a pose where he holds one hand in front of his chest and points the other at the viewer while leaning back. This plus his outfit – a bright, colorful zoot suit – references a shot of Daffy Duck from the 1946 Looney Tunes short "Book Revue". Meanwhile, the smaller versions of himself used as flunkies appear to be modeled on another zoot suit worn by Tom in the 1944 Tom and Jerry short "The Zoot Cat". The juxtaposition of these references appears to nod to an internet meme which portrays these renditions of Daffy and Tom as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure characters, owed to their bright outfits and stylized poses unintentionally paralleling JoJo author Hirohiko Araki's distinctive art style.
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Gameplay footage of the Jewel Ghoul fight (starts at 23:23):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66N-5YEQPLM#t=1403s

Reddit post directly comparing the opening shot and Daffy's pose:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ANTONBLAST/comments/1h8so62/huh/

KnowYourMeme page for the Zoot Suit Daffy & Tom memes:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zoot-suit-daffy-duck-literally-me
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The choice to give each room in Antonblast its own individual name was inspired by Commodore 64 single-screen platformers, particularly the bootleg game Snoopy by Radarsoft BV.
subdirectory_arrow_right Antonball Deluxe (Game)
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Anton was originally supposed to be an alcoholic in Antonball Deluxe, but the publisher forced the developers to remove that element, and he would drink sodas and floats instead. Anton would be made a drunkard in Antonblast, and the plot of the new game would revolve around rescuing his collection of "spirits".
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Brendan O'Brien, the original voice of Crash Bandicoot from the character's inception until 2001, was in talks to do voice work for Antonblast, but unfortunately passed away in March 2023 before he could record any lines.
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In a trailer for the game and the design and description of the Spray Can costume "Anton's Daughter", it is jokingly implied that Anton is the father of Amy Rose from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. This is a reference to a fan art trend following the reveal of Sonic Origins, where fans would portray Anton as a friend or family member to Amy after her spinning hammer attacks shared a resemblance to Anton's hammer attacks.
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 5, 2023
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The alternate palettes "Warrior Land" and "SS Syrup" are both references to the Wario Land series, the primary inspiration for Antonblast. Their descriptions also allude to this, with the former stating "We owe it all to him" (referencing Wario, the titular protagonist of the series), and the latter stating "A wardrobe fit for a Captain" (a reference to Captain Syrup, the main antagonist of the first two Wario Land games).
subdirectory_arrow_right Antonball Deluxe (Game)
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According to creator Tony Grayson, possibly in a joking manner, the Anton characters are all multicoloured as a result of a nuclear war that left only Japan and their home country of the Backburner Peninsula, and are not meant to be any real-world enthicity. Grayson jokingly compared the skin colors of the Anton characters to The Groovenians, a 2002 Cartoon Network pilot that was not picked up for a series.
subdirectory_arrow_right Antonball Deluxe (Game)
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The music track "Super Gangston!" in Antonball Deluxe is a highly distorted early version of "Dynamite Man" from Antonblast, which had not been officially revealed at the time of the game's launch.
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 4, 2023
Antonblast Deluxe - Super Gangston!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0teJ5aMkXNY

Antonblast - Dynamite Man:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM9GWa8r37M

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