Reality Fighters is one of the expected launch titles for the upcoming Playstation Vita. In Reality Fighters, players are able to use the device's camera to take a picture of themselves and create a fighter that looks just them them. Once uploaded, the fighter can be adorned with a variety of silly gear to create a unique looking character.
There aren't just created characters in Reality Fighters. One of these unlockable included characters, as reported by Joystiq, will be none other than Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) from the Karate Kid series. The character obviously can't be voiced by Mr. Morita so a voice actor will imitate the man for the vocal effects.
I find this extremely icky. Ever since the inclusion of Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero, I wondered what the appeal of including a dead person in a video game really is. Some may argue that it's an honor to be included in a product but if they are dead, why would they care? Not to mention the fact that companies only do it for the money and press around doing such a thing, not to honor that person. This is a trend I do not wish to see continue.
In fact, why do we feel the need to include real people in our games at all? Game developers have the ability to make ANYTHING they want as character designs and yet most of them make people based on other people or boring, bland stereotypes that we are all getting tired of. Take charge and mix things up, guys.
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