Thanks for taking the time! For fun :
Mega Man 5 inspiration :
- the power up 'basters'
- the four bosses and dungeons you can do in any order
- the boss weaknesses that depend on the order of completion of dungeons
Final Fantasy inspiration :
- The theme of 4 light warriors travelling to the past to get the 4 elemental crystals
- Garland, another warrior of light who travelled to the past to try and fuckup history ( in this case he did)
- The 2 character classes
- Cid, who appears in every game
Batman inspiration :
- Heavily inspired by ' the batman who laughs' which is a recent villain in the comics
- Karl-El is a depowered superman, which I think batman would totally do
- Selena is catwoman
- The arcane synthetics (robot bosses) I think reflect Batman's gadgeteering
That's it! hehe, this part was actually the most fun for me.