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> It's one of those things that looks blindly obvious in hindsight and makes you wonder how it took so long for someone to think of it. Particularly since the
by catalogia 6y ago
> It's one of those things that looks blindly obvious in hindsight and makes you wonder how it took so long for someone to think of it.
Particularly since the movie Battle Royale had a mechanic that filled the same role (sectors of the island were declared off limits to force students to encounter each other.) Not quite the same implementation, but I think basically the same idea.
- toomanybeersies 6y agoI think it's due to the success of the Hunger Games franchise, which introduced the concept to (Western) pop culture.
- catalogia 6y agoYou're probably right that Hunger Games was the immediate inspiration for PUBG. I understand Hunger Games to basically be an American adaptation of Battle Royale though (and also derivative of The Running Man.) Battle Royale already had "cult classic" status in America by that time. The naming of the genre seems to support the notion that the public was generally aware of Battle Royale. Before Battle Royale the term was in use, but generally referred to free-for-all boxing matches. The modern use of the term to describe Hunger Games or PUBG seems to closely resemble the premise of the Japanese movie/book.