In his blog, the Muttpop president waxes on the development process behind the Luchadores Five figures. Apparently, some of the early sketches were so inspirational to Silva and Frissen, they "decided we could e-mail bomb our favorite toy companies and a videogame company called Behemoth."

Behemoth had just released ALIEN HOMINID for the Gamecube and Xbox. I really felt like the spirit of that game had something in common with what we were doing. I heard that the Behemoth guys were thinking of doing a multiplayer game so I was trying to convince them to do one with the Luchadores Five and Tequila. Both Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin got back to me via email. They really loved the designs I sent them (I sent the 2 'pitch' jpegs below and a few final pencils images of some of the other characters from Luchadores Five) and were going to talk to their investors about the possibility of collaboration.

Obviously, it didn't work out. But I think I can see some similarities between the green Crasher and the Tequila sketch. Could it be the green luchadore mask?

Muttpop Lucha Libre Beginnings [Muttpop Blog via Offworld]

Chopin-starring RPG Eternal Sonata (AKA Trusty Bell) is released today in Japan, and already there is sequel talk. At a launch party held in Roppongi, a Bandai Namco VP Shin Unozawa floated the word "sequel," saying the company would like to assist in creating one. Nothing official was announced, of course. (Well, a VP saying that is kinda official!)

Best of all, the Roppongi event had popular pro fighter and self-proclaimed Xbox 360 fan Kazushi Sakuraba on hand. Sakuraba often shows up for matches in funny costumes like schoolboy outfits and whatnot. For the launch party, he wore a custom made Trusty Bell lucha libre mask. So cool. Brian Ashcraft

Trusty Bell Event [Famitsu]

Killer 7 in one word: Cool. The game's designer Suda 51? Anyone who turns up at a promotional events for his games wearing a lucha libre mask is, likewise, cool. Currently at work on a new title for the Wii, Suda, who previously worked as an undertaker and a woman's hand bag salesman, also Game Informer how he broke into the industry:

I love Pro Wrestling, there was a company called Human that has already gone bankrupt, and they were making some very popular pro wrestling games in Japan. They were looking for some new people for a new Pro Wrestling game. I didn't really have any game experience, but I really loved Pro Wrestling, so I just applied and I got it. Since then I've been in the game industry.

And like that, the nutty lucha libre bit makes perfect sense. Gosh! Brian Ashcraft

Suda Talks Heroes And Funny Masks [GayGamer]