Thread:Loconator3000/@comment-5688420-20170602235244/@comment-1899606-20170604082159

Actually, it was done by Arika under the supervision of Namco at the time.

Also, did you know that the game also had two exclusive guests as request from the CEO of SBE at the time to represent the friendliness and fun the company did with others. However, the ones chosen: Lupin the Third and Kamen Rider RX would present problems in the overseas versions of the game because of their obscurity at the time (And the issue with the Lupin name), and needed to find characters that could fit their formats in the other regions. Luckily, the CEO reached out to  companies like Production I.G and even Lucasfilm, and worked out a deal for the inclusion of their characters at least for one game. Lupin the Third would be replaced by Motoko Kusanagi and Kamen Rider RX would be replaced by Luke Skywalker itself.