MSD2 is inspired by a little bit of Sonic, a dash of Mario, a sprinkling of James Pond: Robocod, blended together with a dousing of my own imagination.
A deadly and dangerous yet dreadfully delightful ... mix
Inspiration for me is from other games that are too hard to replicate, or TV. It's not incredibly difficult to come up with Platfomer/RPG storylines really. Just grab yourself a bad guy with a bad name and you're half way there! Providing its of good quality etc.. and that you avoid using the names Dr Robotnick and Bowser...