--- title: Core Design's Japanese publisher wanted Lara Croft's... description: Tomb Raider co-creator Paul Douglas revealed that during late development, Japanese publisher Victor Interactive Software requested changes to Lara Croft's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/core-design-s-japanese-publisher-wanted-lara-croft-s-model-to-be-changed-to-appeal-more-to-a-japane-am1rpdvbk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Core Design's Japanese publisher wanted Lara Croft's model to be changed "to appeal more to a Japanese audience" | daily.dev og:description: Tomb Raider co-creator Paul Douglas revealed that during late development, Japanese publisher Victor Interactive Software requested changes to Lara Croft's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/core-design-s-japanese-publisher-wanted-lara-croft-s-model-to-be-changed-to-appeal-more-to-a-japane-am1rpdvbk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/am1rpDVBk.png og:image:alt: Core Design's Japanese publisher wanted Lara Croft's model to be changed "to appeal more to a Japanese audience" og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Core Design's Japanese publisher wanted Lara Croft's model to be changed "to appeal more to a Japanese audience" **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tomb Raider co-creator Paul Douglas revealed that during late development, Japanese publisher Victor Interactive Software requested changes to Lara Croft's character model to adopt a manga style with larger eyes and head to appeal to Japanese audiences. Designer Toby Gard resisted altering the in-game model, and as a compromise, only the manuals and guides featured the modified design. The publisher initially requested changes to all models, then scaled back to just Lara's head, underestimating the complexity of 3D model modifications in the mid-1990s. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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