User blog comment:JERealize/JER's Multiversal Games/@comment-5278521-20120212061049

And now, how I chose my Tributes:

Reclos Tremain and Aios Skell might look like the same Tributes, but they have different histories. Parallel Universe 1 shows China and the U.S.S.R. annihilating each other during the Cold War, with the United States remaining unscathed despite the threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Parallel Universe 2 reveals a world where Los Angeles was attacked on 9/11 but received relatively less help, thus starting a war for secession. In Parallel Universe 3, the Overseas Elite of the Axis Powers kept Germany and Japan in the war until 1946, coordinated suicide bombings with Pocket Coronets (handheld nukes), and reduced the world population by nearly 70% before the Allies won. Afterward, the world froze, and the world looked to North America for shelter, where they rebuilt civilization.

As for my other Tributes, I chose Battle Royale due to the fact that I read it and I liked the influence these Tributes could have, especially Kazuo. Mitsuko would also be added because of her "influences". My brother chose Naruto and its Tributes because he liked the series and partnership he saw (Naruto and Sakura). My brother and I watched most of Aaron Stone, so we knew that they had potential Tributes in Aaron Stone and Dark Tamara. Comparatively, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Tributes were harder to sort out. Dark Magician Girl was easy to select, since she lasted very well as a Duel Spirit, and she was one of the biggest female Duel Monsters in the series. The male was harder, since a partnership with Dark Magician would cause an automatic victory on their part. Also, I needed a comparatively strong character, with a closer ATK to Dark Magician Girl's, so, hard as it was, I selected Flame Swordsman due to its multiple usages in the series.