Is May based on Hatfield?

[JordanN]

Hey everyone, after looking up Pulseman (an old game by Gamefreak) I stumbled upon something. This character Lisa Hatfield,

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looked very similar to another character, May!

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They're both wearing the same clothes (although the white undertop is not showing on May as well as her sleeves are shorter) and they both have the same hair (brown and spaced apart).

I didn't see any reference of it on bulbapedia's page of Pulseman/Pokemon references (I also searched the forums and didn't see any similar topics) so I could I be the first to find the similarities?

 

[PlatinumDude]

I don't see the resemblance here.

 

[βƹβƹ ɱɪɢηѻη]

I can barely see the resemblance... But May being based on Hatfield? Hell no. May is her own self.

 

[#Daisuke#]

I can see slight resemblance, but I don't think so.

May is her own character.

 

[Rakarei]

Don't see it.

 

[Melaugh]

I see it, but I can't say that they totally based it off of her.

 

[Rafia]

There is a resemblance.

She might me based off her.The huge difference might be due to May being designed years later since Ken Sugimori's drawing style changed a lot.

 

[Drake.]

No, I don't see a resemblance.