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Quoted from jGraffix:

Thank you for noticing our vision. We were originally going to take a different direction with these GameBlades however we were asked by JJP to be mindful of their licensing agreement. JJP has always been very friendly with us every time we've crossed paths.
Having said that we are in the process of reworking them and doing something completely different. Thanks to drfrightner we will be working with a few new designers on some up and coming projects.