The inspiration is fundamental to create a good game. Michel Ancel explains it to us during an interview. He says that the Miyazaki universe, politics and the media, the theme of September 11 (the fear climate) was a lot of sources of inspiration for Beyond Good & Evil 2.
Before ending, he says 'Yes, -the game will be a direct sequel- but it is better to discover that when you play. But it is clear we want to continue the story - we won't create characters, story. The story continues and we'll react on important events of the first'.