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subdirectory_arrow_right Super Mario RPG 2 (Game)
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Paper Mario was also originally going to be named Super Mario RPG 2, though due to complications involving Square Enix, the makers of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the name was changed to Super Mario Adventure and later Paper Mario.
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Early previews of EarthBound show that the game's localizers had considered calling Giygas "The Geek".
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According to character designer Gregg Mayles on Twitter, after the announcement that King K. Rool would be in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a character that Gregg had named and designed the actions of, he revealed that the character was original called "KOMMANDER K. ROOL" and that Donkey Kong Country was originally to be called MONKEY MAYHEM. He also mentioned that the "K." in K. Rool does not actually stand for anything and the name itself is only intended to be a play on the word "cruel", though he joked that the initial could stand for something mundane and off-character, such as "Keith".
In addition, Gregg's brother Steve, who designed the look and visual design for the character, also revealed that the programmers thought King K. Rool was "too big" and too taxing on the game's memory, and thus several frames of the character's animation had to be dropped as a result.
In addition, Gregg's brother Steve, who designed the look and visual design for the character, also revealed that the programmers thought King K. Rool was "too big" and too taxing on the game's memory, and thus several frames of the character's animation had to be dropped as a result.
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In the Kitchen of Max's house, there is a bright white picture hanging on the wall opposite to the Kitchen door with the words "Dark Chronicle" written on it. Dark Chronicle is the original name of the game and the one used for its Japanese and European releases. In North America and South Korea however, the game was released as "Dark Cloud 2".
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The game went through a number of early titles throughout development including "Transformers Armada" (which was the name shipped with review copies of the game), "Transformers Armada: The Battle for Energon" and "Transformers Armada: Prelude to Energon", all of which bear the name of the show and toy line that it's based upon. However, when the game was launched at retail, the name was changed to just "Transformers" for unknown reasons.
IGN review copy article:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/12/09/transformers-armada-prelude-to-energon-hands-on
YouTube video about the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnB9WK2IVs0
https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/12/09/transformers-armada-prelude-to-energon-hands-on
YouTube video about the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnB9WK2IVs0
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Two early names considered for the game during development were Tornado Alley, and Zephyr: Rise of the Elementals. The game was first pitched to Warner Bros. Interactive under the Tornado Alley name in July 2006. These early design documents, alongside the documents for the unproduced Dirty Harry: Excessive Force, were later trademarked in 2008.
Tornado Alley pitch bible:
https://uspto.report/TM/77202639/SPE20080304192012/
Tornado Alley sizzle reel variant with early title:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVDY1uNt3Ig
Engadget article with Zephyr: Rise of the Elementals title:
https://www.engadget.com/2009-06-01-konami-announces-zephyr-rise-of-the-elementals.html
https://uspto.report/TM/77202639/SPE20080304192012/
Tornado Alley sizzle reel variant with early title:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVDY1uNt3Ig
Engadget article with Zephyr: Rise of the Elementals title:
https://www.engadget.com/2009-06-01-konami-announces-zephyr-rise-of-the-elementals.html
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The game was originally known as VHS Story (Video Hero Super Story) as a reference of the movies of the era. According to the team at Lazy Bear Games, the name was changed because many people misunderstood the title, thinking that it's a game about the video format itself.
Development interview:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023255/https://www.siliconera.com/2015/02/06/interview-trading-blows-remembering-the-80s90s-with-the-vhs-story-creators/
Early trailer:
https://youtu.be/LP-W3hKOZtU
Tweets from LazyBearGames explaining the change:
https://twitter.com/LazyBearGames/status/603539635705352192
https://twitter.com/LazyBearGames/status/637249854348075008
https://twitter.com/LazyBearGames/status/641268743058915328
https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023255/https://www.siliconera.com/2015/02/06/interview-trading-blows-remembering-the-80s90s-with-the-vhs-story-creators/
Early trailer:
https://youtu.be/LP-W3hKOZtU
Tweets from LazyBearGames explaining the change:
https://twitter.com/LazyBearGames/status/603539635705352192
https://twitter.com/LazyBearGames/status/637249854348075008
https://twitter.com/LazyBearGames/status/641268743058915328
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The originally planned title for Missile Command was "Armageddon", but this name was vetoed by upper management due to issues that children would have with spelling and pronouncing the name. It's also suggested that various members of Atari's upper management didn't know what the word actually meant. As such, the alternative title of "Missile Command" came about.
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Original names suggested for the game were Five Nights at Freddy's 1.5, Five Nights at Freddy's REC and Five Nights at Freddy's RED, before eventually deciding on the final name Five Nights at Freddy's Plus.
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In Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, King Chicken's name had been uncovered through datamines months before his release. These datamines show that the character's name was very briefly changed to "King Paul III" (a pun on "poultry") before being reverted back to the earlier name for the character's official release.
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Tonic Trouble's working titles were "Ed" and "Hed". The title of the game, having changed roughly 8 times through development, was decided through a vote on the IGN website. The poll is not known to have been preserved, and thus it is unknown what other titles were in consideration for the game.
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The game was originally intended to be the fifth installment of the Super Mario Bros. series, with two leaked prototypes from December 1994 featuring a title screen with the logo Super Mario Bros. 5: Yoshi's Island. Come the final release, and the prefix would be shortened to Super Mario. This explains why the international release was titled Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, as the original Super Mario World was subtitled Super Mario Bros. 4 in Japan.Additionally, the later of the two prototypes features a radically different design for the logo, using a much sleeker and blockier font. The final release would revert to the earlier logo, barring the aforementioned truncated prefix.
December 6, 1994 prototype information:
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island/ys_romX_0
December 19, 1994 prototype information:
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island/ys_rom_0_D
Comparison between the final title screens in the Japanese and international releases:
https://tcrf.net/Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island/Version_Differences
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island/ys_romX_0
December 19, 1994 prototype information:
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island/ys_rom_0_D
Comparison between the final title screens in the Japanese and international releases:
https://tcrf.net/Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island/Version_Differences
subdirectory_arrow_right Crash Team Rumble (Game)
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Crash Team Rumble had been teased officially as far back as Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time's release date in 2020 - first in It's About Time! where, after 106% completing the game, the player could return to the start of the game and spin Crash's TV multiple times to show a mysterious Wumpa Fruit symbol. This would shortly be followed by a cross promotional video for Uncharted, where the symbol could be seen again on a banner with the words "Wumpa League". Later in 2021, a Game Designers Conference talk with Toys for Bob studio head Paul Yan would show two hints towards the game's existence: one on a graphic made to show the game's goals with a set of green "this game is..." post-it notes (such as "new vehicles" or "cartoony animation" and red "this game isn't..." post-it notes (such as "beat 'em up" and "open world") with Wumpa League put in the middle as a yellow "might be", obscured by another note; and a second where the screen very briefly flashes to concept art of "Wumpa League". Crash content creators and game journalists would soon receive Wumpa Fruit-shaped pinatas with the Wumpa League branding and colors, which was then followed by a set of meme tweets on the Crash Twitter account relating to Wumpa Fruit, one of which being a play on the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Pepe Silvia conspiracy board meme. Toys for Bob would later release a Crash anniversary celebration video showing the Wumpa League logo again along with a Gem variant. The Wumpa League logos would show once more in the background of a PlayStation crossover commercial. The final tease of 2021 would be in a Christmas package sent to the press which had the Gem sticker placed on the side of the box.
In 2022, the hints started rolling in again on St. Patrick's Day, when Toys for Bob posted a piece of concept art for Crash 4 edited to have four-leaf clovers littered throughout, asking players to find the seasonal hidden objects. However, the Wumpa League symbol was hidden alongside the clovers. Later, the press and Crash fandom would recieve another package, this time an Aku-Aku-branded pizza box promoting Crash 4's release on Steam, with "HUNGRY FOR MORE? TRY OUR NEW WUMPA PIZZA FOR $12.08!" written on the side - the price translating into the date of August 12, which was the date of the Game Awards, which is ultimately where Crash Team Rumble would be revealed.
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Gameplay with Zombie Eskimo name:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQbJyOwhBzs
Supplementary Terraria wiki info:
https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Frozen_Zombie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQbJyOwhBzs
Supplementary Terraria wiki info:
https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Frozen_Zombie
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Star Fox Adventures began development as Dinosaur Planet, which originally began development as a direct sequel to Diddy Kong Racing, starring Timber the Tiger (who himself was intended as the main character of DKR when it was Pro-Am 64, before Donkey Kong characters were incorporated into it). It was pitched as an adventure/racing hybrid where Timber, equipped with a rucksack, little fingerless gloves, and a baseball cap would go back in time and team up with a younger version of Tricky, a boss from the first DKR. Wizpig, the main antagonist and final boss of the first Diddy Kong Racing, was also involved. It would seem a working title for this iteration of the game was "Dino Island", going by several posts on former Rare employee Ed Bryan's Twitter account.
Eventually it was decided to rework the concept into an entirely new original IP with no story connections to DKR and two new main characters, named Sabre and Krystal, and also make it a full-on action-adventure game directly inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. DP/SFA's various racing segments are said to be remnants of the original DKR successor concept, and while he retained the name of the DKR boss (something Rare seems to regret), Tricky would wind up becoming his own distinct character. Several files within DP/SFA's data also mention Timber, obviously a remnant from when he was the star.
Sabre and Krystal were in turn eventually replaced by Fox McCloud as the main playable character when the game was rebranded into what we know today as Star Fox Adventures, though Tricky would remain as his sidekick and Krystal would remain as a main character.
Eventually it was decided to rework the concept into an entirely new original IP with no story connections to DKR and two new main characters, named Sabre and Krystal, and also make it a full-on action-adventure game directly inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. DP/SFA's various racing segments are said to be remnants of the original DKR successor concept, and while he retained the name of the DKR boss (something Rare seems to regret), Tricky would wind up becoming his own distinct character. Several files within DP/SFA's data also mention Timber, obviously a remnant from when he was the star.
Sabre and Krystal were in turn eventually replaced by Fox McCloud as the main playable character when the game was rebranded into what we know today as Star Fox Adventures, though Tricky would remain as his sidekick and Krystal would remain as a main character.
Retro Gamer Issue #122:
https://issuu.com/roylazarovich/docs/retro_gamer_122
Rare Scribes - June 5, 2000:
https://www.raregamer.co.uk/scribes-june-5th-2000/
Rare Scribes - November 5, 2008:
https://www.raregamer.co.uk/scribes-november-5th-2008/
Article by Kev Bayliss about a leaked Dinosaur Planet build:
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/opinion/dinosaur-planet-leak/
E3 1998 internal notes saved by Ed Bryan:
https://twitter.com/ItsMingyJongo/status/1716047318506451191
The Cutting Room Floor article on SFA's E3 2002 demo:
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Star_Fox_Adventures/E3_2002_Demo
https://issuu.com/roylazarovich/docs/retro_gamer_122
Rare Scribes - June 5, 2000:
https://www.raregamer.co.uk/scribes-june-5th-2000/
Rare Scribes - November 5, 2008:
https://www.raregamer.co.uk/scribes-november-5th-2008/
Article by Kev Bayliss about a leaked Dinosaur Planet build:
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/opinion/dinosaur-planet-leak/
E3 1998 internal notes saved by Ed Bryan:
https://twitter.com/ItsMingyJongo/status/1716047318506451191
The Cutting Room Floor article on SFA's E3 2002 demo:
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Star_Fox_Adventures/E3_2002_Demo
subdirectory_arrow_right Dinosaur Planet (Game)
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While merely referred to as the King EarthWalker in the final Star Fox Adventures, voice clips from Dinosaur Planet on the Nintendo 64 indicate that he was intended to have a name: "Albada". Both the Queen EarthWalker and Sabre have voice clips that refer to him as such.
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According to the Co-creator of Left 4 Dead, Chet Faliszek. The original two conceived titles for Left 4 Dead were: "Terror Terror Terror!" And "Blood Run".
"Terror Terror Terror!" had briefly been trademarked before being dropped as a title, but "Blood Run" was rejected promptly due to Faliszek hating the word 'Blood' being in it.
Eventually after a list of titles were suggested, Erik Wolpaw was the one to come up with "Left 4 Dead".
"Terror Terror Terror!" had briefly been trademarked before being dropped as a title, but "Blood Run" was rejected promptly due to Faliszek hating the word 'Blood' being in it.
Eventually after a list of titles were suggested, Erik Wolpaw was the one to come up with "Left 4 Dead".
Video about Left 4 Dead development:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBkolfuoOm8
Tweet from Chet Faliszek about tentative names:
https://twitter.com/chetfaliszek/status/1709649238886658405
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBkolfuoOm8
Tweet from Chet Faliszek about tentative names:
https://twitter.com/chetfaliszek/status/1709649238886658405
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In the Japanese version of Diddy Kong Racing, none of the boss characters outside of Wizpig are referred to by their original names and are instead simply translated to the names of their respective species.
• Tricky is called トリケラトプス (Torikeratopusu), which translates to "Triceratops"
• Bluey is called セイウチ (Seiuchi), which translates to "Walrus"
• Bubbler is called タコ (Tako), which translates to "Octopus"
• Smokey is called ドラゴン (Doragon), which translates to "Dragon"
• Tricky is called トリケラトプス (Torikeratopusu), which translates to "Triceratops"
• Bluey is called セイウチ (Seiuchi), which translates to "Walrus"
• Bubbler is called タコ (Tako), which translates to "Octopus"
• Smokey is called ドラゴン (Doragon), which translates to "Dragon"
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In the Japanese version of Star Fox Adventures, some of the dinosaur tribes have different localized names from their original names. For example, the CloudRunners are referred to as the クラウド族 (Kuraudo-zoku), which translates to "Cloud Tribe". The EarthWalkers are referred to as the アソーカ族 (Asōka-zoku), which strangely seems to translates to "Ahsoka Tribe". "Ahsoka" is a name of Sanskrit origin that means "pure and hopeful". In Star Fox: Assault's Sauria mission, Peppy curiously refers to the CloudRunner Tribe as just "the Cloud Tribe". This makes more sense when you factor in that that's what they're called in the Japanese version of Star Fox Adventures and thus was what the original script writers for Assault in Japan used as a frame of reference, and it appears that whoever was localizing the script for western audiences didn't bother to change it back to the original Rare name.
Funny enough, in Star Fox Command, Krystal pilots a spacecraft that is both shaped and named after the CloudRunners. In the Japanese version, it actually retains that name, クラウドランナー (Kuraudoran'nā), which means that Command marks the first time Rare's original CloudRunner name was utilized in the Japanese version of these games.
Star Fox Adventures Japanese website:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gsaj/chara/page02.html
User's English translation of an official Japanese Star Fox Adventures guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/16qf3wf/in_honor_of_star_fox_adventures_21st_anniversary/
Star Fox: Assault subtitling spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QMK8pJs3ZgFFuoy5y4U-jFw3n6itYhUTZzhprZArSP8/edit#gid=0
User's English translation of an official Japanese Star Fox Command guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/yt8no4/from_the_ncl_star_fox_command_a_list_of_all_of/
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gsaj/chara/page02.html
User's English translation of an official Japanese Star Fox Adventures guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/16qf3wf/in_honor_of_star_fox_adventures_21st_anniversary/
Star Fox: Assault subtitling spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QMK8pJs3ZgFFuoy5y4U-jFw3n6itYhUTZzhprZArSP8/edit#gid=0
User's English translation of an official Japanese Star Fox Command guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/yt8no4/from_the_ncl_star_fox_command_a_list_of_all_of/
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SkiFree was originally called "WinSki", but the name was changed by Microsoft marketing.