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Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny (2002)
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Many of the characters in Onimusha are based off real people. Most obviously Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Akechi Samanosuke (Hidemitsu) either return or are referenced from their actions in Onimusha: Warlords.
The main character, Yagyu Jubei, is based on the swordsman and small-time warlord Yagyu Muneyoshi, founder of the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu style of swordsmanship.
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Development, Inspiration
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Mafia
Mafia (2002)
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Attachment Paulie had a very different facial appearance during development, along with a brown suit.
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Development, Early Idea
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Street Fighter III: New Generation
Street Fighter III: New Generation (1997)
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A prototype version of Hugo can be found in the game data for Street Fighter III: New Generation, with only his basic moves finished and placeholder graphics. Performing certain attacks on him may cause him to become invisible or freeze the game.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Character, Unused Content
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (1999)
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (1999)
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The N'doul bonus stage has a dead Speedwagon Foundation helicopter pilot in the background. The character was removed from the US version of the game because not long after the start the stage, one of N'Doul's Geb water hands attacks the pilot's beeping wristwatch and cuts his hand off.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Franchise: Street Fighter
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Attachment Akira Nishitani, lead designer of Street Fighter II, stated in a interview with Polygon that the concept of Dhalsim's ability to stretch his limbs comes from the the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, particulary, the Ripple Zoom Punch technique.
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Development, Inspiration
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
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Attachment According to Aonuma, the game was subtitled "Breath of the Wild" instead of being based on a character or an item because the development team wanted the title to reflect the nature and expansiveness of the world in the game.
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Development, Inspiration
person CuriousUserX90 calendar_month June 15, 2016
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan (2016)
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When asked about the lack of local co-op in the game, the game's producer said they had to omit the feature to achieve a 60fps experience. Despite this the game still caps at 30fps on every platform.
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Development
person Mass Distraction calendar_month June 14, 2016
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Franchise: Tekken
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Attachment Mokujin was directly inspired by the Shaolin Wooden Men from the 1976 kung-fu film "Shaolin Wooden Men".
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Development, Inspiration, Version Difference
person GhostLight calendar_month June 10, 2016
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (1999)
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Attachment Creator Hirohiko Araki is known for having a strong preference for western music, because of this most characters reference a popular band or song in some way. This meant it was necessary to rename some characters to be acceptable for release outside Japan. Examples of name changes include Devo to D'bo and Vanilla ice to Iced, although some references are still included, such as Iced quoting Ice Ice Baby with "You had a problem.... I just solved it." in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Collection: Gears of War
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Attachment Cliff Bleszinski, lead designer for Gears of War, said that the Boomers were named after the Boomers from the anime "Bubblegum Crisis".
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Development, Inspiration
person ZpaceJ0ck0 calendar_month June 9, 2016
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Papers, Please
Papers, Please (2013)
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In the beta version of Papers, Please, the recurring character Jorji Costava's ID reference was MR_PERSISTENT
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Debug, Development, General
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Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm (2015)
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When recording dialogue for a character, the voice actors gave three different versions of each line.
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Development, General, Real Life, Unused Audio, Unused Content
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Franchise: Street Fighter
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Attachment Producer Noritaka Funamizu confirmed in a 1998 Famitsu interview that Guile's overall appearance was modeled after Jean Pierre Polnareff, a character from the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Guile's page in Street Fighter X Tekken Artworks goes into detail, explaining that they started with Polnareff as an inspiration, then stretched his hair out to give him "the always distinctive Stroheim look" instead. Noritaka also explained that Guile's name was derived from Polnareff's archenemy, J.Geil, though this was a mix up from the development staff at the time.

Additionally, during the early development stages of Street Fighter II, Guile's Sonic Boom attack was originally known as "Divine Sandstorm", in reference to the character Wamuu.
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Development, Inspiration
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Franchise: Street Fighter
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Attachment Juri Han from Street Fighter IV was inspired by Jolyne Kujo/Cujoh from the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, aspects of Juri's design, such as her hair and chestwear, are resmincent of Jolyne. Along with this, Juri has a spider motif and cleaves a butterfly in her official artwork, while Jolyne has a butterfly motif and spiderweb-patterned clothes, her Stand also turns her body into threads and webs. Both characters also use the same "ora ora ora" battle cry.
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Development, Inspiration
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Franchise: Street Fighter
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Attachment Rose from the Alpha series was inspired by Lisa Lisa, a character from the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Rose's outfit is almost identical to Lisa Lisa's and both share a similar fighting style that consists of channeling energy into a scarf. Both characters are also known for enjoying baths. In addition, Rose's stage in Street Fighter Alpha 2 is Venice, which is the same city where Joseph Joestar meets Lisa Lisa in the story, and Rose's Soul Drain move is inspired by a scene in the manga where Lisa Lisa puts a breathing mask on Joseph Joestar.
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Development, Inspiration
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Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Curse
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Curse (TBA)
subdirectory_arrow_right Banjo & Kazooie (Franchise)
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Attachment A Banjo-Kazooie game was in development for the Game Boy Color, under the name 'Banjo-Kazooie: Grunt's Curse'. It would have featured Gruntilda putting a curse on Kazooie, and carrying her in a backpack, similar to Banjo.
It's unknown why the game was canceled, but some of the ideas would later be reworked into Gruntilda's Revenge for the Game Boy Advance.
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Cancelled Release, Development
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Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm (2015)
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Sgt. Hammer replaced Edmund Duke and Horace Warfield from previous builds as the Siege Tank hero.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Unused Character, Unused Content
person Psychospacecow calendar_month May 26, 2016
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Fortress Fury
Fortress Fury (TBA)
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During development Fortress Fury was known as Fortress Fallout. The title had to be changed because the developers received a letter from ZeniMax, the company that owns Bethesda. The letter stated that the title infringed on the trademark of the Fallout series.
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Development, General, Real Life
person SuperFlorian12 calendar_month May 26, 2016
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Just Cause 2
Just Cause 2 (2010)
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Attachment In a map released before the game itself, two small islands can be seen in the upper right corner that are not in the final game. It's not known what these islands were or why they were removed.
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Development
person Mass Distraction calendar_month May 20, 2016
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