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Tetris Attack
Tetris Attack (1996)
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Attachment Yoshi's dialog in Tetris Attack was not rewritten from Lip's dialog in Panel de Pon to account for the dinosaur's more laid back, cheerful personality, resulting in him saying rather stoic fantasy hero lines such as "Together we own our world" or "We can't just be strong, we must be strongest".
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General, Mistake, Regional Difference, Reskin
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 23, 2023
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Yogi Bear: Great Balloon Blast
Yogi Bear: Great Balloon Blast (2000)
subdirectory_arrow_right Dexter's Laboratory (Franchise)
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Attachment Yogi Bear: Great Balloon Blast contains a fully functional unused character in the form of a duo of Dexter and Dee Dee from Dexter's Laboratory, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon that was still airing at the time. It is unknown if this is a remnant of a scrapped Dexter's Laboratory version of Pop'n Pop, much like Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage was for Elevator Action EX, or a scrapped plan to make the game a Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network crossover game.
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Regional Difference, Reskin, Theory, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 16, 2023
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Bomb Jack II
Bomb Jack II (1986)
subdirectory_arrow_right ThunderCats: The Lost Eye of Thundera (Game), Beyond the Ice Palace (Game), ThunderCats (Franchise), Ghosts 'n Goblins (Franchise), Paradise Software (Company), FTL Games (Company)
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Attachment When Elite Software obtained the license to make a video game based on the ThunderCats cartoon, they were unsure if they would be able to complete the game in time for Christmas, and as such outsourced a second ThunderCats game to Paradise Software. Neither game could be finished before the deadline, and as such Elite instead attained the rights to a near-finished game titled Samurai Dawn by FTL Games and released it as ThunderCats: The Lost Eye of Thundera.

Elite's in-house ThunderCats game got pitched to Capcom as a sequel to Ghosts 'n Goblins, but was not picked up due to Ghouls 'n Ghosts being in development at the time. It would be released as an original IP, simply titled Beyond the Ice Palace, featuring a character who in certain versions of the game resembles Lion-O.

Paradise Software's ThunderCats game remains shrouded in mystery, but it seems incredibly likely that the game was released as Bomb Jack II, owing to the C64 version of the game including a rendition of the ThunderCats theme song (stolen music being somewhat of a tradition for the Bomb Jack franchise), not featuring any bombs, and having a protagonist that more closely resembles Lion-O than Bomb Jack.
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Acquisition, Adaptation, Cancelled Release, Character Design, Crunch/Overwork, Plagiarism, Reskin, Theory, Unreleased Content, Unsolved Mystery, Unused Character
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 16, 2023
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Banjo-Pilot
Banjo-Pilot (2005)
subdirectory_arrow_right Diddy Kong Pilot (Game)
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Attachment Expresso the Ostrich from Donkey Kong Country appears as a cameo in Banjo-Pilot - this seems to be an accidental leftover from the game's cancelled iteration as Diddy Kong Pilot, as Nintendo is not mentioned whatsoever in the copyright info for Banjo-Pilot beyond simply licensing the game for its platforms.
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Acquisition, Cameo, Cancelled Release, Leftover, Mistake, Reskin
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 8, 2023
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Name This Game
Name This Game (1983)
subdirectory_arrow_right Jaws (Franchise)
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Name This Game was a gimmick release with a self-explanatory title. Originally conceived as a Jaws game for Parker Brothers, it was rethemed with an octopus for Quaker Oats' U.S. Games branch after the license fell through. While U.S. Games originally intended to release it under the name Guardians of Treasure (a combination of creator Ron Dubren's suggestions of Guardians of the Deep and Treasure of the Deep), it was decided to make the game's name the subject of a contest where players could win $10,000 for providing a title for the game. U.S. Games was dissolved by Quaker Oats before the name could be chosen, leaving the game without an official title.
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Reskin, Sweepstakes, Title, Unreleased Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 4, 2023
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Tails' Skypatrol
Tails' Skypatrol (1995)
subdirectory_arrow_right Mickey Mouse (Franchise)
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Attachment Tails' Skypatrol was originally developed as a licensed Disney game for an unreleased budget handheld system aimed at a younger audience with a focus on educational content - much like Sega's Pico - and was reworked into a Tails game for the Game Gear after the console was scrapped, due to the Game Gear's similar stats to the unreleased hardware. It is not known which Disney character Tails replaced, however a pre-release promotional video shows the Mickey Mouse character Peg-Leg Pete in place of Bearenger as the boss of Ruin Wood.
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Adaptation, Cancelled Release, Console Difference, Reskin, Unreleased Hardware, Unused Character
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 4, 2023
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Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)
subdirectory_arrow_right J.J. & Jeff (Game), Kato-chan & Ken-chan (Game), Transformers: Mystery of Comvoy (Game), GoldenEye 007 (Game), Quest for Camelot (Game), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Game), Punch-Out!! (Game), Yume Koujou: Doki-doki Panic (Game), Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (Game), Wii (Platform), Nintendo Switch (Platform)
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As of 2023, only 4 licensed IP adapted games have been released on Nintendo's retro game digital download services: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for NES on Wii (which was later delisted on January 26, 2012), Transformers: Mystery of Convoy for NES on Wii, Quest for Camelot for Game Boy Color and GoldenEye 007 for N64, the latter two being on Switch.

Additionally, J.J. & Jeff, Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream, and Super Mario Bros. 2, all reskins of licensed titles, have been available in their license-less formats.
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Adaptation, Corporate Affairs, Reskin
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 25, 2023
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Asterix and the Magic Cauldron
Asterix and the Magic Cauldron (1986)
subdirectory_arrow_right Ardok the Barbarian (Game)
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Ardok the Barbarian is a reskinned US version of Asterix and the Magic Cauldron.
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Regional Difference, Reskin
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 24, 2023
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
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In an Ask the Developer interview by Nintendo, Takashi Tezuka said that the need for a new side-scrolling platformer came out of necessity from him. According to Tezuka, many journalists and players felt that the Super Mario Maker franchise would have ended the need for another 2D Mario game. Tezuka, however, always felt confident that Wonder would be completely different from other side-scrolling Mario installments.

Coming up with brand new ideas was a challenge for Tezuka and his then-small team, and resulted in over 2,000 different ideas on how to make Wonder look fresh and out-of-the-box.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Reskin
person GamerBen144 calendar_month October 17, 2023
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Sonic R
Sonic R (1997)
subdirectory_arrow_right Formula 1 (Franchise)
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Sonic R has often been criticized for how the playable characters handle like cars instead of athletes - the reason for this is because Sonic R was actually built from a scrapped Formula 1 racing game.
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Adaptation, Cancelled Release, Controls, Reskin, Unreleased Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 16, 2023
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Taz-Mania 2
Taz-Mania 2 (1997)
subdirectory_arrow_right Taz-Mania (Game)
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There were two Game Boy games based on Taz-Mania developed roughly around the same time, but were released in each region at different points and under different names:

• The first game Taz-Mania was released in 1994 and was released in North America under that name, but in Europe the game was renamed to Looney Tunes 2: Tasmanian Devil in Island Chase. Despite this, the game's title screen was not changed and still reads as Taz-Mania.

• The second game was released in Europe in 1993 under the name Taz-Mania to compensate for the first one being rebranded to a general Looney Tunes game and had no indication of being a second Taz-Mania game. The North American version of the game would be released as Taz-Mania 2 in 1997, long after the European version of the game and two years after the show it was based on ended.
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Adaptation, Mistake, Regional Difference, Release Date, Release Difference, Reskin, Title
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 14, 2023
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Pac-Man World Rally
Pac-Man World Rally (2006)
subdirectory_arrow_right Dig Dug (Collection)
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Attachment Pac-Man World Rally was originally going to be based on the works of famed psychedelic hot rod cartoonist Stanley Mouse. Fygar's kart is a leftover from this version of the project, hence why it doesn't fit the aesthetic style of the other karts and isn't directly based on the Dig Dug franchise.
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Adaptation, Artwork/Illustration, Cancelled Release, Character Design, Reskin, Similarities, Unreleased Content, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 13, 2023
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Adventure
Adventure (1979)
subdirectory_arrow_right Superman (Franchise)
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During the development of Adventure, Atari higher-ups were initially cautious of such an ambitious project - when they saw the prototype, they unsuccessfully tried to persuade Warren Robinett to rework the game into a tie-in game for the Superman II movie.
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Adaptation, Cancelled Release, Reskin, Unreleased Content, Unused Character
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 7, 2023
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FNaF World: Halloween Edition
FNaF World: Halloween Edition (2015)
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FNaF World: Halloween Edition is a reskin of one of Scott Cawthon's older games "Fighter Mage Bard," with the characters being changed for Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica, and enemies being changed into similar looking enemies that could be seen in FNaF World.
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General, Meme, Reskin
person Violett calendar_month September 5, 2023
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Five Nights at Freddy's 3: Troll Game
Five Nights at Freddy's 3: Troll Game (2015)
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This game is a reskin of one of Scott Cawthon's older games, "There is no Pause Button!" The only changes are the Freddy head on the blue avatar, and only the arcade mode is playable, giving the player 99 lives instead of the normal 999 or 50 lives, depending on difficulty.
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General, Meme, Reskin
person Violett calendar_month September 4, 2023
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Ultimate Custom Night Demo
Ultimate Custom Night Demo (2018)
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The Ultimate Custom Night Demo is a reskin of Scott Cawthon's first PC game, "Doofas the Dinosaur," which he created in 1989. The changes include a Freddy head on Doofas, enemies changing to various animatronics from the Five Nights at Freddy's series, and gems changing to Mr. Cupcake.
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Demo, General, Meme, Reskin
person Violett calendar_month September 4, 2023
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Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse (1981)
subdirectory_arrow_right Egg (Game)
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A popular rumor existed within Russian school playgrounds relating to the Elektronika IM-02, a Soviet-era Russian bootleg version of the Game & Watch game Mickey Mouse/Egg featuring characters from the Russian cartoon Nu, Pogodi!. The rumor claimed that if one achieved 1,000 points in the game, the device would play a full episode of the cartoon.
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Plagiarism, Real Life, Regional Difference, Reskin, Rumor
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 4, 2023
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Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005)
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Release Difference, Reskin, Version Difference
person VinchVolt calendar_month September 8, 2021
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Myth Makers: Trixie in Toyland
Myth Makers: Trixie in Toyland (2005)
subdirectory_arrow_right Rock 'n' Roll Adventures (Game), Anubis II (Game), Ninjabread Man (Game), Zool (Collection)
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Ninjabread Man was originally developed to be a re-imagining of the classic Amiga title, Zool. Data Design Interactive had gained the rights to create the title using the Zool license, but after Zool's rights holders were left unimpressed with the work that had been made on the game, the licensing rights were revoked.

Ninjabread Man's reskins, Anubis II, Myth Makers: Trixie in Toyland, and Rock 'n' Roll Adventures all appear to be based on different levels from this pitch, as the first Zool featured candy, toy, and music levels, while Zool 2 featured an Egyptian level.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Reskin, Similarities
person Dazz calendar_month March 11, 2015
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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993)
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The game is actually simply a modified reskin of the Japanese-only release "Puyo Puyo". The first training levels of Puyo Puyo were removed from the game, but they can be put back in through hacking. If this is done, the Puyo Puyo characters Skeleton T., Nasu Grave, and Mummy are replaced by a character that has the intro of Coconuts with the mugshot of Scratch.
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Development, General, Regional Difference, Reskin, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Version Difference
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month June 6, 2014
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