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Shadows of the Damned
Shadows of the Damned (2011)
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Attachment In an interview with IGN, Suda 51 said that his next game (after No More Heroes 2) would be a action/horror title in which he said the main character would have a "very cool watch".
The game was later to be revealed to be Shadows of the Damned however, the main character, Garcia Hotspur doesn't wear a watch.
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Development, Early Idea, General
person Hipserious calendar_month March 27, 2013
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Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
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During the Spaceworld event of August 1, 2000, a tech demo called Super Mario 128 was shown featuring many clones of Mario. The tech demo also featured sphere walking which was later used prominently in Super Mario Galaxy.
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Development, Early Idea, General
person MortalKombat2007 calendar_month March 27, 2013
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Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011)
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Kirby's Return to Dream Land underwent an 11-year development cycle, perhaps one of the longest in the series. It started right after the release of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, designed for the GameCube. This project featured 2.5D visuals (similar to Kirby 64), co-op multiplayer, was tentatively titled "Kirby GCN", and was one of 3 canceled projects.

The second one was in a fully 3D environment, yet had not achieved the quality Nintendo had expected. The third one was once again a 2D side-scroller with pop-up book visuals. These projects were eventually recognized as failures due to how most of the focus was on multiplayer instead of the game itself.
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Development, Early Idea, General
person VinchVolt calendar_month March 27, 2013
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Spyro the Dragon
Spyro the Dragon (1998)
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When Insomniac Games first started to develop the game, Spyro was a green dragon. However, this caused problems as Spyro kept blending in with most of the environments, causing them to eventually change his color to purple.
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Development, Early Idea
person RadSpyro calendar_month March 27, 2013
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The Elder Scrolls: Arena
The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994)
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The Elder Scrolls: Arena was originally designed around arena battles, requiring your team to go from city to city becoming the champion in each of their arenas. During development, they decided to partially shift the focus away from the arena and eventually removed them from the game entirely.
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Development, Early Idea, Removed Feature, Unused Content
person Hessian calendar_month March 27, 2013
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Donkey Kong Country Returns
Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
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Donkey Kong Country Returns is the first game in the series to feature no water levels, nor any Kremlings. Water levels were planned for the game, but according to the game's producer Kensuke Tanabe, the old underwater levels "felt slow... It just wasn't the kind of gameplay we were looking for." The reason King K. Rool and the Kremlings were removed still remains a mystery.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month March 27, 2013
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DK: King of Swing
DK: King of Swing (2005)
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Attachment Bubbles, from the game Clu Clu Land, is a secret character in this game's multiplayer mode. The game's peg swinging design is also based on Clu Clu Land.
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Cameo, Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Secret
person Koopaul calendar_month March 27, 2013
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Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (2003)
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The "Game Pyramid" that you find in Clank's room once started out as a PlayStation 2. However, the PlayStation TRC states that you can not have a PS2 in your game that you can destroy. It was than replaced as an X-box, but was taken out as they were not allowed to have a competitor's machine in the game.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month March 27, 2013
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Platform: Virtual Boy
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Even though there was an expansion port for two-player modes, the cable that made this possible was never released due to the fact that the system was discontinued so quickly.
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Cancelled Release, Development, General
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month March 27, 2013
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EarthBound
EarthBound (1994)
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At the time of EarthBound's development, Shigesato Itoi didn't know how to use computers. He would actually speak each line of dialogue out loud, often one letter at a time, and Matchan Miura typed it up. Itoi used Miura's reactions as a gauge of how good a line was.
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Development, General, Real Life
person ThisGuyInTheSuit calendar_month March 27, 2013
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Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead (2008)
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According to the Left 4 Dead Commentary, the logic behind a rescue closet is that the "dead" survivor did not actually die, but was instead so badly hurt that they crawled into a closet, barricaded themselves in, and recovered somewhat, before noticing they couldn't get out.
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Development, General
person retrolinkx calendar_month March 27, 2013
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Sonic CD
Sonic CD (1993)
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Attachment When Sonic CD was being remade using Christian Whitehead's self-made engine, he wanted to include a new level called "Desert Dazzle". However, SEGA thought it was a bad idea to deviate from the original project. You can actually find a concept image with Christian's initials on it in the sound test by entering PCM:32|DA:8
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Bonus Content, Development, Early Idea, General, Removed Feature, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Liraxus calendar_month March 28, 2013
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Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 (2007)
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The Mann vs. Machine update, released in August of 2012, had been teased by Valve for almost 3 years:
• In October of 2009, during the Haunted Hallowe'en Special, the will of Zepheniah Mann, the father of Redmond and Blutarch Mann, the owners of Blu and Red, respectively, showed that he had an unknown third son, who was revealed during the Mann vs Machine update as Gray Mann, the one sending robots to destroy Mann Co.
• During the 119th update several months later, a teaser video was released for the Engineer Update. In said video, multiple robot heads of the Heavy and Demoman classes could be seen in the background. These would later be seen as the heads for their respective robots sent by Gray Mann.
• Much later, during the Christmas 2011 update, a hidden back room, accessible only via cheats, was found in the newly added map "Foundry". In the room, it shows a cowering Heavy and Scout looking at developed pictures showing several of Gray Mann's robots. Besides these pictures, there are also 3 numbers in the map, "13 22 13", which in alpha numeric code translates to "MVM", the initals of the future update.
• During the Pyromania update 6 months later, the also newly added map "Doomsday" included another room only accessible with cheats. In this room, a disappointed Spy can be seen with the same 4 pictures and a map showing a town, a factory, and a farm. These 3 places would be the 3 MVM maps, Coaltown, Mannworks, and Decoy, respectively.
• 2 months later, the actual Mann vs. Machine update was released
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference, Secret
person tomp45673 calendar_month March 28, 2013
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Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 2 (2010)
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It appears that originally the player could recruit Thane, Tali, Samara or Legion a lot earlier in the game; possibly directly after the prologue like Miranda and Jacob. By using an editor tool to unlock them from the beginning of the game, players will discover that the four have extensive dialogue for virtually every mission in the game, including missions which must be complete before their official recruitment missions. Furthermore, there are some unique scenes should the player bring Legion in particular along onto certain missions, such as characters commenting on his presence.

Legion's presence also triggers an exclusive Paragon Interrupt during Tali's recruitment mission. Upon meeting Tali, she will notice Legion and immediately draw her gun, triggering a Paragon Interrupt prompt. If the player doesn't press it, she will open fire at Legion who will run for cover.
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Bonus Content, Debug, Development, Early Idea, General, Unused Content, Unused Text
person abigstupidjellyfish calendar_month March 28, 2013
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Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X (2001)
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Cloud's Buster Sword was originally intended for use by Tidus but was removed before the game was released. It is still in the game's code, though, and using hacking tools, it can be obtained and used in the final version.
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Debug, Development, Early Idea, General, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Unused Items
person Shadowmane calendar_month March 28, 2013
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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
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Attachment Bowser's victory pose was changed when it was brought to the U.S. as it previously resembled the "Up yours!" gesture.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Bean101 calendar_month March 28, 2013
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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
subdirectory_arrow_right Twelve Tales: Conker 64 (Game)
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Development on "Twelve Tales: Conker 64" began around the same time as "Project Dream" (later "Banjo-Kazooie"), however work on the game was put on hold for a long time to focus on improving "Banjo-Kazooie" and other experiments.
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Development, General
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month March 28, 2013
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BioShock Infinite
BioShock Infinite (2013)
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Booker Dewitt was originally voiced by Stephen Russel (Garrett from the Thief series) until the team finally hired Troy Baker to take on the role.
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Development, Early Idea
person Dazz calendar_month March 28, 2013
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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (2012)
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The game 'PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale' bears a very similar resemblance to the Super Smash Bros. series in gameplay, but the name also shares a similar resemblance in that the Japanese name for Super Smash Bros. is called 'Nintendo All-Star! Great Melee Smash Brothers.'
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Development, Inspiration
person TrevMaster3000 calendar_month March 28, 2013
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Toonstruck
Toonstruck (1996)
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When the game was a few months away from beta, the game was cut in half. The cut content was intended to be used in a sequel, which never materialised.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person IkiFoo calendar_month March 29, 2013
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