According to game's designer Richard Lemarchand, the Tibetan village in the game was inspired by the 2008 video game The Graveyard developed by Tale of Tales. The game's title affected him a lot more than he expected, with its simple experience of leading a slowly-moving elderly lady through a graveyard.
"I thought that in the same way that The Graveyard had created a space for me where I could reflect, so could our village."
"I thought that in the same way that The Graveyard had created a space for me where I could reflect, so could our village."
Contributed by ProtoSnake
Six months after the American release of Super Paper Mario, American film director, producer, and screenwriter Seth Gordon, who's most recent works include the Pixels movie, had interest adapting a movie based on Super Paper Mario. Gordon was quoted saying, "I'd love, really love, to adapt Super Paper Mario into a movie, a movie that would constantly switch from 2D to 3D. In five years, 3D cinema is going to be really big." Gordon however specified that he never had the chance to speak with Nintendo about his envisioned project, so his idea was eventually forgotten.
Contributed by Yoshispacedragon
The GameCube version contains Mario, Luigi, and Peach as playable characters. This was part of a deal EA made with Nintendo on using third-party characters for their games.
Contributed by GamerBen144
Stacking 30 goombas is the normal limit in game, but it's possible to stack 200. Going over this amount crashes the game.
Contributed by Kakariko Kid
The infamous Red LED lights that surround the 360's power button actually represent different problems depending on how many are alight. One red light meant a hardware failure. Two red lights signify overheating. Three red lights meant a general hardware failure, and four red lights meant and AV cable error. The notorious "Red Ring of Death" is actually, contrary to it's name, a 3-Light problem (General Hardware Failure).
Contributed by PirateGoofy
According to a Famicon Tsuushin magazine interview, with Shigeru Miyamoto, the cars in the game hover so that Nintendo didn't have to animate the car's tires.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
Found within the game's data are unused themes of the mini-games "Let's Get a Move on" and "Pandemonium" from Mario Party 3 and 9 respectively, suggesting mini-games from Mario Party 3 and 9 that used those tracks were intended to be included in the game.
Contributed by CuriousUserX90
38 Studios was founded by former Boston Red Sox all-star pitcher Curt Schilling with backing from the state of Rhode Island as a way to help the state's struggling economy. The company only released one game, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, which was regarded as a commercial failure and the reason behind the company going bankrupt.
Contributed by KidDivinegon
There's unused longer versions of each dance jingle used in the game.
Contributed by CuriousUserX90
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If the player enters "ENGAGE RIDLEY MOTHER FUCKER" in the password menu, the game will begin with many game breaking quirks such as garbled graphics, the game being unable to scroll, unable to turn into a morph ball, and the total playtime being registered as 2755656 hours (314 years). Entering this password can also cause the game to crash at a black screen.
Contributed by SkyminHAZBOZ
Sega Genesis was backwards compatibility with Sega Master System if used in conjunction with the Sega Power Base Converter. The Sega Power Base Converter will not work with the Sega Genesis Model 3, Sega Nomad, or Sega 32X Add-on. The only Master System Games that aren't fully compatible with the Power Base Converter are F-16 Fighting Falcon and Alien 3. There are also several games that only works with the Master System Controller plugged in. These are:
• Alien Syndrome
• Bomber Raid
• Great Volleyball
• Montezuma's Revenge
• Penguin Land
• Shanghai
• Tennis Ace
• Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
• Wonder Boy in Monster Land
• Alien Syndrome
• Bomber Raid
• Great Volleyball
• Montezuma's Revenge
• Penguin Land
• Shanghai
• Tennis Ace
• Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
• Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Contributed by ABOhiccups
Yoshi's new Final Smash, where he summons an army of multi-colored Yoshis, is a reference to his part in the opening of Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Contributed by SonicNicholas1995
In the Japanese version of the game, the message is "How high can you try?" This was changed to "How high can you get?" in the North American Release.
Contributed by SonicNicholas1995
Winning in-game the Happy Lucky Lottery isn't actually based on luck at all but on the date from when you bought the ticket based off of the GameCube's internal clock. The prizes are as follow: 4th prize is anywhere between 4 to 10 days, 3rd prize is 25 to 35 days, 2nd prize is 85 to 115 days, and 1st prize is 335 to 395 days. If you change the system's clock to a day prior and went back to talk to Lucky who runs the lottery, he'll know that the internal clock has been messed with. You can either admit to it or lie to not having tampered with it, however you'll need to pay 500 coins in order to reset the lottery, regardless. Daylight savings is not put into account. Buying a new ticket won't actually increase your chances of winning either but will instead reset the days back to 0 from when you bought it.
Contributed by KnowledgeBase
Originally, Ken was going to have more moves, but that idea was scrapped, due to his "Shoryuken" move being too strong.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
In an interview, Noboru Sugimura stated that Leon was originally supposed to start out in civilian attire. There would've been a scene between him and Marvin at the police station where he'd change into his police uniform.
"It’s true that with Racoon City destroyed, the police wouldn’t be actively on duty, so there’d be no real need for Leon to change into his uniform… but we wanted to show his determination to protect both the city and his principles by having him change into his uniform regardless. It was a scene with a lot of meaning. Unfortunately, due to a problem with the CG it got cut."
"It’s true that with Racoon City destroyed, the police wouldn’t be actively on duty, so there’d be no real need for Leon to change into his uniform… but we wanted to show his determination to protect both the city and his principles by having him change into his uniform regardless. It was a scene with a lot of meaning. Unfortunately, due to a problem with the CG it got cut."
Contributed by ProtoSnake
According to an interview with Neil Druckmann, Cassie Drake was originally going to be a male character, but this was change their female lead character concept artist. The artist wanted Nate & Elena's child to be a girl, and Neil was convinced by her decision.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
In an interview, Naoto Oshima was asked if the blue birds were a direct reference to the game Flicky. Oshima said yes, and also mentioned that he asked game's designer Yoji Ishii's permission to use Flickies in his work.
Contributed by ProtoSnake
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