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The Mysterious Murasame Castle
The Mysterious Murasame Castle (1986)
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Attachment In 1986, Nintendo and Fuji Television produced a 70-minute TV special based on The Mysterious Murasame Castle for the weekly one-shot drama series "Getsuyou Drama Land" (Monday Drama Land). The special, like many other episodes in the later years of Getsuyou Drama Land's run, featured members of the popular J-Pop girl group Onyanko Club as cast members, and starred Masaki Kyomoto as the game's protagonist Takamaru. The special aired once on December 8, 1986, almost eight months after the game's release, and never aired again. It was later released on DVD in 2005 as part of the box set "Onyanko Club in Getsuyou Drama Land DVD Box 2".

The special's existence and DVD release flew under the international radar until 2023, when a user named Ruka, after being prompted in a 4chan thread to verify claims that the special was lost media based on an uncited edit on the game's English Wikipedia article, discovered that copies of the box set were actually being offered on Yahoo! Auctions. Ruka subsequently placed a bid and won a copy from the auction, and YouTuber Haruko Please uploaded the special to YouTube the following week. With its rediscovery, it's thought to be one of the first live-action adaptations of a video game, and is also the earliest known product to come from Nintendo's collaborations with Fuji, which after this special's airing continued with Yume Koujou: Doki-doki Panic.
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Corporate Affairs, General, Multimedia Adaptation, Music, Real Life
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Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Game), tobyfox (Company)
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Attachment Before his career took off as an indie developer, Toby Fox used to play Super Smash Bros. Melee competitively under the old username 'Radiation'.

He is currently the only known competitive Super Smash Bros. player to have a character he has created represented in the series. Alongside the release of Banjo & Kazooie as a fighter, a Mii costume based on Sans from his game Undertale as well as an original remix of the song "Megalovania" were both added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on September 4th.
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Competitive, General, Music, Real Life
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There's not much info about Toby Fox playing competitive Melee as he doesn't talk about it publicly too often, the VoD provided is the only publicly-known footage of him playing a set to my knowledge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzh3NUO4szE

According to people, he was known as a bit of a local celebrity due to his work on the webcomic Homestuck, though that is more hear-say than anything definitive.
Beatmania IIDX 4th style
Beatmania IIDX 4th style (2000)
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According to a tweet by dj TAKA, the song "ABSOLUTE" was originally called "Special Thanks". The name was changed after CG Designer VJ GYO and illustrator GOLI thought the name was "lame".
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Complaint, Development, Early Idea, General, Music, Name Change
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Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix (1999)
subdirectory_arrow_right Dance Dance Revolution Konamix (Game)
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The song "LET THEM MOVE" is one of the few original songs by composer and former DDR sound producer Naoki Maeda to not be revived after its inclusion in 4th Mix. This is due to him feeling ashamed by the song. When asked in an interview on what his favorite memory of working on the Dance Dance Revolution Series was, he jokingly answered "LET THEM MOVE" before pretending to self-destruct..

The distaste towards this song also carried over to Jason Enos, manager of Dance Dance Revolution's American Console Titles. He attempted to lobby the song's exclusion from Dance Dance Revolution Konamix to no avail:

"[When] they wanted to put Let Them Move on Konamix, oh my gosh, I just went nuts. I sent the poll results. I was like, "Look. See the poll results? Let Them Move? Rank: Zero! Bottom of the list! Please do not include!" I just told them to please not include this song in there. Everyone hates this song. Do not put it in there. They wanted to put it in for the training, because it's a real easy song, and since it was going to be in training, they thought it would have been stupid not to make it a selectable song. Okay, well I can understand that, but I told them, "Can we just get something else besides that song?" But no, they kinda like that song. No one else likes it though. That song, I'm not very pleased about. Then again, I don't [want] any people ever selecting that song in the public".
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Just Dance 2023 Edition
Just Dance 2023 Edition (2022)
subdirectory_arrow_right Just Dance 2024 Edition (Game), Just Dance (Franchise)
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Just Dance 2023 Edition introduces a character named Agent D during the game's version of "Toxic" by Britney Spears, which had previously appeared in Just Dance 2 with a different routine. Initially, she appears as an air hostess before revealing her true nature as a secret agent, battling a group of rival spies in order to save the plane's pilot, the P2 character from the song "Dragostea Din Tei" by O-Zone (who is later revealed to be her partner and possible love interest).

Just Dance 2024 Edition would expand upon her considerably via her appearance in another Britney Spears song, "Gimme More". Primarily set in her base of operations, it's revealed that Agent D had actually appeared in several past Britney Spears songs wearing disguises, specifically "Work Work" (the site manager), the original version of "Toxic" (the nurse), and the Extreme Mode version of "Circus" (the performer). Additionally, the background screens shown during the song display gameplay of other songs by Britney Spears (specifically "Womanizer", "Baby One More Time", "Oops!... I Did It Again", and "Scream & Shout"), though her roles in these songs are left unrevealed. This retroactively retcons the series so that Agent D has appeared as early as Just Dance 2. Additionally, the song ends with the pilot (who had appeared throughout the various missions, constantly needing help from Agent D) pressing a button on the monitor, leading to her next mission (presumably the 2023 version of "Toxic").

Currently, the only Britney Spears songs that have been featured in the Just Dance series that are not confirmed to involve Agent D are "Slumber Party" and "Till The World Ends". Additionally, it was revealed in an Instagram post that Agent D had also appeared in the standard version of "Circus", disguised as the feline tamer.
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Britney Spears - Toxic (Just Dance 2023 Edition):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ib-dXiKZ8

O-Zone - Dragosta Din Tei (Just Dance 2017 Edition):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbhmtg5cokk

Britney Spears - Gimme More (Just Dance 2024 Edition):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8frOJlmI1U

Feline Tamer disguise confirmation:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz6Ppq0thzZ/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Wolverine: Adamantium Rage
Wolverine: Adamantium Rage (1994)
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Attachment The music track "Tri-Fusion" composed by Dylan Beale for the SNES version of Wolverine: Adamantium Rage is considered by some to be one of the earliest songs in the grime music genre, predating "Crime" by Dizzee Rascal and "Year 2000" by Wiley by 6 years. At the time, Beale was a member of the jungle music duo Rude & Deadly and used his task to write music for the game "as an opportunity to try out a West Coast hip-hop sound, but the faster boss tracks were more influenced by jungle". Beale only had 200kb of sample space to work with due to the limitation of 16-bit game cartridges, resulting in a rough, digital sound comparable to early grime tracks. Describing his work, Beale said: "I basically sampled an orchestral stab and the bass, a hi-hat, snare, a few things like that, then I had to trim them down to minute sizes". In 2023, Beale released the game's soundtrack to purchase on Bandcamp as a digital download or vinyl double LP, alongside an extended version of "Tri-Fusion".
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General, Music, Real Life
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Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen (1993)
subdirectory_arrow_right Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Game), Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Game), Ogre Battle (Collection)
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The series takes several naming cues from the English glam rock band Queen, who are highly popular in Japan. The name of the series itself, Ogre Battle, comes from a song off of Queen's 1974 sophomore album Queen II; another song on the album, "The March of the Black Queen", is the namesake for the series' first installment. The second game, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, takes its name from Queen's 1976 song "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)", an homage to their Japanese fanbase.

Another Queen reference in The March of the Black Queen can be found with one of its regions, the Rhyan Sea. The area's name comes from "Seven Seas of Rhye", a song which appears in an unfinished instrumental form on Queen's 1973 self-titled debut and was later completed with vocals on Queen II.
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Easter Egg, General, Music, Reference
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Chrome Dino
Chrome Dino (2014)
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During development, Chrome Dino was named "Project Bolan" affter Marc Bolan, lead singer of the band T. Rex.
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Development, General, Music, Real Life, Reference
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Donkey Kong 64
Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
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According to composer Grant Kirkhope, the DK Rap was written as a joke song that ended up being interpreted by audiences as a serious attempt at writing hip-hop. Consequently, he expressed confusion at the tongue-in-cheek cult following the song picked up decades later, noting that "bizarrely, this became its own thing now."
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General, Music, Real Life
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Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1993)
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The Genesis version of the game was originally planned to use a rendition of Richard A. Whiting's "Hooray for Hollywood" arranged by the game's composer Matt Furniss instead of the story theme found in the final game. The song was most likely cut due to licensing issues.
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General, Music, Unused Audio, Unused Content
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)
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For the game's fictional hard rock band Star-Lord, Eidos Montreal's Senior Audio Director Steve Szczepkowski ended up singing the band's songs himself until a proper singer could be found. However, the game's creative director, after hearing the temp tracks and asking who sang them, was shocked and pleasantly surprised to learn it was Szczepkowski himself and the dev team ended up using the Szczepkowski vocals in the final release, much to his delight.
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Platform: PlayStation
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The iconic start-up sound of the PlayStation is actually a combination of three different clips stored in the system BIOS, which are then either sped up or slowed down to produce what is heard at the boot-up screen. These sounds also serve to check if the system is running normally and is OK to read games - errors within the system can lead to the startup sound becoming distorted.
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Debug, General, Glitch, Music
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Detroit: Become Human
Detroit: Become Human (2018)
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Spoiler:In the junkyard sequence, the original Kara android from the tech demo that inspired Detroit: Become Human can be found among the wreckage in an extremely dilapidated state. She sings the same song that she can be heard singing in the tech demo.
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Cameo, Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Music, Reference, Secret
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PaRappa the Rapper
PaRappa the Rapper (1996)
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In an interview, Ryu Watabe stated that “I gotta believe” came from his old high school football team. The phrase was used as a motto the crowd would cheer when they were losing. He had previously intended to use the catchphrase as an album title.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration, Music, Real Life, Unreleased Content
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Turrican
Turrican (1990)
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The Turrican soundtrack features two tracks that plagiarized the score of the 1986 film "The Transformers: The Movie". The title theme is directly based on the track "Escape", while the ending credits theme features a rearrangement of the track "Death of Optimus Prime".
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Development, General, Inspiration, Music, Plagiarism
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Skullgirls
Skullgirls (2012)
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During the 2013 Skullgirls Evo Breast Cancer Donation Drive, anybody who donated $50 USD could request a personal voice message from the voice actors of the game. One of the requests was for Peacock's voice actress, Sarah Anne Williams, to sing the song "Yakko's World" from the popular 90's cartoon Animaniacs.
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General, Music, Real Life
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Bloodborne
Bloodborne (2015)
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After reaching 40+ Insight, the music in the hunter's dream will change.
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General, Music
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
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Attachment Much like how Bowser's laugh in Super Mario 64 is sped up for use as the Boo's laugh, Ganondorf's laughter is sped up to create the laughter of the Poe Sisters in the Forest Temple.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994)
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Attachment In 1994, London pop group Right Said Fred was hired by Sega of Europe to do a promotional tie-in for the game. Wonderman was released as a single with reworked instrumentals and lyrics to tie into the game. The music video also featured gameplay footage from the game.
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Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
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The intro to Sephiroth's theme, "One-Winged Angel", was inspired by the intro to the song "Purple Haze" by the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Music
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