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Franchise: Pokémon
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It's rumored that the Pokemon Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf represent the Triforce from The Legend of Zelda, as they are the Knowledge (Wisdom), Emotion (Courage) and Will-Power (Power) Pokemon. They were also created by the God Pokemon Arceus, and the Triforce was created by the Goddesses Din, Nayru and Farore.
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Rumor, Theory
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 28, 2013
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
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Attachment It's speculated that the forest and water temples in Ocarina of Time were originally wind and ice temples. The symbol on the Water Medallion from the Water Temple appears to have a snowflake on it, and the Forest Medallion design resembles a fan. This connection is further supported by the interior of Ganon's Tower, which is based on different temples. The Forest Temple portion of the tower has a wind puzzle based around fans, and the Water Temple portion of the tower is based on ice.
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Development, Early Idea, Rumor, Similarities, Suggested, Theory, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 3, 2013
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Secret of Evermore
Secret of Evermore (1995)
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Many people believed that due to Square releasing Secret of Evermore, they never localized Seiken Densetsu 3 to the US. However, Secret of Evermore was actually developed by a new team hired in the US, many of whom had never worked in the industry before, and had nothing to do with the development of Seiken Densetsu 3.
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Development, General, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
person Dazz calendar_month March 8, 2013
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WarioWare: Touched!
WarioWare: Touched! (2004)
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Playing Ashley's music on the record turntable fast enough will speak the words "I have granted kids to hell!" However, in Nintendo Power issue 193, Nintendo stated that it was an accident, and the words come out like that due to the turntable skipping over parts of the song, and only playing certain pieces of the track.
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General, Mistake, Music, Real Life, Rumor, Suggested, Theory
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 14, 2013
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Halo 2
Halo 2 (2004)
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Attachment A Soccer Ball is found in the Halo 2 Campaign level Metropolis, hidden in the rooftops. There is speculation that it was used by Bungie to test the physics engine of the game, and that they left it in the level instead of deleting it. It also appears as a Forge item available to place on certain maps in Halo 3, Halo: Reach, and Halo 4.
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Easter Egg, Rumor, Secret, Theory
person FUS RO DAH calendar_month March 19, 2013
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Pokémon Red Version
Pokémon Red Version (1996)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon LeafGreen Version (Game), Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition (Game), Pokémon FireRed Version (Game), Pokémon Blue Version (Game)
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Attachment In Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, as well as their remakes FireRed and LeafGreen, a truck was placed in the S.S. Anne's port. The truck seems to serve no purpose. Its presence in the remakes could be a reference to the original rumors that Mew could be found under the truck.
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General, Rumor, Theory
person AussieYak calendar_month March 19, 2013
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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006)
subdirectory_arrow_right Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Game), Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Game)
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Attachment At one point in time, both Link from The Legend of Zelda series and Samus Aran from the Metroid series were playable characters. The reason why both of them were removed is unknown, but it is speculated that it is due to Nintendo being shown the character in a PlayStation 2 version of the game, and that they weren't happy with their characters appearing on a competitor's console.
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Development, Early Idea, Rumor, Theory
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month March 23, 2013
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Franchise: Mortal Kombat
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Animalities actually started off as a fan rumor. There were fake pictures of how to turn certain characters into animals as a fatality move. The team were aware of this rumor and decided to incorporate Animalities into Mortal Kombat 3.

However, it was dropped after MK3 because of the difficulties in changing one 3D model into another.
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Bonus Content, Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
person Shinitenshi calendar_month March 26, 2013
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Mega Man X2
Mega Man X2 (1994)
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Speculation has risen among fans that Serges is actually the mind of Dr. Wily transferred into a Reploid body. Some dialogue from the Japanese version has him talk about Dr. Light, X's creator, and his appearance and his tendency to rely on machines for transport and attacking resembles Dr. Wily in many ways. Keiji Inafune has never confirmed or denied the fact, and has seemed reluctant to do so, suggesting the theory could be true.
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General, Real Life, Regional Difference, Rumor, Similarities, Suggested, Theory, Version Difference
person TomGuycott calendar_month April 11, 2013
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Franchise: Tomb Raider
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For years, Lara Croft's bust size was believed to be the result of an error made by developer Toby Gard, when he accidentally increased the dimensions of her breasts by 150%. The creative team then argued to keep the change. This claim originated from a 1997 interview with Gard, who joked that a "slip of the mouse" resulted in Lara's chest being resized by 150% instead of 50%. In a 2021 article by TheGamer investigating the origin of the claim, Gard confirmed that this statement was intended as a joke. The article also revealed that false belief in the claim was exacerbated by an April Fool's Day article by GameSpot in 2000, which attributed the claim to a supposed developer named Nigel West, who is not actually listed in the credits for any Tomb Raider games that existed at that time.
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Development, General, Mistake, Rumor, Theory
person BlogDog123 calendar_month April 14, 2013
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Mega Man 9
Mega Man 9 (2008)
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According to Capcom, there is a secret that no one has found in Mega Man 9. To this day, no one has any idea what the secret is, or if Capcom is telling the truth about it.
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Easter Egg, Rumor, Secret, Theory
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month April 15, 2013
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Mega Man 10
Mega Man 10 (2010)
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According to Capcom, there is a secret somewhere in the game that players have yet to uncover, similar to the one in Mega Man 9. It's unknown what it is or if Capcom is even telling the truth.
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Easter Egg, Rumor, Secret, Theory
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month April 16, 2013
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Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
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Attachment The S.T.A.R.S. group photo has an unidentified member on the far left. It is speculated that he is either the predecessor of Rebecca Chambers or an early concept of Kevin Dooley, an RPD pilot who sometimes helped the S.T.A.R.S. team on their missions. The latter would make sense as there is an RPD helicopter in the background.
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Development, Early Idea, Rumor, Theory
person Mass Distraction calendar_month April 19, 2013
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
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Attachment The Pokemon Trainer has an unused jumping animation. Some fans have speculated he may have been playable on his own, but it seems more likely that this jumping was planned to help him traverse large areas like The Subspace Emissary.
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Development, Early Idea, Rumor, Theory, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person ClaudX calendar_month April 21, 2013
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Metroid II: Return of Samus
Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)
subdirectory_arrow_right Metroid II: Return of Samus DX (Game)
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Attachment There was a rumored Game Boy Color port of the game called "Metroid II: Return of Samus DX" featured once in the German gaming magazine "Club Nintendo" that was claimed to make use of the Game Boy Color's vast color-palette. However, the game never released and its existence has been contested by a testimony from Nintendo of America translator Dan Owsen who was unaware of plans for the port, suggesting that the screenshot featured in the magazine may be a mock-up.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Rumor, Theory
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month April 24, 2013
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Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat (1992)
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In the audit menu of the arcade version, there is a useless row of text that says "ERMACS" (which stands for Error Macros) and is listed under "Reptile Battles." Because of this, players thought that Ermac was a hidden boss like Reptile. Ermac became a running joke for the developers, so much so that they even made him a real character for Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, with his BIO saying he was hiding in the first Mortal Kombat.
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Bonus Content, Development, General, Inspiration, Rumor, Theory, Unused Content, Unused Text
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 7, 2013
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Donkey Kong 64
Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
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It was originally believed that the only reason the game needed the Expansion Pak to run was because it fixed a game-breaking bug that caused the 4 megabyte game cartridge to randomly crash. Rare couldn't find any other solution, so they bundled the Expansion Pak with the game, costing them a lot of money. They still don't know what caused the bug. According to software engineer Chris Marlow:

"There was a bug that caused the game to randomly crash that only occurred in the 4meg-only version ... and they couldn't find out what it was, so they had to shift with the memory card in it for free and it cost them a fortune."

However, developer Mark Stevenson claimed that while there was a game-breaking bug, it only affected one hardware revision of the Nintendo 64 that would be resolved on later models. He claims that the actual reason the Expansion Pak was required was because Rare's management instructed the game's developers to support it early in development to accommodate advanced graphical effects like dynamic lighting. Stevenson speculated that these two stories were likely conflated into one, creating the memory leak rumor that persisted for years.

Ultimately, Simon Craddick, one of the four engineers who worked on the Expansion Pak's implementation into Donkey Kong 64, claimed in a Facebook group that the only thing the Expansion Pak actually did was add vertex lighting to the levels.
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Development, General, Glitch, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
person Charlie calendar_month May 30, 2013
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Collection: Swordquest
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Attachment Sword Quest had a contest with 5 items made with real gold and jewels. Only 2 were won by gamers but the last 3 items were lost due to the video game crash of 1983, and Atari was sold off. The remaining items were once rumored to be in the hands of the then-new owner of Atari, Jack Tramiel.
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General, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
person Funland47 calendar_month June 28, 2013
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Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (2002)
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Looking through the code in EoSD reveals a third playable character who was scrapped due to time constraints. The character's name is "Rin Satsuki", who would have wielded Flower Sign (Type A) and Wind Sign (Type B) Spell Cards. The character was speculated to be a Kirin or a nurse. The only official artwork of this character that exists is from Comiket 62.
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Development, Early Idea, Rumor, Theory, Unused Character, Unused Code, Unused Content
person TailsFiraga calendar_month July 3, 2013
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Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country (1994)
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It was rumored that Shigeru Miyamoto disliked Donkey Kong Country. The rumor stated that Miyamoto said "Donkey Kong Country proves that players will put up with mediocre game play as long as the art is good."

Later in an interview with IGN, Miyamoto clarified that he did in fact like Donkey Kong Country, and that he worked very closely with Rare on the game.
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person ThisGuyInTheSuit calendar_month July 7, 2013
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