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Pokémon Red Version
Pokémon Red Version (1996)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Blue Version (Game)
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There is evidence to suggest that Ditto is a failed clone of Mew. Both Pokemon are genderless, weigh the same, their base stats are exactly the same in every respect, they share almost identical colors, and they're the only two Pokemon who learn Transform naturally.

Ditto can also be found commonly in the same cave as Mewtwo, as well as the mansion on Cinnabar Island, where experiments on Mew were said to take place.
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Similarities, Theory
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 15, 2013
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Pokémon Platinum Version
Pokémon Platinum Version (2008)
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Attachment "Looker", a character who hides his real name, says that he is working to stop Team Galactic from ripping reality into pieces and creating a new world to replace our own. He wears a brown coat and a suit, and has very pointy hair. He seems very similar to "The Doctor" from "Doctor Who", who also goes around stopping galactic cataclysmic events, and never reveals his actual name. In addition, "Looker" physically resembles the tenth Doctor portrayed by David Tennant.
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Easter Egg, Reference, Similarities, Theory
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 24, 2013
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Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)
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Attachment There's a curious connection between Super Mario Bros. 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Two characters in the games are actually the same; Mamu in Link's Awakening and Wart in Mario 2. It should be noted that Wart's Japanese name in Mario 2 is Mamu. Both games are revealed to be dream worlds at the end, with Mario 2 taking place in Subcon (short for subconscious) and Link's Awakening taking place on an island created by the Wind Fish's dreaming.
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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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Attachment It is widely considered that the lead hero is a reference to Marty McFly from the Back to the Future series. Both characters travel through time, use the term "heavy" and wear an orange life preserver. The lead hero also has a strong interest in movies, so this is possibly a development of that characteristic.
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person Dazz calendar_month March 8, 2013
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EarthBound
EarthBound (1994)
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Attachment In Mother 2 (the Japanese version of EarthBound), the cultists of Happy Happyism appear with the letters HH on their forehead (for Happy Happyism). In EarthBound, a pom pom was added and the HH was removed, presumably to try to make the cultists look less like members of the Klu Klux Klan. Also, possibly because HH on an already Klan-like sprite could be construed to mean "Heil Hitler". The city "Threek" was renamed "Threed" in EarthBound. Like the cultists, this may also be to avoid any link to the Klan, as Threek could be seen as Three K's, or KKK.
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Censorship, Development, General, Real Life, Regional Difference, Similarities, Theory, Version Difference
person Berry calendar_month March 14, 2013
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Franchise: Earthbound
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Attachment Shigesato Itoi first founded Ape Inc., the company that worked on EarthBound's predecessor Mother / EarthBound: Beginnings. Ape Inc. later reformed as Creatures Inc. with the help of Satoru Iwata. Ape Inc. worked on EarthBound, and later helped Game Freak develop the Pokémon series as the reformed Creatures Inc. Their influence can be seen in Pokémon. The main villain in Mother, Giygas, has a battle sprite that resembles Mewtwo. He also has a mental power called PSI. Additionally, there's an item in EarthBound called "Bag of Dragonite." There is also a Pokémon named Dragonite.
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person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 14, 2013
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Borderlands 2
Borderlands 2 (2012)
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The targets of the mission "Splinter Group" are four mutated raiders named Mick, Lee, Ralph, and Dan. This is a play off of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles named Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello. The other similarities include their hideout being in the sewers, their name "Splinter Group" after the rat master "Splinter", their surfer-like language ("dude", "brah") and their craving for pizza used to lure them out.
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person RayMonkay calendar_month March 16, 2013
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Franchise: Pokémon
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Despite looking black-faced, Jynx wasn't meant to be racist. It is actually based off the Japanese Myth, Yama-Uba. Yama-Uba was described as having bright blond hair and a torn red kimono much similar to the design of Jynx.
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person DotWaffler calendar_month March 16, 2013
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Sweet Home
Sweet Home (1989)
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Nobuko "Nokko" Yamada, who plays the youngest character, Emi, in the original Sweet Home movie was the lead singer in a band called Rebecca. What makes this interesting is that the game that was Sweet Home's eventual successor, Resident Evil, had its youngest character named Rebecca.
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person Mass Distraction calendar_month March 19, 2013
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Sonic Unleashed
Sonic Unleashed (2008)
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Attachment In Eggmanland, there are three robots whose names represent a console and a year that a Sonic game came out. These are EF-MD1991 (Mega Drive/Genesis and Sonic the Hedgehog), EF-DC1998 (Dreamcast and Sonic Adventure), and EF-XB2006 (Xbox and Sonic the Hedgehog 2006). To further cement this idea, MD1991 was made first while XB2006 is the youngest and is apparently clumsy, glitchy, and can't do anything right.
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month March 22, 2013
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Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts (2002)
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Attachment Rikku was going to have a major role in the first game. She was going to be a part of Leon's group in Traverse Town and help Sora throughout the game. She was removed because of the similarly-named character Riku, and was replaced with Yuffie. She later appeared with the rest of the Gullwings in Kingdom Hearts II.
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Development, Early Idea, Similarities, Theory, Unused Character, Unused Content
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month March 23, 2013
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Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
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Attachment There is a planetoid in the Space Junk Galaxy that looks a lot like the ship from Pikmin 2.
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person Charlie calendar_month March 23, 2013
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Franchise: The Legend of Zelda
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Attachment The Triforce was possibly based on the real life Hōjō Clan's symbol, the Mitsuuroko or "The Three Scales."
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month March 24, 2013
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
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The DLC Expansion for Skyrim, "Dragonborn", contains many of the music tracks that were previously found in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. This is fitting, seeing as the game is set on the island of Solstheim, in close proximity to the Morrowind region of Tamriel.
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General, Music, Similarities, Theory
person oskachu calendar_month March 24, 2013
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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong (1981)
subdirectory_arrow_right Popeye (Franchise)
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Attachment Shigeru Miyamoto originally wanted to do a Popeye game, specifcially based on the 1934 cartoon A Dream Walking, where Popeye and Bluto fight over Olive Oyl as she sleepwalks through a construction site, but couldn't get the license. He would later use the characters as inspirations with Mario taking the role of Popeye, Pauline as Olive Oyl and Donkey Kong as Bluto. Nintendo would eventually release a Popeye game a year after Donkey Kong in 1982.
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Corporate Affairs, Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Reference, Similarities, Theory, Unused Character
person Bean101 calendar_month March 24, 2013
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Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 6 (2012)
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Leon's campaign in Resident Evil 6 begins at Ivy University located in Tall Oaks. A university by the same name is also featured in an earlier Capcom game, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations where its location was never stated. Both being games developed by the same company, this is unlikely to be a coincidence.
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person Mass Distraction calendar_month March 26, 2013
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Deadly Premonition
Deadly Premonition (2010)
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Attachment Deadly Premonition originally started development as a multi-platform game under the name of Rainy Woods. However when the game was teased at Tokyo Game Show 2007, many people commented that it looked incredibly similar to the television series Twin Peaks. The game was then delayed and a lot of the elements in the game were either scrapped or entirely reworked to make it less similar to that of the TV show.
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person Hipserious calendar_month March 27, 2013
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Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry (2001)
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Dante used the name Tony Redgrave as an alias in his early days of demon slaying. When asked about the name, director Hideki Kamiya stated that "Antonio Redgrave was a journalist that Dante respected, so he used it as his fake name during his days as a mercenary..." In Bayonetta, Luka's father, Antonio Redgrave, was a world famous journalist that documented supernatural events, people, and places. It's very likely that the two Tonys may be the same person.
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Cameo, Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Similarities, Suggested, Theory
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month March 30, 2013
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SaGa Frontier
SaGa Frontier (1997)
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Attachment The Thunder Dragon enemy strongly resembles the final boss of Secret of Mana. It is purple with magenta hair, four legs, and shares the same body shape.
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person GorgonBull35 calendar_month March 31, 2013
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