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Juniper Woods' stage outfit for when she was going to sing the Guitar's Serenade during the Gavinner's return concert is almost exactly the same as Lamiroir's, who originally sang the same song in Ace Attoreny: Apollo Justice. Weirdly enough, neither Apollo, Trucy nor Klavier make any mentions of the fact despite having met Lamiroir.The artbook "The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies" by Udon Entertainment expands upon this. In-universe, the similarities are purely coincidental, as Juniper just so happened to design the exact same costume that Lamiroir wore during the previous game. Out-of-universe, however, it was done to tie into the sub-plot about Juniper's crush on Apollo Justice, as it allowed for a cutscene where she gains "brownie points" with Justice, who is a fan of Lamiroir's music.
Archived VGFacts forum thread:
https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-1496.html
(2015). "The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies -". UDON. ISBN 978-1927925447.
https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-1496.html
(2015). "The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies -". UDON. ISBN 978-1927925447.
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The Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast versions of NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC contain secret text in their code that some may find to humorously juxtapose one another.
•The Nintendo 64 version contains the text "An Alan Smithee Game", referring to a pseudonym used by filmmakers to disown a project they don't want to be associated with.
•The Dreamcast version contains the text "Joe Rules", likely a signature referring to either programmer Joe Barnes, artist Joe Williamson, or both.
•The Nintendo 64 version contains the text "An Alan Smithee Game", referring to a pseudonym used by filmmakers to disown a project they don't want to be associated with.
•The Dreamcast version contains the text "Joe Rules", likely a signature referring to either programmer Joe Barnes, artist Joe Williamson, or both.
subdirectory_arrow_right Mega Man X8 (Game)
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Contrary to popular belief that Vile's character design was inspired by bounty hunter Boba Fett from the Star Wars franchise, and that his Japanese name VAVA (ヴァヴァ) was changed to Vile for the international release out of fear of a lawsuit from Lucasfilm (due to the letters "B" and "V" sometimes being used interchangeably in Japanese causing the name to appear too similar to "Boba"), Capcom character designer TOM-PON stated in a 2012 interview that VAVA's design was actually inspired by the character Bubba Zanetti (ババ・ザネッティ, transliterated as Baba Zanetti) from the 1979 film "Mad Max". Coincidentally, as VAVA is renamed Vile outside Japan, this would also result in Dr. Weil's name being transliterated as such from Dr. Vile in order to avoid confusion with him.In Mega Man X8, Vile's primary color scheme was intentionally changed from purple to green, which more closely resembles Boba Fett, and may be a reference to their similarities.
Part 19 of a Capcom USA interview with TOM-PON:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVEfMIIGh6o
Mega Man X8 Vile color scheme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C13NnSgZosw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVEfMIIGh6o
Mega Man X8 Vile color scheme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C13NnSgZosw
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On September 8, 2022, the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II died, starting a national mourning period of ten days. In that time, rumors began to circulate that Nintendo had postponed a planned Nintendo Direct in response to the news. On September 12, the Direct was formally revealed to air worldwide the next day, although it was not livestreamed in the UK. Instead, it was published as an on-demand video on Nintendo UK's YouTube channel at a later time. This Direct featured the full title reveal for the then-untitled Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, revealing the game's subtitle to be "Tears of the Kingdom". This lead to even more speculation that the poor timing of this subtitle being the name of one of Nintendo's most anticipated games at the time coinciding with the Queen's death was what resulted in the Direct being delayed, rather than doing so purely out of respect. It wouldn't be until October 3 for Nintendo UK to begin their own promotion of the game, long after the mourning period ended.
Business Insider article:
https://www.insider.com/nintendo-cancels-uk-livestream-reveals-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-2022-9
Rumors article:
https://earlygame.com/gaming/nintendo-direct-delayed-because-of-queens-death/
On-demand video release tweet:
https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1569326012156059649
Nintendo UK promotion article:
https://www.gamesradar.com/almost-a-month-late-nintendo-uk-finally-acknowledges-tears-of-the-kingdom/
https://www.insider.com/nintendo-cancels-uk-livestream-reveals-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-2022-9
Rumors article:
https://earlygame.com/gaming/nintendo-direct-delayed-because-of-queens-death/
On-demand video release tweet:
https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1569326012156059649
Nintendo UK promotion article:
https://www.gamesradar.com/almost-a-month-late-nintendo-uk-finally-acknowledges-tears-of-the-kingdom/
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Hello Kitty Island Adventure shares a title with a joke game mentioned in "Make Love, Not Warcraft", a 2006 episode of South Park. According to a Sanrio representative, this was merely a coincidence, although Sanrio did reference the name once before during an April Fool's blog post regarding the then-upcoming MMORPG Hello Kitty Online in 2008.
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In the episode "Never Koop a Koopa" from the animated series "The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3", King Koopa wears a red cape towards the end of the episode, giving him a passing resemblance to King K. Rool. However, this is purely coincidental, as King K. Rool debuted four years after this episode aired in 1990, and in early concept art from around this time K. Rool looked much different. Incidentally, the cartoon version of King Koopa shares K. Rool's similar habit of wearing thematic costumes, and Bowser and his Koopa Troop would take up the Kremlings' usual role of stealing Donkey Kong's banana hoard during the Subspace Emissary story mode in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 - Never Koop a Koopa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RENsLRjMs_Y
Early concept art of King K. Rool before Donkey Kong Country:
https://www.unseen64.net/2017/12/27/jonny-blastoff-kremling-armada-rare-pc-cancelled/
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Subspace Emmisary cutscene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87rWrI9BtHc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RENsLRjMs_Y
Early concept art of King K. Rool before Donkey Kong Country:
https://www.unseen64.net/2017/12/27/jonny-blastoff-kremling-armada-rare-pc-cancelled/
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Subspace Emmisary cutscene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87rWrI9BtHc
subdirectory_arrow_right Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass (Game), Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (Game), Pokémon Shining Pearl (Game), Yoshi's Crafted World (Game), Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Game), Pikmin 4 (Game)
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In the "Ice Scream" level of Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day, Earl the Dog can be found as an enemy in the Bigheads' house. The game was released a year before the airing of the Rocko's Modern Life episode "Frog's Best Friend", where Earl was adopted by Bev.
Gameplay of the third stage "Ice Scream":
https://youtu.be/f1fH7SJQRMk?si=Tc0rDde2UsYwL4KY&t=1677
Clip from the episode "Frog's Best Friend":
https://youtu.be/rpkda2A_5uA?si=andJJcLd_-JjUqh3
https://youtu.be/f1fH7SJQRMk?si=Tc0rDde2UsYwL4KY&t=1677
Clip from the episode "Frog's Best Friend":
https://youtu.be/rpkda2A_5uA?si=andJJcLd_-JjUqh3
Franchise: Pokémon
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Contrary to popular belief, the name "Pikachu" is not derived from the pika (a rodent-like lagomorph found in Japan that gains a yellow tinge in the winter), but rather a Japanese onomatopoeia for an electric spark. It should be noted that pikas are known as "nakiusagi" in Japan.
subdirectory_arrow_right Mario (Franchise)
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In 1983, an album was released on vinyl by Kid Stuff Records titled Donkey Kong (alternatively called Donkey Kong Goes Home), retelling the story of the video game of the same name. It is notable for not only potentially being the first time Mario was voiced (having an unknown release date in 1983, which was also the debut year of Saturday Supercade), but also giving Mario a stereotypical Italian accent with an "-a-" verbal tic as opposed to the gruff Italian-American accent that would be used in multimedia projects for the rest of the 80s (including Saturday Supercade), predating Charles Martinet's debut as Mario in Mario Teaches Typing by 8 years. According to Kid Stuff Mario voice actor Pat McBride, the reasoning for this voice direction was"He was Mario, he had that Italian background, we knew what his occupation was, and we knew he was a really good guy, in my brain, if there were kids in the neighborhood, he’d always pat them on the head and say hi. He’d look out for everyone, so he became the real good guy."
Nintendo never gave the team behind Donkey Kong Goes Home any form of guidance for the project, and did not give any word - positive or negative - about the finished album beyond approving it.
Mario's voice:
https://youtu.be/P7_77lkZkMQ?t=598
Retrospective article:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/donkey-kong-goes-home-retrospective/
https://youtu.be/P7_77lkZkMQ?t=598
Retrospective article:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/donkey-kong-goes-home-retrospective/
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Draglinger, the fourth boss of the game, bears an uncanny resemblance to Spyro the Dragon. Whether this was intentional or not has yet to be confirmed.
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One of Master Hand's attacks has him firing what appear to be golden versions of the Banzai Bill enemies from Super Mario World. These predate the first appearance of a Gold Bullet Bill in the Mario series 3 years later in Super Mario Sunshine. This would also mark one of the few times that one of Master Hand's attacks references another series outside of the Kirby franchise.
Gameplay with Gold Bullet Bill:
https://youtu.be/XHolq7ASZSg
Texture picture source:
https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/728385133352239104/mariowikicomfilessbbulletbillmodelpng
Super Mario Sunshine Gold Bullet Bill:
https://youtu.be/dU3tEAc1lbQ&t=604
https://youtu.be/XHolq7ASZSg
Texture picture source:
https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/728385133352239104/mariowikicomfilessbbulletbillmodelpng
Super Mario Sunshine Gold Bullet Bill:
https://youtu.be/dU3tEAc1lbQ&t=604
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In a 1984 commercial promoting Donkey Kong-brand cereal, Mario can be heard with a distinctly Italian accent, even saying what would become one of Mario's catchphrases "Here We Go". This predates Charles Martinet portraying Mario with an Italian accent by 7 years.
subdirectory_arrow_right South Park (Franchise)
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In preview builds of Pac-Man World, H.M.S. Windbag was called "H.M.S. Hanky". The name was changed due to South Park starting around the game's development, and the developers of Pac-Man World wanting to avoid association with the character of Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo.
Article about Pac-Man World:
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2022/10/07/my-pac-man-world-experience/
The Cutting Room Floor pre-release footage of HMS Hanky:
https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Pac-Man_World_(PlayStation)/E3_1998
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2022/10/07/my-pac-man-world-experience/
The Cutting Room Floor pre-release footage of HMS Hanky:
https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Pac-Man_World_(PlayStation)/E3_1998
Franchise: Spyro the Dragon
subdirectory_arrow_right Crash Bandicoot (Franchise)
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Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon have both shared two voice actors. Carlos Alazraqui voiced Crash in a promotional trailer for Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Spyro in the original Spyro the Dragon. Jess Harnell voiced Spyro in Spryo: A Hero's Tail and Crash since Crash Tag Team Racing.
Franchise: Mario
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As of 2023, Mario has prominently appeared in at least one theatrical film per decade since he was created in 1981:
•1986’s Super Mario Bros: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, which is one of the first film adaptations of a video game.
•1993’s Super Mario Bros, the first live-action film adaptation of a video game.
•2007’s The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a documentary that revolves around Steve Wiebe attempting to usurp Billy Mitchell’s high score on Donkey Kong.
•2015’s Pixels, which incorporates Donkey Kong as the final boss of the film’s climax (alongside Mario making a brief cameo).
•2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is the first video game film to make $1 billion dollars at the box office.
Interestingly, the two films that weren’t direct adaptations of the games, The King of Kong and Pixels, were directed and produced respectively by Seth Gordon, who considered making a 3D film adaptation of Super Paper Mario back in 2008.
•1986’s Super Mario Bros: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, which is one of the first film adaptations of a video game.
•1993’s Super Mario Bros, the first live-action film adaptation of a video game.
•2007’s The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a documentary that revolves around Steve Wiebe attempting to usurp Billy Mitchell’s high score on Donkey Kong.
•2015’s Pixels, which incorporates Donkey Kong as the final boss of the film’s climax (alongside Mario making a brief cameo).
•2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is the first video game film to make $1 billion dollars at the box office.
Interestingly, the two films that weren’t direct adaptations of the games, The King of Kong and Pixels, were directed and produced respectively by Seth Gordon, who considered making a 3D film adaptation of Super Paper Mario back in 2008.
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Contrary to popular belief, The Legend of Zelda franchise is not the first appearance of the ocarina instrument in a Nintendo franchise. The ocarina first appeared in Mother as the Ocarina of Hope. It’s appearance in the official Mother strategy guide resembles a transverse ocarina, similar to their appearance in the Zelda games.
Franchise: Donkey Kong
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Smash Bros. (Franchise)
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Though Donkey Kong's neutral special Giant Punch has no specific origin, Donkey Kong performs a similar wind-up punch in "Bad Hair Day", the first episode of the 1997 animated series "Donkey Kong Country", which first aired 17 months prior to the Japanese release of Super Smash Bros.
subdirectory_arrow_right Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back (Game)
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When the silhouette of the Avatar in Sonic Forces was first revealed in a Nintendo Direct, many Sonic fans joked that the silhouette belonged to Bubsy, an infamous Sonic-inspired character from the 1990s. Almost a month after the Avatar was confirmed as the identity of the mystery character, Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back would be officially announced.
Article about silhouette similarities:
https://apptrigger.com/2017/04/13/people-seem-think-bubsy-bobcat-sonic-forces/
Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back announcement:
https://www.eurogamer.net/bubsy-returns-in-his-first-game-in-21-years
https://apptrigger.com/2017/04/13/people-seem-think-bubsy-bobcat-sonic-forces/
Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back announcement:
https://www.eurogamer.net/bubsy-returns-in-his-first-game-in-21-years
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In July 1999, the industrial metal band Powerman 5000 wrote and released the single "When Worlds Collide", which would become one of their signature songs.On February 23, 2016, patch version 3.2 of the "Heavensward" expansion for Final Fantasy XIV Online would be released, entitled "The Gears of Change". During the Containment Bay S1T7 trial, there is a boss fight against Sephirot, the Fiend, in two phases. The first phase's music is a rearranged version of "Battle to the Death", a boss theme originating from Final Fantasy VI where Fiend first appeared, while the second phase's music was an original song entitled "Fiend", composed and arranged by Masayoshi Soken with lyrics written by Michael-Christopher Koji Fox. The same day, a thread was made on Square Enix's forums noting the similarities between "Fiend" and "When Worlds Collide".
Presumably, Powerman 5000 were informed of this and took to Facebook on February 24 to accuse the game's developers of ripping off "When Worlds Collide" while writing "Fiend", commenting:
"Really? Got to say that the level of unimaginative theft that was used in creating this music for #finalfantasyXIV is mind blowing! I mean, this is When Worlds Collide! Using something as inspiration is one thing but a straight up rip off is another! Did they really think no one would notice? […] To clarify, this is music from the game. If it was a song made by a fan, we wouldn't care."
After the story gained traction and several mixed responses were put against Square Enix and Powerman 5000, the band's frontman Spider One made another Facebook post on February 25 revealing that the band would not be taking legal action against Square Enix, while emphasizing that their original post was "Just an observation" about "a piece of music that was way too similar to be coincidence" and there was "no cry for attention or publicity", before briefly advertising their upcoming tour dates in March and April.
In response to the controversy, the game's producer/director Naoki Yoshida released a statement in the original forum thread that spurred the controversy explaining how they created "Fiend":
"Building upon the motif of Sephirot as a representation of the World Tree, to create this FINAL FANTASY XIV original track, we further incorporated story-driven themes of death and a warped obsession with life, all while utilizing a musical genre─industrial rock─which we believed would provide substantial emphasis to the message.
Industrial rock is a popular genre that can be further divided into numerous sub-genres. Countless songs from these genres have been released worldwide, and I have been made aware of an allegation regarding similarities between an existing track and the track created for the 2nd phase of Containment Bay S1T7. However, track composer Masayoshi Soken, has also stated to me that he was unaware of the track in question while working on this FINAL FANTASY track."
Industrial rock is a popular genre that can be further divided into numerous sub-genres. Countless songs from these genres have been released worldwide, and I have been made aware of an allegation regarding similarities between an existing track and the track created for the 2nd phase of Containment Bay S1T7. However, track composer Masayoshi Soken, has also stated to me that he was unaware of the track in question while working on this FINAL FANTASY track."
Powerman 5000 - When Worlds Collide (1999):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsV500W4BHU
Final Fantasy XIV Online - Fiend (2016):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9f44iJftVM
Final Fantasy XIV Online - Battle to the Death Rearrangement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWNiVOpsZ0c
Final Fantasy XIV Online - The Gears of Change announcement trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yw4shsQsYk
First Powerman 5000 Facebook post (February 24):
https://web.archive.org/web/20170316063418/https://www.facebook.com/officialpowerman5000/posts/1163822686963071
Second Powerman 5000 Facebook post (February 25):
https://web.archive.org/web/20171006141827/https://www.facebook.com/officialpowerman5000/posts/1164522363559770
Naoki Yoshida Square Enix forum response (original thread post noting song similarities can be found by going to page 1 in this thread):
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/283311-Sephirot-Theme-%28-Phase-2-%29-sound-familiar?p=3589465&viewfull=1#post3589465
News coverage of the controversy:
https://www.polygon.com/2016/2/25/11114168/final-fantasy-14-powerman-5000-song-ripoff
https://kotaku.com/band-says-new-final-fantasy-xiv-boss-battle-music-is-ri-1761120297
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsV500W4BHU
Final Fantasy XIV Online - Fiend (2016):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9f44iJftVM
Final Fantasy XIV Online - Battle to the Death Rearrangement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWNiVOpsZ0c
Final Fantasy XIV Online - The Gears of Change announcement trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yw4shsQsYk
First Powerman 5000 Facebook post (February 24):
https://web.archive.org/web/20170316063418/https://www.facebook.com/officialpowerman5000/posts/1163822686963071
Second Powerman 5000 Facebook post (February 25):
https://web.archive.org/web/20171006141827/https://www.facebook.com/officialpowerman5000/posts/1164522363559770
Naoki Yoshida Square Enix forum response (original thread post noting song similarities can be found by going to page 1 in this thread):
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/283311-Sephirot-Theme-%28-Phase-2-%29-sound-familiar?p=3589465&viewfull=1#post3589465
News coverage of the controversy:
https://www.polygon.com/2016/2/25/11114168/final-fantasy-14-powerman-5000-song-ripoff
https://kotaku.com/band-says-new-final-fantasy-xiv-boss-battle-music-is-ri-1761120297
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