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Blades of Steel
Blades of Steel (1987)
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According to former game's illustrator Tom duBois in 'My Life in Gaming', he was fined $15,000 by 'Sports Illustrated' for using their photo and position of Wayne Gretzky & Billy Smith from 1983 as a reference for the game's front cover without their consent. The charges were later dropped to $10,000.
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GoldenEye 007
GoldenEye 007 (1997)
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Attachment Censored Gaming asked 'Martin Molls', the game's director, why the 'Hunting Knife' was removed from the Japanese localisation. He stated that it was related to the 'Kobe Child Murders', an incident in Japan, involving child murder and knives.

This change is believed to have affected Rare's later game 'Perfect Dark' for the same reason.
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Censorship, Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Snake's Revenge
Snake's Revenge (1990)
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According to former game's illustrator Tom duBois in 'My Life in Gaming', the appearance of 'Jennifer (Operation 747)' on the game's front cover was based on his wife 'Victoria duBois'.
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NES Remix
NES Remix (2013)
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The game did not receive a 3DS version of the game as series creator Koichi Hayashida believed that the Wii U "had the machine-power" that the 3DS didn't.

The 3DS would eventually get a new installment of the series with Ultimate NES Remix, albeit with the 3D mode turned off.
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Cancelled Release, Development
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Doom Eternal
Doom Eternal (2020)
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When asked by GamesBeat what the word "Eternal" meant in this game, creative director Hugo Martin described the word "Eternal" as an "eternal struggle for the good and evil. It's meant to symbolize that there's always going to be demons and there's always going to be a slayer."
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Development, Inspiration
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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (2006)
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Attachment In Banana Blitz HD, completing World 8 unlocks Sonic from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. This marks the first time a character from a different universe is playable in the Monkey Ball series.
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Mario Tennis Aces
Mario Tennis Aces (2018)
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Camelot president Hiroyuki Takahashi gave Luigi the main role in the story as a surprise to the player. Luigi had always been "stuck in his brother’s shadow ," and Takahashi wanted to give him a much larger role with as much prominence as Mario.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration
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Pulseman
Pulseman (1994)
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In the early stages of development, Pulseman was originally meant to play similarly to Magical Taluluto (based on the Shonen Jump manga of the same name), the first game directed by Ken Sugimori who was also the director for Pulseman.
For example, he originally had the ability to turn into a fighter jet and fly by pressing the jump button twice, but this was scrapped, as it didn’t fit his character.
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Development, Early Idea, Removed Feature, Unused Content
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Collection: Project DIVA
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The song "Senbonzakura" has been removed from every Korean version of the Project Diva games. The song makes many references to war and the revamping of the Japanese nation during the end of the 1800s, of which both Japan and Korea were feuding at that time. Even today, tensions still exist between both regions and the song was deemed too controversial for Korean audiences.
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Censorship, Development
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Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011)
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In a Q&A, the developers revealed that Shuma-Gorath was one of the first Marvel characters proposed, but Marvel was reluctant to allow them to use him, but Capcom eventually convinced them that he is popular and a big part of the series history, eventually leading to his inclusion as DLC.
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Development, General
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The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
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According to Kyo’s designer, his final design was inspired by Jo Yabuki from Ashita no Joe, and Akira Fudo from Devilman.
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Development, Inspiration
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Pulseman
Pulseman (1994)
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Pulseman’s Japanese anime-inspired design was made as a direct opposition to Sonic the Hedgehog's design, as Sonic was popular in the ‘90s and had a Western cartoon look to it. He was also made red to be opposite to Sonic's blue.
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Development, Inspiration
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The King of Fighters '97
The King of Fighters '97 (1997)
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Orochi was originally planned as "a buck-naked Chris" fighting with a shining energy ball. However, it was changed after developers were surveyed and only two votes in favor of the design were received. His design codename was "Chief", however, a lot of people were against giving him the name "Orochi".
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Development, Early Idea
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Jak II
Jak II (2003)
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Attachment Although not referenced in game, Pecker is a Monkaw (half monkey and half macaw).
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SpongeBob HeroPants
SpongeBob HeroPants (2015)
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Attachment The final boss of the game, the Patrickosaurus, is based on a character from a deleted scene in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water, where SpongeBob and Plankton have gone too far back in time and encounter it along with the Squidosaurus (the latter of which was seen in the final film).
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
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Franchise: Earthbound
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Attachment Monolith Soft, known for the Xeno series, had approached Nintendo in 2003 with a pitch for an EarthBound sequel, intended for the GameCube. The game was designed as if it were made of arts and crafts, similar to Kirby's Epic Yarn and Yoshi's Woolly World, and was supposed to be set in America during the 80's.

The meeting for this new EarthBound game was arranged by Nintendo's then-CEO Satoru Iwata without Shigesato Itoi (EarthBound's creator) knowing about it. Despite Itoi not knowing about this project, it's unclear what led to the cancellation of the game.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
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Crash Twinsanity
Crash Twinsanity (2004)
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Attachment According to writer Paul Gardner, there was originally going to be a character named Moronic the Plumber (a parody of Sonic and Mario) that took the role of a hero to reclaim stolen treasure from their dimension. Traveller's Tales rejected the idea, and Moronic was later replaced with a cameo from Spyro the Dragon.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration
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Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark (1992)
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The game was going to be remade by Eden Games, who developed the critically panned 2008 sequel to the series, also titled Alone in the Dark. After the mostly negative response to the sequel, the remake was temporarily cancelled. Later however in 2018, Atari SA would sell the series rights to THQ Nordic, who would revive the remake now being developed by Pieces Interactive, and it released for Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 in 2024.
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Cancelled Release, Development
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Onimusha: Warlords
Onimusha: Warlords (2001)
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Night Trap
Night Trap (1992)
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According to a SEGA.jp interview with Ryoichi Hasegawa, the game was banned in Germany for its “excessive” content. While not banned in Japan, Ryoichi mentioned that there were news reports about the game in Japan, describing it as “a game where you chase around and try to capture women in their underwear”.
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