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Hey You, Pikachu!

Hey You, Pikachu! (1998)

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The Nintendo 64 in the Japanese version looks rather unpolished and appears to have Super Famicom cartridges with it, which doesn't make sense since N64 cartridges are the same in design between America and Japan and Super Famicom games can be played when the Tristar 64 is attached but nothing seems to be attached.

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Duke Nukem Forever

Duke Nukem Forever (2011)

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The talk show host of "Damn, It's Late", Johnny O'Lenoman, got his name by combining four popular talk show hosts names together. These being Johnny Carson, Conan O' Brien, Jay Leno and David Letterman.

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Croc: Legend of the Gobbos

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (1997)

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The game started out as a prototype for a new 3D Mario game in which the player played as Yoshi.

"The end came when we pitched to do a 3D platform game, the likes of which had never been done before. We mocked up a prototype using Yoshi. It was essentially the world's first 3D platform game and was obviously a big risk. [...] Nintendo had never let an outside company use their characters before, and weren't about to, either. This is the moment the deal fell apart. We later made that game into Croc: Legend of the Gobbos for the PlayStation, Saturn and PC, which became our biggest ever game in terms of sales and also in royalties, since we owned the IP."

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Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009)

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In the Arkham Penitentiary Control Room where Clayface is being contained, there is a strange inmate pacing around muttering to himself in one of the cells. This character is Luke Oliver, who won a contest to have his face rendered somewhere in the Arkham Asylum video game. His name is also on the Joker's Party List.

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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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Zelda's Adventure

Zelda's Adventure (1994)

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Nearly all of the scenery in the game were of shots taken of the Los Angeles area. Some of the background terrain textures were vacation type pictures taken from a helicopter in Hawaii by one of the developers before the game's actual development had started. The image's file sizes took up much of the game's RAM usage resulting in the slow scrolling backgrounds.

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Sonic X-treme

Sonic X-treme (TBA)

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Due to the stress involved with the game's production, Director Chris Senn actually grew physically ill, stating that he "took on far more than was healthy... and after 2 years I became extremely ill... a nurse told me he thought I had 6 months to live, actually. I lost 25 pounds, was sick all the time, had cramps... and still went in to work... all due to too much stress."

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Grand Theft Auto III

Grand Theft Auto III (2001)

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The musician Tom Novy was set to appear in the game along with his song "Back To The Streets" but both were cut from final release. However, his model can still be found in the files.

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Franchise: Sly Cooper

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Carmelita has not kept the same English voice actress for more than one game in the series. As such, her accent keeps changing each game.

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Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (2001)

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Munch's Oddysee was originally going to be released for the PlayStation 2, with different level layouts, enemies, cutscenes, and areas, but was scrapped and put on the Xbox.

The idea to move the game to Xbox was based on the development team not only wanting to use a more powerful console, which would allow them to flesh out the world better, but also thinking it would be a better long term plan to publish the games on the console. Microsoft even worked with Oddworld Inhabitants to help make the Xbox better for them to work on it.

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Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009)

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Rick Moranis declined to reprise his role as Louis Tully in Ghostbusters: The Video Game because he retired from acting in 1996. He retired from acting to raise his children after losing his wife to cancer.

Although Louis Tully does not appear in the game, his desk can be found at the bottom of the staircase in the firehouse. On the back wall are his uniform and the black earmuffs he wore in Ghostbusters II.

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2012)

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During early development, Isabelle didn't have a real name, but was instead referred to as simply "Secretary" (ひしょ, Hisho). In the Japanese final release, her name is Shizu (しずえ), likely as a reference to her breed of dog, a Shih Tzu.

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Back to the Future

Back to the Future (1989)

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According to Bob Gale, co-creator of the Back to the Future series, the game's publisher "LJN" didn't want any input from the film's creators, however promised to show it to them when it was ready. Gale disagreed with what was shown to him and wanted it changed but was told that it was too late. Gale later told fans to not purchase it because of how bad it was.

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Franchise: Pokémon

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Pikachu has had four balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The first one (nicknamed "Flying Pikachu") ran from 2001 to 2005. The second one was a redesign that now featured him chasing a Poké Ball balloon and ran from 2006 to 2013. The third was another redesign featuring him wearing a green scarf and holding a small, Pikachu-shaped snowman, ran from 2014 to 2020. In 2021, the fourth balloon was introduced, featuring Pikachu and Eevee riding in a bobsled resembling a Poké Ball.

Pikachu is the second video game character to be featured in the parade after Sonic the Hedgehog in 1993.

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Franchise: Pokémon

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The first 4 regions are based on real life Japan.

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Metroid: Other M

Metroid: Other M (2010)

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The Head Quarantine Officer instructing Samus through her training sequence during the beginning is voice acted in English by Nate Bihldorf. Nate localized Metroid Zero Mission and contributed on Metroid Prime 2 & 3. In an interview by ShineSparkers, Nate explains his experience, "I thought I sounded like a nerd - but that's what Mr. Sakamoto was looking for, so I guess I'd call it a resounding success." The Quarantine Officer has an uncanny visual resemblance to Dan Owsen who narrated the opening of Super Metroid: "The last Metroid is in captivity. The Galaxy is at Peace...".

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Alan Wake

Alan Wake (2010)

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In chapter 4, there is a Microsoft Tag, though it looks like art. When read by a specific smart phone app, you'll unlock a secret. You'll be given access to several themes for your Xbox 360, as sponsored by Verizon.

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Epic Mickey

Epic Mickey (2010)

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The Lonesome Manor is not based on any one Haunted Mansion Ride but all of them. Plus, there are three cameos from past Disney characters. A painting of Chernabog (the demon from Night of Bald Mountain from the movie Fantasia), Madam Leona (the head in the Crystal Ball), and The Lonesome Ghosts (from Mickey Mouse Cartoons).

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Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts (2002)

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The original data and assets for Kingdom Hearts have been lost forever. This is the reason Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix is being made from the ground up.

"Kingdom Hearts was created a long, long time ago... ...The original data was missing already. It was lost so we had to research, to dig out the original game and recreate everything for HD. It was not that easy." - Tetsuya Nomura

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The Last of Us Part I

The Last of Us Part I (2022)

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The cause of the zombie apocalypse is actually based on real life organisms. There is a parasitic fungus called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which is known for taking over an ant's mind and controlling its motor skills, basically making it a zombie. In The Last of Us, a fungus takes over most of humanity's minds, and turns them into zombies.

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