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A Twitter post made on the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Twitter upon the release of the Garfield DLC shows that his bib alternate costume was originally supposed to be plain white with stains of lasagna tomato sauce instead of clean with red checkers.
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Sunsoft's NES Batman originally had cutscenes using the comic book iteration of Batman, but these had to be scrapped and replaced with digitized renditions of Micheal Keaton's live-action Batman as the game's artist was not aware that the Batman comics and movies were separate licenses. The Joker, however, was always depicted as Jack Nicholson's portrayal, even in prototypes using the comic version of Batman.
Tweet with developer quote:
https://twitter.com/SunsoftHistory/status/1415661343450013698
Batman prototype cutscenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtLVxW0T9HE
https://twitter.com/SunsoftHistory/status/1415661343450013698
Batman prototype cutscenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtLVxW0T9HE
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In the lead-up to the release of Super Villain Island, a piece of concept art titled "Combo Breaker" was posted on the Daily Pop, depicting what appears to be a robot that combined elements from the four villains featured in the island's story (rabbit traits from Dr. Hare, jester traits from Mordred/Binary Bard, artist traits from Black Widow, and pirate traits from Captain Crawfish), as well as what appears to be traits reminiscent of a cowboy. This, combined with an earlier Daily Pop post titled "Perchance to Dream" that suggested the Dream Machine was originally going to have five containment units instead of four, led some fans to believe that El Mustachio Grande (the main antagonist of Wild West Island) was originally going to appear alongside the former four as one of the main villains. While this has never been confirmed, it's worth noting that El Mustachio Grande appeared as one of the answers to the Pop Quiz question "Who is your favorite Poptropica villain?" alongside the four. Additionally, while he does not play a role in the story of Super Villain Island, he does still make a cameo during the elevator sequence alongside various other Poptropica villains.
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One of the most common criticisms regarding Star Fox Command's narrative from fans is the way it portrays Krystal as seemingly far more cold, harsh and bitter than she was in the previous Star Fox titles she appeared in. While some of this angst is still present in the Japanese script, there is comparatively much less of it and is written in a less exaggerated tone than in the Western localization. For example, take this conversation:
Wolf: Enough chatter! We're flying through Sector X and that's final! It's the quickest way to Venom. When we get there, we wipe 'em out!
Leon: Whaaaa ha ha haa! Time for killin'! I haven't been this excited in a long time!
Panther: Maybe we should think it over. After all, there is a beautiful lady present. She is a delicate, fragile creature! We cannot just plunge into danger!
Krystal: Stuff it, Panther. Wolf, fly where you want. I just want to get going.
Falco: ...Oh, crud.
ROB: That looked like Krystal.
Falco: Yeah, it sure did. I wonder if it WAS her. She seems so... cold!
Leon: Whaaaa ha ha haa! Time for killin'! I haven't been this excited in a long time!
Panther: Maybe we should think it over. After all, there is a beautiful lady present. She is a delicate, fragile creature! We cannot just plunge into danger!
Krystal: Stuff it, Panther. Wolf, fly where you want. I just want to get going.
Falco: ...Oh, crud.
ROB: That looked like Krystal.
Falco: Yeah, it sure did. I wonder if it WAS her. She seems so... cold!
Here's this same conversation, but re-translated from the original Japanese text:
Wolf: いいか野郎ども!セクターXを経由して一気にベノムを落とす! いいな! (Listen up, you guys! We'll pass through Sector X and take down Venom in one go! Got it?)
Leon: 久々の大物にワクワクする…フフフフフ (Exciting to go after a big target after so long... Hehehe...)
Panther: おいおいウルフ お嬢さんもいるんだぜ! 野郎どもはないだろ? (Hey, Wolf, there's a lady here too, you know? It's not just us guys, right?)
Krystal: 私は大丈夫 気にしないで それより先を急ぎましょ (I'm fine, don't worry about it. Let's hurry on ahead.)
Falco: ...!!
NUS: クリスタルに酷似しています (She bears a striking resemblance to Krystal.)
Falco: 酷似も何も… クリスタルじゃねえか… (Resemblance? That's not just a resemblance... It IS Krystal!)
Leon: 久々の大物にワクワクする…フフフフフ (Exciting to go after a big target after so long... Hehehe...)
Panther: おいおいウルフ お嬢さんもいるんだぜ! 野郎どもはないだろ? (Hey, Wolf, there's a lady here too, you know? It's not just us guys, right?)
Krystal: 私は大丈夫 気にしないで それより先を急ぎましょ (I'm fine, don't worry about it. Let's hurry on ahead.)
Falco: ...!!
NUS: クリスタルに酷似しています (She bears a striking resemblance to Krystal.)
Falco: 酷似も何も… クリスタルじゃねえか… (Resemblance? That's not just a resemblance... It IS Krystal!)
Notice how more aggressive Krystal comes across in the English script, something Falco takes note of, in comparison to the retranslated text where's she portrayed as more considerate.
Another example is during one of the Katina missions:
Fox: Krystal! I'm coming to cover you!
Krystal: Save it, loser! I don't need your help!
Krystal: Save it, loser! I don't need your help!
But re-translating the Japanese script, it reads like this:
Fox: クリスタル! 今から援護に向かう! (Krystal! We're on our way to cover you now!)
Krystal: あなたの援護はいらないわ (I don't need your backup.)
Krystal: あなたの援護はいらないわ (I don't need your backup.)
Obviously, Krystal is still portrayed as not being on good terms with Fox, but one can see the extra venom Nintendo of America included in their localization, by having her flat out call Fox a loser.
Another major example is this conversation at the end of the Fox and Krystal storyline:
Fox: Krystal, please find a way to forgive me! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
Krystal: Forgive you? Forgive you?! That's funny. I mean, that is simply hilarious. You treat me like dirt and I just forgive you? Is that it? ...Sniff... Jerk...
Fox: So... you won't come back to the team?
Slippy: C'mon, Krystal! You gotta come back!
Falco: Yeah, don't worry abut this furry idiot. Just get your tail back here.
Fox: We'll always be together. I promise.
Krystal: Ah, F-Fox, you... I... sniff... ...I'm an idiot. I can't believe I'm actually going to do it...Falco? Slippy? Thank you.
Krystal: Forgive you? Forgive you?! That's funny. I mean, that is simply hilarious. You treat me like dirt and I just forgive you? Is that it? ...Sniff... Jerk...
Fox: So... you won't come back to the team?
Slippy: C'mon, Krystal! You gotta come back!
Falco: Yeah, don't worry abut this furry idiot. Just get your tail back here.
Fox: We'll always be together. I promise.
Krystal: Ah, F-Fox, you... I... sniff... ...I'm an idiot. I can't believe I'm actually going to do it...Falco? Slippy? Thank you.
Now, here's the Japanese version of this retranslated:
Fox: 俺を許してくれ クリスタル (Please forgive me, Krystal.)
Krystal: 許してだなんて…そんな… 私…あなたに…ひどいことしたわ… しく…しく… (You want me to forgive you? But...I was...so horrible to you...sob...sob...)
Fox: このままチームに戻らないか? (Why don't we just go back to the team?)
Slippy: そうだよ! クリスタル! (Yes, Krystal!)
Falco: もう気にすることなんか何もねえ 戻って来い! (You got nothing to worry about. Come on back!)
Fox: これからはずっと一緒だ (We'll be together from now on.)
Krystal: しく…しく…ありがとうフォックス… (sob...sob...thank you Fox...thank you...Falco, Slippy...)
Krystal: 許してだなんて…そんな… 私…あなたに…ひどいことしたわ… しく…しく… (You want me to forgive you? But...I was...so horrible to you...sob...sob...)
Fox: このままチームに戻らないか? (Why don't we just go back to the team?)
Slippy: そうだよ! クリスタル! (Yes, Krystal!)
Falco: もう気にすることなんか何もねえ 戻って来い! (You got nothing to worry about. Come on back!)
Fox: これからはずっと一緒だ (We'll be together from now on.)
Krystal: しく…しく…ありがとうフォックス… (sob...sob...thank you Fox...thank you...Falco, Slippy...)
Krystal appears to be much more remorseful about her attitude and actions towards Fox (i.e joining up with Star Wolf and forcing him to beg for forgiveness in order to get her to rejoin the team) than she does in the English translation where she continues to be rather bitter and sarcastic towards him, to the point where she doesn't even thank Fox unlike with Falco and Slippy, which contradicts the original Japanese script.
User's English translations of original Japanese dialogue compared with Nintendo of America's English localization in Star Fox Command:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/15o5473/a_look_at_differences_in_the_dialogue_between_the/
Japanese website containing English, Japanese and fan-translated dialogue from every story path in Star Fox Command:
https://ljmixoeqeunl4vov8m9k6q.on.drv.tw/starfoxcommand/
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/15o5473/a_look_at_differences_in_the_dialogue_between_the/
Japanese website containing English, Japanese and fan-translated dialogue from every story path in Star Fox Command:
https://ljmixoeqeunl4vov8m9k6q.on.drv.tw/starfoxcommand/
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Death Stalker contains a long hidden message in its code, which includes calls for hires, promotions for other games by the same developer and publisher, and perhaps most interestingly, a message from the writer about how he had been locked out of his car:
Hello, good evening & wellcome to Qualtan, or Death Stalker in official form!
Brought to you & (c) of course, by TAG computer games.
We at TAG have always wondered why you hackers don't do something contructive like writing games!
If you wan't to talk to us about this subject then ring HULL (0482) 215320 & have a chat.
( do this anyway if you like! we're also after graphic artists , games testers & designers. )
Watch out for 'Ninja Massacre' its beaut!!
Hope you liked '19 boot camp' we did!
Coming soon, Touchlight from Palace.
Hello to Rogue who are writing the CBM version , featuring the first ever 16 colour HW scroll!
More games from Codemasters later in the year!
I am currently stranded in the TAG office because my car is locked in the multi story car park !
, just thought you might be interested.
Thanks to PDS for the wonderfull Pd system, its wonderfull!
TAG - the worlds first vegetarian computer company.
We love Codemasters!
Especially Mark, Tim, Richard & David!
but is it TRUE or FALSE we ask?
Fact is often stranger than fiction! more so where computers are concerned!
Who was Paragon? Who are Tiertex? What is Artic ?
South Hunsley , Britains crappist school!
I know! theres loads more buffer left, but I've 20 miles to walk home!
[The original message contains no line breaks; they were added by The Cutting Room Floor for readability.]
Brought to you & (c) of course, by TAG computer games.
We at TAG have always wondered why you hackers don't do something contructive like writing games!
If you wan't to talk to us about this subject then ring HULL (0482) 215320 & have a chat.
( do this anyway if you like! we're also after graphic artists , games testers & designers. )
Watch out for 'Ninja Massacre' its beaut!!
Hope you liked '19 boot camp' we did!
Coming soon, Touchlight from Palace.
Hello to Rogue who are writing the CBM version , featuring the first ever 16 colour HW scroll!
More games from Codemasters later in the year!
I am currently stranded in the TAG office because my car is locked in the multi story car park !
, just thought you might be interested.
Thanks to PDS for the wonderfull Pd system, its wonderfull!
TAG - the worlds first vegetarian computer company.
We love Codemasters!
Especially Mark, Tim, Richard & David!
but is it TRUE or FALSE we ask?
Fact is often stranger than fiction! more so where computers are concerned!
Who was Paragon? Who are Tiertex? What is Artic ?
South Hunsley , Britains crappist school!
I know! theres loads more buffer left, but I've 20 miles to walk home!
[The original message contains no line breaks; they were added by The Cutting Room Floor for readability.]
subdirectory_arrow_right The Muppets (Franchise)
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In 2013, around the launch of Disney Infinity, Disney merchandise artist Jim Valeri posted a set of images to his portfolio of angular figures, resembling the character models from Disney Infinity, of Muppets Kermit, Gonzo, Miss Piggy, Animal, Beaker, and Fozzie Bear, mentioning that they were made a year ago and he had no clue what they were for or if they would be released. While not explicitly stated, it seems heavily likely from the timing and aesthetic that these were intended as characters for Disney Infinity who never saw the light of day, possibly due to the financial failure of the 2014 film Muppets Most Wanted.
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In the files of Donkey Kong's NES port are 4 unused Pauline items: early versions of the hat and parasol, the hat from the arcade version that does not appear in the NES release, and an all-new item: a bouquet of flowers.
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Cuphead E3 2014 trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4TCfOvQKhg#t=67
Cuphead - Djimmi the Great Third Phase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Ti2DqPpRM#t=44
IGN interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5danTXIPdEY#t=737
E3 2014 screenshots featuring Demon Bat's second phase:
https://www.trueachievements.com/n17230/cuphead-artwork-and-screenshots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4TCfOvQKhg#t=67
Cuphead - Djimmi the Great Third Phase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Ti2DqPpRM#t=44
IGN interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5danTXIPdEY#t=737
E3 2014 screenshots featuring Demon Bat's second phase:
https://www.trueachievements.com/n17230/cuphead-artwork-and-screenshots
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Whenever a character speaks during a mission in Star Fox: Assault, their name appears above the message box. Curiously, when viewing the graphic with the full list of names found within the game files, Tricky is included despite him only being present during the end cutscene of the Sauria mission where there are subtitles instead. This suggests that he originally either spoke to you during the Sauria mission in-game, or that the cutscenes were intended to have transmission boxes instead of subtitles.
The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Star_Fox:_Assault
Star Fox: Assault - Mission 6 Tricky appearance:
https://youtu.be/iB7F2QpFEwc?t=760
https://tcrf.net/Star_Fox:_Assault
Star Fox: Assault - Mission 6 Tricky appearance:
https://youtu.be/iB7F2QpFEwc?t=760
subdirectory_arrow_right Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! (Game)
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The Pink Elephant mini-boss from Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! originated as a cut enemy from Crash Twinsanity's scrapped level, Gone a Bit Coco.
Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! - Pink Elephant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTNACT9zaGk
Crash Twinsanity - Scrapped Boss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZM7r7HK4Jc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTNACT9zaGk
Crash Twinsanity - Scrapped Boss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZM7r7HK4Jc
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Leaked development files for Yoshi's Island show graphics of a razor blade hazard or weapon, possibly intended to be thrown by an enemy. This was likely removed from the game over concerns of violence and/or imitability.
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Atari: 80 Classic Games in One! contains two unused ROMs created to test the emulators used in the compilation. Interestingly, the .txt file that contains the descriptions of all the featured games also has explanations of what these ROMs are, suggesting that they may have at one point been planned to be included as bonus content on the compilation for regular players:
"[colours]
What is this?
This ROM was created as part of the development
process for ^RAtari 80 Classic Games^0[sic]. This ROM
was transferred into a genuine first generation
Atari 2600 (bought by the lead programmer's
family back in 1977!) via a Cuttlecart. It cycles
through all the available colours in the Atari
2600 palette, displaying the colour's number as a
binary "bar code" at the top. The output of the
Atari 2600 was hooked up to a video capture card,
and each frame was digitised and its colour ID
determined by reading the bar code on the image.
All frames of the same colour were then averaged
together to get an average "RGB" colour value for
that number. This process was used to get accu-
rate colour matches with the original Atari 2600.
[sound]
What is this?
This ROM was created as part of the development
process for ^RAtari 80 Classic Games^0[sic]. This
ROM was transferred into a genuine first gener-
ation Atari 2600 (bought by the lead programmer's
family back in 1977!) via a Cuttlecart. It plays
a sound sequence consisting of a one second low-
volume beep, 1 second of silence, and then 4
seconds of a particular Atari 2600 "voice",
followed by another 1 second of silence. Each of
the available voices is played in turn at a
preset frequency. (Once all voices were played,
the frequency would change and the process would
repeat.) The output was captured via a PC's
^G(more...)
Page 2
^G(...more)
sound card and a program found the sound's
fundamental pattern. These captures were used
to generate accurate sound matches with the
Atari 2600.
Note: The left difficulty must be in the B
position for the sounds to start."
What is this?
This ROM was created as part of the development
process for ^RAtari 80 Classic Games^0[sic]. This ROM
was transferred into a genuine first generation
Atari 2600 (bought by the lead programmer's
family back in 1977!) via a Cuttlecart. It cycles
through all the available colours in the Atari
2600 palette, displaying the colour's number as a
binary "bar code" at the top. The output of the
Atari 2600 was hooked up to a video capture card,
and each frame was digitised and its colour ID
determined by reading the bar code on the image.
All frames of the same colour were then averaged
together to get an average "RGB" colour value for
that number. This process was used to get accu-
rate colour matches with the original Atari 2600.
[sound]
What is this?
This ROM was created as part of the development
process for ^RAtari 80 Classic Games^0[sic]. This
ROM was transferred into a genuine first gener-
ation Atari 2600 (bought by the lead programmer's
family back in 1977!) via a Cuttlecart. It plays
a sound sequence consisting of a one second low-
volume beep, 1 second of silence, and then 4
seconds of a particular Atari 2600 "voice",
followed by another 1 second of silence. Each of
the available voices is played in turn at a
preset frequency. (Once all voices were played,
the frequency would change and the process would
repeat.) The output was captured via a PC's
^G(more...)
Page 2
^G(...more)
sound card and a program found the sound's
fundamental pattern. These captures were used
to generate accurate sound matches with the
Atari 2600.
Note: The left difficulty must be in the B
position for the sounds to start."
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Across PaRappa the Rapper, you can you posters of a human pop star named "Pony Pony" - this character was originally supposed to be a member of PaRappa's friend group, but never properly appeared.
Rodney Greenblatt article referencing Pony Pony:
http://whimsyload.com/character-club/parappa-the-rapper/
Pony Pony concept art:
https://www.facebook.com/ParappaFanClub/photos/-the-four-who-started-it-all-these-were-the-first-characters-developed-by-rodney/1006551762779680/
http://whimsyload.com/character-club/parappa-the-rapper/
Pony Pony concept art:
https://www.facebook.com/ParappaFanClub/photos/-the-four-who-started-it-all-these-were-the-first-characters-developed-by-rodney/1006551762779680/
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J. Langston III's original name during development was J. Langston Popsicle III, or "Popsicle" for short, but had to be changed due to Popsicle being trademarked by Unilever. Multiple lines were spliced to remove "Popsicle", though one was removed and one was re-recorded.
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There are four unused voice clips intended for the Newscaster on Putt Putt's radio that appears to be a developer in-joke. When put together they read:"A criminal suit was filed against Mr. Firebird. He is accused of purposeful wrong-doing and criminal neglect. It is believed that Mr. Firebird's negligence caused Putt-Putt's unfortunate accident earlier today."
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subdirectory_arrow_right Dexter's Laboratory (Franchise)
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Yogi Bear: Great Balloon Blast contains a fully functional unused character in the form of a duo of Dexter and Dee Dee from Dexter's Laboratory, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon that was still airing at the time. It is unknown if this is a remnant of a scrapped Dexter's Laboratory version of Pop'n Pop, much like Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage was for Elevator Action EX, or a scrapped plan to make the game a Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network crossover game.
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The Tiger Electronics electronic Pokédex toy received major pushback from Nintendo HQ in Japan, which did not want the toy to have any kind of game function as to avoid cannibalizing sales of Pokémon Red & Blue. When two-frame animations of each Pokémon were implemented, they had to be scrapped as Nintendo thought they were "too close to the Game Boy game", despite animated sprites not being introduced until Pokémon Crystal in 2000. Despite this, both Nintendo of America and 4Kids were in favor of the animations.