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Franchise: Pokémon
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Attachment Pokemon was originally called "Capsule Monsters" but was renamed as the creators had trouble trademarking the name. They also tried to trademark "Capumon" and then "Pocked Monsters". Capsule Monsters was put on hold so Game Freak could develop Yoshi for the NES and Game Boy. The success of Yoshi helped Game Freak acquire the resources they needed to continue work on Pokemon, and could even be the reason we have Pokemon today. The name "Capsule Monsters" is inspired by Japanese gashapon machines. It appears PokeMarts were supposed to sell the capsules, as indicated by this concept art.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Unused Content, Unused Text
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 3, 2013
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Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro (2001)
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Attachment Spider-Man 2 was recalled to rework anything related to the World Trade Center. Activision and Vicarious Visions feared backlash from releasing a New York-centric game featuring the Twin Towers so close to the attacks. This included renaming a level, changing dialogue, and heavily editing entire structures at key points in the game.
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General, Real Life, Unused Audio, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Unused Text
person Skarro calendar_month March 1, 2013
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Dark Souls
Dark Souls (2011)
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When originally announced, the game was titled "Dark Ring". The name was changed to Dark Souls because "Dark Ring" can be seen as a euphemism for an anus.

This was the second time the name changed. The first time was also unintentionally risque; "Dark Race".
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Content, Unused Text
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 26, 2013
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The New Tetris
The New Tetris (1999)
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Hidden in the code are several rants and pieces of text-art by multiple developers who worked on the game, with one rant by programmer David Pridie, who would leave H20 Entertainment after this game's release to work at The 3DO Company and passed away in 2001. The rants are mainly about the incompetence of his co-workers, and the text art is of several logos, a Canadian flag, a cannabis leaf, and (possibly) some psychoactive psilocybin mushrooms.
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Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Unused Text
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 25, 2013
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The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (1996)
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It was originally planned for the player to have sex with NPCs in the game, and there is plenty of unused text in the game's code to reflect this. In addition to this, there's text suggesting you were originally able to join the prostitutes guild and turn your character into a prostitute.
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Removed Feature, Suggested, Theory, Unused Content, Unused Text
person Skarro calendar_month February 24, 2013
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Cool Spot
Cool Spot (1993)
subdirectory_arrow_right Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (Game)
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There's a hidden credit line in the ROMs of both Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind and the SNES version of Cool Spot which reads:
(C) 1992 Basement Boys Software

Basement Boys Software were a group famous for making hacking tools on the Commodore 64 in the late 80s, who had some members go on to Chip Level Designs, a company that used to provide sound programming for a number of SNES titles.
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Console Difference, Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Modding, Real Life, Unused Content, Unused Text
person Dazz calendar_month February 16, 2013
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Suikoden
Suikoden (1995)
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Attachment As weapon levels increase, they are also sometimes renamed. Many characters are recruited with weapons already upgraded beyond early level names for their weapons, but these names are still coded into the game.

Viewing these names, we see that Clive's weapons all have a wind theme (Wind, Storm, Tornado) and Warren's weapons are all references to the Norse God Odin, though badly mistranslated (Slavenil, Gunnigle, Odin).
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person Dazz calendar_month February 13, 2013
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