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Diablo II
Diablo II (2000)
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The developers went with flashback style sequences for the game's cutscenes so that they could make it from the perspective of a third person, as making the playable characters appear within the cutscenes was beyond Blizzard's capability at the time. They were designed to not only follow along with the game's story, but to show players the other side of the story that wasn't within the game.
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Development
person Dazz calendar_month October 25, 2014
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Shadow the Hedgehog
Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)
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According to Takashi Iizuka, the game was created to appeal to the American market.

"The Japanese Studio was to develop a Sonic game in the standard style, and the US studio was to develop something different which could contribute to the Sonic franchise. That background generated the Shadow game as he appeared from Sonic Adventure. We wanted to offer other game systems to attract a different audience from traditional Sonic fans. In the US, first and third-person shooters were popular and we decided to go with a character who could work with them." - Takashi Iizuka, Game Director.
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Development, Inspiration
person CLXcool calendar_month October 24, 2014
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2010)
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Attachment The game was originally created with the name "Distrust", and was originally designed to be far darker and sinister than that of the final release.
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Development, Early Idea
person Thewelshyoshi calendar_month October 20, 2014
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TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (2005)
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Attachment Early screenshots show Cortez originally had different default attire. He wore a white shirt rather than his grey armor. He can even be seen wearing this holding a machine gun on the back of the truck in the Scotland the Brave mission on the back of the game's box.
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Development, Early Idea
person Megamatt867 calendar_month October 20, 2014
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Hotel Mario
Hotel Mario (1994)
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An early version of the cutscene that plays when you beat Roy doesn't use the voice actors from the final game. The voices of the Mario brothers seem to be heavily based on Walker Boone and Tony Rosato's takes on the brothers from the Mario cartoon series airing at around the same time. Oddly enough, this is stored in the data for the final level, not Roy's. There is no known cutscene data.
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Development, Early Idea
person billebobfacts calendar_month October 20, 2014
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Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart 64 (1996)
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Attachment The idea for the Blue Shell came to mind after processing limitations prevented the developers from showing all of the characters on screen at the same time. Their solution was to clear an overcrowded track with using the Blue Shell.
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Development, Inspiration
person CuriousUserX90 calendar_month October 20, 2014
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Sonic Unleashed
Sonic Unleashed (2008)
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Knuckles and Shadow were planned to be in the game but the idea was scrapped for unknown reasons.
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Development, Early Idea
person SonicNicholas1995 calendar_month October 20, 2014
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Dark Souls
Dark Souls (2011)
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There are unused attack and death animations for the primordial serpents Kingseeker Frampt and Darkstalker Kaathe. At some point, they were intended to be killable but developers chose to make them immortal, likely because if Frampt Spoiler:was killed before transporting the player to the last location, the game would become unbeatable.
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Development, Early Idea
person G-Haven calendar_month October 20, 2014
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Dark Souls
Dark Souls (2011)
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Attachment Crossbreed Priscilla has unused animations for standing and sitting. According to a developer interview, she was originally meant to be an ally of the player. As development went on, her initial role was eventually replaced by the Firekeepers. The unused animations were likely a remnant of her previous role, which are reminiscent of the Maiden-in-Black from Demon's Souls who was is a different location and position each time visiting her.
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Development, Early Idea
person G-Haven calendar_month October 20, 2014
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Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 (1996)
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In addition to the red, blue, and green switches, there was originally going to be a yellow switch too. When used in game, the switch is automatically set to the "on" position for unknown reasons.
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Development, Early Idea
person GamerBen144 calendar_month October 19, 2014
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Luigi's Mansion
Luigi's Mansion (2001)
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During development, the nursery was originally called the "Child's Room", and Chauncey was missing. Instead, the room was filled with ghosts. A stuffed rabbit and two teddy bears were to the far right on a shelf and the different styled crib and mat were further away from the wall. After beating the room, coins and a normal key would appear out of a treasure chest, as for what door uses that key is unknown. It's unlikely it would have been for the Area Two door, but possibly not, as the door was accessible from the start.
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Development, Early Idea
person HoneycombShyGuy calendar_month October 19, 2014
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Spider-Man
Spider-Man (2000)
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The game's executable file contains developer comments about frustrations of coding the game and comments about being angry with one of the developers.
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Development, Easter Egg, Hidden Message
person xianc78 calendar_month October 19, 2014
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Skylanders: Trap Team
Skylanders: Trap Team (2014)
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Krypt King was originally going to be the Undead Giant for Skylanders: Giants. I-Wei Huang took Chop Chop and made an ultra version of him called Chop Chop Daddy, but the team decided against it and chose Eye Brawl to be the Undead Giant. However, I-Wei Huang wanted to bring him back somehow in Skylanders: Trap Team, so he changed the color, some parts of the design, and renamed him Krypt King.
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Development, Early Idea
person JelloBoyInc calendar_month October 17, 2014
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Ratchet: Deadlocked
Ratchet: Deadlocked (2005)
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In a demo for the game, the music of Team Darkstar's containment suite was used in the second mission of planet Shaar.
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Development
person ReakMayhem calendar_month October 17, 2014
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Franchise: Bayonetta
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Bayonetta was going to be included in the Sega crossover kart-racing game Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed as a playable character, but according to a forum post from the developers, she was scrapped because the developers had trouble trying to keep her in-character without the ESRB/PEGI rating potentially going up.
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Development, Early Idea
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month October 16, 2014
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Crash Twinsanity
Crash Twinsanity (2004)
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It was intended for Fake Crash to appear as a cameo, stranded with Crunch on the small isle next to N.Sanity Island, before being scrapped for technical reasons.
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Development, Early Idea
person ChiliDogs calendar_month October 16, 2014
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Pokémon X
Pokémon X (2013)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Y (Game)
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The reason for the special Torchic Mystery Gift at launch was likely due to the fact that Junichi Masuda's favorite Pokemon is Torchic.

I'm a huge fan of Torchic. I don't know if you saw the intro movie of Pokémon X & Y, but I really pushed to get Torchic in there because its one of my favorite Pokémon. And even back with the Game Boy Advance SP, when Nintendo was making that, I actually made a request to them to make a Torchic-colored Game Boy Advanced SP." - Pokemon X&Y Director Junichi Masuda
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Development, Inspiration
person Zakattack calendar_month October 16, 2014
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Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Golden Sun: The Lost Age (2002)
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Attachment Within the code for the game is an image of Alex that is somewhat different to the image of Alex seen throughout the actual games. Its placement in the game's code suggests that Alex was possibly going to be a playable character sometime during development.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person xaxdxaxmx calendar_month October 16, 2014
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Franchise: Metroid
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Attachment According to some concept art posted online, Next Level Games were working on a prototype game for the Metroid series but abandoned the idea when they were put to work on Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.
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Development, Early Idea
person Boyobmas calendar_month October 16, 2014
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Kirby's Dream Land 2
Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995)
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Attachment In stage 5-5, using Kine and the spark ability in one of the dark rooms will reveal a picture of a orca in it. The image bears a strong resemblance to the boss Acro from Kirby's Dream Land 3 and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. However, as Acro is never seen in-game, this may hint that he was originally intended to make an appearance but was scrapped and moved to later games. He can also be seen on one of the proposal documents of Kirby's Dream Land 2 in Kirby's Dream Collection.
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Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, Secret, Suggested, Theory
person Ophl calendar_month October 16, 2014
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