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Microsoft Minesweeper
Microsoft Minesweeper (1990)
subdirectory_arrow_right Microsoft Minesweeper (Game), Microsoft Minesweeper (Game)
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Attachment The "Flower Garden" mode of Minesweeper was created to be more sensitive towards users in countries, such as Italy, where landmines are a common cause of death rather than seen as a war movie trope. It was originally only available to Italian players, but became a customization option in 2007's remake of Minesweeper, with Flower Garden being the only option for Italian players. in 2012's Microsoft Minesweeper, the Flower Garden mode would also be the only aesthetic option on Siberian and Chinese players.
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Censorship, Customization, Minigame, Real Life, Regional Difference, Remake, Sprite/Graphical Animation
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Knuckles' Chaotix
Knuckles' Chaotix (1995)
subdirectory_arrow_right Sonic The Hedgehog (Franchise)
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Attachment Dr. Starline the Platypus from the IDW Sonic the Hedgehog comic series is inspired by a glitch character from Knuckles' Chaotix - a silver, red and charcoal Knuckles recolor, known by fans as "Wechnia", but by the game itself as "**********", seemingly based on unused data for Tails. Starline's color scheme is taken directly from Wechnia, his name is a literal take on the name "**********", (or "star-line") the black streak in his fur resembles the red streaks all over Wechnia's fur, and the choice of a platypus seems to be inspired by how certain Wechnia sprites would make the bottom of his muzzle yellow and loosely resemble shading for the underside of a flat bill, alongside platypi being Australian like echidnas.
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Character Design, Glitch, Inspiration, Leftover, Multimedia Adaptation, Similarities, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Suggested, Theory, Unused Character, Unused Content
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Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (1986)
subdirectory_arrow_right Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX (Game)
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In the Japanese version of Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Alex eats a rice ball at the end of each stage. The 1990 US revision of the game changes this to a hamburger.

In Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX, a Spanish omelette and fish & chips are added as options, possibly in tribute to the Master System's popularity in Spain and the United Kingdom.
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Easter Egg, Reference, Regional Difference, Remake, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Theory, Update Difference, Version Difference
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Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013)
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In a 2013 interview with Polygon, director Bryce Holliday revealed that Luigi's portrayal in the game was influenced by the 1990 British comedy series Mr. Bean. The show served as reference material for Luigi's animations and characterization, with Holliday noting parallels between Luigi and the show's title character as a "hapless fool and reluctant hero." Holliday also felt that these similarities would help audiences sympathize with Luigi, which in turn would supplement the comic relief that his reactions and mishaps provide.
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Inspiration, Real Life, Similarities, Sprite/Graphical Animation
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Star Fox Command
Star Fox Command (2006)
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Attachment According to Dylan Cuthbert in an Reddit AMA back in 2018, the in-game sprites used for the characters in Star Fox Command were all originally created as 3D models that were then rendered to create the sprites. Cuthbert has implied that these 3D models still exist somewhere in Q-Games' archives.
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Development, Sprite/Graphical Animation
person Dinoman96 calendar_month November 2, 2023
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Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Metroid Prime: Federation Force (2016)
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At E3 2015, Nintendo unveiled a new game as an event played during the Nintendo World Championships competition entitled "Blast Ball", with many in attendance noting the game's resemblance to Metroid Prime Hunters. Days later, during the 2015 Nintendo Digital Event, Blast Ball was announced to be part of a full-fledged Metroid Prime spin-off game entitled "Metroid Prime: Federation Force". The game received heavy critical and fan backlash upon its reveal, with common complaints including the choice to reveal a Metroid Prime spin-off title almost ten years after the last traditional Metroid Prime game and after a six-year gap from the similarly polarizing Metroid: Other M, the utilization of a chibi art style, and a seeming lack of Samus Aran or a single-player mode (Samus would later be revealed to be in the game as a side-character and single-player functionality was later confirmed during E3). The reveal trailer received a heavy dislike-to-like ratio on YouTube, having at least 87,000 dislikes and only 10,000 likes as of this writing. Furthermore, a Change.org petition to cancel the game received 7,500 signatures 24 hours after its creation, and received 24,108 signatures prior to its closure.

Nintendo acknowledged the negative pre-release reception of the game several times, but still defended the game overall, with Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Amie giving similar statements about trying to propel the Metroid series by challenging the traditional gameplay formats that came before it and made up the essence of the franchise. Fils-Amie also compared the fan reaction to the game's reveal to that of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, which also received heavy criticism for its art style and gameplay compared to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. The game's co-producer and Metroid Prime series producer Kensuke Tanabe on the other hand had much more conflicting reactions, initially stating that he had expected the negative reception, but later remarking that he was quite surprised by the negative reception and criticized the heavy criticism against the game's graphics, but in both cases he still asked players to reserve their judgements until they played the game.

During the March 3, 2016 Nintendo Direct five months prior to the game's release, an entire segment of the Direct dedicated to the game was hosted by Tanabe, where he addressed fan criticism, explained the development history of the game, showed a more in-depth view of the story mode, and offered a glimpse of Samus' role in the game. Some people believed this segment of the Direct showed that Nintendo was doing "damage control" for the game after the criticism it received at its reveal. Fan reception did not improve, as shortly after the release of the Direct and a subsequent trailer, it started to receive thousands of dislikes like the reveal trailer, prompting Nintendo to disable the like/dislike ratio. Metroid Prime: Federation Force was noticeably absent during E3 2016, but would receive more coverage and trailers from Nintendo in the immediate weeks leading up to its release, where it ultimately received a mixed to average reception from critics and fans.
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Advertisement/Commercial, Competitive, Complaint, Development, Model, Online Play, Reviews, Social Media, Sprite/Graphical Animation
person aa1205 calendar_month November 4, 2023
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Suikoden II
Suikoden II (1998)
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Attachment In support of the New Game+ dungeon and Sindar Ruin connection, Suikosource user and dataminer JiN88 explored the Japanese demo to support the idea that Sindar Ruin underwent some major changes during development:

• In the entrance between White Deer Inn and Sindar Ruin, there are 2 statues that are generic. In the demo, those statues are gendered with pronounced breasts, and appear snake-like, resembling the Greek mythical monster Lamia. The generic statues exist in the demo, so there is no reason the developers would go out their way to make a different pair.

• At the last puzzle where you put the plate in, the plaque that you would normally read is there instead of in the room next ahead.

• The two statues of the Double Head are absent.

• In the boss room of Sindar Ruin, there is a weird sprite that isn't seen anywhere else (it's a bit grainy so to see it you will need to zoom in). The position looks like it's supposed to be for an arch, but notably it has three heads. Double Head is the boss you would normally meet here only with two heads, suggesting there was originally a boss here with three heads.
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Censorship, Demo, Development, Early Idea, Regional Difference, Release Difference, Secret, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Unreleased Content, Unsolved Mystery, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower (2023)
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Attachment The Captain Goblin on the Crust Cove level originally was called Captain Bomb and had a more humanoid design. The only animations made for him are simply the same image rotated and modified.
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Character Design, Development, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Unused Character, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 6, 2023
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (2023)
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Attachment Patrick's Super move was originally going to feature a unique squashed model for each character. These were ultimately scrapped for unknown reasons, with Patrick simply slamming down his rock on the opponent without any transformations or unique animations attached.
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Model, Removed Feature, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Unused Content, Unused Cutscene, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 11, 2023
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Super Mario World
Super Mario World (1990)
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (Game)
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Attachment Whether intentional or coincidental, Luigi’s updated sprites in the Super Mario All-Stars re-release of Super Mario World reference two common misconceptions about Mario’s sprites from the original Super Mario Bros.: spitting fireballs from his mouth and hitting blocks with his head.
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Coincidence, Easter Egg, Similarities, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Suggested
person NintendOtaku calendar_month November 12, 2023
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Popeye
Popeye (1985)
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The ZX Spectrum Popeye game contains exceptionally large and detailed character sprites, a first for the ZX Spectrum. After being requested by copyright holder King Features for the game's graphics to resemble Thimble Theatre comics as closely as possible, programmer Don Priestley designed these graphics by making sets of square sprites and attaching them together. This technique would be reused for other games by the same programmer, including Benny Hill's Madcap Chase and The Trap Door, both based on British TV IPs that may have had similar stipulations.
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Adaptation, Artwork/Illustration, Corporate Affairs, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Technology
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 13, 2023
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Judgment
Judgment (2018)
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If an enemy attempts to rob Yagami while he has no money in his inventory, the enemy will pat him on the back to comfort him as Yagami collapses on the ground, presumably having a breakdown.
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Easter Egg, Secret, Sprite/Graphical Animation
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass (2022)
subdirectory_arrow_right Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Game)
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As a throwback to the original Mario Kart Wii version, if the player falls off the Wii Rainbow Road stage, the character and kart will burn as they briefly enter the Earth’s atmosphere before Lakitu rescues them.

This marks the only stage in the entire game (including the original Mario Kart 8) that has this property.
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Adaptation, Easter Egg, General, Sprite/Graphical Animation
person GamerBen144 calendar_month November 14, 2023
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Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds
Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds (1994)
subdirectory_arrow_right Humongous Entertainment (Company)
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Attachment The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds was the first Humongous Entertainment game to use cel animation instead of computer-designed sprites. This was a last second choice that required all existing visuals and much of the game's code to be thrown away, and was done without a delay nor much in the way of cel animation knowledge from the team, requiring unpaid overtime. Despite this story's surface-level similarities to crunch practices, the challenge of remaking the game on such short notice was chosen and consented to by the Freddi Fish team, and developers of the game have reminisced on this period fondly.
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Crunch/Overwork, Development, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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Star Fox Command
Star Fox Command (2006)
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Attachment Unusued icons found within Star Fox Command curiously show ROB 64 with the original Great Fox as it appeared in previous installments such as Star Fox 64 and Star Fox: Assault. This is odd, because the Great Fox was already shown to be completely destroyed in the climax for the previous game, Star Fox: Assault, which is why it was replaced with a small space carrier in the final version of Command.

This indicates that this was either merely a placeholder, or at some point, the development team had considered bringing the original Great Fox model back as it was prior to Assault's ending.
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Development, Early Idea, Model, Placeholder, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Unused Graphic
person Dinoman96 calendar_month November 17, 2023
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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong (1983)
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Attachment The Famicom Disk System version of Donkey Kong adds an extra pixel to the copyright symbol, making it resemble a tilted C instead of a halved C.
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Console Difference, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Update Difference
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 18, 2023
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Batman: The Video Game
Batman: The Video Game (1989)
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Attachment 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.
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Celebrity, Copyright, Corporate Affairs, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Unused Content, Unused Cutscene, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 20, 2023
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Spot: The Video Game
Spot: The Video Game (1990)
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Attachment The Japanese localisation of Spot: The Video Game changes sprites of the NES and its controller into a Famicom - unusually, the Famicom has a golden color palette as if it had yellowed from overuse. Due to the image of a circuit board on the settings screen sharing a palette, this results in the circuit board also appearing yellowed. This also gives it an unintentional resemblance to the Shonen Jump 50th Anniversary Famicom Mini, released 26 years after Spot released in Japan.
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Coincidence, Mistake, Regional Difference, Sprite/Graphical Animation
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 22, 2023
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Flappy Bird
Flappy Bird (2013)
subdirectory_arrow_right Flappy Birds Family (Game), .GEARS Studios (Company)
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Flappy Bird was removed from app stores by creator Dong Nguyen on February 8th 2014, due to being overwhelmed by its success and feeling guilt over the addictive, frustrating nature of the game, which he had originally intended to be relaxing. Although many speculated that the game was taken down by Nintendo due to the game's pipes and their similarity to the pipes from the Mario series, both Nguyen and Nintendo denied this.

Nguyen claimed that his worries about the game had lost him sleep, and removing the game from sale managed to restore piece of mind - despite this, Nguyen did promise a Flappy Bird comeback, albeit in a less addictive form, which would eventually come in the form of an official sequel: Flappy Birds Family for Amazon Fire TV.

Some eBay users attempted to sell the iPhones with the original game installed for up to $99,900, but the listings were removed due to eBay's rules against selling technology that has not been factory reset.
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Apology, Complaint, Corporate Affairs, Difficulty, Legal Affairs, Meme, Plagiarism, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Theory
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 24, 2023
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Skullgirls
Skullgirls (2012)
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Artwork/Illustration, Censorship, Complaint, Crowdfunding Campaign, General, Real Life, Removed Feature, Reviews, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Update Difference
person chocolatejr9 calendar_month November 24, 2023
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