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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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Development, General, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
person ThisGuyInTheSuit calendar_month July 7, 2013
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Dark Souls
Dark Souls (2011)
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Attachment It is commonly speculated that Gwyndolin was a son of Lord Gwyn raised as a woman due to his affinity to the moon. Unsurprisingly this leads to him having feminine traits such as long hair, fair skin, and feminine clothing. But surprisingly he also has breasts. This is because the character model used for Gwyndolin is a female character model, despite the fact the character is actually male. This trait is also present in the Dark Souls Art Book.
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Development, General, Rumor, Suggested, Theory
person VNRob calendar_month July 7, 2013
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Franchise: Monkey Island
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Attachment While Curse of Monkey Island was being developed, an animated feature film based off of the game series was in consideration. It was believed that Curse of Monkey island was the said movie. However. According to Sam and Max creator Steve Purcell, who was one of the artists providing concept art for the said film, the film would have had an original story as well as introduce new characters. The film never happened, but it's believed that the first Pirates of the Caribbean film from Disney is based off of the purposed script for the Monkey Island film.
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Development, Inspiration, Rumor, Theory
person CLXcool calendar_month July 18, 2013
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Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000)
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Shiver Star, the game's 5th world, appears to be a frozen-over version of Earth, containing several uninhabited urban areas. Nintendo has confirmed that Shiver Star was once inhabited, but the climate drove them to evacuate the planet. This has led fans to speculate that Shiver Star is a post-apocalyptic version of Earth. Though Nintendo's intentions during the making of Shiver Star remains unknown, it can be inferred that the world is either a message about climate change, or the suggestion that the "Kirby" series takes place in our own universe.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Rumor, Similarities, Suggested, Theory
person VinchVolt calendar_month September 15, 2013
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Sid Meier's Civilization
Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)
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Attachment In 2012, TV Tropes user Tunafish edited the site's page for the Civilization series to claim that Gandhi can become the most aggressive character in the original game due to a rollover error. World leaders' aggression levels drop by two points upon adopting democracy; because Gandhi's aggression is set to 1, the lowest possible value, the pacification allegedly lowers it to -1, which defaults to 255, the highest possible value.

Despite the edit not providing any evidence, the claim nonetheless circulated online in subsequent years. Because leaders will vehemently pursue a nuclear weapons policy when their aggression is high enough, the claim spawned the "Nuclear Gandhi" meme among Civilization fans, poking fun at the apparent dissonance between the real Gandhi's pacifism and his fictional counterpart's apocalyptic jingoism. A KnowYourMeme page on the memes further distorted the rumors by claiming that the bug first appeared in Civilization II rather than the first game; as of March 2024, the page now acknowledges that the rumors are false.

The Nuclear Gandhi claim was eventually debunked by series creator Sid Meier in his 2020 autobiography, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games. In the book, Meier revealed that Civilization and Civilization II are respectively programmed in C and C++, which are immune to the kinds of rollover errors that the urban legend describes. Consequently, Gandhi's aggression level remains at 1 after the adoption of democracy. Nevertheless, Meier admitted that he found the memes surrounding the urban legend funny.
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Glitch, Hoax, Meme, Real Life, Rumor, Social Media
person FUS RO DAH calendar_month October 26, 2013
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Crash Team Racing
Crash Team Racing (1999)
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There is a persistent rumor that N. Oxide was intended to be a playable character, unlocked through completing various tasks and beating certain records in the game. Although he can be selected using a cheat device, he is extremely buggy, and will most likely crash the game. According to the developers, they once considered making him a playable character, but were unable to due to the extremely limited memory of the Playstation, and his boss level was designed with those limitations in mind in order to make him functional.
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Bonus Content, Debug, Development, Early Idea, General, Rumor, Theory, Unused Character, Unused Content
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month December 31, 2013
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Knuckles' Chaotix
Knuckles' Chaotix (1995)
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Attachment Mighty the Armadillo's sprite sheet is nearly identical to Sonic's sprite sheet from Sonic Crackers, a Genesis prototype game from which Knuckles Chaotix drew its elastic ring mechanic.

This has led fans to speculate that Sonic was originally intended to be in the game instead of Mighty, but was changed late in development. This, as well as the theory that Tails was also meant to be included, is backed up by other assets in the game, including Amy Rose being hidden in a sound test and Sonic and Tails appearing in the ending screen when the game is completed with all 7 Chaos Rings.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, Rumor, Similarities, Theory, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person MidwayCJ calendar_month February 12, 2014
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Twisted Metal
Twisted Metal (2012)
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Attachment A rumor was circulated that the game was based on ideas left behind from another game, Twisted Metal: Apocalypse, which was cancelled after the tragic death of 6 members of the the creative team, who passed away in an airplane crash.

This story was perpetuated by Lead developer David Jaffe during an interview to promote a future Twisted Metal release. In it he states "there were a number of people who were working on the team -- and I wasn't working with the team -- that were killed. They died in a plane crash in Utah on a ski trip." However, he later rescinds that comment in a back and forth with a reporter from 1up.com. During that, Jaffe says, "We never used- and I never would- a tragedy (real or fake) to promote ANYTHING. The story of the developers dying in the plane crash (totally fake) was never used to promote that game."
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Rumor, Theory
person dolopodog calendar_month February 20, 2014
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Franchise: Pokémon
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Attachment There's a theory that Wobbuffet's blue body is a decoy, and that the black tail is the actual Pokemon. Many believe this due to the fact that Wobbuffet can take such a beating and not be affected. Multiple Pokedex entries also say that Wobbuffet is very protective of its tail. The Pokedex entry in Pokemon Silver claims "To keep its pitch-black tail hidden, it lives quietly in the darkness." In Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the Pokedex entries claim "It desperately tries to keep its black tail hidden. It is said to be proof the tail hides a secret." On top of all of that, the tail does possess a pair of eyes, which further supports this theory.
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Rumor, Theory
person ISayWynaut calendar_month March 9, 2014
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Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Rayman 2: The Great Escape (1999)
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Attachment In the PlayStation version of the game, collecting at least 720 Lum will unlock a secret 2D level. It is believed that this is a remaining level from the cancelled 2D sequel planned for the original Rayman.
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Bonus Content, Easter Egg, General, Rumor, Secret, Theory
person Tadaboody calendar_month April 2, 2014
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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Attachment For a long time it was rumoured that Atari buried its inventory of unsold E.T. cartridges in the New Mexico desert. More than 30 years later, the E.T. cartridges were found, along with other buried games and even Atari consoles themselves.
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General, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
person retrolinkx calendar_month April 26, 2014
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Battlefield 4
Battlefield 4 (2013)
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A megalodon was rumored to be hidden somewhere on the multiplayer map "Paracel Storm", but players were never able to find it.

An Easter egg was later added in the "Naval Strike" DLC, where players can summon a megalodon by gathering 10 players around a particular bouy on the "Nansha Strike" map.
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Easter Egg, Reference, Rumor, Secret, Theory
person VegetarianBoy calendar_month May 4, 2014
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Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock
Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock (2012)
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Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock was originally intended to be part of a trilogy, however the sequels were later canceled. It's speculated that they were shelved due to the bugs present in the game at launch, and it receiving average review scores. The BBC has said that a sequel could still be made in the future, but did not have anything planned at the time.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, General, Glitch, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month May 18, 2014
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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels (2010)
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The "Secret Pass to the Treasures" card only appears in this game. It is speculated that this stems from an infinite loop condition it can trigger.
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General, Rumor, Suggested, Theory
person Psychospacecow calendar_month September 6, 2014
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Hey You, Pikachu!
Hey You, Pikachu! (1998)
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Attachment It was heavily rumored that, by saying things like "Sony", "Playstation" or even "Sega" into the microphone, you could get Pikachu to become mad. However, it appears that this is in fact an urban legend, as there is no indication in the data file that these words were supposed to be registered. The few registered cases of an Angry Pikachu were probably just caused by the game not understanding what was said, which in turn led it to just pick a random word similar to what was heard.
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General, Rumor, Theory
person Black INK.I.M calendar_month October 12, 2014
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Killer7
Killer7 (2005)
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The game was allegedly delayed in America so that it would be released on July 7th (7/7). However, it ended up being released two days earlier on July 5th.
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Release Date, Rumor, Theory
person Takahashi2212 calendar_month November 11, 2014
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Mega Man 5
Mega Man 5 (1992)
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It is theorized that Mega Man 5 was banned in Vietnam due to the inclusion of Napalm Man, a level design much like Viet Cong tunnels that includes traps, enemies named and designed after animals from areas in and around Vietnam, and more. The Viet Cong fought both the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam war between 1959 and 1975.
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Rumor, Theory
person Kakariko Kid calendar_month January 30, 2015
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The Matrix Online
The Matrix Online (2005)
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Ubisoft were originally meant to publish the game, however, they later backed out. It's unknown why but it was speculated that this was due to the under-performance of the last two Matrix films. The MMO was instead published by SEGA.
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Rumor, Theory
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month February 1, 2015
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Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy (1987)
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The Final Fantasy series' title was long rumored to stem from the idea that it would've been Square and series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi's final game if it didn't perform well. According to these claims, Square was in dire financial straits in 1987, with Sakaguchi planning to quit the gaming industry and return to university studies. These claims appeared to be further corroborated when series composer Nobuo Uematsu affirmed them in a 2009 interview with Wired, claiming that Square's financial position was the main inspiration for the Final Fantasy name.

However, Sakaguchi debunked the rumors in a 2015 keynote address. In reality, Square always intended to give the first game in the series a name whose initials were "FF," as the Japanese pronunciation, エフ・エフ ("efu efu"), was considered pleasing to the ears. The developers' initial pick was Fighting Fantasy; however, it turned out that this name was already taken by a tabletop RPG series. Consequently, the title was changed to Final Fantasy. According to Sakaguchi, while Square indeed had their "backs to the wall" during development, "anything that started with an F would have been fine for the title."
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Corporate Affairs, Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Legal Affairs, Misconception, Rumor, Title
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month May 28, 2015
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Chaos Wars
Chaos Wars (2006)
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It's believed that all of the game's voice actors were family members of Chris Jelinek, the CEO of the game's North American publisher, O3 Entertainment. In the credits, each of the game's voice actors have the surname "Jelinek". This is the reason why the game is notoriously known for its bad voice acting.
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General, Real Life, Rumor, Similarities, Theory, Voice Acting
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month June 7, 2015
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