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Hard 'n' Heavy
Hard 'n' Heavy (1989)
subdirectory_arrow_right Giana Sisters (Collection)
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Attachment Hard 'n' Heavy was originally conceived as a sequel to The Great Giana Sisters titled Giana 2 - Arthur and Martha in Future World, but was changed due to the threats the developers had received from Nintendo over the previous Giana game. Screenshots and a box art for Giana 2 exist, and show that seemingly only the character of Giana was removed in the transition to Hard 'n' Heavy, but the version of the game with Giana is not known to exist.
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Box Art, Cancelled Release, Reskin, Unreleased Content, Unused Character
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Tetris Attack
Tetris Attack (1996)
subdirectory_arrow_right Panel de Pon (Game), Killer Instinct (Collection)
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According to the British magazine Nintendo Magazine System, before settling on Yoshi's Island characters for Tetris Attack, Nintendo reportedly asked Rare to replace Panel de Pon's fairies with characters from the Killer Instinct series.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, Regional Difference, Reskin, Unreleased Content, Unused Character, Unused Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 23, 2023
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Sonic's Edusoft
Sonic's Edusoft (TBA)
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The existence of Sonic's Edusoft was first exposed to the public not with a prototype release or old magazines, as most cancelled games come to be known through, but rather a mysterious, unsourced Wikipedia article with a single screenshot. The combination of the article's lack of quality and the sheer quality of the game's graphics for a Master System title made many believe it was an elaborate hoax, as was common on Wikipedia at the time, up until an anonymous programmer for the game visited the Sega Master System fan forum SMS Power! and provided further information and screenshots, before privately giving Sonic fan wiki Sonic Retro access to the ROM, confirming the game to be real.
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Cancelled Release, Prototype, Social Media
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 23, 2023
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Bio Force Ape
Bio Force Ape (TBA)
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Attachment Bio Force Ape is a game that was never released - it did, before it's cancellation, get a spotlight in Nintendo Power, creating a level of curiosity surrounding it within NES fan communities. Capitalizing off of this curiosity, a post would be made on the Digital Press forum in 2005 claiming to show screenshots of a leaked prototype. While the first post appeared legitimate, the hoax would eventually be unraveled starting with a screenshot of a glitched super move that was "so powerful [that] it messes up the game's graphics", which humorously made it appear that Bio Force Ape was unleashing a powerful fart attack, as a set of glitched graphics appeared next to a crouching animation. The poster, going under the username PaulB812, would refuse to dump the game and refer to anybody who asked for it to be released as either "communists" or "butter-slathered... hoarding fatties", before finally unveiling the prank with a game screenshot of a cutscene where a fat butter monster points out that the ape is "worth 2K monies[sic]", before the ape punches him while saying "EAT COMMUNISM!" A real prototype would be leaked in 2010.
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Cancelled Release, Hoax, In-Joke, Magazine, Meme, Politics, Prototype, Unreleased Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 19, 2023
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Looney Tunes Double Pack
Looney Tunes Double Pack (2005)
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Despite being marketed as one of the two-games-in-one packs that were popular on the Game Boy Advance, neither game included in Looney Tunes Double Pack was ever released separately. The game's copyright information before the title screen lists both of the included games as separate copyrighted entities, meaning they may have been intended to be released as separate, more expansive titles at some point.
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Bundled/Pack-In Game, Cancelled Release, False Advertising, Suggested, Theory
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Power Punch II
Power Punch II (1992)
subdirectory_arrow_right Mike Tyson's Intergalactic Power Punch (Game), Mike Tyson (Franchise), Punch-Out!! (Franchise)
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Cancelled Release, Celebrity, Legal Affairs, Misconception, Name Change, Rumor, Theory, Unused Character, Unused Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month November 17, 2023
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Star Fox Adventures
Star Fox Adventures (2002)
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox 64 (Game)
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During the development of Star Fox Adventures, Nintendo considered re-releasing Star Fox 64 for GameCube, likely as a pre-order bonus similar to how The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was re-released with the first ever release of "Ura Zelda" or Master Quest as a pre-order bonus for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
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Bonus Content, Cancelled Release, Development, Pre-Order
person Dinoman96 calendar_month November 9, 2023
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Platform: Nintendo GameCube
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Attachment Among the files uncovered in a massive 2020 breach of internal server data from Nintendo are documents surrounding Project BB2, a never-released, iQue-branded version of the GameCube for the Chinese market. According to an executive summary from January 30, 2004, this system would've played games off of CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs rather than the GameCube's proprietary format; consequently, it also would've been compatible with audio CDs and DVD video like the Panasonic Q. Project BB2 was also intended to feature karaoke support, owed to karaoke's high popularity in China.
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Cancelled Release, Corporate Affairs, Development, Early Idea, Leak, Music, Real Life, Unreleased Hardware
person VinchVolt calendar_month November 9, 2023
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SkiFree
SkiFree (1991)
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Attachment A "2.0" version of SkiFree was in development in 1993, which would've had online multiplayer; improved physics; AI opponents; and sound, however the physics ended up being corrupted and the source code was lost, so it could not be finished. SkiFree creator Chris Pirih's website has voice clips of the game's sasquatch that may have originated from this version.
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Cancelled Release, Mistake, Online Play, Source Code, Unreleased Content, Unused Audio, Update Difference
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Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (1986)
subdirectory_arrow_right Dragon Ball (Franchise)
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Similarly to Donkey Kong's origins as a Popeye game, Alex Kidd in Miracle World was originally intended as a Dragon Ball game. Alex's creator, Kotaro Hayashida, said in an interview:

"Sega were planning on making a Dragon Ball game... I guess this happened long enough ago that it's okay for me to talk about this! The project began as a Dragon Ball title, not as a direct competitor to Super Mario Bros.

But when we were told we could not use the Dragon Ball licence any more, we were forced to come up with our own ideas instead. For example, when it was Dragon Ball, Goku fought with his Power Pole, but we changed that to a punch attack. It was only after we came up with the plan to restart the project as Alex Kidd in Miracle World that we starting thinking about Mario, and looking for ways in which to differentiate the title from it."

A classic Dragon Ball influence can be observed in the final game, such as Alex's laser bracelet resembling a kamehameha and the use of Janken (Rock, Paper, Scissors) in boss battles, as well as certain character and object designs with resemblance to those from Dragon Ball, and shared influences from the public domain Japanese story Journey to the West.
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Adaptation, Cancelled Release, Corporate Affairs, Early Idea, Reskin, Similarities, Unused Character
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Paccie
Paccie (2004)
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Attachment The box art for Paccie was stolen from an entry in the December 1994 Ray Tracing Competition.
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Box Art, Cancelled Release, Plagiarism
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 24, 2023
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Imagine: Babies 3D
Imagine: Babies 3D (2012)
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Attachment The 3DS version of Imagine Babyz has unused content pertaining to what seems to be an unreleased 2D shoot 'em up titled Sound Rider. There is a title screen, multiple ship and bullet sprites, and two MOD tracker-styled songs.
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Cancelled Release, Leftover, Music, Theory, Unreleased Content, Unused Audio, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 23, 2023
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Muppet Monster Adventure
Muppet Monster Adventure (2000)
subdirectory_arrow_right The Muppets (Franchise)
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Muppet Monster Adventure was adapted from an unproduced script for a Muppets movie titled The Muppets' Haunted House.
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person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 4, 2023
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The Nerd Lys - Episode 134 - Kirk R. Thatcher (Timestamp: 0:47:19):
https://thenerdlys.com/2018/08/13/episode-134-kirk-r-thatcher/
Ninjabread Man
Ninjabread Man (2005)
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On January 23rd, 2008, a sequel to Ninjabread Man was announced by Data Design Interactive, titled "Ninjabread Man - Blades of Fury". However, for unknown reasons, the game was cancelled and the company was shut down in 2012.
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Cancelled Release, Real Life
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Fantasia
Fantasia (1991)
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Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney and then-senior executive of The Walt Disney Company, was not informed that their licensing department had granted Sega the rights to develop a Fantasia video game until after its release. Roy had previously promised Walt before his death that merchandising deals would not be made for Fantasia, resulting in the game's withdrawal from sale after roughly 100 days.
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Cancelled Release, Delisted, General, Mistake
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Ken Balthaser interview (November 24, 2006):
https://segaretro.org/Interview:_Ken_Balthaser_(2006-11-24)_by_Sega-16

MegaTech UK Issue #5 - May 1992 (Page 6):
https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:MegaTech_UK_05.pdf&page=6
Jolly
Jolly (2016)
subdirectory_arrow_right Fazbear Fanverse Initiative (Franchise)
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Attachment According to Kane Carter (creator of the POPGOES series of fangames), Scott Cawthon had contacted IvanG about possibly allowing the Jolly series to become part of the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative, unaware that the series was based on the real-life Filipino fast food chain Jollibee. Before accepting Scott's invitation, IvanG posted a picture on his Twitter of Jolly with a PlayStation 4 controller. This alerted the other Fanverse devs, who promptly told Scott about both the copyrighted material in Jolly and the fact that Ivan was teasing the Fanverse, ultimately leading the series to be dropped from the project.
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Cancelled Release, Early Idea, Fan Works, General, Real Life
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Sonic Mars
Sonic Mars (TBA)
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Sonic Mars was a concept game that was cancelled for unknown reasons (though it likely had something to do with the limitations and ultimate failure of the Sega 32X), before eventually being reworked into what eventually became Sonic X-treme.

In 2007, two different scripts were leaked for the cancelled game. The first, written by Michael Kosaka, focused on the 3D graphics and notably included elements from the 1993 Sonic the Hedgehog television series (referred to by fans as "Sonic SatAM"), which was airing at the time. The second, written by Don Goddard, focused more on how the game combined 3D graphics with 2D sprites, and dropped the SatAM elements.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, Unused Content
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Quest for Camelot
Quest for Camelot (1998)
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A Nintendo 64 version of the game was planned, but was scrapped due to the poor box office performance of the film.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Real Life
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Gubble Buggy Racer
Gubble Buggy Racer (2000)
subdirectory_arrow_right Wallace & Gromit: The Grand Tour (Game)
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Attachment This game originally started out as a racing game for the Wallace & Gromit series, called "Wallace & Gromit: The Grand Tour". Unused graphics and codes relating to Wallace & Gromit can still be found within the game's data, such as codes describing the main characters' appearance, as well as pictures of Wallace, Gromit, Preston & Wendolene.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, Unused Code, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person psyducklover13 calendar_month February 15, 2023
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Company: Nintendo
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Cancelled Release, Development
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