Trivia Browser
Franchise: Mario
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Bowser's Japanese name, Kuppa (pronounced Koopa), was named by Shigeru Miyamoto after the Korean dish Gukbap, roughly known in Japan as 'Kuppa'. Other dishes considered were Yukke ('Yukhoe' in Korean) and Bibinba ('Bibimbap' in Korean).
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Sleeping Dogs was originally going to be published by Activision, under the title True Crime: Hong Kong. Square Enix purchased the rights to publish the game, but couldn't get the rights to the True Crime franchise, so the name was changed.
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There was a cutscene with Spider-Man planned for the game, placed sometime before the Magneto boss fight. Rino Romano (reprising his role from Spider-Man Unlimited) had recorded his lines before being cut. The removed scene can be unlocked by collecting all the dog tags in the game.
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Dr. Nefarious' attack color scheme was picked at random from a friend of Tony Garcia, the designer of the boss. Since the battle was the last thing to be programed, he was running out of ideas for colors. He picked one friend that was online at the time and asked for two colors, which they gave red and black. These random colors have stayed with the character.
Franchise: Resident Evil
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In an interview with Shinji Mikami Resident Evils producer, he claimed the game was originally going to be based around ghosts instead of zombies. He later changed it to zombies after being inspired by George.A.Romeros "Night of the living dead"
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Rockstar had the idea to include several playable characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, like in Grand Theft Auto V, but the feature was omitted due to the technical limitations of the time.
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Marty Mcfly and Doc Brown from Back to the Future were considered for the game but were cut due to them not being appropriate for a game with mature spoken content. Walking Dead characters were also considered but were cut because it would not be a thematic fit.
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In the English prototype of Mother, some of the characters were redesigned, possibly to avoid resembling characters from Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip. One NPC character was given pigtails to reduce her resemblance to Marcy, Peppermint Patty's best friend, and the dust cloud was removed from an NPC that looked like "Pigpen". Ninten's mom was also given a different hairstyle, possibly because it resembled Sally Brown, Charlie Brown's sister. Ironically, Ninten's shirt was given a stripe, which made him look similar to Charlie Brown.
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Genocide City Zone is a scrapped level from Sonic the Hedgehog 2. It was meant to be a single act but ultimately became Metropolis Zone Act 3. According to Sonic 2 level designer Tom Payne, the name "Genocide City" was chosen due to the development team's "not quite complete grasp of the English language" hence the change to Cyber City later on.
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There was a planned boss for the Graveyard named Necrosan, but the idea was scrapped.
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In a prerelease version of Mario Stadium, there is a house visible behind the wall in center field. Further beta elements include the "Nice" pitch indication being different, and the Star gauge's design was changed.
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According to Tetsuya Nomura, the idea to put Sea-Salt Ice-Cream in the game came from the time he went to Tokyo DisneySea, where they sold this type of ice cream. He stated he liked the treat so much, he asked Disney if he could put it into the game as a treat the kids in Twilight Town ate during summer vacation.
Collection: Leisure Suit Larry
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A Leisure Suit Larry 4 was once in production. According to Al Lowe, the game was meant to be the first multiplayer online adventure game, and was going to use a new way to play the game. However, there were many problems with the technology they had at the time, so the game was shelved. The ending to Leisure Suit Larry 3 was also very definite and had almost no way to lead to another game. Because of both of these reasons, the developers decided to skip 4 and go straight to 5 to be able to do what ever they wanted with it. The 4th game is now considered an in-joke among fans and developers.
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The game was originally called "Duke Nukem: Planet of the Babes." However, the 2001 remake of "Planet of the Apes" was still under production, and the producers of the movie, feeling that the game's title was too close to that of the movie, wanted the name changed.
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Despite appearing in Promotional Artworks and Early Screenshots, Nikos fingerless gloves are not found in-game. However, they are still in the game's data and can be obtained through mods.
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In prerelease photos and trailers, Little Mac still had his original NES Punch Out design. It is unknown why or when it was changed.
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Depending on the day the CD-i's clock is set to, very brief messages will appear underneath the loading screen of the game's first level in place of the standard "HERE WE GO!" message:
•January 1st = "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
•February 14th = "HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!"
•February 17th = "ITS HOLLIES BIRTHDAY!", celebrating the birthday of Play Consultant Hollie S. Lohff.
•May 8th = "DO NOT FORGET MOTHERS DAY!"
•July 4th = "HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!"
•August 31st = "READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL?"
•October 31st = "BOOOOOOOOO!!!"
•November 24th = "HAPPY TURKEY DAY! GOBBLE GOBBLE!"
•December 25th = "HAPPY HOLIDAYS!"
•December 31st = "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
In regards to the February 17th message, Hollie S. Lohff is the daughter of one of the game's engineers, Thomas Lohff. She was brought in to playtest the game and commented that Mario should be able to jump, as it was weird to play a Mario game without that mechanic. The developers took her advice and added her to the game credits as "Play Consultant."
The French version of the game features its own unique messages to indicate French holidays:
•January 1st = "BONNE ANNEE" ("Happy New Year.")
•Late January = "ALLONS CHERCHER LA FEVE" ("Let's find the charm." Displays in a time of year where in France the people eat some "Galette des Rois" (King's Pie) and there is a charm hidden in the pie.)
•February 14th = "C'EST LA SAINT VALENTIN" ("It's Valentine's Day.")
•Carnival celebration in France = "ON SE DEGUISERA POUR LE MARDI GRAS" ("We'll be dressing up for Mardi Gras.")
•Easter = "OU SONT CACHES LES OEUFS" ("Where are the eggs hidden?")
•Last Sunday in May = "BONNE FETE MAMAN" ("Happy Mother's Day, Mom!")
•May 31st = "L'ECOLE EST BIENTOT FINIE" ("School is almost over." Displays when most schools began Summer vacation at the time.)
•Third Sunday of June = "BONNE FETE PAPA" ("Happy Father's Day, Dad!")
•July 14th = "ALLONS ENFANT DE LA PATRIIIIEEE" ("Arise, children of the Fatherland." Displays on France's national celebration. Taken from the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", although "ENFANT" should be "ENFANTS" due to the plural grammar rule.)
•August 31st = "PREPAREZ VOS CARTABLES" ("Prepare your schoolbags." Referring to returning to school. Displays when most schools were ending Summer vacation at the time.)
•December 25th = "JOYEUX NOEL" ("Merry Christmas.")
•December 31st = "BONNE ANNEE" ("Happy New Year")
•January 1st = "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
•February 14th = "HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!"
•February 17th = "ITS HOLLIES BIRTHDAY!", celebrating the birthday of Play Consultant Hollie S. Lohff.
•May 8th = "DO NOT FORGET MOTHERS DAY!"
•July 4th = "HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!"
•August 31st = "READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL?"
•October 31st = "BOOOOOOOOO!!!"
•November 24th = "HAPPY TURKEY DAY! GOBBLE GOBBLE!"
•December 25th = "HAPPY HOLIDAYS!"
•December 31st = "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
In regards to the February 17th message, Hollie S. Lohff is the daughter of one of the game's engineers, Thomas Lohff. She was brought in to playtest the game and commented that Mario should be able to jump, as it was weird to play a Mario game without that mechanic. The developers took her advice and added her to the game credits as "Play Consultant."
The French version of the game features its own unique messages to indicate French holidays:
•January 1st = "BONNE ANNEE" ("Happy New Year.")
•Late January = "ALLONS CHERCHER LA FEVE" ("Let's find the charm." Displays in a time of year where in France the people eat some "Galette des Rois" (King's Pie) and there is a charm hidden in the pie.)
•February 14th = "C'EST LA SAINT VALENTIN" ("It's Valentine's Day.")
•Carnival celebration in France = "ON SE DEGUISERA POUR LE MARDI GRAS" ("We'll be dressing up for Mardi Gras.")
•Easter = "OU SONT CACHES LES OEUFS" ("Where are the eggs hidden?")
•Last Sunday in May = "BONNE FETE MAMAN" ("Happy Mother's Day, Mom!")
•May 31st = "L'ECOLE EST BIENTOT FINIE" ("School is almost over." Displays when most schools began Summer vacation at the time.)
•Third Sunday of June = "BONNE FETE PAPA" ("Happy Father's Day, Dad!")
•July 14th = "ALLONS ENFANT DE LA PATRIIIIEEE" ("Arise, children of the Fatherland." Displays on France's national celebration. Taken from the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", although "ENFANT" should be "ENFANTS" due to the plural grammar rule.)
•August 31st = "PREPAREZ VOS CARTABLES" ("Prepare your schoolbags." Referring to returning to school. Displays when most schools were ending Summer vacation at the time.)
•December 25th = "JOYEUX NOEL" ("Merry Christmas.")
•December 31st = "BONNE ANNEE" ("Happy New Year")
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According to the developers of the game, Iris was given a larger role in this game as X and Zero's Navigator to make up for everything they put her though in Mega Man X4.
Franchise: Guilty Gear
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The character Zato-ONE from Guilty Gear was replaced in Guilty Gear XX with a parasite named "Eddie." The character was killed off due to his voice actor, Kaneto Shiozawa, dying in 2000 from a severe concussion. Daisuke Ishiwatari wanted to keep Zato in the game out of respect, so they had Eddie take over Zato's corpse. Eddie is currently voiced by Takehito Koyasu, establishing him as a different character.As of Xrd, Zato has been resurrected and is once again playable under his original "Zato-ONE" name, albeit still voiced by Koyasu.
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There was a planned Perk-A-Cola titled Amm-O-Matic for Shi No Numa and Der Riese. It would act similar to a Max Ammo power up and replenish the players ammo. Early textures can be found in the game files.