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Pokémon Scarlet

Pokémon Scarlet (2022)

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Tandemaus and Maushold may have dark origins as they may be based on the concept of a "Rat King", where several rats' tails are tied together or tangled by a person (although there have been reported cases of this happening without human interference). Explaining the German-sounding name of the Pokémon, the Rat King concept is named after the German term "Rattenkonig" which, in turn, is based on the villain of the same name from the short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" who is sometimes depicted as being comprised of several mice or rats.

Also the Pokémon themselves may be aesthetically based on toy-like dioramic objects called "Sylvian Families" in Japan (or "Calico Critters" in English countries) which are essentially dressed-up mouse dolls in different whimsical small settings that make the mice look more like a human family. These Sylvian Families started in Japan in the 1980s, which is when many of the veteran developers at Game Freak would have grown up.

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Alien: Isolation

Alien: Isolation (2014)

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There are a few references to the original movie.
1. Scattered around the Torrens and Sevastopol station are drinking birds. The first one found is in the hypersleep chamber.
2. During Mission 2 in the baggage claim area, players can hear the faint sound of meowing before it abruptly stops as they approach the primary airlock. This is a possible reference to the cat Jonesy from the first movie.
3. Another reference is found when players discover the deceased Alistair Smythe who has a rolled-up magazine shoved down his throat. Spoiler:This is how Ash tried to kill Ellen Ripley.

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Franchise: Pokémon

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In Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, Roaring Moon's Violet Dex entry as well as the occult magazine's description of the Paradox Pokémon both imply that there is a deep connection between Roaring Moon and Mega Salamance. Considering that Roaring Moon, like all past Paradox Pokémon, is a prehistoric version of an existing Pokémon, in this case Salamance, this could mean that there is also a connection between Mega Evolution and Pokémon prehistory.

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Pokémon Scarlet

Pokémon Scarlet (2022)

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The headpiece worn by a Pokémon when they Terastalize into a Ghost-Type greatly resembles the Sprite used in the Gen 1 games for ghost Pokémon in the Pokémon Tower of Lavender Town that can be seen when the player goes there for the first time without the Silph Scope. It's also notable for being a sprite used by the Gen 1 glitch Pokémon MissingNo.

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Sonic Frontiers

Sonic Frontiers (2022)

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Some of the Cyberspace levels have layouts and elements taken almost directly from previous Sonic games, even if the aesthetics of the Cyberspace levels don't match the legacy ones at all sometimes. They are as follows:

Zone 1-1: Windmill Isle Act 1 from Sonic Unleashed

Zone 1-2: Windmill Isle Act 2 from Sonic Unleashed

Zone 1-4: Green Hill Act 2 from Sonic Generations

Zone 1-5: Chemical Plant Act 2 from Sonic Generations

Zone 1-6: Green Hill Act 1 from Sonic Generations

Zone 1-7: City Escape from Sonic Adventure 2

Zone 2-1: Green Hill Act 2 from Sonic Generations (2D sections)

Zone 2-2: Dragon Road Act 3 from Sonic Unleashed

Zone 2-4: Shadow's Radical Highway level from Sonic Adventure 2

Zone 2-5: Sky Sanctuary Act 2 from Sonic Generations (2D sections)

Zone 2-6: Shadow's Sky Rail level from Sonic Adventure 2

Zone 2-7: Sky Sanctuary Act 1 from Sonic Generations

Zone 3-1: Green Forest from Sonic Adventure 2

Zone 3-2: Savanna Citadel Act 1 from Sonic Unleashed

Zone 3-3: Sky Sanctuary Act 2 from Sonic Generations (3D sections)

Zone 3-6: Rooftop Run Act 2 from Sonic Unleashed

Zone 3-7: Chemical Plant Act 2 from Sonic Generations (2D sections)

Zone 4-1: Metal Harbor from Sonic Adventure 2

Zone 4-6: Chemical Plant Act 1 from Sonic Generations

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Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (2022)

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The game's title theme sounds similar to the Space Junk Galaxy theme from Super Mario Galaxy.

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Kirby's Adventure

Kirby's Adventure (1993)

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Part of Grape Garden's background music greatly resembles the song "Silver and Gold", sung by Burl Ives, from the animated holiday musical film "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer".

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Diddy Kong Racing

Diddy Kong Racing (1997)

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The music for Frosty Village seems to be a faster-paced, copyright-law-friendly version of the popular Christmas song "Winter Wonderland".

Part of the Walrus Cove theme also resembles Gene Autry's "Here Comes Santa Claus" in the same regard as well.

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Resident Evil Village

Resident Evil Village (2021)

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The design for Castle Dimitrescu was likely influenced by Peles Castle, which is found in Transylvania, Romania.

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Sid Meier's Civilization III

Sid Meier's Civilization III (2001)

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The design of the Tower of Babel in the game's cinematic intro features a brief glimpse of a section that appears to be modeled after the front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in California.

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Milon's Secret Castle

Milon's Secret Castle (1986)

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The North American box art appears to feature a less-detailed replica of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in California.

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Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix

Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix (2005)

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During the end credits level, Mario/Luigi will appear in the background doing a dance that involves swinging his arms from side to side and taking a step in the direction of each swing. This could be a reference to "Do the Mario", the end credits theme to the 1989 animated series "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" during which the dance is performed by Mario, portrayed by professional wrestler Lou Albano.

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Watch Dogs

Watch Dogs (2014)

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At the Farris Halstead Library train station in the Loop, if you follow the tracks to the east, you will discover a junction where opposing straight tracks from the north and south intersect with the eastward tracks. These eastward straight tracks are unusual in that they appear to continue and stop before the edge of the elevated platform with no bumpers to mark the end of it, appearing unfinished, although it should be noted that no trains traveling eastward will actually go down these straight tracks all the way due to the curved transition tracks guiding them away. In the real-life Loop in Chicago, this spot would be located at the junction right after the Harold Washington Library train station, which unlike its depiction in Watch Dogs has no straight tracks continuing after the curved tracks at all.

This detail is notable because the day before Watch Dogs' release in May of 2014, an anonymous developer claiming to have worked on the game posted to 4chan their insight on the game's development and experience working with Ubisoft Montreal, including details on how the train tracks worked in earlier builds of the game that may be talking about this unfinished intersection:

"Earlier when we were just working on world buildings etc, Montreal said we need to create a path for the L-train so that's what they did, but they put fucking 90 degree turns on the tracks! So I asked them for time/resources to fix this, they respond "we don't see your issue."

So I went ahead and sent them a video of this, showing how retarded a train running at 80mp/h looks when turning 90 degrees, they tell me "We see your issue but it's too late, maybe we'll patch this later." This was back in October [2013], before the delay announcement etc although you can probably still see in the game tracks marks left of that, which we missed cleaning up. In the October demo that was shown with the train if it went any further you'd see the 90 degree turns."

In 2020, an early build of the game dated to September 21st, 2013 was dumped online by YouTuber JustAnyone, but it's currently unknown if this mistake existed in this build.

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Watch Dogs - The Loop train tracks footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plXmtXVdb0U

Watch Dogs - September 21st, 2013 build of the game:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZkTCwXQA7h2GYne4E1wgNQO70d5LxIpN

"CTA Ride the Rails: Brown Line in Real Time":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJzhNPKtR0Q&t=2430s

Alleged developer testimony on 4chan:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/8v7lls/watch_dogs_development_problems/

Deltarune

Deltarune (TBA)

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One piece of concept art for Chapter 2 by Gigi DG, depicting the entrance to Queen's Mansion, features a note indicating that the design of the building is taken from "that toy story ride." This most likely refers to the Tokyo DisneySea version of Toy Story Mania, which similarly features a giant, grinning effigy of Woody's head as its entrance.

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Elden Ring

Elden Ring (2022)

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The sorcerous NPC character Selvius may be based on the enigmatic wizard Severus Snape from the Harry Potter franchise. Both have similar first names and Selvius speaks in a posh, judgmental, and condescending tone just as British actor Alan Rickman does frequently in his performance as Snape in the Harry Potter film series.

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Elden Ring

Elden Ring (2022)

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The description for the Blaidd's Armor accessory ends with the line "...but the cold never bothered him anyway." This line is an homage to a lyric from the song "Let It Go" from the Disney film Frozen.

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Franchise: Super Smash Bros.

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Pikachu and Pichu's Neutral Special, Thunder Jolt, is actually a move taken from and exclusive to the Pokémon Trading Card Game, specifically the Pikachu Card from the very first Base Set. This is true for both the English and Japanese versions of the move, as the same exact name in both languages is used from the card (Thunder Jolt and "Electricity Attack" respectively). This makes Thunder Jolt the only adapted Pokémon Special Move to be directly taken from the TCG, instead of the games or anime.

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Franchise: Pokémon

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In Generation V, the sounds that play with each individual hit of the move Thrash sound extremely similar to the opening notes of the "Ground Theme" from Super Mario Bros.

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Demon's Souls

Demon's Souls (2009)

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Within the game's files is a gun with the model ID "WP_A_9999" that when loaded is revealed to bear an identical resemblance to the Lancer from Gears of War, originally released as an Xbox 360 exclusive. It's unknown why this weapon wasn't removed from the game considering how out of place it is with the rest of Demon's Souls, but the most likely theory is that it was leftover test data originally stemming from when From Software developed the Xbox 360 exclusive Chromehounds.

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Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts (2002)

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Early screenshots of the game showed Sora with different clothes that were orange and black and a different hairstyle that was black but with large white tufts sticking out the front of it. This early design for the character also resembles the earlier "Lion Sora" design, albeit without the lion elements.

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