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Golden Sun
Golden Sun (2001)
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Attachment In the first Golden Sun game, you can get a "bad ending" near the beginning of the game. After the events that occur at Sol Sanctum, the Great Healer will ask you, "Will you accept responsibility for the fate of the land?" If you say no and leave the room, the screen will turn grey and display the text "And so the world began drifting toward its fated destruction..."
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Easter Egg, General, Hidden Message
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Franchise: Pokémon
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Attachment Pokemon was originally called "Capsule Monsters" but was renamed as the creators had trouble trademarking the name. They also tried to trademark "Capumon" and then "Pocked Monsters". Capsule Monsters was put on hold so Game Freak could develop Yoshi for the NES and Game Boy. The success of Yoshi helped Game Freak acquire the resources they needed to continue work on Pokemon, and could even be the reason we have Pokemon today. The name "Capsule Monsters" is inspired by Japanese gashapon machines. It appears PokeMarts were supposed to sell the capsules, as indicated by this concept art.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Unused Content, Unused Text
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Space Invaders
Space Invaders (1978)
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Even though Space Invaders used some of the latest hardware for the time, its creator, Tomohiro Nishikado, discovered that the processer wasn't powerful enough to run the game as intended (with the aliens moving at a constant speed), and instead rendered the alien graphics faster when fewer were on screen. Rather than design the game to compensate for the speed increase, he decided to keep it as a challenging gameplay mechanic.
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Development, General
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Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
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Attachment The official artwork for Lola Del Rio (which was used to promote the game) shows her with six digits on one hand; five fingers and a thumb underneath.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Mistake
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Franchise: Donkey Kong
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Shigeru Miyamoto has stated the name "Donkey Kong" came from him confusing the word "donkey" with the word "ass", thinking it meant something stupid. He assumed an American audience would think "Donkey Kong" meant "big stupid ape". Nintendo laughed when he suggested the name, but it ultimately stuck.
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General, Real Life
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Super Mario World
Super Mario World (1990)
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Attachment The seemingly random symbol on the mail box of Yoshi's House is actually the logo for Japan's postal service.
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Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)
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The five main areas mirror the five stages of grief.

Clock Town is denial; its residents continue their daily lives refusing to believe the moon will fall.

Woodfall is anger; the Deku king is trying to kill a young monkey who allegedly kidnapped his daughter.

Snowhead is bargaining; Darmani begs Link to bring him back to life.

Great Bay is depression; Mikau dies trying to save the eggs of his love interest Lulu, leaving her alone.

Ikana Valley is acceptance; the only thing Link has left to conquer is himself, facing his own grief at the loss of his friend. The friend who began the journey, Navi.
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General
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Kid Icarus
Kid Icarus (1986)
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The majority of Kid Icarus was developed during three months of intense work, where developers would stay up all night, and sleep in the office. They created make-shift beds using cardboard boxes and curtains, and would endure hours of winter cold in the unheated building.
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General, Real Life
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004)
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Attachment Inside the palace of former Libyan Dictator Muammar Gaddafi, there is a painting of the prince from Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. It's alleged that his son, Moatassem Billah Gaddafi, was a big fan of the series, and is the reason the painting lies within the palace.
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General, Real Life
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Tetris
Tetris (1989)
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Tetris was the first video game to be played in space. The game (and the Game Boy it was played on) spent 196 days on board the Mir Space Station in 1993, and orbited the earth more than 3,000 times. The game and system were auctioned off in 1996 for $1,220.
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General, Real Life
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Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (2003)
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Attachment At the beginning of Final Fantasy: Tactics Advance, you encounter three school yard bullies named Guinness, Colin, and Lyle. Later on in the game, there's a mission in which you have to save a professor from three zombies named Guinness, Colin and Lyle.
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General
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Collection: ToeJam & Earl
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Rumours circulated that ToeJam & Earl were originally named FlowJam and Whirl. The story goes that when designer Greg Johnson told programmer Mark Voorsanger their names, Mark misunderstood what Greg was saying and coded them in the game as Toejam and Earl. It wasn't until they showed the game to SEGA that Greg realized the named were incorrect, but since SEGA actually like the name, they decided to keep them.

This rumour was confirmed as being false by Greg Johnson, who frequently joked with games press, giving them intentionally incorrect information, and was reaffirmed by the official ToeJam & Earl Twitter account in 2020.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Mistake
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Original DidYouKnowGaming Tumblr post:
http://didyouknowgaming.com/post/34525222398/toejam-earl-source-retrogamer-uk-magazine

Source for above DYKG post is RetroGamer (UK Magazine), Issue 71, Page 55.

The official ToeJam & Earl Twitter account confirming the rumor as false and conversing with DidYouKnowGaming about it (link submitted by MrNope):
https://twitter.com/toejamandearl/status/1259496770826113024
Franchise: Pokémon
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When Paras evolves into Parasect, it's actually being engulfed by the fungi growing on its back. It takes over the Pokemon's body and does all the thinking. This essentially leave the Pokemon zombified and lifeless, as illustrated by its lack of pupils.
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General
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Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed II (2009)
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There's a mission in which you have to deliver a letter to a farmer. Upon reading the letter, you learn that the farmer is charged with attacking neighbors with swords. Additionally, it states the farmer has "committed crimes against God and nature" and says "if you are not aware of the charges against you, read Leviticus 18:23." Leviticus 18:23 is a verse of the Bible about the wrongs of sexual intercourse with animals.
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General
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Rock Band
Rock Band (2007)
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After the South Park episode "Whale Whores" included a segment where the characters played Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" on Rock Band (which was not in the game), Harmonix released the song as DLC, as well as a special cover version of the song performed by Eric Cartman.
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General, Real Life
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Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
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In the 2004 Summer Olympics, the United States synchronized swimming team of Alison Bartosik and Anna Kozlova performed to the songs "Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec" and "Liberi Fatali" from the Final Fantasy 8 soundtrack. Their performance won them the bronze medal.
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General, Real Life
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Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
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Grand Theft Auto IV previously held the record for being the most expensive game to develop, coming in at $100 million. The record was previously held by Shenmue, at $47 million, and is now owned by Grand Theft Auto V
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General, Real Life
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Shenmue
Shenmue (1999)
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Shenmue began development on the SEGA Saturn, and was later reworked for the SEGA Dreamcast. The lengthy development process is one reason the game cost $47 million to make. It was previously thought to cost $70 million, but that was said to be an exaggeration. At the time of its release, it was the most expensive development process in history. The current record belongs to Grand Theft Auto IV, costing around $100 million to develop.
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General, Real Life
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Deus Ex
Deus Ex (2000)
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Deus Ex was released on June 26 2000 and is set in the year 2052. It has sections of the game where New York's skyline is visible, and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center are missing.

The Twin Towers exist in the game's data files, but were simply left out by mistake.

During development, the game's developers justified the lack of the towers by stating terrorists had destroyed the World Trade Center earlier in the game's storyline. This was over a year prior to the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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General, Real Life, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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SimCopter
SimCopter (1996)
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Attachment In Maxis' 1996 SimCopter, there is an easter egg that causes half naked men to crowd around the player's helicopter and make out during certain days of the year. Upon learning of the easter egg, Maxis fired the coder, Jacques Servin, for inserting "subversive content" into the games' code. Thousands of copies of the game were recalled from store shelves and the easter egg was removed from later versions of the game.
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Easter Egg, General, Real Life
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