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Tornado Outbreak
Tornado Outbreak (2009)
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Two early names considered for the game during development were Tornado Alley, and Zephyr: Rise of the Elementals. The game was first pitched to Warner Bros. Interactive under the Tornado Alley name in July 2006. These early design documents, alongside the documents for the unproduced Dirty Harry: Excessive Force, were later trademarked in 2008.
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Development, Early Idea, Name Change, Pitch Bible/Proposal, Title
person Larrye calendar_month March 1, 2022
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Tornado Alley pitch bible:
https://uspto.report/TM/77202639/SPE20080304192012/

Tornado Alley sizzle reel variant with early title:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVDY1uNt3Ig

Engadget article with Zephyr: Rise of the Elementals title:
https://www.engadget.com/2009-06-01-konami-announces-zephyr-rise-of-the-elementals.html
Transformers
Transformers (2004)
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The game went through a number of early titles throughout development including "Transformers Armada" (which was the name shipped with review copies of the game), "Transformers Armada: The Battle for Energon" and "Transformers Armada: Prelude to Energon", all of which bear the name of the show and toy line that it's based upon. However, when the game was launched at retail, the name was changed to just "Transformers" for unknown reasons.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Name Change, Suggested, Theory, Title, Unused Content, Unused Text
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Dark Cloud 2
Dark Cloud 2 (2002)
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Attachment In the Kitchen of Max's house, there is a bright white picture hanging on the wall opposite to the Kitchen door with the words "Dark Chronicle" written on it. Dark Chronicle is the original name of the game and the one used for its Japanese and European releases. In North America and South Korea however, the game was released as "Dark Cloud 2".
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Easter Egg, Hidden Message, Name Change, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person MehDeletingLater calendar_month August 26, 2021
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Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country (1994)
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According to character designer Gregg Mayles on Twitter, after the announcement that King K. Rool would be in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a character that Gregg had named and designed the actions of, he revealed that the character was original called "KOMMANDER K. ROOL" and that Donkey Kong Country was originally to be called MONKEY MAYHEM. He also mentioned that the "K." in K. Rool does not actually stand for anything and the name itself is only intended to be a play on the word "cruel", though he joked that the initial could stand for something mundane and off-character, such as "Keith".

In addition, Gregg's brother Steve, who designed the look and visual design for the character, also revealed that the programmers thought King K. Rool was "too big" and too taxing on the game's memory, and thus several frames of the character's animation had to be dropped as a result.
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Development, Early Idea, Etymology, General, Inspiration, Name Change, Real Life, Unused Content
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EarthBound
EarthBound (1994)
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Attachment Early previews of EarthBound show that the game's localizers had considered calling Giygas "The Geek".
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Development, Early Idea, Name Change
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Paper Mario
Paper Mario (2000)
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Mario RPG 2 (Game)
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Attachment Paper Mario was also originally going to be named Super Mario RPG 2, though due to complications involving Square Enix, the makers of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the name was changed to Super Mario Adventure and later Paper Mario.
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Development, Early Idea, Name Change
person Screath calendar_month March 21, 2013
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