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Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987)
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It was Nintendo of America president Minoru Arakawa who decided to pursue a deal with Mike Tyson to use his name and likeness for the US release of Punch-Out!!. He believed that Tyson's name would help sell the game to customers still wary of the video game market after its crash only a few years earlier.

Although Tyson had not yet won a championship, Arakawa had attended one of his matches and was impressed with his power and skill. This gamble would pay off well, as Tyson would go on to win his first title fight against Trevor Berbick for the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight championship, making him the youngest heavyweight champion in history. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!! would sell more than a million copies before the licensing deal expired.
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General, Real Life
person Boyobmas calendar_month May 27, 2014
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Sonic Lost World
Sonic Lost World (2013)
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There are gossip stones throughout the Zelda zone included in the Legend of Zelda DLC pack. They respond to the player's actions similarly to how they did in Ocarnia of Time, such as producing a fairy that will heal the player, or blasting off like a rocket if blown up with a bomb.
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Easter Egg, General, Reference, Secret
person blakester41 calendar_month May 27, 2014
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Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (2001)
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During the track titled "Ruins of Sorrow" certain parts are distorted tracks from Klonoa: Door to Phantomile's OST.
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Easter Egg, General, Music, Reference
person NewdelFaic calendar_month May 27, 2014
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Franchise: Guilty Gear
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Out of every character presently in the arcade version of Guilty Gear Xrd, Ky Kiske is the only character that retains his leitmotif from a previous game, "Holy Orders III", from Guilty Gear 2: Overture. It overrides the game's music in battle if Ky's ponytail is undone at any time during the match.
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Console Difference, Easter Egg, General, Music, Reference, Version Difference
person TailsFiraga calendar_month May 27, 2014
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Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs (2014)
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Attachment T-Bone is shown to own both Assassin's Creed II and Far Cry 3, two other Ubisoft titles.
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Easter Egg, General, Secret
person Boyobmas calendar_month May 27, 2014
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Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs (2014)
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One of the camera feeds that the player can hack into shows a father watching his son play a video game. The father is mocking how the assassin in the game talks to the people he kills. This is a reference to the Assassin's Creed series (also developed by Ubisoft), in which the protagonists talk to the people they kill before they die.
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Easter Egg, Reference
person Boyobmas calendar_month May 27, 2014
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Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
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Attachment Japanese rock artist Gackt once claimed in a TV program that Squall was modeled after him, even referring to the protagonist as "Gackt #2". However, the character designer, Tetsuya Nomura, says that he based Squall's appearance on the late actor River Phoenix.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person Laughingboy calendar_month May 27, 2014
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Mario Bros.
Mario Bros. (1983)
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The music that plays when the player begins Phase 1 is Mozart's "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", which is also featured in Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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Easter Egg, General, Music, Reference
person GamerBen144 calendar_month May 26, 2014
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Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
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The Rest Area Music in Allstar Mode is a remake of The Great Cave Offensive's Save Area Music from Kirby Super Star.

Allstar Mode itself may be based on Kirby Superstar's Arena Mode, as both have the player fighting a number of random enemies, finishing off with a consistent final opponent. Both modes feature a lobby between fights that displays which opponent the player will fight next, and a limited stock of healing items that do not replenish between fights.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Music, Reference
person JelloBoyInc calendar_month May 26, 2014
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Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
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Attachment The battle with Psycho Mantis includes a pre-fight "demonstration" of Mantis' psychic abilities, in which Mantis will read the player's memory card. If the player has save data from one of several Konami PlayStation games on their memory card, Mantis will reference that game by name. The games that trigger this dialogue are Suikoden, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Vandal Hearts and Azure Dreams.

In the Japanese release, both Policenauts and Snatcher are also recognized. Having save data from both of these games will trigger a message from Hideo Kojima, thanking the player for their continued support, but since both of those games were only released in Japan, this message cannot be heard normally in international versions of the game.
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Easter Egg, Hidden Message, Reference, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person mysticrhythms87 calendar_month May 26, 2014
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Don't Starve
Don't Starve (2013)
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When examining the fishing pole with Maxwell, he will say "I will eat for a lifetime." This is a reference to the saying "Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime."
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General
person frankfrost2 calendar_month May 26, 2014
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Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero II (2006)
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The majority of the songs in Guitar Hero II are cover versions produced by an in-house group of musicians, rather than the original artists. However, one of those musicians, Marcus Henderson, was able to contact Buckethead and involve him directly in the game's version of his song "Jordan", which is named as an homage to basketball player Michael Jordan.

After recording the song, Buckethead told Henderson in a voicemail, "I think this is one of the best things I've ever recorded in my entire life."
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General, Music
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month May 26, 2014
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Papers, Please
Papers, Please (2013)
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Attachment One of the random names for the people at the border checkpoint is Arin Hansonov, a reference to animator and co-host of the webseries Game Grumps, Arin Hanson.
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Easter Egg, Reference
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month May 26, 2014
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Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001)
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Attachment In the preview image to the track Sunset Wilds, the Shy Guys wear Native American headdresses in the Japanese release. These were removed in the International release.
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Regional Difference, Version Difference
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month May 25, 2014
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Super Mario World
Super Mario World (1990)
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Attachment Early screenshots of the game show that Raccoon Mario was to return, before being replaced by Cape Mario. A raccoon leaf and a few Raccoon Mario sprites are also present among other early Super Mario World graphics found within the data of a SNES test cartridge, used by Nintendo to test and diagnose the consoles and controllers.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Unused Items
person KidDivinegon calendar_month May 25, 2014
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RTX Red Rock
RTX Red Rock (2003)
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RTX Red Rock was originally also developed for the GameCube, but development on that version fell behind the Playstation 2 version, and neither one was going to be ready for the release date. The decision was made to shift development resources to the PS2 version so that at least one version would release on time, rather than delay both.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month May 25, 2014
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Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero II (2006)
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When recording the cover version of "Laid to Rest" by Lamb of God, guitarist Marcus Henderson used the exact same amplifier and settings that Lamb of God guitarist Willie Adler used.

"One of the songs I worked on was "Laid to Rest" by Lamb of God, and what I did was freeze-frame their Killadelphia DVD right at the part that Willie Adler was talking about his rig, and I could see all of his settings written above his dials. So I zoomed in and wrote everything down, and called Mesa and asked them to send me a Mark IV, and I used that to record the song for the game."
-Marcus Henderson
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General, Music, Real Life
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month May 23, 2014
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Portal 2
Portal 2 (2011)
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Attachment In an earlier version of the co-op plot, GLaDOS sends Atlas and P-Body out to find "artifacts" of the long-dead Aperture workers (coffee cups and such) to make them more human. Unused audio files from this period of development can still be found within the games files, revealing that in one of the rooms a comic strip is found, presumably Garfield from how it is described.
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Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, Reference, Unused Audio, Unused Content
person Boyobmas calendar_month May 23, 2014
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Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)
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In the resistance hideout, there is a bed next to a wall with Wolfenstein 3D artwork on it. If the player interacts with the bed, they will enter a "Nightmare", which is a remake of the first level of Wolfenstein 3D.
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Bonus Content, Easter Egg, General, Secret
person eronecorp calendar_month May 23, 2014
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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014)
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In the side op Intel Operative Rescue, the player has to help an agent get into the helicopter. In the end cutscene, he is revealed as the creator of the Metal Gear series, Hideo Kojima. After the mission, he'll be in the helicopter in the main menu and waiting a while on the mission select screen will make him spin the list of missions.
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Cameo, Easter Egg
person EFB01 calendar_month May 23, 2014
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