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Epic Mickey
Epic Mickey (2010)
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Attachment Originally, if Mickey used too much thinner when he was in his 'scrapper' mood, he would've turned into a design called 'Thinner Mickey'. Every evil action that Mickey would have done erased his paint and showed more of his basic line-art. The idea was eventually scrapped due to the Disney company not wishing to tarnish Mickey's 'heroic' attitude.
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Development, Early Idea
person CLXcool calendar_month January 26, 2014
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Divekick
Divekick (2013)
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Mr. N's GTFO special is animated exactly like the backdash animation of Dan Hibiki in Street Fighter IV.
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Easter Egg, Reference
person AkiraTheWarrior calendar_month January 26, 2014
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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (2013)
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At the begining of Level 7, Thor opens a portal to the Bifrost, and the characters are sent flying through a wormhole which greatly resembles those The Doctor travels through in the fourth season of Dr. Who. Further reinforcing the reference are several blue phone booths also travelling through the wormhole, which resemble The Doctor's TARDIS.
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Easter Egg, Reference
person Boyobmas calendar_month January 26, 2014
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Ape Escape 2
Ape Escape 2 (2002)
subdirectory_arrow_right Space Fishermen (Game)
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Attachment In Ape Escape 2, in "The Blue Babboon" and "Simian Citdel" levels, one-of-a-kind enemies exclusive to each stage can be found known as the "Space Can" and the "Submarine Lookalike" respectively, neither of which can harm the player in any way. Their Enemy Cards both mention that they "came to the wrong game". Ape Escape 2 was developed by Japan Studio and originally released in Japan on July 18, 2002.

A little over three months later on October 24, Sony published a Japan-exclusive game titled Space Fishermen, a collaboration between Japan Studio and the American animation studio Spümcø, Inc. under the name "Land Ho!". Both characters appear in the game as fish you can catch, presumably having found the correct game they were supposed to be in.
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Cameo, Crossover, Easter Egg
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month January 26, 2014
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Archived VGFacts forum thread:
https://archive.vgfacts.com/showthread.php?tid=1320

Space Fishermen gameplay featuring Ape Escape cameo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mD-UIsBPgw#t=349
Luigi's Mansion
Luigi's Mansion (2001)
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There are two ghost characters in Luigi's Mansion called Henry and Orville, who each use a car and plane in their battles, respectively. The first ghost is a reference to Henry Ford, who was a major contributor to the automobile industry, while the second is a reference to Orville Wright, who, along with his brother, designed and flew the first powered, fully-controllable fixed-wing airplane.
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Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
person Elderlolz calendar_month January 26, 2014
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League of Legends
League of Legends (2009)
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Attachment The developers made several April Fools jokes about a character known as "Urf The Manatee". Despite him never being a playable character, he has made an appearance in skins for the characters Warwick, Corki and Fizz. He was supposedly killed by Warwick, and on the Harrowing map, his ghost can come out and attack Warwick.
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Bonus Content, Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month January 26, 2014
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Franchise: Final Fantasy
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According to an interview with Hiroyuki Ito, many aspects of turn based systems were inspired by professional sports; the design feature for characters to line up facing the opponent was inspired by formation setups from American football, and the ATB Gauge was inspired by Formula One Racing.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person Cavery210 calendar_month January 26, 2014
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Dead Space 2
Dead Space 2 (2011)
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Attachment There was originally going to be a necromorph called the "Flytrap", but the enemy was scrapped sometime during development. It was going to be both an environmental hazard and a regular enemy, intended to encourage the player to slow down, without feeling like an artificial gameplay mechanic. Both of its hands and feet would be stuck to a ceiling, and the skin on its stomach and chest is missing. It would have used its internal organs as a dangling lure, and attacked the player when they got close.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Character, Unused Content
person frankfrost2 calendar_month January 26, 2014
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Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
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Attachment In the Pumpkin Zone, there's an enemy called J Son that walks like a Goomba but instead carries a hockey mask with a dagger stuck in it. This is a reference to the main antagonist of Friday The 13th, Jason Voorhees.
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Easter Egg, Reference
person zybershield calendar_month January 26, 2014
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Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy IV (1991)
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Final Fantasy IV contains several prominent references to the Old Testament, such as the Tower of Babel.

Kain's name comes from the biblical tale of Cain and Abel, in which Cain becomes jealous of Abel and kills him. This parallels the multiple times that Kain betrays Cecil and attempts to kill him. Kain's ultimate weapon is Abel's Lance, alluding to the reference.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Reference
person SonicManEXE calendar_month January 26, 2014
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Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X (2001)
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Final Fantasy X, like other games in the series, features many references to real world religions and their history. This game in particular alludes to the conflicts between Christianity and Gnosticism; it also depicts the corruption possible within organized religion, and how it can lead to an inversion of its own doctrine.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Reference
person SonicManEXE calendar_month January 26, 2014
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Ecco the Dolphin
Ecco the Dolphin (1992)
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In Origin Beach, there are two glyphs that are behind the walls in the top left and right corners of the level. These were put in by the developers to answer the question "Why do dolphins live in the sea?"

The left one says:
We hear song in the ocean!
We hear our kind in the sea!
Never have we heard songs in the sea!

The one on the right says:
You sing our song under the waves
Who are you?
Could we sing in the sea?
Could we live in the sea?
Perhaps we will try!
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Development, Easter Egg, Hidden Message, Inspiration
person Falcon457 calendar_month January 25, 2014
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League of Legends
League of Legends (2009)
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The name of the character Brand comes from the Swedish word for "Fire".
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month January 25, 2014
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DuckTales: Remastered
DuckTales: Remastered (2013)
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Attachment Within the game's files are a number of unused images referring to Shantae, another character created by WayForward. It's possible that Shantae would have appeared as a playable character at one point during development, but was later cut. This is speculation, but it is evident that Shantae was at least used as a placeholder during development.
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Theory, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Dazz calendar_month January 25, 2014
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Portal 2
Portal 2 (2011)
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During Chapter 2, it is possible to grab Wheatley as he comes out of the wall in Test Chambers 2 and 7. He cannot be harmed by lasers and will not be destroyed by the Emancipation Grill, but disappears after taking the elevator to the next Test Chamber.
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General, Glitch
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month January 25, 2014
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Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 (1996)
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Attachment The Big Boo in Big Boo's Haunt course originally held a key instead of a Power Star inside of him. The keys would unlock the various doors in Big Boo's Haunt. There was even a key counter to display how many keys the player had acquired.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Content, Unused Items
person VGSavvy calendar_month January 25, 2014
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Dead Space 3
Dead Space 3 (2013)
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Like in Dead Space, taking the first letter of each chapter will spell a secret message. Spoiler:This reads "BROTHER MOONS ARE AWAKE", referring to how other moons have been woken up after defeating The Moon on Tau Volantis.

Prologue: Beginnings
Chapter 1: Rude Awakening
Chapter 2: On your Own
Chapter 3: The Roanoke
Chapter 4: History's Ember
Chapter 5: Expect Delays
Chapter 6: Repair to Ride
Chapter 7: Mayhem
Chapter 8: Off The Grid
Chapter 9: Onward
Chapter 10: Now We Know
Chapter 11: Signal Hunting
Chapter 12: Autopsy
Chapter 13: Reach For The Sky
Chapter 14: Everything Has It's Place
Chapter 15: A Change Of Fortune
Chapter 16: What Lies Below
Chapter 17: A Strange City
Chapter 18: Kill Or Be Killed
Chapter 19: Endings

The Awakened DLC also has a message Spoiler: hidden in the chapter titles, which spells out "RIP", possibly referencing the other moons arriving to Earth.

Chapter 1: Requiem
Chapter 2: Infidels
Chapter 3: Perdition
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Easter Egg, General, Hidden Message
person frankfrost2 calendar_month January 24, 2014
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The Simpsons: Hit & Run
The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003)
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Attachment The main menu will feature one of three holiday themes if the system's clock is set to specific days of the year:
• October 31st - Halloween
• Last Thursday of November - Thanksgiving
• December 25th - Christmas
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Easter Egg, Secret
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month January 24, 2014
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Franchise: Street Fighter
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Attachment In a similar vein to Dan being a parody of Art of Fighting's Ryo Sakazaki, the appearance of Dan's father, Go Hibiki, is also a parody of Mr. Karate.

In Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix, Dan can call upon his father's ghost, whose tengu-like face bears a striking resemblance to the mask worn by Mr. Karate, who is also known as Takuma Sakazaki, the father of Ryo Sakazaki.
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General
person Mystic_Arte calendar_month January 24, 2014
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Fire Emblem: Awakening
Fire Emblem: Awakening (2012)
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Awakening was intended to be the final game in the series unless the total sales exceeded 250,000 copies, and so the game was filled with homages and features of previous installments. This includes the return of the marriage and inheritance system from Genealogy of the Holy War, the branching promotion trees and free-roam world map of The Sacred Stones, the skill system from various games in the series, and the custom character from Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~. It also included references to previous installments, such as with Owain shouting out the titles of the previous games, the brands possibly referencing the Holy Blood system in Genealogy of the Holy War, and downloadable characters and maps from previous games.
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Bonus Content, Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
person Flame1819 calendar_month January 24, 2014
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