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The character Zack Fair was created late into development. He was made up along the way as Kazushige Nojima was building up the mysteries surrounding Cloud (most importantly, who he was and who he based his fake cocky personality on). Before Zack was created, Aerith was to see her first love in Cloud, though who that person would be was not yet decided until later, but there were plans to make this person Sephiroth. Eventually, Zack was placed to serve as both Aerith's first love and to solve the mysteries surrounding Cloud. When he was finally developed, Nojima asked the staff in charge of the event scenes to add foreshadowing to Cloud's true persona and to Zack himself. Zack was also the last character to be drawn by Tetsuya Nomura.
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The developers of the game held a contest for the fans to design a weapon for the game called "My Blaster Runs Hot". The winner was Spiral of Death.
Franchise: Mario
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Bowser's Japanese name, Kuppa (pronounced Koopa), was named by Shigeru Miyamoto after the Korean dish Gukbap, roughly known in Japan as 'Kuppa'. Other dishes considered were Yukke ('Yukhoe' in Korean) and Bibinba ('Bibimbap' in Korean).
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Dr. Nefarious' attack color scheme was picked at random from a friend of Tony Garcia, the designer of the boss. Since the battle was the last thing to be programed, he was running out of ideas for colors. He picked one friend that was online at the time and asked for two colors, which they gave red and black. These random colors have stayed with the character.
Franchise: Resident Evil
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In an interview with Shinji Mikami Resident Evils producer, he claimed the game was originally going to be based around ghosts instead of zombies. He later changed it to zombies after being inspired by George.A.Romeros "Night of the living dead"
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Genocide City Zone is a scrapped level from Sonic the Hedgehog 2. It was meant to be a single act but ultimately became Metropolis Zone Act 3. According to Sonic 2 level designer Tom Payne, the name "Genocide City" was chosen due to the development team's "not quite complete grasp of the English language" hence the change to Cyber City later on.
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According to Tetsuya Nomura, the idea to put Sea-Salt Ice-Cream in the game came from the time he went to Tokyo DisneySea, where they sold this type of ice cream. He stated he liked the treat so much, he asked Disney if he could put it into the game as a treat the kids in Twilight Town ate during summer vacation.
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Depending on the day the CD-i's clock is set to, very brief messages will appear underneath the loading screen of the game's first level in place of the standard "HERE WE GO!" message:
•January 1st = "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
•February 14th = "HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!"
•February 17th = "ITS HOLLIES BIRTHDAY!", celebrating the birthday of Play Consultant Hollie S. Lohff.
•May 8th = "DO NOT FORGET MOTHERS DAY!"
•July 4th = "HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!"
•August 31st = "READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL?"
•October 31st = "BOOOOOOOOO!!!"
•November 24th = "HAPPY TURKEY DAY! GOBBLE GOBBLE!"
•December 25th = "HAPPY HOLIDAYS!"
•December 31st = "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
In regards to the February 17th message, Hollie S. Lohff is the daughter of one of the game's engineers, Thomas Lohff. She was brought in to playtest the game and commented that Mario should be able to jump, as it was weird to play a Mario game without that mechanic. The developers took her advice and added her to the game credits as "Play Consultant."
The French version of the game features its own unique messages to indicate French holidays:
•January 1st = "BONNE ANNEE" ("Happy New Year.")
•Late January = "ALLONS CHERCHER LA FEVE" ("Let's find the charm." Displays in a time of year where in France the people eat some "Galette des Rois" (King's Pie) and there is a charm hidden in the pie.)
•February 14th = "C'EST LA SAINT VALENTIN" ("It's Valentine's Day.")
•Carnival celebration in France = "ON SE DEGUISERA POUR LE MARDI GRAS" ("We'll be dressing up for Mardi Gras.")
•Easter = "OU SONT CACHES LES OEUFS" ("Where are the eggs hidden?")
•Last Sunday in May = "BONNE FETE MAMAN" ("Happy Mother's Day, Mom!")
•May 31st = "L'ECOLE EST BIENTOT FINIE" ("School is almost over." Displays when most schools began Summer vacation at the time.)
•Third Sunday of June = "BONNE FETE PAPA" ("Happy Father's Day, Dad!")
•July 14th = "ALLONS ENFANT DE LA PATRIIIIEEE" ("Arise, children of the Fatherland." Displays on France's national celebration. Taken from the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", although "ENFANT" should be "ENFANTS" due to the plural grammar rule.)
•August 31st = "PREPAREZ VOS CARTABLES" ("Prepare your schoolbags." Referring to returning to school. Displays when most schools were ending Summer vacation at the time.)
•December 25th = "JOYEUX NOEL" ("Merry Christmas.")
•December 31st = "BONNE ANNEE" ("Happy New Year")
•January 1st = "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
•February 14th = "HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!"
•February 17th = "ITS HOLLIES BIRTHDAY!", celebrating the birthday of Play Consultant Hollie S. Lohff.
•May 8th = "DO NOT FORGET MOTHERS DAY!"
•July 4th = "HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!"
•August 31st = "READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL?"
•October 31st = "BOOOOOOOOO!!!"
•November 24th = "HAPPY TURKEY DAY! GOBBLE GOBBLE!"
•December 25th = "HAPPY HOLIDAYS!"
•December 31st = "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
In regards to the February 17th message, Hollie S. Lohff is the daughter of one of the game's engineers, Thomas Lohff. She was brought in to playtest the game and commented that Mario should be able to jump, as it was weird to play a Mario game without that mechanic. The developers took her advice and added her to the game credits as "Play Consultant."
The French version of the game features its own unique messages to indicate French holidays:
•January 1st = "BONNE ANNEE" ("Happy New Year.")
•Late January = "ALLONS CHERCHER LA FEVE" ("Let's find the charm." Displays in a time of year where in France the people eat some "Galette des Rois" (King's Pie) and there is a charm hidden in the pie.)
•February 14th = "C'EST LA SAINT VALENTIN" ("It's Valentine's Day.")
•Carnival celebration in France = "ON SE DEGUISERA POUR LE MARDI GRAS" ("We'll be dressing up for Mardi Gras.")
•Easter = "OU SONT CACHES LES OEUFS" ("Where are the eggs hidden?")
•Last Sunday in May = "BONNE FETE MAMAN" ("Happy Mother's Day, Mom!")
•May 31st = "L'ECOLE EST BIENTOT FINIE" ("School is almost over." Displays when most schools began Summer vacation at the time.)
•Third Sunday of June = "BONNE FETE PAPA" ("Happy Father's Day, Dad!")
•July 14th = "ALLONS ENFANT DE LA PATRIIIIEEE" ("Arise, children of the Fatherland." Displays on France's national celebration. Taken from the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", although "ENFANT" should be "ENFANTS" due to the plural grammar rule.)
•August 31st = "PREPAREZ VOS CARTABLES" ("Prepare your schoolbags." Referring to returning to school. Displays when most schools were ending Summer vacation at the time.)
•December 25th = "JOYEUX NOEL" ("Merry Christmas.")
•December 31st = "BONNE ANNEE" ("Happy New Year")
Franchise: Guilty Gear
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The character Zato-ONE from Guilty Gear was replaced in Guilty Gear XX with a parasite named "Eddie." The character was killed off due to his voice actor, Kaneto Shiozawa, dying in 2000 from a severe concussion. Daisuke Ishiwatari wanted to keep Zato in the game out of respect, so they had Eddie take over Zato's corpse. Eddie is currently voiced by Takehito Koyasu, establishing him as a different character.As of Xrd, Zato has been resurrected and is once again playable under his original "Zato-ONE" name, albeit still voiced by Koyasu.
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Honey the Cat is based on Honey (AKA Candy) from the game Fighting Vipers. She was planned for the original arcade release of the game, but was eventually scrapped. However, she was later reinserted into the HD remake of the game.
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Many of the heists in the game take inspiration from movies such as Heat (Heat Street), Inside Man (First World Bank) or Panic Room (Surprise Panic Room).
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There were originally plans for romance speech options and game endings for companions, but the idea was ultimately cancelled before any work was done on it. According to Jason Bergman (the Senior Producer for New Vegas), "Tt was clear that it wasn't going to be fun or interesting in any way. Also Avellone really hates romance in games."
One of the romance ideas that was talked about was if you romanced Cass, you were both going to get drunk and wake up married. And there was another idea where if your rep was high enough, the player would get married to their companion by the King, with him singing "Love Me Tender" a la Nicholas Cage in Wild at Heart.
One of the romance ideas that was talked about was if you romanced Cass, you were both going to get drunk and wake up married. And there was another idea where if your rep was high enough, the player would get married to their companion by the King, with him singing "Love Me Tender" a la Nicholas Cage in Wild at Heart.
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The alternate name of the Patriots, the La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo, was chosen because the English 'L' sound does not exist in the Japanese phonetic alphabet, making it impossible to say. However, since there is no such sound that cannot be pronounced in the English phonetic alphabet, the concept could not be translated over.
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The game is actually an interpretation of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. It even features many songs from the ballet.
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Raiden's look and moves were based on Lightning from the movie Big Trouble in Little China.
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If Evelynn is seen by an enemy champion while in stealth, Evelynn will have an exclamation symbol as made famous by the Metal Gear Solid series.
The developer of the Stealth rework also claimed to get the idea of the rework from the Metal Gear Solid series.
The developer of the Stealth rework also claimed to get the idea of the rework from the Metal Gear Solid series.
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The Lonesome Manor is not based on any one Haunted Mansion Ride but all of them. Plus, there are three cameos from past Disney characters. A painting of Chernabog (the demon from Night of Bald Mountain from the movie Fantasia), Madam Leona (the head in the Crystal Ball), and The Lonesome Ghosts (from Mickey Mouse Cartoons).
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The gameplay design was inspired from the action of the old school The Legend of Zelda games, the platforming of Mario, and the RPG elements of Deus Ex.
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The cause of the zombie apocalypse is actually based on real life organisms. There is a parasitic fungus called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which is known for taking over an ant's mind and controlling its motor skills, basically making it a zombie. In The Last of Us, a fungus takes over most of humanity's minds, and turns them into zombies.