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Collection: Metal Slug
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Marco Rossi and Fiolina Germi, in addition to her teddy bear Peppino, have their names derived from the 1976 anime series "3000 Leagues in Search of Mother".
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person Mass Distraction calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
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Officially, the protagonist's name in this game is "Claude". Hacking into the game's files, one can find a text string saying "DEFNAME = CLAUDE" which not only made it clear his name was Claude, but also hinted at a removed mechanic allowing the player to rename the main character. As a result, many also believe he is Claude Speed, the protagonist of GTA2.

Sam Houser claimed that the GTA3 protagonist did not have a name as he was merely the player's avatar, but would later be named "Claude" as of San Andreas, as everyone had taken to calling him that.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Removed Feature, Suggested, Theory, Unused Content
person MightyKombat calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Persona 4 Arena
Persona 4 Arena (2012)
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The color palate switch was meant to make the playable charters look like past Persona characters, Guilty Gear characters or BlazBlue characters.
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person Outofmind23 calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Dead Rising 2
Dead Rising 2 (2010)
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Attachment The "Goblin Mask" is based on Blanka from Street Fighter.
This is furthered by a combo weapon utilizing this mask and a battery to create a weapon called "Roaring Thunder" which shocks all zombies in radius to the target.
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person Psychospacecow calendar_month May 17, 2013
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Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
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Attachment The Famicom's final design incorporated this red color because of an order from Hiroshi Yamauchi, the president of Nintendo at the time. Yamuchi often wore a scarf of a similar color and decided to include this favorite of his in the system as well.

It should also be noted that at the time of manufacturing, red and white plastics were the cheapest color of plastic to produce.
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person pkmngmr calendar_month May 12, 2013
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Crash Team Racing
Crash Team Racing (1999)
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Early in development, the developers made a replica of Crescent Island from Diddy Kong Racing to see if they could make a racing track of that size on the PlayStation.
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 12, 2013
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Bubble Bobble
Bubble Bobble (1986)
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According to Fukio Mitsuji, the characters of Bub and Bob were made to get more female gamers into the arcade, which was very rare to see before then.
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 10, 2013
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Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country (1994)
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In an earlier version of Donkey Kong Country, Jungle Hijinxs was known as "Jungle Japes". The title Jungle Japes was reused as the first level of Donkey Kong 64.
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person Frazzle calendar_month May 10, 2013
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Mega Man 8
Mega Man 8 (1996)
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Bass's name is mispronounced throughout the game. In the game, his name is pronounced "bass" (like the fish), however his name is meant to be read as "base," since his and Treble's names come from the bass and treble clefs. This has lead to much confusion on how to pronounce his name.
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 8, 2013
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Franchise: F-Zero
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Attachment The name "F-Zero" is derived from "Formula-One Racing." (F-1). Both have Grand Prixs (F-1 having circuits built world-wide and F-Zero having circuits built galactic-wide) and both use the best "racing technology" for said Grand Prixs.
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person G-Haven calendar_month May 8, 2013
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Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami (2012)
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Attachment Hotline Miami was heavily influenced by the 2011 film "Drive" directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Refn is also given a special thanks in the game's credits.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month May 8, 2013
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Franchise: tetris
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Tetris got its name by creator Alexey Pajitnov combining the words 'tetra' and 'tennis'. Tetra is a Greek numerical prefix meaning 'four', and tennis was Alexey's favorite sport.
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person Antwan calendar_month May 7, 2013
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Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat (1992)
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In the audit menu of the arcade version, there is a useless row of text that says "ERMACS" (which stands for Error Macros) and is listed under "Reptile Battles." Because of this, players thought that Ermac was a hidden boss like Reptile. Ermac became a running joke for the developers, so much so that they even made him a real character for Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, with his BIO saying he was hiding in the first Mortal Kombat.
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 7, 2013
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Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
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Because of Super Smash Bros. Melee's status as a launch title, it was specifically designed to showcase new features that the N64 wasn't capable of. This is why the game's opening sequence is a high-quality, full-motion video, which the N64 was incapable of producing. The developers at HAL even worked with 3 other production companies in Tokyo, Japan, to make Melee's opening sequence as outstanding as possible.

Melee was in development for 13 month's, and the game's director, Masahiro Sakurai, had no holidays and cut short his weekends to work on the game. He even went far enough to say that his lifestyle while developing Melee was "destructive", due to how he felt pressured to deliver a greatly improved game. In the end, Sakurai and his team's efforts paid off. Even after the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl's release, Sakurai still dubs Melee to be the sharpest game in the series.
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person VinchVolt calendar_month May 4, 2013
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Franchise: Pokémon
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Attachment The blue Pokemon mini was modeled after Wooper.
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person SRJ calendar_month May 1, 2013
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Duke Nukem Forever
Duke Nukem Forever (2011)
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Duke was originally going to have a sidekick in the form of a gay robot. This wasn't to make fun of gay people, but to add depth to Duke's character. The idea was scrapped during development because the robot had a tragic ending, and the developers felt that Duke was more about action than tragedy.

"'Sexuality is part of the Duke personality.' The head of Gearbox explained that the original idea behind the sidekick was 'to explore how Duke would relate to a peer that might have a different sexual orientation.'"

"Ultimately the robot was in a situation where for in order for victory against the aliens to be accomplished, the robot's inner workings - a nuclear generator - had to be sacrificed."

"Duke is all about having a good time. Do you want to pay $60 to feel like crap? No!"
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Unused Character, Unused Content
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month May 1, 2013
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No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (2010)
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In an interview with Nintendo Power, SUDA51 revealed that Nathan Copeland was originally meant to appear in the first No More Heroes, but dropped him in favor of Death Metal. SUDA commented that, "When I started working on this installment, I knew right away that I wanted to bring Nathan back."
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person Hipserious calendar_month April 24, 2013
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Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter IV (2008)
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Attachment Rufus' original concept art is completely different when compared to his final design. He was shown to be much slender, African American and wore martial artist robes with the words "King Cobra" on the belt. The final design was chosen because the developers wanted to leave an impression on players with his obese appearance and set him apart from the other characters.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month April 23, 2013
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Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2 (2001)
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There is persistent butterfly and moth symbolism surrounding Maria, who has a butterfly tattoo on her abdomen. Spoiler:Butterflies are seen as a symbol of rebirth in some cultures. Since she is supposed to be the reborn image of Mary, she could be seen as a butterfly. Likewise, moths are seen as a symbol of death, and Maria transforms into a swarm of black moths for the final boss. This parallels how James killed Mary.
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month April 22, 2013
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Franchise: .Hack
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Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, the creator of the protagonist, Kite, stated that when creating Kite, he based his proportions on Naruto, a character from the popular anime series. At the time, he had no idea that CyberConnect 2 would eventually purchase the rights to the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series.
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person PheonixGRX calendar_month April 22, 2013
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