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Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (1997)
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According to a 1997 The PlayStation magazine interview with the game's director Hideo Yoshizawa, he explained the story of how Klonoa's development began:

"The honest truth is that I simply wanted to make an action game. When I sat down to think seriously about how to do that, and I looked at the PlayStation market, there weren’t a lot of games that were playable for both children and adults at the same time. I wanted to make something that would fill that void."

"Also, there were a lot of Playstation games with 3D fields you could freely walk around in, and those games tended to be confusing; players often don’t know what they’re supposed to do. That’s why we decided to retain 2D controls, but with a 3D-ish feel."

"The idea for 3D backgrounds was there from the beginning, but I didn’t want it to be only for show—I wanted the 3D to have a purpose in the game. That’s where I got the idea for “information depth”. For example, in a 2D sidescroller you’ve got to keep moving forward (to the right) to see what’s next. But with a 3D screen, if we place something interesting deeper in the visual field, it prompts players to consider what’s there in the background, and explore whether it can be interacted with."

"Also, once we started playing around with camera angles, like tilting the camera upwards so players can get a clear view around them, it turned out to be really interesting. Some of these weirder camera angles have never been featured before in an action game, I think, so it was definitely something we were excited about doing."

"As I thought more about how to appeal to a wider demographic, I decided that the character shouldn’t be too serious, but should instead evoke gentle, nice feelings. That idea came, by the way, after soliciting the different developers at Namco for drawings of the character, in an informal in-house contest we held."
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The King of Fighters '96
The King of Fighters '96 (1996)
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Chizuru's design was based on the character, Yohko Shiraki, from the 1970 manga/anime series Tomorrow's Joe/Megalo Box.
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The King of Fighters '95
The King of Fighters '95 (1995)
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At one point in development, Eiji was planned to have a move that used his hair like poison needles. This idea was not implemented in the final game.
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Deltarune
Deltarune (TBA)
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According to Toby Fox, Susie was originally inspired by Maya Fey from the Ace Attorney series, being a similar "small, friendly, sassy companion" without any major tension. However, she was eventually changed into a more acrid figure as development progressed.
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Undertale
Undertale (2015)
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The tracks "Bonetrousle" and "Heartache" were originally composed for an early idea for Deltarune (whose gestation predated that of Undertale) before being repurposed here. "Bonetrousle" was initially the main battle theme for Deltarune before being replaced with "Rude Buster", while "Heartache" was originally titled "Joker Battle", implying that it was initially the battle theme for Spoiler:Jevil before being replaced with "THE WORLD REVOLVING".
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Deltarune
Deltarune (TBA)
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According to creator and director Toby Fox, the idea for Deltarune originated in 2011, when he had a literal fever dream about witnessing the ending to a game that didn't exist; upon waking up, he became determined to make that game a reality.

Development originally started the following year, but was put on hold before designing even a single room before the project resumed after Undertale's release; two of the songs originally composed during that initial stage would later be reused in Undertale as "Bonetrousle" (previously the main battle theme before being replaced with "Rude Buster") and "Heartache" (previously titled "Joker Battle", apparently being Spoiler:Jevil's early battle theme before being replaced with "THE WORLD REVOLVING").
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Madden NFL 09
Madden NFL 09 (2008)
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Attachment The original cover athlete is former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre. Five days before the game was released in North America, Favre had been traded to the New York Jets. Rather than recalling all copies, EA allowed fans to print out a brand new cover featuring Favre now in the New York Jets uniform.
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Deltarune
Deltarune (TBA)
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Attachment The game's files contain an early version of the computer lab seen at the end of the game, with a calculator similar in design to Queen in place of a public laptop. As the Cyber World was formed from a Dark Fountain opened in the computer lab, this implies that Queen was originally meant to be themed around calculators rather than computers, as indicated by the red text that sometimes appears on her visor.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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The King of Fighters '98
The King of Fighters '98 (1998)
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Because the addition of '94 Kyo Kusanagi in the previous game was well received by fans, Kyo's character from The King of Fighters '95 was added to the roster as another alternate version of Kyo.
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The King of Fighters 2001
The King of Fighters 2001 (2001)
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Because of the lukewarm reception on Zero in the previous game, the sponsors repeatedly requested the development team to make Igniz handsome:

"Since all our sponsor had to say to us-about 100 times-about Igniz was "make him hot," "make him hot," and "make him hot," we made him, well, a real stud. (LAUGH)
The standards for handsome characters in fighting games for Asian fans are exacting; and there is a tendency for people here to shy away from ugly and comic characters."
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Disney Infinity
Disney Infinity (2013)
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Attachment There is an unused model of Dr. Heinz Doofensmirtz found in the game's data, suggesting that he was either intended to be playable or appear as a boss in a scrapped Phineas & Ferb playset.
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Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis (1999)
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According to game's director/producer Shinji Mikami in an interview published in the 5/99 edition of The Playstation magazine, he was asked if the way Dino Crisis would let you save your progress would be the same as the Ink Ribbon system in Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2, which limited the number of saves the player could make, contributing to the game's difficulty. He responded:

"We’re still deliberating on that. In addition to save points, we’re planning to add a Continue system. But precisely how many continues to give, or whether to make them infinite or not—that’s what we’re currently struggling with. Since I want to convey the terrifying nature of these dinosaurs, it would feel really weird if you didn’t die after 1 or 2 bites from a dino. But that also means that the slightest mistake on the player’s part equals game over. On the other hand, if we let you re-do the scenes over and over, it diminishes the terror… yeah, these game difficulty questions are, well, difficult!"
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The King of Fighters XII
The King of Fighters XII (2009)
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Many of the spectators in the background of the France stage are obese, well-dressed women that are dining while excitedly watching the match. The idea for these NPCs was inspired by a posh French resort that is known for attracting wealthy tourists, and was not intended to stereotype French women as being fat.
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The King of Fighters XII
The King of Fighters XII (2009)
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According to Ignition's Director of Business Development, Shane Bettenhausen, the decision to revert many of the older characters back to their classic designs and moves was an aesthetic choice:

"To go along with the game's central 'Rebirth of KOF' theme, the designers purposefully returned to the classic KOF '94 costumes and move sets for many of the returning fighters."
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
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Attachment When the Hollow Bastion stage turns into the Dive to the Heart segment, the different Stations of Awakening in the background that reference key Kingdom Hearts characters appear to be censored of any reference to Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy. However, these censored Stations are actually close replicas of the designs used on coasters that Square Enix produced in celebration of Kingdom Hearts' 15th anniversary, which also omitted the Disney characters.
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Censorship, Development, Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
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Street Fighter V
Street Fighter V (2016)
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Pre-release footage of the game's story mode shows Spoiler:the death of the scientist in graphic detail, with the victim being melted. In the final release of the game Spoiler:the screen fades to black during the character's death.
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Franchise: Mortal Kombat
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According to series co-creator Ed Boon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been considered many times as a potential guest character in Mortal Kombat. She has yet to make the cut to this day.
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Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown (1993)
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Attachment Charlotte's design is based on the character Oscar Francois de Jarjayes from the 1972 manga series The Rose of Versailles.
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The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
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According to level designer Mitsuo Kodama, the design of the Italy stage is inspired by the portrayal of Italy in the 1992 Hayao Miyazaki movie Porco Rosso.
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Giga Wing 2
Giga Wing 2 (2001)
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In the 2/01 issue of Arcadia magazine interview with game's character designer Kei Toume, she said that the sisters Romi & Limi were originally designed to be twins with oni (devil) horns in the story. The pair went through many design changes as Toume's team really wanted "some kind of memorable character accent with their hair".

The android Cherry, however, hardly changed from how they first imagined her, with Toume stating she probably went through the least amount of changes out of the game's cast of characters.
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