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Franchise: Super Smash Bros.
subdirectory_arrow_right Bubble Bobble (Franchise)
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When Tsuyoshi Tozak, director of Bubble Bobble 4 Friends, was asked about if Bub and Bob would appear in the Super Smash Bros. franchise, they simply responded "let's skip that question". The interviewer theorized that they may have been under a non-disclosure agreement, citing a similar response when asking Studio MDHR, the developers of Cuphead, about if they wanted to make an animated series based on their game, which did eventually happen. However, come the end of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's DLC cycle, a Bubble Bobble multimedia adaptation did not happen in any form, suggesting that Tozak was likely indifferent on the possibility rather than under NDA.
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Cameo, Multimedia Adaptation, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024)
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In an interview with the game's music supervisor Keiji Kawamori published on the PlayStation.Blog on September 14, 2023, he was asked what he could reveal about the soundtrack and music for the game. He responded that because the game's world is much larger than Final Fantasy VII Remake, the team made a variety of new music to go alongside it and also expanded the variety of musical genres used, so he thought there would be a lot to enjoy. They also made many re-arrangements of classic tracks from the original Final Fantasy VII, and Kawamori hoped fans would enjoy comparing both iterations of the same song to see what's the difference. He cited the Release Date Announcement trailer's music being a re-arrangement of the Final Fantasy VII main theme as a battle music track as an example of this to give players a taste of the direction the team chose to take in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Music, Real Life, Similarities
person ProtoSnake calendar_month September 27, 2023
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Yo-kai Watch 3
Yo-kai Watch 3 (2018)
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The Yo-Kai Deadcool is a parody of the Marvel Comics character Deadpool. Not only are their names, designs, and personalities similar, but three of Deadcool's preset nicknames are direct references to Deadpool. The three identifiable references being "Wade", a reference to Deadpool's real name Wade Wilson, "Ryan", a reference to Ryan Reynolds who portrays Wade Wilson/Deadpool in the live-action films, and "Mr. Cool", which appears to be a reference to a scene from the 2016 film in which the taxi driver Dopinder refers to Deadpool as "Mr. Pool". The last nickname "Rhys" is more ambiguous and does not appear to have a clear origin related to Deadpool.

Additionally, Deadcool's Japanese voice actor, Takehito Koyasu, has voiced Deadpool in other pieces of media.
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Pop'n Music: Usagi to Neko to Shounen no Yume
Pop'n Music: Usagi to Neko to Shounen no Yume (2016)
subdirectory_arrow_right Sound Voltex IV: Heavenly Haven (Game), Bemani (Franchise)
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The Pop'n Music songs "Dance to Blue (Respect Style)" and "Mychronicle", along with the Sound Voltex song "GERBERA" were all initially credited to "BEMANI Sound Team" (Or "伊藤賢治 Remixed by BEMANI Sound Team" in the case of "Dance to Blue (Respect Style)"). These songs marked the first usages of such a moniker in BEMANI games. It wouldn't be until December 2017 that these songs received the altered credits "伊藤賢治 Remixed by BEMANI Sound Team 'PON'", "BEMANI Sound Team 'positive MAD-crew'", and "BEMANI Sound Team 'TAG'" respectively. Since then, all in-house BEMANI songs have been credited as BEMANI Sound Team "Artist Name". Though no official breakdown for the BEMANI Sound Team moniker has been given, some theorize the change was either to distinguish in-house composers from commissioned artists (i.e. kors k and Ryu☆), or due to policies from a pachinko company merger with Konami, mandating reduced visibility of staff.
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RemyWiki page on BEMANI Sound Team:
https://remywiki.com/BEMANI_Sound_Team

RemyWiki page on Dance to Blue (Respect Style):
https://remywiki.com/Dance_to_Blue_(Respect_Style)

Pop'n Music footage of Dance to Blue (Respect Styel) with BEMANI Sound Team credit:
https://youtu.be/5ttNrmlyApU

RemyWiki page on Mychronicle:
https://remywiki.com/Mychronicle

Pop'n Music footage of Mychronicle:
https://youtu.be/lPAyl856a8g

RemyWiki page on GERBERA:
https://remywiki.com/GERBERA

Sound Voltex footage of GERBERA:
https://youtu.be/-10mmR24P_0
Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog
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Attachment In Issue #48 of the IDW Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, pages four and five depict several Central City citizens with designs that reference characters from other franchises, such as:

• Wally from Where's Wally?
• Reigen from Mob Psycho 100
• Conan and Ran from Case Closed
• Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz from Wreck-It Ralph
• Crinkly Wrinkly from OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

Incidentally, the Sonic series has crossed over with both Wreck-It Ralph and OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes in the past.
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Easter Egg, Multimedia Adaptation, Reference, Similarities
person chocolatejr9 calendar_month September 25, 2023
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Donkey Kong 5: The Journey of Over Time and Space
Donkey Kong 5: The Journey of Over Time and Space (2001)
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There exists 5 versions of Donkey Kong 5: The Journey of Over Time and Space:

• The original version featuring Donkey Kong
• Harry Boy and the Chamber of Secrets, featuring characters from Harry Potter
• 2003 Digitmon Sapphire featuring Digimon and Bubble Bobble characters
• Super Marrio Sunshine, which is identical to Over Time and Space aside from a different title screen and an added glitch, still featuring Donkey Kong and not Mario
• Digit Dinosaur 7: The Adventrue of Devildom which is identical to Digitmon aside from a different title screen, and is theorized to predate it due to having Sintax's copyright info.

Of the 3 main releases, the level layouts are closest to Super Mario Bros. in Digitmon, and least accurate in Harry Boy.
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person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 25, 2023
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Donkey Kong 5: The Journey of Over Time and Space:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-NKExQIaho

Harry Boy and the Chamber of Secrets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHUhe1f0Yb0

2003 Digitmon Sapphire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u7sPTk6OdU

Super Marrio Sunshine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IBv9ejxM0o

Digit Dinosaur 7: The Adventrue of Devildom
https://repo.12bit.club/gb/21
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
subdirectory_arrow_right Plok (Game)
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According to Plok co-creator Ste Pickford, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto considered an early build of Plok to be the third best platforming game behind his own Mario in first, and the rivaling Sonic the Hedgehog in second. He reportedly expressed interest in helping Software Creations make Plok of a higher quality than Sonic, even if not Mario. Ultimately, he passed up the opportunity, with Pickford believing it was due to similarities with the then-unannounced Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
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Development, Early Build, Early Idea, Real Life, Similarities
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 25, 2023
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Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. (1999)
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Game)
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Attachment Contrary to popular belief, the Mushroom Kingdom stage in Super Smash Bros. does not use sprites or music from Super Mario Bros.. This can be seen in obvious ways, such as enemy sprites having complex shading that would be impossible in any NES game, let alone a title as early in the hardware's lifespan as Super Mario Bros., and multiple sprites being miscolored. It can also be seen in more subtle ways, such as the ground blocks being one pixel too tall on the bottom, and the outlines on the goal stair blocks being too thick. The background music, while an impressively close replica, uses subtly different instruments and is slightly slower in tempo.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the stage's graphics would be revised to more closely resemble Super Mario Bros., using graphics from Super Mario Maker, and the faux-8-bit Super Smash Bros. rendition of the overworld theme would be the sole battle song from that game to be absent, in favor of the original NES rendition of the song.
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Inspiration, Level Design, Mistake, Reference, Similarities, Sprite/Graphical Animation
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 25, 2023
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (2021)
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All but one of the competitive stages in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl are inspired by stages from the Super Smash Bros. series:

• Jellyfish Fields from SpongeBob SquarePants is based on Smashville, introduced in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

• Harmonic Convergence from The Legend of Korra, and the post-update version of Royal Woods Cemetery from The Loud House, are based on Final Destination, introduced to the multiplayer stage lineup in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

• Sweet Dreams, from Garfield, is based on the frozen version of Super Smash Bros. Melee's Pokémon Stadium, introduced officially in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but popularized by fan projects such as the Super Smash Bros. Brawl mod Project M prior.

• Irken Armada Invasion, from Invader Zim, is based on Battlefield, introduced to the multiplayer stage lineup in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

• Rooftop Rumble and Sewers Slam, both from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, are based on the hazards-off version of Smashville introduced in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, with Sewers Slam - originally intended as a casual stage but adopted into the competitive stage lineup - containing a goop hazard somewhat resembling the wind from Super Smash Bros.'s Dream Land.

• Duck, Duck, Pie!, based on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is based on the hazards-off version of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U's Kalos Pokémon League, introduced in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

• The exception to this pattern is Tremorton Joyride from My Life as a Teenage Robot, which is based loosely on Delfino's Secret from the Super Smash Bros. Brawl mod Project M.
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Competitive, Inspiration, Reference, Similarities, Suggested, Update Difference
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 23, 2023
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Amanda the Adventurer
Amanda the Adventurer (2022)
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The game features an unused sixth hidden tape called "Herd of Mouth with Wooly the Sheep" that can only be accessed by exploiting the game. However, the tape is entirely comprised of Wooly sitting at a table while occasionally making minor gestures for ten minutes, suggesting that the tape was added purely to mess with exploiters.
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Easter Egg, Secret, Suggested, Theory, Unused Content
person chocolatejr9 calendar_month September 23, 2023
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Fortune Street
Fortune Street (2011)
subdirectory_arrow_right Yoshi (Franchise), Turnip Boy (Collection)
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Attachment In 2016, a post was uploaded to Tumblr responding to a post claiming that "there is nothing wrong with Yoshi" by jokingly accusing Yoshi of committing tax fraud, which would become a running gag within Nintendo fan circles, and eventually a meme in 2018 with the bait-and-switch YouTube account SiIvaGunner posting soundtracks from a fake Yoshi Commits Tax Fraud game.

It would be discovered after the meme's peak of popularity that in 2011's Fortune Street, Yoshi is the only character in the game who asks to be exempt from paying taxes when a tax office is built. This means that while Yoshi is not guilty of committing tax fraud, he does attempt to commit tax evasion.

In October 2019, the Nintendo Versus eSports account posted a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate highlight tournament featuring Yoshi, and titled it "This Yoshi is no fraud", seemingly in reference to the meme.

The meme of Yoshi evading his taxes would also inspire the Turnip Boy series of games.
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Advertisement/Commercial, Competitive, Inspiration, Meme, Reference, Suggested, Theory
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 23, 2023
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Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog
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Attachment In issue 21 of IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog comic book, two characters on page 20 resemble Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste, the main protagonists of the animated series "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Car Noir". These characters would later appear again in "Sonic the Hedgehog Annual 2020" on page 7, itself a reference to the events of this issue.
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Easter Egg, Multimedia Adaptation, Reference, Similarities
person NintendOtaku calendar_month September 19, 2023
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Groove Coaster: Wai Wai Party!!!!
Groove Coaster: Wai Wai Party!!!! (2019)
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In the song "Brain Power", during the lyric "Call me a leader, cocaine", the word "cocaine" is replaced with a censor bleep. It's likely this change was made to meet ESRB standards, as "drug-related content" would've increased this game's age rating from Everyone to Teen.
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Censorship, Console Difference, Music, Theory
person aa1205 calendar_month September 19, 2023
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Despicable Me: The Game
Despicable Me: The Game (2010)
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Despite being based on a children's movie and not being any more violent than its source material, Despicable Me: The Game recieved a 12 rating from PEGI in the UK for "violence". This could be because Gru's adopted daughters don't appear in the game, therefore he stays a villain for the entirety of the game and the violence could be seen as more questionable than if the game directly followed the film's plot.
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Censorship, Regional Difference, Regulatory Content Rating, Theory
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 18, 2023
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Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower (2023)
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Many fans and critics have noted similarities between the aesthetic of Pizza Tower and "off-model" 1990s cartoons such as Ed, Edd, n' Eddy and The Ren & Stimpy Show. Game creator McPig has claimed not to be a fan of those series and to have not been influenced by them, although he did still take influence from the more cleanly-drawn SpongeBob SquarePants, and an unclear inspiration from 1990s cartoons would still be cited on the game's Steam store page description.
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person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 18, 2023
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Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 (1996)
subdirectory_arrow_right The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)
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According to Shigeru Miyamoto, the design of the Deku Baba enemies in The Legend of Zelda series were a cross between a dog and the giant snapping Clams from Super Mario 64.
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Character Design, General, Similarities
person CuriousUserX90 calendar_month September 18, 2023
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Franchise: Donkey Kong
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Attachment Although King K. Rool's motivation for stealing Donkey Kong's banana hoard has never been officially confirmed, two theories have been brought up by former Rare employee Leigh Loveday: either K. Rool steals them because he likes bananas, or he wants Donkey Kong to starve to death so that K. Rool can occupy his treehouse.

The former theory is backed up by the instruction manual for Donkey Kong Country stating that the Kremlings steal the bananas for their rich nutritional value in potassium and Vitamin A, and by artwork drawn by Steve Mayles on Playtonic Games's Twitter page, which shows K. Rool sitting next to Gruntilda from Banjo-Kazooie on a pile of bananas while reading a book titled "101 Banana Recipes."

The latter theory is only supported by the game DK: Jungle Climber where K. Rool mentions how much he despises bananas.
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Franchise: Super Smash Bros.
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Attachment Pac-Man's blue palette swap in the games that he appears in is based on his in-game sprite from Pac-Land when he wears the Wing Shoes power-up.
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person CuriousUserX90 calendar_month September 17, 2023
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Videos showcasing the fighters' palette swaps in each game that Pac-Man appears in:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scWr2TEsnTs
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C0lbZ59RMs
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzXbkL0lgUk

Video talking about the origin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So8-5SCyJ7s#7m35s

What I'm referring to (basically whenever Pac-Man goes backwards):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvHPE20pPPo#4m40s
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
subdirectory_arrow_right Sonic The Hedgehog (Franchise)
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Attachment The appearance of Longclaw in Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog films is reminiscent of the tiles that resemble an owl's head in the Labyrinth Zone from the original Sonic the Hedgehog. In fact, the first film's opening scene features the tile design engraved on a rock as an Easter egg, further hinting at the connection.
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person NintendOtaku calendar_month September 17, 2023
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Sonic the Hedgehog movie Easter eggs video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGxogdFx4z8?t=116

First 8 minutes of the movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4dkZWQIKVI

Sonic the Hedgehog - Labyrinth Zone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtcStQ_GGlk
Franchise: Mario
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Attachment In the 2023 film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", Mario and Luigi's family are prominently featured. This includes:

• Their Father, voiced by Charles Martinet (and bears a resemblance to Talon from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
• Their Mother, who previously appeared in "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" and is voiced here by Jessica DiCicco
• Uncle Arthur, voiced by John DiMaggio
• Uncle Tony, voiced by Rino Romano (and was coincidentally mentioned in live-action segment "Glasnuts" from the TV series "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!")
• Aunt Marie, who's presumably married to Uncle Arthur
• An unnamed niece, who's most likely Marie and Arthur's daughter, being a first cousin once removed that's referred to as a "(second) niece"
• An unnamed grandfather, who's implied by the co-director Aaron Horvath to previously have been a boxer and wears an outfit similar to Luigi in the 1983 commercial for the Atari ports of Mario Bros.

Interestingly, all of the credited voice actors for the family are all of Italian descent to stay true to the family's Italian heritage.

According to Shigeru Miyamoto, the design of the family were based on character design sheets that former Nintendo illustrator Yoichi Kotabe drew decades before the film began production.
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person NintendOtaku calendar_month September 17, 2023
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