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Real Bout Fatal Fury

Real Bout Fatal Fury (1995)

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In the RBFF guidebook interview, the game's staff were asked about the meaning of the title “Real Bout”? And they responded:

"That was actually the working project title of the original Garou Densetsu. As this development progressed, we wracked our brains trying to come up with a new title for this sequel, and wondered if changing the entire title itself wouldn’t be more interesting. Then someone suggested, “hey, what if we bring back ‘Real Bout’…” So we have a lot of attachment to it, as you might imagine."

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Baraduke

Baraduke (1985)

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According to an interview with the game's planner and graphic designer Yukio Takahashi in the book 'Game Shokunin', it took him a whole year to finish off development of the game. He had to do everything but the programming himself, and drew all the graphics in about 5 to 6 months.

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The Revenge of Shinobi

The Revenge of Shinobi (1989)

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In an interview with game's director and designer Noriyoshi Ohba, he was told about how popular the game's composer Yuzo Koshiro’s music was. He commented:

"Yeah, it’s really a collection of some of his most famous songs. The Chinatown stage theme, in particular, is amazing. I remember getting goosebumps when [...] I listened to a demo tape of the Chinatown theme for the first time. I was impressed by his work, and we worked well together, so I asked him to do the music for Streets of Rage the following year."

Ohba's sound effects would also be re-used in later titles such as the Streets of Rage games.

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Doctor Who: Legacy

Doctor Who: Legacy (2013)

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The reason for the game's closure was due to it not being deemed financially sustainable any more. The game had already ran past its original plan and the team wanted to move on as they had to take on other projects.

Despite receiving lots of requests from fans to bring back the game, it would be deemed impractical due to no one having looked at the game's code in years and lots of licensing obligations in relation to the actor's likenesses.

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Shin Megami Tensei

Shin Megami Tensei (1992)

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On April 24, 1994, the dismembered remains of a body was found all over Japan's Inokashira Park. The murder was almost identical to the beginning of Shin Megami Tensei, released two years earlier. The main character dreams of a murder by dismemberment in Inokashira Park, only to wake up and find the dream came true. It is believed that the murderer was mimicking the events of the game, but was never proven and the case remains unsolved to this day.

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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993)

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In the Akumajo Dracula X CD liner notes, the game's character designer Toshiharu Furukawa stated that they had to remove some monsters in previous Castlevania games, due to the game's international localizations. Having destructible monsters with humanoid forms (i.e. Medusa, Carmilla, and Gargoyle) went against America's morals. However, for Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, it doesn't need to be localized, due to it being released in Japan-only.

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Mega Man X4

Mega Man X4 (1997)

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In an Sega Saturn Magazine interview, the game's planner Koji Okohara stated that looking back at Mega Man X3, they felt there wasn't a big enough difference between how Zero and X controlled, so they tried to distinguish both of them further in the sequel. In X4, Zero only got a sword without any "charge" ability for his weapon.

The game's producer Yoshinori Takenaka stated that many developers were against that decision. Koji Okohara also stated "His sword doesn’t have any reach, and they thought it would make the game too difficult. To address that, we raised his attack power and added Street Fighter-style moves, so he feels completely different from X."

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Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return

Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return (1999)

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According to game's producer Tokuro Fujiwara, their idea was to combine 2D and 3D graphics for Tomba! 1, but they weren't able to achieve they effect they wanted. They went with 3D for the second game so that they can achieve a greater freedom in expression. Also in Tomba! 2, the graphics may have changed from the first one, but it's system and gameplay were carried over so players wouldn't feel alienated from the first game.

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)

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The "skooma drinking" animation in the final game is buggy and functions incorrectly. When a character is displaying the animation, their mouth clips through their head, and unlike any other animation in the game, they do not stop the animation when entering dialogue with the player.

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If the game detects that the game is pirated, a pitch-shifted and reversed version of the main theme song will play on the title screen. When this song is plugged into a spectrogram, the end of the song will form The Devil in the 3 forms of his boss fight - Regular, skeletal and giant face.

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Murder on the Mississippi

Murder on the Mississippi (1986)

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In 1986 then video game journalist Boris Schneider undertook one of the first documented fan translation efforts. Over the course of one weekend he single-handedly cracked and translated the Commodore 64 version of Murder on the Mississippi into German by using a simple hex editor and a self-written disk editor. He then sent his translated version of the game to Activision, who gave him the means to make an official translation, which they released in Germany.

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Dino Crisis

Dino Crisis (1999)

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According to the development team in the game's official Japanese guide book, during the planning stage they had a list of dinosaur names they wanted to include the game. Two dinosaurs that were on the list but left out of the final game are Triceratops and Ankylosaurus.

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Sonic Mania

Sonic Mania (2017)

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In Press Garden Zone Act 1, there's a hidden area that has word "HELLO" spelled backwards on the wall.

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God Hand

God Hand (2006)

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According to the game's director Shinji Mikami, when he played Final Fight: Streetwise he hated the game's direction and believed it to be a terrible entry in the series. Mikami thought about making a similar game, which would later become God Hand.

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Hong Kong 97

Hong Kong 97 (1995)

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Collection: Mario Kart

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A 2016 study conducted in Hong Kong revealed that more players drove a car better after playing Mario Kart. This was because “easily accessible action video games for as little as 5 hours can be a cost-effective tool to help people improve essential visuomotor-control skills used for driving,” according to the Association of Psychological Science.

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This War of Mine

This War of Mine (2014)

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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki decided to add the game to the optional reading list of the academic curriculum for the 2020-2021 year, citing the game's use of drama and ethics in a wartime setting.

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Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987)

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In a 'VLADTV' interview with Mike Tyson, he was asked about the offer Nintendo gave him to use his likeness for Punch-Out!!. The offer amounted to $50,000 for a 3 year deal with no royalties, which Nintendo ultimately made more than $1.7 billion on. Tyson said that he knew nothing about business at the time, and in retrospect had made a bad deal by accepting Nintendo's offer.

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Franchise: Star Fox

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According to Takaya Imamura in the Nintendo Dream magazine, before Star Fox became the name of the series, they thought of other names for the series, like 'Star Glider' and 'StarCraft'. The idea for the 'Star Fox' title came from Star Wars' title 'Star', and the main protagonist Fox McCloud's 'Fox' race.

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Balan Wonderworld

Balan Wonderworld (2021)

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The main theme for "The Firefighter with Heroic Aspirations" sounds extremely similar to the main theme of the 1984 film, 'Ghostbusters'. The connection is likely a nod to the fact that the Ghostbusters' headquarters is located in a firehouse.

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