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Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight (2017)
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Attachment A physical release of the game had been planned and to be published in partnership with Skybound Games. However on November 10th, 2018, it was announced via the developer's blog that the release had been canceled due to the process proving to take more work than had imagined, especially since the game's development team only consisted of three people.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month November 11, 2018
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Pokémon Red Version
Pokémon Red Version (1996)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Blue Version (Game)
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In an interview with Junichi Masuda, he stated that the source data for the game was almost lost because the computer that stored the data suffered from a nasty crash.
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Development
person raidramon0 calendar_month November 10, 2018
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Platform: Xbox 360
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The infamous Red LED lights that surround the 360's power button actually represent different problems depending on how many are alight. One red light meant a hardware failure. Two red lights signify overheating. Three red lights meant a general hardware failure, and four red lights meant and AV cable error. The notorious "Red Ring of Death" is actually, contrary to it's name, a 3-Light problem (General Hardware Failure).
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Debug, Development, General, Mistake
person PirateGoofy calendar_month November 10, 2018
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Franchise: The Legend of Zelda
subdirectory_arrow_right Tingle (Collection)
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There are two known concepts for unreleased Tingle games.

Nintendo veteran and Tingle series producer Kensuke Tanabe has claimed that in 2010, a horror game starring Tingle was in development at Vanpool, but was scrapped for "a variety of reasons". This would lead to the development of Dillon's Rolling Western.

Tanabe has stated in a 2018 interview that he had an idea for a game about Tingle turning into a "super-powered being" that he had not yet had the chance to pitch. It is not known if this game was ever seriously pitched to Nintendo or entered development after the interview, however the shuttering of Tingle series developers Vanpool means that it is highly unlikely it'll see the light of day.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person Boyobmas calendar_month November 10, 2018
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Franchise: F-Zero
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According to a Famicon Tsuushin magazine interview, with Shigeru Miyamoto, the cars in the game hover so that Nintendo didn't have to animate the car's tires.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person ProtoSnake calendar_month November 10, 2018
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Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017)
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Found within the game's data are unused themes of the mini-games "Let's Get a Move on" and "Pandemonium" from Mario Party 3 and 9 respectively, suggesting mini-games from Mario Party 3 and 9 that used those tracks were intended to be included in the game.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Music, Removed Feature, Unused Audio, Unused Content
person CuriousUserX90 calendar_month November 10, 2018
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SinoAlice
SinoAlice (2017)
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When the designs for the first 8 characters (Alice, Snow White, Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Gretel, and Kaguya) were revealed, the notes by the director and author, Yoko Taro, repeated "Very cute! I believe she’ll/he'll sell well!" for each character. When the 9th character (Little Mermaid) was revealed he used his note to directly address his lackluster comments:

"I’ve been commenting my honest feelings of “Very cute! I believe she’ll sell well!” about all the designs we’ve presented up until now, but someone pointed out that “Yoko Taro is really slacking it with his comments.” So this time, please allow me to change the comment to: “If we’re talking cute or not cute, then she’s very cute! If you’re wondering whether she’ll sell well or not sell well, I think she’ll sell well!! But even if she does sell well there won’t be any money in it for me or Jino-san, and I can’t sleep at night thinking about the wonderful people at Pokelabo or Square Enix pocketing the money!”
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Development
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month November 10, 2018
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Platform: Virtual Boy
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In an interview with Metro, Jeremy 'Jez' San of Argonaut Software fame revealed he helped design a virtual reality gaming system named the "Super Visor" for Nintendo, but the system was ultimately cancelled in favour of the Virtual Boy.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person HAZBOMi calendar_month November 9, 2018
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Mega Man 11
Mega Man 11 (2018)
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It was revealed that what looks like a Mega Man Starforce costume, seen from a picture taken by Game Informer, was only a placeholder costume for when Mega Man equipped Tundra Storm's weapon during development.
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Development, Unused Content, Unused Items
person Kakariko Kid calendar_month November 1, 2018
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Platform: Wii
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Two prototypes surfaced online in 2018 that may have allowed the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to function as a controller for the GameCube.
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Development, Early Idea
person GamerBen144 calendar_month November 1, 2018
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SoulCalibur VI
SoulCalibur VI (2018)
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According to the game's producer, Motohiro Okubo, the title's code name was "Luxor" due to the team's intentions on making the game feel brighter like it was in the first Soulcalibur.
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Development, Early Idea
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month October 16, 2018
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Mario Party 3
Mario Party 3 (2000)
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Daisy and Waluigi were intended to be unlockable characters at one point. They are made available from the beginning in the final release.
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Development, Early Idea
person SonicNicholas1995 calendar_month October 8, 2018
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Pokémon Gold Version
Pokémon Gold Version (1999)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Silver Version (Game)
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Attachment According to Ken Sugimori, the Pokémon that appeared in the front page of the 1997 edition of MicroGroup Game Review showcasing Pokect Monsters 2 were not supposed to appear in the game at all. While some were never to be seen, Tyranitar ended up being used. This explains why Tyranitar wasn't in the leaked 1997 prototype ROM.
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Development, Early Idea, General
person ChocoPain calendar_month September 27, 2018
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Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic 3D Blast (1996)
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According to programmer Jon Burton, Knuckles' bonus stages were planned to have their own music. However, due to memory constraints, the song couldn't fit onto the cartridge, and Knuckles' bonus stage simply use Tails' bonus stage music in the final game. The song was eventually repurposed in Sonic Adventure as "Pleasure Castle" (Twinkle Park 2).
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Development, Early Idea
person Takahashi2212 calendar_month September 28, 2018
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Street Fighter III: New Generation
Street Fighter III: New Generation (1997)
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Attachment Originally, Ken was going to have more moves, but that idea was scrapped, due to his "Shoryuken" move being too strong.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person ProtoSnake calendar_month September 28, 2018
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Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
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In an interview, Noboru Sugimura stated that Leon was originally supposed to start out in civilian attire. There would've been a scene between him and Marvin at the police station where he'd change into his police uniform.

"It’s true that with Racoon City destroyed, the police wouldn’t be actively on duty, so there’d be no real need for Leon to change into his uniform… but we wanted to show his determination to protect both the city and his principles by having him change into his uniform regardless. It was a scene with a lot of meaning. Unfortunately, due to a problem with the CG it got cut."
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life, Removed Feature, Unused Content
person ProtoSnake calendar_month September 27, 2018
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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016)
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According to an interview with Neil Druckmann, Cassie Drake was originally going to be a male character, but this was change their female lead character concept artist. The artist wanted Nate & Elena's child to be a girl, and Neil was convinced by her decision.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person ProtoSnake calendar_month September 27, 2018
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Tomba!
Tomba! (1997)
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The game's director, Tokuro Fujiwara, decided to make Tomba! a 2D side-scrolling game because because of how many 3D games that let you move anywhere were on the market. He felt that 2D allows players to feel the fun and excitement in a straightforward way.
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Development, Early Idea
person ProtoSnake calendar_month September 27, 2018
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Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog
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In an interview, Naoto Oshima was asked if the blue birds were a direct reference to the game Flicky. Oshima said yes, and also mentioned that he asked game's designer Yoji Ishii's permission to use Flickies in his work.
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Cameo, Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Reference
person ProtoSnake calendar_month September 27, 2018
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Batman: Arkham Knight
Batman: Arkham Knight (2015)
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Sefton Hill stated on reddit that they were originally going to include an interactive combat battle against Rocksteady employees, in the game's credit. And each time the player got a knockdown, the developer's names and roles in development to appear during the slow-motion. It would've been used for the new game plus, but due to time constraints, they have to remove this feature.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life, Removed Feature, Unused Content
person ProtoSnake calendar_month September 27, 2018
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