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Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014)
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Smash Run mode was originally going to have cooperative gameplay, but the idea was dropped due to the 3DS's limitations.
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Development, Early Idea
person MeleeWaluigi calendar_month May 12, 2017
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Hyrule Warriors
Hyrule Warriors (2014)
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Impa's armor was stylized with a Japanese motif. Early concept art shows that Impa's was conceptualized as a samurai, having the Naginata as the main weapon, as well as design elements from her Skyward Sword incarnation.

Many of Impa's moves and combos are likely inspired by the bodyguard/protector characters from Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors, and Warriors Orochi. Her victory sequence with the Blade may also have been inspired by a move done by a character in Dynasty Warriors 8.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month May 11, 2017
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Franchise: Megami Tensei
subdirectory_arrow_right Persona (Collection)
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The Persona games have many references to and take inspiration from the long-running manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

One example is in the third game, where the protagonists summon their personas using guns to shoot themselves. This is similar to the first scene of Stardust Crusaders, when Jotaro Kujo grabs a gun and shoots at his head in order to summon his Stand.

Another example is in Persona 4, when the main antagonist accidentally reveals himself by saying something he shouldn't have known. A similar situation happens in the fourth part of the manga, Diamond is Unbreakable.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
person Thewelshyoshi calendar_month May 10, 2017
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Dark Souls
Dark Souls (2011)
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Attachment According to director Hidetaka Miyazaki, the Crystal Ring Shield's "attack" is supposed to be based off of Ultraman's Ultra Slash attack from the Japanese television show of the same name. However, he has stated he was not entirely happy with how it turned out, as the artist he was explaining it to did not quite understand what he meant when trying to explain how it would look "like Ultraman".
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
person G-Haven calendar_month May 10, 2017
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Bound
Bound (2016)
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Originally the main character did not dance while moving. When the game was presented to Sony, they said the main character looked too uninteresting. Later in the game's development, the developers decided to add dancing after seeing a film about a contemporary dancer who looked similar to the character in the game.
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Development, Early Idea
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month May 10, 2017
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven (2015)
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The cover of the game is a homage to the sixth volume cover of the third story arc of the series, Stardust Crusaders.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
person ZpaceJ0ck0 calendar_month May 10, 2017
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WWE 2K17
WWE 2K17 (2016)
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WWE 2K17 marks the first game in the WWE 2K series to not have a proper "Showcase Mode", a mode that focuses on past WWE rivalries. 2K Games revealed in a blog post that the exclusion of a Showcase Mode came down to ideas involving cover Superstar Brock Lesnar that weren't feasible because of other historic WWE Superstars such as Kurt Angle not being in the game. They instead chose to focus more on the WWE Universe and MyCareer mode.
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Development
person SOGESNAKE calendar_month May 10, 2017
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Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams
Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (1995)
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The game was going to be developed for the Super Famicon system and would have been called Street Fighter Classic.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person ZpaceJ0ck0 calendar_month May 9, 2017
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JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze (2002)
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Attachment Beta pictures and videos show Giorno with a different model, with differences particularly visible in his face. He was polished before the game's release.
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Development, Update Difference, Version Difference
person ZpaceJ0ck0 calendar_month May 8, 2017
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Street Fighter V
Street Fighter V (2016)
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Attachment A character based on Momotaru from Capcom's puzzle game Pirate Ship Higemaru was considered as a playable character for the game. Birdie was chosen over him in the end, however. Momotaru was instead given a profile in the Capcom Fighters Network's character reference on August 29, 2016.
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Development, Early Idea
person ZpaceJ0ck0 calendar_month May 8, 2017
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice (2016)
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Attachment Nahyuta's overall character design is very gender neutral, which was meant to suggest that Nahyuta had "transcended gender". It was therefore up to the player to decide their gender for themselves. Aspects of their appearance are based on Hinduism and Buddhism, where many of the gods and deities are genderless or share both genders.

This "genderless" design can be seen in his early concept art, before he was given broader shoulders and a more masculine face.
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Development, Early Idea
person retrolinkx calendar_month May 8, 2017
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Go! Go! Hypergrind
Go! Go! Hypergrind (2003)
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The characters and animation were done by Spümcø, the animation company known for making the Ren & Stimpy cartoons.
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Development
person Smirkytrick calendar_month May 8, 2017
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Splatterhouse
Splatterhouse (2010)
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The game was originally developed by BottleRocket (who developed Afro Samurai) up until early 2009. Namco then cut the developer from the project and took back the console development kits they gave to the crew. BottleRocket went out of business after this. Development of the game was handed over to the internal development team at Namco Bandai Games, who hired some people who had previously worked for BottleRocket to complete the game.
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Development, General, Real Life
person CLXcool calendar_month May 7, 2017
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Resident Evil: Revelations 2
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2015)
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Attachment A girl featured in the concept art of a pitch by Creative Assembly for a new Resident Evil game bears a striking resemblance to Natalia Korda from Resident Evil: Revelations 2. The images, by Brad Wright, depict a girl on a hospital bed and show her having some kind of unnatural powers. These story elements were all later included in Resident Evil: Revelations 2. Wright put the images online in 2015 a few months after the release of the game, though his statements imply that the pitch was made years before then.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Similarities, Theory
person Mass Distraction calendar_month May 7, 2017
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Final Fight
Final Fight (1989)
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In the Super Famicom (Japanese) version of the game, there is a small, dark dot on the forehead of Belger's character portrait, most likely as a result of shading. In the international release, Nintendo removed this dot for fear it would be mistaken for a bindi and thus make players think that they were beating up a disabled Hindu. On other platforms, the character portraits are too small to display such a minute detail clearly.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person ZpaceJ0ck0 calendar_month May 7, 2017
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Project X Zone 2
Project X Zone 2 (2015)
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The developers approached Hideki Kamiya asking if they could have Bayonetta appear in the crossover title. Kamiya refused, stating he would like Dante, who was already a confirmed character, and Bayonetta to meet on his terms. He has since come out and said that he regrets this decision, and would like to see Bayonetta included in Project X Zone 3.
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Development
person Mass Distraction calendar_month May 7, 2017
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Company: Disney Interactive Studios
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Attachment A racing game spin-off of Epic Mickey was originally planned for development with the title Epic Disney Racers. The game would've been similar to the racing game Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Concept artwork shows that the playable characters were Oswald, Mickey, Minnie, Cruella De Vil, Scrooge McDuck, The Mad Doctor, Huey, Duey, and Louie. The game was scrapped due to Disney switching their focus to the mobile gaming market.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person CLXcool calendar_month May 5, 2017
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven (2015)
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Attachment Originally Stroheim's default outfit was his Nazi uniform, with the cyborg one being his alternate. The Nazi costume was completely removed in the western releases, thus making his default outfit the cyborg one.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person ZpaceJ0ck0 calendar_month May 5, 2017
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Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot (1996)
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Attachment Back when the game was still known as "Willie the Wombat", Mark Cerny had commissioned Hanna-Barbera to help give out some ideas and suggestions on what Willie would look like. The aforementioned task was given to an employee of the studio at the time named Butch Hartman, who went on to create a slew of animated series for the children's television network Nickelodeon.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration
person tatochypz calendar_month May 5, 2017
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Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter IV (2008)
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Attachment Abel was originally female during the development of the game. Instead of traditional MMA style clothing, the original Abel wore a Kurateka (Japanese wooden footwear). A black version of the said Karuteka was given to Ken as an alternate costume, but the character was ultimately rejected.
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Development, Early Idea
person MAlpha17 calendar_month May 4, 2017
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