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Resident Evil Survivor
Resident Evil Survivor (2000)
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There was a little known port of the game created with a new engine and mouse aiming support for PC. The port was only released in China and most likely due to this version being riddled with bugs and glitches all plans to release it elsewhere were cancelled.
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Cancelled Release, Console Difference, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Mass Distraction calendar_month December 11, 2013
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Company: Valve
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Along with "The Orange Box", a collection of five Valve games utilizing the Source engine, Valve was originally going to release "The Black Box", which would only contain the three previously unreleased games: Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. The Orange Box also includes Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One, each of which had already been released individually.

Production of physical copies of The Black Box was cancelled, but the collection is still available for download through Steam, using a coupon found in an ATI bundle that included an ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT and a coupon for the Black Box.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person Spherix calendar_month December 2, 2013
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)
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Majora's Mask was planned for release on the iQue Player, a Chinese version of the N64, and there are several screen captures from the game on the back of the iQue packaging. It's theorized that the game's dark undertones and imagery were deemed too violent to pass Chinese censorship laws, so the release was cancelled.
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Cancelled Release, Censorship, Development, Early Idea
person Cavery210 calendar_month November 30, 2013
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Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy II (1988)
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Final Fantasy 2 was planned to be released to the USA around 1991 as "Final Fantasy 2: Dark Shadows over Palakia". The game was ultimately never localized due to the approaching release of the SNES.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person Cavery210 calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S.
Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S. (1994)
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Attachment A port of the game for the 3DO was planned and would've been called "Dragon Ball Z: Cell To Kogeki Da" with the final boss, Ozotto (an original character who had not appeared in any previous manga or anime), replaced with Cell. The port was playable at a convention in Japan in 1994, however it was never released. A promotional phone card was however given out.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month November 18, 2013
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Franchise: The Legend of Zelda
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For The Legend of Zelda's 25th anniversary, Nintendo of America wanted to do a compilation release featuring various classic titles from the series, however series creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata were against the idea. This was because they already released the Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition a year prior and didn't want to do something similar twice in a row.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, General
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month November 13, 2013
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Platform: Nintendo GameCube
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The GameCube is actually capable of rendering stereoscopic 3D. The GameCube was going to have an add-on that would attach to a TV and enable it to properly display 3D games. The first planned game for the add-on was Luigi's Mansion. The add-on was eventually cancelled as it would have cost more than the console itself.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, General
person gamerofgames calendar_month November 11, 2013
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Franchise: Spyro the Dragon
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Attachment At one stage, an educational Spyro game was planned known as Spyro: Ever After. It would have been based on fairy tales, but was cancelled before any work had begun.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person RadSpyro calendar_month November 1, 2013
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Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007)
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In 2005, rumors spread of a new side-scrolling Metroid game known as "Metroid Dread". The original version of this game never materialized, although it would be developed and released for the Nintendo Switch in 2021.

However, in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, scanning a computer screen in game reveals the message "Experiment status report update: Metroid project 'Dread' is nearing the final stages of completion.", most likely a nod to Metroid Dread.
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Bonus Content, Cancelled Release, Development, Easter Egg, General, Reference
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month October 24, 2013
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Franchise: Jak and Daxter
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A reboot Jak and Daxter game was in the works for the PS3 back in 2009. However, the team that would have created the game said that it would have ended up being a disservice to all the fans, since nothing that they were creating "felt like Jak and Daxter." After telling their superiors that it really wouldn't work, they were allowed to work on a new project, which turned into The Last of Us.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month October 22, 2013
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Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (2005)
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The game was never released in South Korea due to the country's fear of it straining the already tense situation between North and South Korea. This was due to the game's depiction of a war between the two countries.
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Cancelled Release, Development, General, Real Life
person Mass Distraction calendar_month October 22, 2013
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Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi
Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi (TBA)
subdirectory_arrow_right Donkey Kong (Franchise)
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Attachment There is an unreleased Donkey Kong music game called Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi (translated to Donkey Kong's Fun with Music). It would have been on the NES and would have followed Donkey Kong Jr. Math as a series of Donkey Kong edutainment games.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month October 18, 2013
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Fur Fighters
Fur Fighters (2000)
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Attachment On the 27th page of the manual for the PC and Dreamcast versions, an unreleased sequel only referred to as Fur Fighters II is mentioned. In the PS2 release, the mention is dropped from the manual.
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Cancelled Release, Console Difference, Development, Version Difference
person RadSpyro calendar_month October 16, 2013
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Battletoads
Battletoads (TBA)
subdirectory_arrow_right Battletoads (Franchise)
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Attachment A Battletoads game for the Game Boy Advance was in development, but eventually canceled. A prototype version was created in a few weeks with placeholder character animations, enemy AI and sound effects. The game's design plans were to either make a remake of the original NES game or whatever the developers thought was best. A potential Xbox version was also in consideration.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 15, 2013
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Mario & Wario
Mario & Wario (1993)
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Attachment Although Mario & Wario was released only in Japan, the game is entirely in English; a US release was planned, complete with box art, yet never materialized.

Of note is that the scrapped English box art features a logo identical to the one seen on the title screen, and that the game itself contains unused graphics for a Japanese version of the title screen with a logo identical to that seen on the Japanese box art. Combining this with the fact that Nintendo games' title logos rarely deviate from the box art (and vice-versa), this implies that the final game is actually based on an English prototype which was shipped to Japanese retailers by mistake.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, General, Leftover, Unused Graphic
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 8, 2013
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Half-Life
Half-Life (1998)
subdirectory_arrow_right Half-Life (Game)
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There was a Dreamcast port in development at the same time as the PlayStation 2 version. The port was being developed by Gearbox Software and was going have the Blue Shift expansion included. Though is was almost finished and was pretty much ready to ship, the port was cancelled "due to changing market conditions."
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month September 5, 2013
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Warlocked
Warlocked (2000)
subdirectory_arrow_right Wizards (Game)
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Attachment There was a sequel planned for the game to be released on the Game Boy Advance titled Wizards. However, the game was continually postponed until it was dropped.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person ClaudX calendar_month September 1, 2013
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)
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Attachment A PSP version was planned for release around April 2007. According to Official PlayStation Magazine, it lacked the free-roaming game-play the games usually had, and felt more like a "dungeon romp."
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Cancelled Release, Console Difference, Development, Early Idea, Version Difference
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month August 29, 2013
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Night Trap
Night Trap (1992)
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Footage of the never released VHS-based NEMO can be viewed in the Mega-CD version of Night Trap by entering a button code when the credits read "In Memory of Stephen D. Hassenfield". This footage shows Hasbro executives taking a look at Scene of the Crime (the prototype for Night Trap) in December 1987.
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Bonus Content, Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, General, Secret
person Cavery210 calendar_month August 28, 2013
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Skies of Arcadia Legends
Skies of Arcadia Legends (2002)
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A PlayStation 2 version of the game was planned to be released around the same time as the GameCube version. However, the PlayStation 2 port was dropped in order to focus on the GameCube version.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month August 28, 2013
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