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Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2 (2007)

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The death sounds in the "Meet the Engineer" trailer are different to that of the final game. This is most noticeable at 0:38, when there is clearly a Sniper on the rocks, but when the sentry gun shoots him, the death sound is that of a Soldier. Additionally, when an off-screen class yells "MY ARM!" at 0:54, it sounds like a Scout yelling, but the arm is clearly that of the Sniper.

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Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)

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As seen in early screenshots, Koopa Troopas and Hammer Bros. were going to host two mini-games. The minigames were a Question Block and a Dice Block game respectively, which also would have marked the first Mario game to have the Koopas standing instead of on all fours. These mini-games and their hosts seem to have been replaced by Toad.

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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010)

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The character "Cécile Cosima Caminades" is based on the French Communications Manager of Konami, "Cécile Caminades".

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Pocket Pool

Pocket Pool (2007)

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The game was planned to feature the Girls Gone Wild adult film series license, with the game's co-publisher Conspiracy Entertainment confirming this. However the game's other co-publisher, Eidos (now Square Enix Europe), did not acknowledge this deal but later revealed that it was in consideration but that "an agreement was not formally signed".

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Spyro: A Hero's Tail

Spyro: A Hero's Tail (2004)

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The Dragon Elders Tomas, Magnus, Titan and Astor are all based on characters from the first Spyro game. However, their appearances have been dramatically altered.

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Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon

Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon (2003)

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Pausing the game, and then holding down L + R and pressing "Up, Right, A, Start, A, Down, A, Start, Start" (Which spells out "U R A SAD ASS") will cause the game to automatically unpause. Pausing the game again and quiting back to the main menu, going into the password screen and entering F4C3 will reveal a hidden menu, allowing the player to browse through various portraits of developers of the game.

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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)

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Richard in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is likely based on the main character for the game Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (or "The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls"). This is evident in his villa, in which the music that is played is a remixed version of the main theme from that game, and the frogs found hopping around his villa being a reference to the gameplay of his own game. Link's Awakening also uses the same engine as For the Frog the Bell Tolls.

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Advance Wars

Advance Wars (2001)

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In the Japanese release, Nell wears a buttoned-up tank top and a short skirt. During localization for the international release, it was changed to a full shirt and a skirt that reaches the knees.

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Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night

Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night (2004)

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The game's antagonist, Kaguya Houraisan, is based on a Japanese legend commonly called "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," which details the life of a mysterious girl named Kaguya, who hails from the moon and sends her possible suitors on five impossible tasks to ward them off.

In-game, Kaguya is an exiled Lunarian. Notably, she has five Spell Cards that are named after the five impossible tasks. The five items from the tasks also appear in her artwork in-game.

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)

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The PSG-1 was originally going to make an appearance, but it was removed. It can still be seen in Ammu-Nation, and the Sniper Rifle's HUD icon resembles the PSG-1.

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Remember Me

Remember Me (2013)

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Remember Me was almost left unpublished because all of the publishers the developers pitched the game to turned down the idea of having a female protagonist, stating that "it wouldn't succeed." Eventually, the game was picked up and published by Capcom.

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EarthBound

EarthBound (1994)

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There are four unused sprites of King, which show him climbing a ladder or rope. This would suggest two things: either King was supposed to remain in the party longer, or Ness' original travels through Onett were supposed to include something to climb.

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EarthBound

EarthBound (1994)

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In the Japanese version, the intro says, "Gyiyg Strikes Back!", but was changed in the International release to, "The War Against Giygas!". This could've been possibly an overly-cautious attempt to avoid conflict with Lucasfilm over The Empire Strikes Back.

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Franchise: Pokémon

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Many Pokemon are inspired by real-life creatures. Pokemon evolution, too, is based on real natural phenomena, although it has less in common with genuine evolution than it does with a process called metamorphosis.

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Franchise: Pokémon

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Dunsparce is based on a Japanese cryptid called the Tsuchinoko. Dunsparce's Japanese name, Nokocchi (ノコッチ) is an anagram of Tsuchinoko (ツチノコ or 槌の子).

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Franchise: Pokémon

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The Lileep-Cradily evolutionary line of Pokemon are based on crinoids, also known as sea lilies.

Fossil evidence shows us that creatures such as sea urchins began to view the stationary sea lilies as an easy meal: many crinoid fossils from the Triassic period show evidence of teeth-marks! It seems that this is why some crinoids became motile again. Some, such as the feather stars, have become reasonably adept swimmers: not especially quick or graceful, but enough to make a break for it if things seem to be getting dangerous. Other species have been seen to slowly walk along the sea floor using their multiple arms. This gradual progression towards motility seems to be referenced in the Pokédex entries of Lileep and Cradily, too... while Lileep is stated to be immobile, numerous references are made to Cradily moving around (albeit inelegantly).

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Franchise: Pokémon

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Charmander may be based on a 1000+ year old misconception about the salamander.

Both Aristotle and Pliny the Elder believed that the salamander was capable of withstanding the heat of flames, and even had the ability to extinguish them. In Pliny's Natural History, the oldest surviving encyclopedia, a fairly accurate description of the salamander is followed up by claims that "This animal is so intensely cold as to extinguish fire by its contact, in the same way as ice does" (Book 10, Chapter 86). Later in the same work, though, he seems to view these supposed properties with more skepticism, claiming that "if it had been true, it would have been made trial of at Rome long before this" (Book 29, Chapter 23).

The connection between salamanders and fire persisted, however, and we can also find it in the Talmud, which briefly mentions the salamander as a creature actually produced by flames, whose blood could protect anybody smeared in it from fire. Even Leonardo da Vinci, one of history's greatest scientific minds, seemed content to echo the received wisdom on the subject, mentioning in his notebooks that the salamander "has no digestive organs, and gets no food but from the fire, in which it constantly renews its scaly skin."

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Metroid

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Before being changed to Metroid, the game was going to be named Space Hunter. Also, Space Hunter was used as Samus' title instead of Bounty Hunter in the original game manual. There wasn't enough time left in development to change the occupation, so Space Hunter was left in the original Instruction Manual.

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Franchise: Metroid

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According to Hiroji Kiyotake, the Metroid's home planet, SR388, was named after a popular Yamaha SR 400 Series Motorcycle engine.

"...while it was called 400cc, you didn't have any choice but 388cc, but it was written like that for the time being, and that's how it came out!"

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Franchise: Metroid

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In an interview, Metroid character designer Hiroji Kiyotake said that the name "Metroid" came from combining the words "android" and "metro subway."

"There was one more staff member, and the two of us decided on it. We attached 'android' to the "metro subway" and that's how we got 'Metroid'."

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