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Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 (2004)
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Attachment The faces of the characters in Half Life 2 are actually based on real life people. Eli's face is based on a beggar Valve found on the street.
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Development, Inspiration
person TheOtherWorld calendar_month October 8, 2013
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Diablo
Diablo (1996)
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Character Classes were late additions to the game. Originally, there was only a single class, represented by the warrior's model. Players could distribute their experience points between their stats to make the character to their liking.
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Development, Early Idea
person ThisGuyInTheSuit calendar_month October 8, 2013
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Turok: Evolution
Turok: Evolution (2002)
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Attachment There were originally plans for a sequel to Turok: Evolution from a small Acclaim team. It was likely to involve Tal'Set killing Tyrannus, but the project was never picked up.
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Development, Early Idea
person Outmaced121 calendar_month October 7, 2013
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Gears of War
Gears of War (2006)
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The Locusts were originally going to be called "Geist". Epic had a hard time shipping this, however, because Nintendo previously had a game using the same name.
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Development, Early Idea
person ShyanVixen calendar_month October 6, 2013
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Gears of War
Gears of War (2006)
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Gears of War was originally going to be a game called 'Unreal Warfare'. It was going to be a large multiplayer game that was set within the Unreal universe and would be the next Unreal game after Epic's previous Unreal Tournament. However, the team decided to strike the game from the Unreal series because it travelled too far from the Unreal universe.
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Development, Early Idea
person ShyanVixen calendar_month October 6, 2013
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Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures (2013)
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Attachment BlackFlag (one of the developers for the game) said that the Guitar Guy (Kyle Justin), looks like a skeleton in Adventures because he was originally going to look like himself and have dialogue. Later in development, Kyle decided not to have his likeness in the game. His appearance was changed into a skeleton and his dialogue was replaced. The new character is a reference to the Angry Video Game Nerd's Ikari Wars review, where it's revealed that Kyle died, but is revived later in the episode.

The original sprite of Kyle can still be seen on the game's box art.
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Development, Early Idea
person BolbiusMaximus calendar_month October 5, 2013
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
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Many elements of Solid Snake are actually taken from Naked Snake (AKA Big Boss) in Metal Gear Solid 3.
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Development, Inspiration
person Psychospacecow calendar_month October 5, 2013
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The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004)
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Attachment There's an unused animation for the decorative mailbox that appears above the post office in Hyrule Castle Town. The level of animation suggests that there were to be fully functional mailboxes in the game, much like with The Wind Waker.
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Development, Early Idea, Suggested, Theory, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person ClaudX calendar_month October 5, 2013
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F-Zero X
F-Zero X (1998)
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Attachment There is an unused vehicle named "Super Falcon", it is only accessible by using cheat codes. It was originally intended to become unlocked with use of the F-Zero X Expansion Kit for the Nintendo 64DD.
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Bonus Content, Debug, Development, Early Idea, General, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Unused Items
person ClaudX calendar_month October 5, 2013
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Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010)
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The codename for the zombie map Moon is "zombie_paris" in the console version of the game. According to Treyarch, the final map was going to be in Paris, but it was decided to be changed to be on the Moon and in Area 51 as they wanted to "go out with a bang."
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Development, Early Idea
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month October 4, 2013
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Franchise: Guilty Gear
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Sol Badguy is partially based off of Freddie Mercury, former frontman for the rock band Queen. This includes his name as a nod to Mercury's nickname "Mr. Bad Guy," as well as his leitmotif in the games being called "Keep Yourself Alive," sharing its name with the first song from Queen's debut album. Sol's headband is also inscribed with the words "Rock You," a reference to Queen's song "We Will Rock You."

According to Sol's official bio, his main hobby is listening to Queen, and his favourite album is "Sheer Heart Attack." This may also tie in to his role as Daisuke Ishiwatari's alter ego, as Ishiwatari admits to being a fan of Queen.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Music, Real Life, Reference
person TailsFiraga calendar_month October 4, 2013
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Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Spyro: Year of the Dragon (2000)
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In Midnight Mountain is a platform with some extra lives on it in the distance, inaccessible unless either a cheat device or well timed proxy jump is used. The area was originally planned to be the Super Bonus World portal, with a huge whirlwind that would guide you across.
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Development, Early Idea
person RadSpyro calendar_month October 4, 2013
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
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Attachment The Havana clothes bear a strong resemblance with the clothes worn by an extra in the first episode of Miami Vice.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
person ClaudX calendar_month October 4, 2013
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
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Attachment The Mr. Vercetti suit is likely based off of one of Ricardo Tubbs' suits from Miami Vice, from which the game draws inspiration.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
person ClaudX calendar_month October 4, 2013
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Collection: BlazBlue
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Ragna the Bloodedge's name is derived from "Ragnarök," a Norse term commonly used to describe the end of the world. This could tie into Ragna's ability to channel the Black Beast, which nearly caused the end of the world in BlazBlue's timeline.

It may also be a reference to the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok, a man who slayed the serpent Jörmungandr. This mirrors the relationship between Ragna and series antagonist Yūki Terumi, who has a snake motif for his attacks.
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Development, Inspiration, Similarities, Theory
person TailsFiraga calendar_month October 4, 2013
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Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. (1999)
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According to a page on the Japanese Super Smash Bros. site, Mewtwo was planned to be playable, but was cut; Bowser and King Dedede are also mentioned as having been cut, though no other information is available.
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Development, Early Idea
person ClaudX calendar_month October 4, 2013
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Company: Luxoflux
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Luxoflux was originally to be called "Alpha Channel", but it was discovered that the name had already been taken. The latter chosen was formed by mixing different syllables on a white board with the name also meaning "movement of light".
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Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month October 4, 2013
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The Last of Us Part I
The Last of Us Part I (2022)
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The original pitch for the game was called Mankind. In this version, all of the infected would have been women. Ellie would have been the only female to be immune, and Joel was protecting her in order to bring her to a lab to develop a vaccine. The idea was scrapped after several female Naughty Dog employees voiced criticism and concerns over the concept. Neil Druckmann has said that "the reason it failed is because it was a misogynistic idea."
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Development, Early Idea
person Mass Distraction calendar_month October 3, 2013
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The Last of Us Part I
The Last of Us Part I (2022)
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Attachment Ellie's appearance was revised after the announcement trailer due to a resemblance with the actor Ellen Page.
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Development, Early Idea
person Mass Distraction calendar_month October 3, 2013
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The Last of Us Part I
The Last of Us Part I (2022)
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At one point during the game's development, Naughty Dog was put under pressure to change Ellie's positioning from the front of the cover art to the background. It is suggested that this was because of the misconception that if you have a female character on the cover, the game will sell less. Naughty Dog refused.
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Development, Early Idea
person Mass Distraction calendar_month October 3, 2013
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