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Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
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Rosalina's Storybook was written by Yoshiaki Koizumi, who wrote it at night without anybody knowing what he was doing. The following day he presented the story to Shigeru Miyamoto, who was surprised when Yoshiaki told him that nobody else knew about it.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month December 2, 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
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Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 (1996)
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Attachment The enemy Blargg from Super Mario World is found in the game's code, but it's model and programming are unfinished. It has an animation for jumping out of lava, but doesn't do anything else.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person RetroRex calendar_month December 2, 2013
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Pokémon Ruby Version
Pokémon Ruby Version (2002)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Sapphire Version (Game)
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This is the only main series game where the player character's biological father is shown. In Ruby & Sapphire, the gym leader Norman is the player character's father, regardless of which gender is selected.
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General
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)
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Attachment In the magic hag's potion shop, Kotake is standing on a box of lemons in order to reach over the counter.
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General
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Doubutsu no Mori e+
Doubutsu no Mori e+ (2003)
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Attachment If the player hits Tom Nook's store door with a shovel after it closes for the day, it will suddenly open. The player can then enter the store to find Tom Nook half awake in his PJs. He will still follow them around the store, but he will be very slow. This does not happen in the English Animal Crossing.
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Easter Egg, Regional Difference, Secret, Version Difference
person ssstariii calendar_month December 2, 2013
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Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
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The characters of Fujin and Raijin were initially designed to appear in Final Fantasy VII, however, the inclusion of the Turks made their presence unnecessary and they were shelved until Final Fantasy VIII. They were also most likely inspired by shonen-manga of the past, which ended up fitting much better into Final Fantasy VIII's cast.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration
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Company: Rockstar Games
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Vice President of Rockstar games Dan Houser has stated in an interview that Rockstar is avoiding ever developing a first-person shooter video game. He stated the reason as "It's in our DNA to avoid doing what other companies are doing."
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month December 2, 2013
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Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
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Attachment The unusually named boss "Bizarro-Sephiroth" was a result of a mistranslation. The boss is actually known as "Rebirth-Sephiroth", but due to the letters "B" and "V" being interchangeable in Japanese and "th" often being translated as "S" (the same issue led to Aerith being known as Aeris), it ended up being translated as "Reverse-Sephiroth."

The translators then replaced the word "Reverse" with "Bizarro", which in the west can be used as a slang term to refer to something that is opposite or backwards. It is derived from the character Bizarro from the Superman comics, who was an imperfect clone of Superman who consciously did things the opposite way they were expected.
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Easter Egg, General, Mistake, Reference, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (2008)
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Attachment In the DS version, one of the cutscenes shows Sparx with a hole through his body.
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Console Difference, General, Version Difference
person RadSpyro calendar_month December 1, 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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Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag (2013)
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Originally, the story was going to center around Edward growing up around pirates in the span of about 20 or 30 years, starting when he was 12 in the William Kidd and Henry Avery era (around 1699) and go on into the Blackbeard era (around 1716). Since both Ezio and Connor went though a similar idea (with mixed results from the fans and developers), they decided to only focus on about a decade starting in 1715, so that Edward is a young man all the way though the game, but still have him go through a tremendous arc.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration
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Oni
Oni (2001)
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Attachment There were many internal disputes about Konoko's appearance in the game between the Chicago and California divisions of Bungie, which was probably brought on by the presence of other female protagonists at the time such as Lara Croft.

"Their vision of her was more overtly -blam!- than ours. We specifically didn't want her to be just another Lara Croft..." - Lorraine McLees (Bungie Artist)
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Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration, Real Life
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Franchise: Tony Hawk's
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater was the last Nintendo 64 game released in Europe (as Tony Hawk's Skateboarding), being released after its sequel, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. In North America, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 was the last game released for the Nintendo 64.
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General, Real Life, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Antwan calendar_month November 30, 2013
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Pokémon X
Pokémon X (2013)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Y (Game)
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Attachment Artwork from the "Fossil Excavator" card appears in the art museum of Lumiose city.
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Easter Egg, General, Reference
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Franchise: The Legend of Zelda
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Attachment During the Zelda portion of the Gamecube's Spaceworld 2000 trailer, Link is using the Hero's Shield of Majora's Mask, instead of the Hylian Shield which is commonly associated with Ocarina of Time's Adult Link, which the tech demo portrays.
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General
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)
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Attachment Everything in the game is slanted to achieve the perspective seen in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
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General
person RetroRex calendar_month November 30, 2013
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
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Attachment If Boom Boom is defeated with a Starman, the "?" Orb that appears afterwards will spawn upside-down, and in the center of the arena.
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Easter Egg, Secret
person VinchVolt calendar_month November 30, 2013
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Company: Sega
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Attachment In 1993, SEGA would sponsor two drivers on the Frank Williams F-1 team, Alain Prost of France and Damon Hill of Britain. Prost would go on to take the Driver's world championship that season, and Damon Hill would take third. SEGA also sponsored the British GP in F-1 that year, and images of Sonic would adorn the starting line. The trophy was also of Sonic.
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General, Real Life
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month November 30, 2013
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Platform: Game Boy Color
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Attachment If an original Game Boy game is inserted, it's possible to change the color of the game at the start up screen. This is also the case with the Game Boy Advance.
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Bonus Content, General
person Jakobofcool calendar_month November 30, 2013
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