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Mother
Mother (1989)
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Itoi has said that the difficulty of Mt. Itoi was due to his attitude towards the end of development. During the fine tuning phase of development, when it came to Mt. Itoi, he had enough.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010)
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The music played in the "Music Box chapter" is a remix of "Vampire Killer", a staple track in the Castlevania series.
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General, Music
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Mother
Mother (1989)
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Attachment There is a secret message in the game from Shigesato Itoi. While in Yucca Desert, there is a spot on the map which, when talked to, will say, "Yucca Desert is the most boring part of this game. Keep this place to yourself, please. signed... Shigesato Itoi"
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Easter Egg, Hidden Message, Secret
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LEGO Universe
LEGO Universe (2010)
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The Grumpy Darkling appeared in promotional material for LEGO Universe, but never actually appeared in the game.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Character, Unused Content
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Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
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Attachment Through the use of either the Dodo plane or the flying cars cheat, it's possible to get outside the map's boundaries and find a floating street, commonly referred to as the "Ghost Town". According to Rockstar, this was never meant to be accessed through normal gameplay, and was used for the bank heist scene at the start of the game.
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Debug, General
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month October 27, 2013
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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (2007)
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The Japanese release features remixed music from the anime, while the English release has original music made for the game.
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General, Music, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Psychospacecow calendar_month October 27, 2013
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013)
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In VR mission #5, you are supposed to blow up Dwarf Gekkos with grenades. On the last wave, you are supposed to kill the Dwarf Gekkos as they run around the arena. However, if you wait they will spell out a "P", the symbol for Platinum Games, the developer.
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Easter Egg, Reference
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Sid Meier's Civilization
Sid Meier's Civilization (1991)
subdirectory_arrow_right Sid Meier's Civilization II (Game), Sid Meier (Franchise)
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Attachment In 2012, TV Tropes user Tunafish edited the site's page for the Civilization series to claim that Gandhi can become the most aggressive character in the original game due to a rollover error. World leaders' aggression levels drop by two points upon adopting democracy; because Gandhi's aggression is set to 1, the lowest possible value, the pacification allegedly lowers it to -1, which defaults to 255, the highest possible value.

Despite the edit not providing any evidence, the claim nonetheless circulated online in subsequent years. Because leaders will vehemently pursue a nuclear weapons policy when their aggression is high enough, the claim spawned the "Nuclear Gandhi" meme among Civilization fans, poking fun at the apparent dissonance between the real Gandhi's pacifism and his fictional counterpart's apocalyptic jingoism. A KnowYourMeme page on the memes further distorted the rumors by claiming that the bug first appeared in Civilization II rather than the first game; as of March 2024, the page now acknowledges that the rumors are false.

The Nuclear Gandhi claim was eventually debunked by series creator Sid Meier in his 2020 autobiography, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games. In the book, Meier revealed that Civilization and Civilization II are respectively programmed in C and C++, which are immune to the kinds of rollover errors that the urban legend describes. Consequently, Gandhi's aggression level remains at 1 after the adoption of democracy. Nevertheless, Meier admitted that he found the memes surrounding the urban legend funny.
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Glitch, Hoax, Meme, Real Life, Rumor, Social Media
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Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground (2003)
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In the pre-set skaters in Create-A-Skater Mode is a female skater named "Sheena" dressed in a punk rock outfit. This may be a reference to The Ramones song, "Sheena is A Punk Rocker".
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Easter Egg, Reference
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month October 26, 2013
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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (2013)
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While playing as Spider-Man, leading up to the boss battle against Venom, Spider-Man will exclaim that enemies are "coming out of the walls!" This is likely a reference to the famous line from the 1986 film "Aliens".
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Easter Egg, Reference
person Dazz calendar_month October 26, 2013
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Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (1992)
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Attachment A scene in which Nigel encounters Kayla naked in a bath was removed from the international release of the game. A maid was added to block access to the scene. However, through the use of a cheat device, it's possible to see the scene in full, including a full translation.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Dazz calendar_month October 26, 2013
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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (2007)
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If Nuova and Syn Shenron fight each other, Nuova will refer to Syn as "Omega Shenron" in his pre-battle introductory speech. This may be because in the anime, Nuova only fights Syn in his Omega form.
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Easter Egg, General, Reference
person Psychospacecow calendar_month October 26, 2013
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Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
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In the Japanese release, a number of scenes had been edited, despite the game being given a "Z" rating (the highest available). Changes include Trevor Phillips' pants staying on when they're supposed to be down, the teen idol sex scene changed to her just smoking, and the torture gameplay in the mission "By the Book" skipped entirely.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month October 26, 2013
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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (2013)
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In the basement of the Helicarrier, a character will ask the player to help them clear out some snakes, saying,

Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes? Hate them! How'd they even get on board? Director Fury told me specifically to "get these snakes off this god-darn Helicarrier." I may be paraphrasing slightly. Anyways, can you help me out?


S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury's appearance in the Marvel Ultimate line of comic books was based on Samuel L. Jackson, and he has played the role in a number of Marvel movies. Samuel L. Jackson also played the part of Neville Flynn, an FBI agent in the film "Snakes on a Plane", in which he exclaims, "That is it! I have had it with these mother-fucking snakes, on this mother-fucking plane!"
The opening line is also likely a reference to Indiana Jones, with the same line appearing in the 1981 movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Easter Egg, Reference
person Dazz calendar_month October 26, 2013
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Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts II (2005)
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Attachment Cloud's appearance in Kingdom Hearts II was based off of his appearance in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Reference
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Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts (2002)
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Attachment In an interview with the Director of Kingdom Hearts, Tetsuya Nomura, he stated that Cloud's appearance in Kingdom Hearts was inspired by Final Fantasy VII character Vincent Valentine. He also stated that he wanted to include Vincent Valentine in the first game.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration
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Collection: MediEvil
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Sir Daniel Fortesque's voice was originally performed by the game's lead designer, Jason Wilson, in MediEvil, after the developers auditioned several actors but could not find anyone they were happy with. In the end, Wilson stepped in to do the voice himself, allegedly reading the lines through gritted teeth while wearing a bucket on his head to get the right effect.

In MediEvil 2, Fortesque was played by British voice actor Marc Silk, with Jason Wilson reprising the role in the PSP reimagining MediEvil: Resurrection. French actor Stephane Cornicard portrayed Dan in his appearance in Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale, who Wilson criticized as sounding "a little too much like the Swedish Chef for my liking".
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Console Difference, Development, General, Real Life, Release Difference, Version Difference
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Gone Home
Gone Home (2013)
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Opening the safe in the basement, Spoiler:using the code 1963 (the year Terry was last measured on the wall), will reveal that Oscar Spoiler:likely committed suicide after he attempted to reconnect with his sister, who returned his letter back to sender, meaning that she likely never read it. The letter reveals that Oscar intended to commit suicide if he couldn't have his sister back in his life. Besides this letter in the safe are a number of different poisons and drugs.
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General
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Gone Home
Gone Home (2013)
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Attachment The Fullbright Company built a prototype of the game in Frictional Games' HPL2 engine, and asked if they could use the engine in the final game. They were turned down as a matter of policy, and encouraged to use the Unity engine instead, which the game was eventually completed in.

After playing the final version, and being informed of its history, Thomas Grip of Frictional Games later asked to see the prototype, stating that he had "Mail Steve about Amnesia: Gone Home" written on his todo list for six months.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Version Difference
person Mass Distraction calendar_month October 25, 2013
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Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
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In April 2000, José Rabadán, a teenager from Murcia (Spain) killed both of his parents and his sister with a katana. The media accused Final Fantasy VIII of inducing Jos to do it, with one magazine stating, "he was just imitating his hero, Squall" who, in a moment of the story thinks that he must kill Spoiler: someone close to him: Rinoa.

However, José Rabadán hadn't finished the game, nor even reached the point in which this event occurs, proving the article to be jumping to conclusions. José was arrested and spent eight years in jail. He has since been known by the nickname of "El asesino de la Katana" (The Katana Killer).
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General, Real Life
person Gallego13 calendar_month October 25, 2013
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