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Valkyria Chronicles

Valkyria Chronicles (2008)

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Due to her popularity among the fans, the shocktrooper Edy Nelson got her own side story, Edy's Mission: Enter the Edy Detachment, and additional skirmish maps in the form of DLC. Her detachment also appeared as cameo characters in Valkyria Chronicles 2.

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Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System

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According to the Masayuki Uemura, one of Nintendo's hardware designers who oversaw the design of the Famicom, the reason the console was named the "Family Computer" was because during the '80s, words like "personal computer" and "home computer" became widespread in Japan, and the word 'Family' hadn't been used yet. Uemura also wanted to call it "Famicom" for short, after having it suggested to him by his wife, but the idea was rejected by Nintendo's then boss, believing "Family Computer" to be easier to understand, although the moniker was still colloquially used by many.

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Pilotwings 64

Pilotwings 64 (1996)

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The character Lark was modeled after Nester, the mascot of Nintendo Power and star of the comics "Howard & Nester" and "Nester's Adventures".

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Shadow Hearts

Shadow Hearts (2001)

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Many of the monsters in the game were likely inspired by the works of horror author H.P. Lovecraft.

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Collection: Metal Slug

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Marco Rossi and Fiolina Germi, in addition to her teddy bear Peppino, have their names derived from the 1976 anime series "3000 Leagues in Search of Mother".

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Grand Theft Auto III

Grand Theft Auto III (2001)

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Officially, the protagonist's name in this game is "Claude". Hacking into the game's files, one can find a text string saying "DEFNAME = CLAUDE" which not only made it clear his name was Claude, but also hinted at a removed mechanic allowing the player to rename the main character. As a result, many also believe he is Claude Speed, the protagonist of GTA2.

Sam Houser claimed that the GTA3 protagonist did not have a name as he was merely the player's avatar, but would later be named "Claude" as of San Andreas, as everyone had taken to calling him that.

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Persona 4 Arena

Persona 4 Arena (2012)

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The color palate switch was meant to make the playable charters look like past Persona characters, Guilty Gear characters or BlazBlue characters.

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Dead Rising 2

Dead Rising 2 (2010)

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The "Goblin Mask" is based on Blanka from Street Fighter.
This is furthered by a combo weapon utilizing this mask and a battery to create a weapon called "Roaring Thunder" which shocks all zombies in radius to the target.

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Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System

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The Famicom's final design incorporated this red color because of an order from Hiroshi Yamauchi, the president of Nintendo at the time. Yamuchi often wore a scarf of a similar color and decided to include this favorite of his in the system as well.

It should also be noted that at the time of manufacturing, red and white plastics were the cheapest color of plastic to produce.

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Crash Team Racing

Crash Team Racing (1999)

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Early in development, the developers made a replica of Crescent Island from Diddy Kong Racing to see if they could make a racing track of that size on the PlayStation.

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Bubble Bobble

Bubble Bobble (1986)

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According to Fukio Mitsuji, the characters of Bub and Bob were made to get more female gamers into the arcade, which was very rare to see before then.

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Donkey Kong Country

Donkey Kong Country (1994)

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In an earlier version of Donkey Kong Country, Jungle Hijinxs was known as "Jungle Japes". The title Jungle Japes was reused as the first level of Donkey Kong 64.

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Mega Man 8

Mega Man 8 (1996)

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Bass's name is mispronounced throughout the game. In the game, his name is pronounced "bass" (like the fish), however his name is meant to be read as "base," since his and Treble's names come from the bass and treble clefs. This has lead to much confusion on how to pronounce his name.

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Franchise: F-Zero

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The name "F-Zero" is derived from "Formula-One Racing." (F-1). Both have Grand Prixs (F-1 having circuits built world-wide and F-Zero having circuits built galactic-wide) and both use the best "racing technology" for said Grand Prixs.

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Hotline Miami

Hotline Miami (2012)

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Hotline Miami was heavily influenced by the 2011 film "Drive" directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Refn is also given a special thanks in the game's credits.

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Franchise: tetris

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Tetris got its name by creator Alexey Pajitnov combining the words 'tetra' and 'tennis'. Tetra is a Greek numerical prefix meaning 'four', and tennis was Alexey's favorite sport.

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Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat (1992)

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In the audit menu of the arcade version, there is a useless row of text that says "ERMACS" (which stands for Error Macros) and is listed under "Reptile Battles." Because of this, players thought that Ermac was a hidden boss like Reptile. Ermac became a running joke for the developers, so much so that they even made him a real character for Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, with his BIO saying he was hiding in the first Mortal Kombat.

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Super Smash Bros. Melee

Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)

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Because of Super Smash Bros. Melee's status as a launch title, it was specifically designed to showcase new features that the N64 wasn't capable of. This is why the game's opening sequence is a high-quality, full-motion video, which the N64 was incapable of producing. The developers at HAL even worked with 3 other production companies in Tokyo, Japan, to make Melee's opening sequence as outstanding as possible.

Melee was in development for 13 month's, and the game's director, Masahiro Sakurai, had no holidays and cut short his weekends to work on the game. He even went far enough to say that his lifestyle while developing Melee was "destructive", due to how he felt pressured to deliver a greatly improved game. In the end, Sakurai and his team's efforts paid off. Even after the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl's release, Sakurai still dubs Melee to be the sharpest game in the series.

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Franchise: Pokémon

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The blue Pokemon mini was modeled after Wooper.

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Duke Nukem Forever

Duke Nukem Forever (2011)

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Duke was originally going to have a sidekick in the form of a gay robot. This wasn't to make fun of gay people, but to add depth to Duke's character. The idea was scrapped during development because the robot had a tragic ending, and the developers felt that Duke was more about action than tragedy.

"'Sexuality is part of the Duke personality.' The head of Gearbox explained that the original idea behind the sidekick was 'to explore how Duke would relate to a peer that might have a different sexual orientation.'"

"Ultimately the robot was in a situation where for in order for victory against the aliens to be accomplished, the robot's inner workings - a nuclear generator - had to be sacrificed."

"Duke is all about having a good time. Do you want to pay $60 to feel like crap? No!"

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