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Ghost of Tsushima
Ghost of Tsushima (2020)
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Attachment A sword kit named "The Stonecutter" can be obtained at the Zasho River Pillar of Honor. Its description reads: "Humble, but more powerful than a prince". The sword name and description are possibly a reference to a story by the same name contained in Andrew Langs' The Crimson Fairy Book. In the story, a humble stonecutter wishes to be turned into many things that hold power by a mountain spirit, the first of which being a prince. In the end, he wishes to be changed back to his original form realizing that he is satisfied living as a humble stonecutter.
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Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower (2023)
subdirectory_arrow_right Memoirs of Magic (Game)
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Ghost of Tsushima
Ghost of Tsushima (2020)
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Attachment A sword kit named, "Ōmukade's Revenge", can be obtained by completing the mythic tale "The Spirit of Yarikawa's Vengeance". The design on the sword wrap depicts a coiling giant centipede. This is possibly a reference to the Japanese folktale of Tawara Tōda Monogatari in which a giant centipede (mukade or Ōmukade in Japanese) yokai terrorizes a kingdom.
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Ghost of Tsushima - Omukade's Revenge sword guide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1THLIOtw0U

Wikipedia article for Tawara Tōda Monogatari:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawara_Tōda_Monogatari

Depiction of Omukade from Tawara Toda Monogatari at Seta no Karahashi Bridge:
https://photoguide.jp/pix/displayimage.php?album=451&pid=11197#top_display_media

Same bridge as above but different depiction:
https://photoguide.jp/pix/displayimage.php?album=451&pid=11196#top_display_media

My Lord Bag of Rice English translation articles:
https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/07/bag-of-rice.html?m=1
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/72/japanese-fairy-tales/4846/my-lord-bag-of-rice/
Starfield
Starfield (2023)
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All of the celestial bodies of the Alpha Centauri system (the star and star system that both in real life and the game is the closest to The Sun and the Solar System) are named after real-life humans who had or have a hand in space travel and cosmic studies. This includes the following:

• Gagarin - Yuri Gagarin - A Soviet Cosmonaut who is known the world over to be the first man and human in space.

• Bondar - Roberta Bondar - First female Astronaut from Canada.

• Jemison - Mae C. Jemison - The first African-American woman to visit outer space.

• Olivas - John D. Olivas - NASA Astronaut and Engineer who helped out with the STS-117 and STS-128

• Curbeam - Robert Curbeam - The NASA Astronaut who holds the record for most Space Walks in a single space flight.

• Grissom - Gus Grissom - an esteemed NASA astronaut that became one of the first Americans in space.

• Kurtz - Michael J. Kurtz - a Harvard University astrophysicist known for his work on NASA's Astrophysics Data System, and for studying the distribution of different galaxies throughout space.

• Chawla - Kalpana Chawla - First woman of Indian descent to go on a space flight and also sadly one of the victims of the 2003 space shuttle Columbia explosion.

• Hawley - Steven Hawley - American Astronaut who flew on five US space shuttle flights.

• Lovell - Jim Lovell - The man who piloted the command module of the Apollo 8 vessel that was successful in orbiting the Moon.

• Voss - James Voss - An Astronaut who has visited the International Space Station 5 times.

• Zamka - George David Zamka - Pilot of the space shuttle Discovery and visitor to the ISS.
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Twisted Metal: Small Brawl
Twisted Metal: Small Brawl (2001)
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During developement, devs were already creating partial assets for RC versions of two classic Twisted Metal characters: Grasshopper and Warthog. However, because developement was rushed, they could not completely finish either in time, so they came up with an idea to combine the two: they would use Grasshopper's car shape/design, stats and everything else from Warthog (including his name and cutscenes), complete with a camouflage coloration for the car and its flag. This character even became known as "Warthopper" among the devs because of this. One particular dev on the GoodrichGames YouTube channel even stated that he was disappointed with Warthog's final Special in the game (which was modified from both Specter's and Crimson Fury's) and said that if they had more time it would be fixed mechanically and also unique with each missile doing something different.
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Complaint, Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Mistake, Real Life, Secret, Similarities, Unused Character
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Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker
Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker (1996)
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Attachment In the city set of Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker, a fried chicken store titled "Chick N' Chunks" can be seen. This is not the name of any one location from any Nickelodeon series, but its branding is reminiscent of the Chokey Chicken restaurant from Rocko's Modern Life, a connection further supported by Filburt and Dr. Hutchison's trailer home appearing on the same map.

In Season 4 of Rocko's Modern Life, released the same year as Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker, the Chokey Chicken was renamed "Chewy Chicken" due to the original name's sexual slang meaning, meaning that Chick N' Chunks may have been an alternate censorship of the "Chokey Chicken" name.
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Adaptation, Artwork/Illustration, Censorship, Reference, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Theory
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Chick N' Chunks in Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker (taken from random film):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFAufn4-PnM?t=171

Webpage on censorship in Rocko's Modern Life:
http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~otown/censored.htm
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (1999)
subdirectory_arrow_right Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour (Game)
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The music track for Blizzard Beach in Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour was reused from the Holiday Broadcasting level from Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko, with the Gex 3 motif being replaced with "Tis' the Season", and the minor key "Frosty the Snowman" segment replaced with a reprise of an earlier segment of the song.
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Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4dySWpjwEY

Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BySOgyNm4JY
Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day
Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day (1994)
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Attachment Rocko's punching animation is directly traced from a sequence of animation in the Rocko's Modern Life pilot episode "Trash-O-Madness".
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Rocko's Modern Life Season 1 Episode 10B "Trash-O-Madness". Pilot version featured on the Rocko's Modern Life Season 2 DVD. The punching clip is featured in the pilot version of the intro, which can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsQxnOMGZFg
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures (1991)
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Attachment As discovered on the French blog UPSILANDRE RETROGAMING, the movement code for the NES version of Tiny Toon Adventures by Konami was directly plagiarized from Super Mario Bros. 3, giving the two games near-identical play-feels.
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Controls, Development, Inspiration, Plagiarism, Secret, Similarities
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Mario's Cement Factory
Mario's Cement Factory (1983)
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Attachment The Tabletop version of Mario's Cement Factory's startup jingle is a low fidelity rendition of the bassline to "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen. At some point, a revision was made using an original jingle, likely to avoid legal action.
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Music, Reference, Similarities, Unused Audio, Version Difference
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Mario Kart Tour
Mario Kart Tour (2019)
subdirectory_arrow_right Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Game)
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Attachment The ring seen in the drain portion of Squeaky Clean Sprint resembles the Binding Band from Tostarena in Super Mario Odyssey.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
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Attachment Steve's win animation after a match was him eating a steak and holding it at waist level, but in a subsequent update after his initial release, the animation was changed to remove the meat after he ate it. Some speculate that this change was made because the way he held the meat after eating made it look like a phallic object.
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Censorship, Theory, Update Difference
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Banjo-Tooie
Banjo-Tooie (2000)
subdirectory_arrow_right Banjo-Threeie (Game)
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Infamously, the ending cutscene of Banjo-Tooie has series antagonist Gruntilda threaten "Just you wait until Banjo-Threeie!". Contrary to popular belief, the lead designer for the Banjo-Kazooie series, Gregg Mayles has stated on Twitter that a direct sequel to Tooie was never planned for development, and that the supposed "tease" was merely a joke, playing on how the word "Threeie" would be unpronounceable in British English.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
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Attachment At the end of the level, "Pelennor Fields", there is a cutscene depicting the battle between the Witch King of Angmar and Eowyn where the armor and weapon of the Witch King does not match his film counterpart. His weapon being a large mace rather than a flail and his helmet having a different design entirely. This was an early alternate design that went unused in the Return of the King film. Because this game was being produced alongside the film the developers presumably had no time to change it to his final film design before launch.
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Witch King of Angmar's game design:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnNxhhB2DoU

BTS of Alternate Witch King design:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CxqTBTAeBQ?t=3627
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022)
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Attachment In the Future Redeemed DLC story scenario, the frequencies of the radio in Chapter 5 reference the release years of every Xeno series game.

• 98: Xenogears
• 02: Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
• 04: Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
• 06: Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
• 10: Xenoblade Chronicles
• 15: Xenoblade Chronicles X
• 17: Xenoblade Chronicles 2
• 22: Xenoblade Chronicles 3

There's also a red needle that's almost evenly between 98 and 02, which could be referencing Monolith Soft's founding on October 1st, 1999.
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Super Mario Maker 2
Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
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Attachment The Training Course from "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" was recreated in a promotional video posted by Nintendo. It recreates several scenes of Mario failing to complete the course from the movie.
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Pathologic 2
Pathologic 2 (2019)
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Attachment In the Stillwater Loft where the Bachelor takes refuge during the course of the game, a map of the Town can be found. Almost everything on this map reflects the in-game map except for the Train Station, as the positions of the railways and station buildings are different. It's possible that this was an earlier version of the game's map used by the developers and was not updated as the layout of the Town changed.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Mistake, Suggested, Theory
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Pokémon Stadium 2
Pokémon Stadium 2 (2000)
subdirectory_arrow_right Road Rash 64 (Game)
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Attachment On the Game Pak Check screen of Pokémon Stadium 2, there is a Nintendo 64 cartridge with a vague label on it. This label does not match the cartridge for Pokémon Stadium 2, but instead appears to be the one used for the game Road Rash 64.
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Pokémon Stadium
Pokémon Stadium (1999)
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Attachment In the game's code is evidence of an unused Event Pokémon. Event Pokémon are exclusive Pokémon throughout the franchise's history which usually have movesets or other unique properties that would not otherwise legitimately occur in normal gameplay.

A code string indicates that Diglett learns the move "Acid" at Lvl. 1, found at the end of Diglett's Generation 1 move pool, as this programming method was the manner in which the programmers ensured Event Pokémon transferred via the Game Pak to Stadium could function properly during gameplay.

To date, a Diglett with Acid being legitimately learned in it's moveset has never been released or distributed by an official Event by Nintendo nor Game Freak.
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Just Dance 4
Just Dance 4 (2012)
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Within the game's data is an unused Mashup for the song "Istanbul" by They Might Be Giants. While it is unknown why the Mashup was removed, it is theorized that it was because of the low amount of dancers within the Mashup, as only 6 dancers are used.
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Suggested, Theory, Unused Audio, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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