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Activision Anthology
Activision Anthology (2002)
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Two unused games, Rampage and Skate Boardin', are in the game's files. They still have their cartridge artwork and TV screens, and can be played by renaming some files on the disk.
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Debug, Development, Early Idea, General, Unused Content
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month November 17, 2013
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Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 3 (2003)
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Heather Mason was named after Heather Morris, the person who provided the voice and motion capture for the character.
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Development, Inspiration
person usyboroda calendar_month November 16, 2013
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Wargame: AirLand Battle
Wargame: AirLand Battle (2013)
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The subtitle of Wargame: Airland Battle, is based off of the US Army's European warfighting doctrine from 1982 into the late 1990s, which is the time period in which the game takes place.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person Makarov calendar_month November 16, 2013
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Street Fighter II
Street Fighter II (1991)
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In the Japanese versions of Street Fighter 2, advice is given to the player on the continue screen. The developers originally considered having a mysterious old man give the advice, but never decided on a design for him, and so the idea was dropped.
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Development, Early Idea, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Cavery210 calendar_month November 15, 2013
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Battlefield 4
Battlefield 4 (2013)
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In the 17 minute gameplay reveal trailer is a scene in which the player must cut off their chief officer's leg in a quick time event. In the final game, this scene has been slightly altered, and the cut is made automatically.
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Development, Early Idea
person Funland47 calendar_month November 15, 2013
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Borderlands 2
Borderlands 2 (2012)
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Attachment In a Reddit AMA, Borderlands 2 Lead Writer Anthony Burch said his inspiration for creating the NPC Face McShooty, the character that demands you shoot him in the face, was the "Close Range" video on The Onion, featuring a fictional video game in which the only gameplay is shooting people in their faces.

"That was mine. I saw this video...and thought it was hilarious, and thought we could play off the idea with Face McShooty." -Anthony Burch
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Development, Inspiration
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month November 15, 2013
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Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know!
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! (2013)
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In the European release of the game, Flame Princess had her dialogue censored during the cutscene in which she is first met. In the US release, she calls Princess Bubblegum a "tart", but this was cut from all versions in Europe.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Dazz calendar_month November 15, 2013
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Scribblenauts
Scribblenauts (2009)
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Originally, the Ollars store had 30 extra levels to buy, but they were later cut from the game. Rather than removing the menu to buy them, 5th Cell simply made the buttons to go to it invisible. Trying to access this menu freezes the game.

This feature was mentioned in the manual, suggesting it was cut late in development.
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Development, Early Idea
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month November 15, 2013
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Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 3 (2003)
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Attachment Shingo Yuri, the character designer, based Heather's appearance off of Sophie Marceau and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Douglas Cartland was based off of Father Vito Cornelius from The Fifth Element.
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Development, Inspiration
person usyboroda calendar_month November 15, 2013
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Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 3 (2003)
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Attachment The character design for Claudia went through many changes, including one where her head was shaved and her body was covered in tattoos. Spoiler:It was deemed that this made her malevolence too obvious, and they simplified her design.
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Development, Early Idea
person usyboroda calendar_month November 15, 2013
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WWF No Mercy
WWF No Mercy (2000)
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It was originally intended for the game to have Transfer Pak functionality, allowing the player to take their created wrestler in the Game Boy Color version and place him into the Nintendo 64 version. The Game Boy version was cancelled, but the menu can still be accessed using Gameshark codes.
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Bonus Content, Console Difference, Debug, Development, Early Idea, General, Version Difference
person SOGESNAKE calendar_month November 14, 2013
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FIFA 14
FIFA 14 (2013)
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Attachment Inside the game's files is an unused preview image of the Adidas Brazuca, the ball for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. However, the ball uses the texture and model of the Adidas Cafusa.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month November 14, 2013
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BioShock Infinite
BioShock Infinite (2013)
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Attachment The Old Man Winter Plasmid used in the "Burial At Sea" DLC was created by Joe Trinder. He posted the design on the game's official forums. Trinder's design was immediately praised by other fans, quickly gaining attention on Reddit and even earning the approval of BioShock creator Ken Levine. Within a day, Irrational contacted Trinder and asked for permission to publish the poster on their Facebook page. A month later, the team bought the design from Trinder, and told him they planned to use it in the game. His initial version was for a Vigor, but it was changed into a plasmid to fit with the game's DLC.
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Bonus Content, Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person Funland47 calendar_month November 14, 2013
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Franchise: Pokémon
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Attachment Fire Blast's animation is based on the Daimonji of the Japanese festival Gozan no Okuribi, where a large bonfire is lit in the shape of the character 大 (meaning "big" or "great").
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person Funland47 calendar_month November 14, 2013
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Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2 (2001)
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Attachment Masahiro Ito, who designed the monsters for the game, said that he was inspired to create the Lying Figure when he saw a coworker walking toward him from a distance. The coworker was wearing a sweatshirt with a hood and had his hands in his pockets. He was listening to his Walkman and was walking in a "cool way."
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person usyboroda calendar_month November 14, 2013
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Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2 (2001)
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Attachment Masahiro Ito's initial concept for the monster that would become Pyramid Head did not include the iconic helmet. The helmet was added to suggest pain.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration
person usyboroda calendar_month November 14, 2013
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Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2012)
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According to an "Iwata Asks" interview, the reduction of Mr. Resetti's duties to an optional event (where they could only see him by developing the Reset Surveillance Center, which only appears as a Public Works Project after resetting the game once) was not only to mirror the Japanese government's budget revisions, but also because Resetti was considered annoying by many players, and made younger ones cry on some occasions. Yet, he still appeared due to the amount of positive attention towards him from the fanbase.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person VinchVolt calendar_month November 13, 2013
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Franchise: The Legend of Zelda
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For The Legend of Zelda's 25th anniversary, Nintendo of America wanted to do a compilation release featuring various classic titles from the series, however series creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata were against the idea. This was because they already released the Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition a year prior and didn't want to do something similar twice in a row.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, General
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month November 13, 2013
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WWF Raw
WWF Raw (1994)
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There is an unused character found in the SNES version's data named "??Mystery??". He appears to be a placeholder for a 13th wrestler who wasn't finished. His sprites are borrowed from Shawn Michaels, but the palette used gives him grey hair and boots, pale skin, and black pants; and when performing certain moves, his sprites change to Bret Hart. He also lacks a finishing move, a theme song, portraits and a biography on the wrestler selection screen, and graphics for the Titantron that appears when winning a match. The Genesis version contains a variation, but this one resembles Razor Ramon.
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Console Difference, Debug, Development, Early Idea, General, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Version Difference
person SOGESNAKE calendar_month November 12, 2013
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Persona 4
Persona 4 (2008)
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The battle form of Spoiler:Mitsuo the Hero, the boss of the Void Quest dungeon, is in the style of 3D Dot Game Heroes, which was in development at the time.

One of it's attacks (Command) changes the battle command screen to that of the original Shin Megami Tensei.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month November 12, 2013
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