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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012)
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Attachment When he was first released as DLC, General Winter's All-Star move effects had communist motifs. However, following complaints from the Russian populace about the portrayal of the USSR military as under-equipped in his source game Company of Heroes 2, and a voluntary recall of said game from Sega in that region, an update in 2013 would replace the hammer & sickle with a generic red star in all regions.
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Censorship, Complaint, Downloadable Content (DLC), Politics, Real Life, Unused Graphic, Update Difference
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month February 19, 2024
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (2023)
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Within the 2023 Insomniac Games ransomware leak, a PC developer build of the game was found to include several unused Symbiote bosses, including Riot, Lasher, Agony, and Phage. These characters were intended to appear as a team alongside the main antagonist, Venom. However, during development, the game’s story likely underwent changes and the focus shifted to other characters, such as Kraven and Venom. As a result, the Symbiotes besides Venom, Scream, and Anti-Venom were abandoned.
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Adaptation, Crunch/Overwork, Development, Early Build, Early Idea, General, Leak, Unused Character, Unused Content
person ProtoSnake calendar_month February 16, 2024
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Leak Reveals Cut Content, Including Riot And Other Symbiotes:
https://exputer.com/news/games/marvels-spider-man-2-leak-riot/

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Leaks Reveal Symbiote Bosses That Didn’t Make the Final Cut Along With Some Scrapped Story Elements:
https://in.ign.com/marvels-spider-man-2/200881/news/marvels-spider-man-2-leaks-reveal-symbiote-bosses-that-didnt-make-the-final-cut
Shipwrecked 64
Shipwrecked 64 (2024)
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An unused cutscene in the game has the character Stumbler O'Hare openly mock Harley Mullins (the wife of Mark Mullins) and her situation. This was scrapped both for being "WAY too on the nose", and because Stumbler's personality was altered during development. The cutscene would be replaced with a YouTube video titled "How to say Goodbye", in which Stumbler, despite knowing about Mark's crimes, tries to help him grieve over the loss of Harley. Despite the cutscene's removal, Stumbler's statue in The Dam still has him wearing a nurse's cap like in the cutscene.
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Backstory/Lore, Bonus Content, Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life, Removed Feature, Unused Content, Unused Cutscene
person chocolatejr9 calendar_month February 9, 2024
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Shipwrecked 64
Shipwrecked 64 (2022)
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There are unused files in the original version of Shipwrecked 64 that suggest that the character Olive Otter was originally planned to be playable, but was scrapped.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Unused Character, Unused Content
person chocolatejr9 calendar_month February 8, 2024
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Yo! Noid 2
Yo! Noid 2 (2017)
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Yo! Noid 2's hub world, the Noid Void, was originally going to be a tower that the player ascends, similarly to the Assassin's Creed series, where the Noid would see a set of Domino's franchises in the sky.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month February 7, 2024
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Barkley: Shut Up and Jam 2
Barkley: Shut Up and Jam 2 (1995)
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Attachment A prototype for Barkley: Shut Up & Jam 2 shows that, instead of the photo used in the final game, the title screen was going to show a cartoon illustration of Charles Barkley.
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Prototype, Title, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month February 7, 2024
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Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2001)
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Attachment When the game's logo is shown in the intro of Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, the word "BATTLE" has a shining effect, which is another video file overlaid over the 3D logo. There are two versions of this video, one with Japanese kanji and another with Latin script, however due to an oversight, the shining effect will only show Japanese kanji overlaid upon the English text. This would be fixed in the 2012 rerelease, but only for the English language, so other languages with an English logo still experience the error.
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Console Difference, Mistake, Name Change, Opening Logo, Regional Difference, Title, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Version Difference
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month February 7, 2024
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Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick
Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick (1997)
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Censorship, Credits, Unused Audio, Unused Content, Voice Acting
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month February 5, 2024
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Hi-Fi Rush
Hi-Fi Rush (2023)
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Attachment The January 2024 update celebrating Hi-Fi Rush's one year anniversary includes new t-shirts that players can wear in-game. Some of these t-shirts are exclusive to their own platform (Xbox, Steam, and Epic Game Store):

• Xbox owners get a green shirt saying “shadow dropped”, a reference to the game’s surprise release.
• Epic Games Store owners get a shirt saying “this is simply unreal epic”, obviously a reference to Epic Games and the Unreal engine and series.
• Steam owners get a shirt saying “Be Positive (Overwhelmingly)”, an obvious reference to Steam’s user review system.

However, two more additional exclusive shirts have recently been discovered through datamining that seem to curiously pertain to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5, two competitor platforms to Xbox.

• The red shirt seemingly for Switch says "rock out anywhere", obviously referencing the Switch's portable nature.
• The blue shirt seemingly for PS5 says "I'm here baby", possibly a reference to the game finally arriving on PS5 after a year of being exclusive to Xbox platforms.

In early 2024, Hi-Fi Rush was the subject of various rumors claiming that Microsoft planned on porting it and possibly other first party Xbox titles to its competitor platforms, those specifically being PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. In response to these rumors, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announced in an Xbox Business Update on February 16, 2024 that four of their previously Xbox exclusive titles were being brought over to rival platforms. On February 21, 2024, it was announced that Hi-Fi Rush, along with Rare's Sea of Thieves and Obsidian's Grounded and Pentiment, were all being released on PlayStation 5 (and Nintendo Switch as well as PlayStation 4 for the latter two games), fully confirming the rumors.
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Bonus Content, Console Difference, Customization, Rumor, Suggested, Theory, Unused Graphic, Update Difference
person Dinoman96 calendar_month February 4, 2024
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Shipwrecked 64
Shipwrecked 64 (2024)
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Originally, the game was going to have a "Nightmare Segment", where after Bucky falls asleep, he would find himself in a strange place being hunted by a Vulture, representing his fear of death. If Bucky was caught during this sequence, he would sleep in by three hours, hindering the player's time to escape the island. It was scrapped because creator Squeaks D'Corgeh couldn't find a good gameplay loop to justify the segment's existance, and didn't want to add any filler content.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Unused Character, Unused Content
person chocolatejr9 calendar_month February 3, 2024
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Lemmings
Lemmings (1991)
subdirectory_arrow_right Scooby-Doo (Franchise)
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Attachment Lemmings was originally going to use a soundtrack of plagarised copyrighted music, something that was common in microcomputer games the decade prior, including pop songs and television theme songs. In the final game, these were swapped for public domain songs, though a sample of Don Messick as Scooby-Doo used for a cover of the Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo theme song would be retained in the How Much is that Doggie in the Window? music track. The Mission: Impossible theme seems to have been chosen in reference to a fad on British television at the time of showing squirrels performing stunts to the song.
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Copyright, Meme, Music, Plagiarism, Reference, Unused Audio, Unused Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month February 2, 2024
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Super Mario World
Super Mario World (1995)
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There are fully functional unused Diggin' Chuck, Bullet Bill, Fishbone, and Spiny enemies in the code of Hummer Team's Super Mario World, as well as sprites for crushers, Lakitu, and Clappin' Chuck without associated coding.
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Unused Character, Unused Code, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 31, 2024
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Super Mario World
Super Mario World (1990)
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Mario Bros. (Game), Yoshi (Franchise)
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Attachment The concept of Mario riding a dinosaur was first concieved for Super Mario Bros., but was considered impossible from a technical standpoint. Eventually, this concept would be used in Super Mario World with Yoshi.
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Asset Reuse, Development, Early Idea, Removed Feature, Unused Character, Unused Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 31, 2024
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Nintendo Player's Guide - Mario Mania 1991 - Page 32 (24 on the scan):
https://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Players_Guide_Mario_Mania_1991/page/n23/mode/2up
Star Fox 64
Star Fox 64 (1997)
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Attachment An earlier logo for Star Fox 64 found within the 2020 Nintendo Gigaleak seems to indicate that its subtitle was, at one point, going to be "The Cosmic Crisis".
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Development, Early Idea, Name Change, Title, Unused Graphic
person Dinoman96 calendar_month January 28, 2024
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Silhouette Mirage
Silhouette Mirage (1997)
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The Saturn release's demo, "Silhouette Mirage: Trial Version", normally ends after level two. However, hidden on the game's disc is an early pre-release build of the retail game, dated 1997-07-16, while the final game has a build date of 1997-07-30. The full game is inaccessible without modifying the data.
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Early Build, Unused Code, Unused Content
person Dazz calendar_month January 27, 2024
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Pikmin 3
Pikmin 3 (2013)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Game)
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Attachment An unused enemy named "iwadama" was found in the game files. The creature shares many characteristics with the Beady Long Legs from Pikmin and Pikmin 2. However, instead of the spherical head the boss normally has, it is replaced with a large foot of the boss, possibly implying it would stomp it's head into the ground as well, and may have been a reimagining of the boss. It's unknown why it was cut, but it's possible it was replaced with the Shaggy and Baldy Long Legs in the final game.
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Development, Early Idea, Model, Unused Character, Unused Graphic
person Venomspino calendar_month January 27, 2024
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (2021)
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Attachment In the files of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, one can find concept art graphics for NPCs and objects on the Sweet Dreams stage, including the walking food that would appear as enemies and in Garfield's super move in the sequel. The cotton candy sheep is pink in the concept art, but white like a real life sheep in the game. It is not known who illustrated these graphics, and whether they were from Paws Inc. or the NASB development team.
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Artwork/Illustration, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 25, 2024
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (2021)
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Attachment On the base platform of Irken Armada Invasion, there is a monitor that displays a static image of the Irken insignia. There are files suggesting that this was originally going to be an animation rather than an image, as animation textures exist for a set of clips of the Almighty Tallest taken directly from Invader Zim episodes, and there is an unused how-to-play graphic showing one of said clips on the monitor. It is not known if these clips were planned to be used or if they were placeholders for another animated graphic, and whether they were scrapped for licensing issues with TV footage, distraction issues on a stage made for competitive play, or something else entirely.
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Asset Reuse, Cameo, Development, Early Idea, Suggested, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 25, 2024
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Max & the Magic Marker
Max & the Magic Marker (2010)
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The NTSC release of the Nintendo DS version of Max & the Magic Marker has the entirety of the song "Wonderwall" by Oasis in its files, complete with audio tag metadata and the cover artwork of their album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?.
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Music, Piracy, Unused Audio, Unused Content, Unused Text
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 24, 2024
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Asteroids
Asteroids (1981)
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Attachment Atari 2600's Asteroids has an unused functionality for showing graphics of the spaceship as a life counter instead of the number, much like the arcade version. This was most likely changed for processing power reasons, as only six ships can be displayed at a time.
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Removed Feature, Technology, Unused Code, Unused Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 24, 2024
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