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Pulseman
Pulseman (1994)
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Attachment In the game's opening cutscene after Dr. Yoshiyama digitizes himself, several blocks of what seems to be gibberish appear on-screen before the computer corrupts. This gibberish is actually a secret message written in Japanese romaji and then coded through a cipher where all vowels are omitted from the text, except for when a word starts with a vowel. Decoding the message reveals what seems to be the last conversation Yoshiyama had with the C-Life woman featured in the cutscene, the mother of Pulseman, suggesting that he gave up his human life ("Do you realize what you've done? You'll never be human again now.") out of love for his creation and resulting in the conception of Pulseman. A cosmetic detail hinting at the nature of the undeciphered message being a conversation are differences in the speed at which each text box appears typed out on-screen (i.e. a slight slowdown during "I'm just a heartless program"). However, not only does this affair reveal the origin of the game's hero, it also has implications about the origin of the game's villain.

Dr. Yoshiyama's whereabouts during the events of Pulseman are never stated, but through information provided in the game's manual, it is suggested that he was corrupted during his time in cyberspace and transformed into the game's antagonist Dr. Waruyama. This theory is supported by the manual listing Yoshiyama's entry into cyberspace during the cutscene and Waruyama's birthdate, December 31, 1999, as occurring in the same year. However, Waruyama appears to be a full-grown adult by 2015 when the main events of the game take place despite technically being 16 years old and less than two years older than Pulseman.

This age discrepancy suggests that Waruyama would have to be at least a half C-Life or full C-Life himself in order for him to originally have been "born" as an adult (given that C-Lifes are computer-generated life-forms), and in this case, for him to originally have been the adult Yoshiyama. Since Yoshiyama was implied to have transformed into at least a half C-Life following the deciphered conversation, this suggests that Waruyama's "birthdate" actually refers to the exact date when Yoshiyama was transformed into Waruyama in the first place.

Additionally, there are similarities between the two names, with "Waruyama" being similar to "Bad mountain" ("悪い山" or "Warui yama"), and "Yoshiyama" appearing similar to "Pleasant mountain" ("楽しい山" or "Tanoshī yama").

The English description for the game's 2009 re-release on the Wii Virtual Console states outright that Yoshiyama did transform into Waruyama, although there are no known Japanese sources that also confirm this.
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Backstory/Lore, Easter Egg, General, Hidden Message, Manual, Secret, Similarities, Suggested, Theory
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LEGO Rock Raiders
LEGO Rock Raiders (1999)
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In the Windows version of the game, there is an unused text file with instructions on how to use an in-game level editor. This editor is not present in the final release, presumably having been either a planned feature or an internal tool used to develop the game.
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Removed Feature, Unused Content, Unused Text
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Disney Infinity
Disney Infinity (2013)
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Attachment There is an unused model of Dr. Heinz Doofensmirtz found in the game's data, suggesting that he was either intended to be playable or appear as a boss in a scrapped Phineas & Ferb playset.
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Development, Early Idea, Removed Feature, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis (1999)
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According to game's director/producer Shinji Mikami in an interview published in the 5/99 edition of The Playstation magazine, he was asked if the way Dino Crisis would let you save your progress would be the same as the Ink Ribbon system in Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2, which limited the number of saves the player could make, contributing to the game's difficulty. He responded:

"We’re still deliberating on that. In addition to save points, we’re planning to add a Continue system. But precisely how many continues to give, or whether to make them infinite or not—that’s what we’re currently struggling with. Since I want to convey the terrifying nature of these dinosaurs, it would feel really weird if you didn’t die after 1 or 2 bites from a dino. But that also means that the slightest mistake on the player’s part equals game over. On the other hand, if we let you re-do the scenes over and over, it diminishes the terror… yeah, these game difficulty questions are, well, difficult!"
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
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The King of Fighters XII
The King of Fighters XII (2009)
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Many of the spectators in the background of the France stage are obese, well-dressed women that are dining while excitedly watching the match. The idea for these NPCs was inspired by a posh French resort that is known for attracting wealthy tourists, and was not intended to stereotype French women as being fat.
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Development, Inspiration
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The King of Fighters XII
The King of Fighters XII (2009)
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According to Ignition's Director of Business Development, Shane Bettenhausen, the decision to revert many of the older characters back to their classic designs and moves was an aesthetic choice:

"To go along with the game's central 'Rebirth of KOF' theme, the designers purposefully returned to the classic KOF '94 costumes and move sets for many of the returning fighters."
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Development, Inspiration
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
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Attachment When the Hollow Bastion stage turns into the Dive to the Heart segment, the different Stations of Awakening in the background that reference key Kingdom Hearts characters appear to be censored of any reference to Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy. However, these censored Stations are actually close replicas of the designs used on coasters that Square Enix produced in celebration of Kingdom Hearts' 15th anniversary, which also omitted the Disney characters.
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Censorship, Copyright, Development, Easter Egg, General, Legal Affairs, Real Life, Reference
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Street Fighter V
Street Fighter V (2016)
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Pre-release footage of the game's story mode shows Spoiler:the death of the scientist in graphic detail, with the victim being melted. In the final release of the game Spoiler:the screen fades to black during the character's death.
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Censorship, Development, Release Difference, Version Difference
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Franchise: Mortal Kombat
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According to series co-creator Ed Boon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been considered many times as a potential guest character in Mortal Kombat. She has yet to make the cut to this day.
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Development, Early Idea
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Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown (1993)
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Attachment Charlotte's design is based on the character Oscar Francois de Jarjayes from the 1972 manga series The Rose of Versailles.
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Development, Inspiration
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The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
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According to level designer Mitsuo Kodama, the design of the Italy stage is inspired by the portrayal of Italy in the 1992 Hayao Miyazaki movie Porco Rosso.
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Development, Inspiration
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Giga Wing 2
Giga Wing 2 (2001)
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In the 2/01 issue of Arcadia magazine interview with game's character designer Kei Toume, she said that the sisters Romi & Limi were originally designed to be twins with oni (devil) horns in the story. The pair went through many design changes as Toume's team really wanted "some kind of memorable character accent with their hair".

The android Cherry, however, hardly changed from how they first imagined her, with Toume stating she probably went through the least amount of changes out of the game's cast of characters.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
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The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
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The design of the Japan stage is heavily inspired by the look of Neo Tokyo from the 1988 film Akira.
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Development, Inspiration
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Deltarune
Deltarune (TBA)
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During the opening sequence where the player creates a "vessel," attempting to name their creation "Gaster" will instantly reset the game back to the title screen. Attempting to name yourself "Gaster," meanwhile, will cause the game to forcibly quit. This resembles an earlier Easter egg found in Undertale, where attempting to name the Fallen Child "Gaster" will similarly trigger a reset.
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Easter Egg, Secret
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Deltarune
Deltarune (TBA)
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Attachment If the player backtracks through the Starwalker's room in the Forest after ringing the bell to scare them off, they can encounter an NPC called "The Original Starwalker." Speaking to this character causes them to reappear in the castle basement's animal cage room.

Importing a Chapter 1 save file to Chapter 2 after discovering the Original Starwalker results in the latter entering Kris' key items alongside Lancer and Rouxls Kaard, briefly exiting to accompany them at the carnival and appearing as part of the Thrash Machine's transformation scene.
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Easter Egg, Secret
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DuckTales: Remastered
DuckTales: Remastered (2013)
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Upon completing the game on Extreme Difficulty, the text that would normally say "Thanks for Playing" is replaced with one that says "Dream and Friends", referencing what was said by Scrooge to his nephews in the ending of the prototype version of the original NES game.
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Bonus Content, Easter Egg, General, Hidden Credit, Hidden Message, Reference
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Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil Village (2021)
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In a cutscene, before you play as Chris Redfield, he's seen smoking a cigarette inside his car. This is a reference to Resident Evil (1996), where Chris can be seen smoking a cigarette in both the live-action character introductions and Chris' bad ending in the uncensored version of the game.
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Easter Egg, Reference
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Dead or Alive 6
Dead or Alive 6 (2019)
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Rachel's Break Blow is based on her "Blades of the Ouroboros" spell from Ninja Gaiden Σ.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
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Dead or Alive 6
Dead or Alive 6 (2019)
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Momiji's Break Blow is based on her "Art of the Crimson Lotus" ninpo spell from Ninja Gaiden Σ2.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
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Terranigma
Terranigma (1995)
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According to a 1997 Comptique Magazine (March edition) interview with the game's director/designer/writer Tomoyoshi Miyazaki, he was asked why he chose Ark to be the only playable character. He responded:

"That was something that was decided at the very beginning, to only have Ark. Well, there’s also Yomi who you control inside Pandora’s Box. Because the player is alone in the story, we figured there should only be one character the player controls. That also makes it easier for you to empathize with the protagonist. One advantage was that since limiting the characters increases the memory available, we were able to do more complex and detailed movements and animation for Ark that we couldn’t do in the previous two titles. The controls are a step-up in that regard, I think."
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
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