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Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011)
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Dante's appearance, as well as his moveset, are based on his portrayal in Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. The only new moves are Million Dollars, Devil Must Die, Bold Move and Weasel Shot.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Reference
person AkiraTheWarrior calendar_month February 25, 2014
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Trespasser
Trespasser (1998)
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Attachment The dinosaurs were intended to have a complex AI controlled by an emotion system. However, the dinosaurs had rapid mood swings, sometimes switching behaviors so quickly that they just stood in one place and twitched. Not having time to fix the system, the developers worked around it by disabling most of the behaviors and increasing their anger and hunger levels.

In the Industrial Jungle level, there are a few raptors that the developers missed. One of them will walk around, but won't attack the player. Two more appear later in the level that will follow the player and sniff her, but will attack her if they are attacked or hurt themselves.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Mistake
person RetroRex calendar_month February 25, 2014
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Company: Nintendo
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Nintendo had filed a patent for a mobile gaming phone, though the concept was never used. The patent was filed on November 27, 2001, however it wasn't published until June 27, 2006.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month February 25, 2014
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F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
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Attachment During early development of the game, there was a second villain named Conrad Krieg, but he was removed from the final release. His personality and outfit were merged with the game's main villain, Paxton Fettel.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Character, Unused Content
person VGSavvy calendar_month February 25, 2014
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Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat II (1993)
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Attachment An unused graphic of the WWF logo can be found within the game's code. It's likely that it was meant for an advertisement that was scrapped.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month February 24, 2014
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Resident Evil Outbreak File #2
Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 (2004)
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Attachment The PAL cover for Outbreak File#2 is missing the gun held in the hand of the person in the sewer.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Mass Distraction calendar_month February 24, 2014
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Digimon World 2
Digimon World 2 (2000)
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Attachment In the Japanese version of the game, leaving the intro to play twice will show BlackWarGreymon in the introduction. He does not show up in the actual game, however.
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Cameo, Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person RadSpyro calendar_month February 24, 2014
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Payday 2
Payday 2 (2013)
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The "Rats" heist was inspired by the television series Breaking Bad.
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Bonus Content, Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Reference
person PixelXenoKing calendar_month February 24, 2014
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Twisted Metal 2
Twisted Metal 2 (1996)
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Attachment It was originally intended for Darkside to appear as a stage boss, but the truck was dropped from the game for unknown reasons. According to the first Twisted Metal game, Darkside would have been the first boss in the L.A. level. It would have had a flatbed for what would have been the only time in any of its appearances. It can still be seen in the background of the options menu.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Funland47 calendar_month February 24, 2014
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Franchise: Final Fantasy
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The Final Fantasy series is known for its many religious references such as churches and real-life religious symbols being in the games, as well as borrowing names of fictional/mythical creatures for enemies or summons. However, some games go much deeper, alluding to different schools of thought and/or the mysticism of various religions.
• Final Fantasy IV bases the conflict between Kain and Cecil off of the biblical story of Cain and Abel, and even alludes to it with an in-game item.
• Kefka is thought to represent the Antichrist or even Satan himself.
• Sephiroth is also thought to represent the Antichrist or Lucifer. His design is similar to a fallen angel's.
• Final Fantasy X is centered on the corruption of organized religion. It is also thought that Tidus is meant to represent Jesus.
• The concept of l'Cie is an allusion to religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism where the point of living is to reach to the afterlife, and if you don't succeed in your current life, you simply try again and again.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Reference
person SonicManEXE calendar_month February 24, 2014
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Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
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Final Fantasy VII heavily references the Lurian Kabbalah [kah-ball-a]. Kabbalah is a Jewish school of thought that also refers to the mysticism of Judaism and Gnosticism, a collection of ancient religions. Not only does FFVII draw from the beliefs of these religions, but it incorporates what actually happened to the followers in real life, as well as using Hebrew in the formation of character names. A few examples are:

• The Gnostics were persecuted, like the Cetra.
• Sephiroth's name comes from the term Sefirot (meaning "counting" or "enumeration"), which refers to the ten aspects of God in the Tree of Life.
• The sixth sefira in Tree of Life is beauty, known in Hebrew as Tif'eret {ti-fah-ret}. It is possible that this is how Tifa's name was derived.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Reference
person SonicManEXE calendar_month February 24, 2014
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Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat 3 (1995)
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Shao Kahn was voiced by Steve Ritchie, who was working at Williams Electronics as a pinball and video game designer at the time.
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Development, General, Real Life
person Tuli0hWut calendar_month February 23, 2014
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Franchise: Metal Gear
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In an interview with GameInformer, Hideo Kojima said that inconsistencies in the Metal Gear canon come from prioritizing each game's message over the series continuity:

"One thing that I try not to do is sacrifice certain things just so I can keep the original story intact. Sometimes I need to accept these inconsistencies in order to be able to achieve what I want for the story."
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Development, General, Inspiration, Mistake
person CarlosTheHitman calendar_month February 23, 2014
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Super Mario 3D World
Super Mario 3D World (2013)
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The idea of the 'Clear Pipe' came from the game's producer, Koichi Hayashida, wondering "What's Mario up to while he's in there?" while travelling through the iconic green warp pipes of the series.
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Development, Inspiration
person CuriousUserX90 calendar_month February 23, 2014
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The Warriors
The Warriors (2005)
subdirectory_arrow_right We Are The Mods (Game)
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Attachment A spiritual successor to the game was in development which internally went under the title We Are The Mods. The game was set during the mods and rockers brawls of the 1960s in England. It was originally intended to be on the PlayStation 2 but development was later switched over to the Xbox 360. Work began on the game in 2006 by Rockstar Toronto but it was later canceled with some environment and weapon models still existing for it.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month February 23, 2014
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Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies (2009)
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The lawn string text codes in the PC version of the game contain names of three enemies that are never seen in the game: Dog Zombies, Walking Dog Zombies, and Propeller Zombies. The reason why they're not in the game is currently unknown.
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Console Difference, Development, Early Idea, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Text, Version Difference
person frankfrost2 calendar_month February 22, 2014
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Fallout 2
Fallout 2 (1998)
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The in-game description and model suggest that Bozar was intended to be a Sniper Rifle, rather than an inaccurate, automatic, heavy support weapon with a scope. It's likely that it was either repurposed during development, or mistakenly given the statistics of an automatic weapon and never fixed.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Mistake, Suggested, Theory
person Psychospacecow calendar_month February 22, 2014
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American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice (2000)
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In a prerelease trailer for the game, the background music is a reprise of several songs spliced together from Sleepy Hollow and Edward Scissorhands, both composed by Danny Elfman.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Music
person Electra calendar_month February 21, 2014
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Banjo-Tooie
Banjo-Tooie (2000)
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Three of the characters in the game (Chris P Bacon, Old King Coal and Bullion Bill) were not actually named by Rare, but by members of the British public. Nintendo Official Magazine in the UK held a competition where the winners would receive a copy of the game once it hit shelves as well as a signed poster and their suggested name being used in the final game.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Magazine, Real Life
person RadSpyro calendar_month February 20, 2014
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EarthBound
EarthBound (1994)
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Shigesato Itoi revealed in a 2003 interview that Tony, Jeff's roommate at the Snow Wood Boarding House in Winters, is homosexual:

"Well, for example, there's a gay person in MOTHER 2. A really passionate friend who lives in an England-like place. I designed him to be a gay child. In a normal, real-life society, there are gay children, and I have many gay friends as well. So I thought it would be nice to add one in the game, too."
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Development, General, Inspiration, LGBTQ+, Real Life
person Cavery210 calendar_month February 20, 2014
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