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Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
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Nintendo had strict licensing policies for the NES as a way to encourage quality over quantity, in hopes of avoiding the fate of Atari during the video game crash of 1983. Third parties were limited to releasing 5 titles per year for the NES, all titles had to be reviewed by Nintendo before they would be licensed, and the console had a system to lock out unauthorized games that did not contain the necessary patented chip as a way to enforce Nintendo's control.

A combination of third-party developer pushback, legal challenges, and competition from other console manufacturers such as Sega eventually forced them to relax their policies.
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Development
person Spherix calendar_month February 2, 2014
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Dead Rising
Dead Rising (2006)
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Attachment In pre-release screenshots, Isabella is seen holding a Sniper Rifle. In the final game, only her brother Carlito wields a sniper rifle.
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Development, Early Idea
person ClaudX calendar_month February 1, 2014
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Dead Rising
Dead Rising (2006)
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Attachment In early screenshots and trailers, Frank is seen reuniting an old couple at the mall entrance. In the final game, he reunites them on the rooftop.
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Development, Early Idea
person ClaudX calendar_month February 1, 2014
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Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (2006)
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John Vogal explained on his twitter that although they originally planned for Taven to be the one to defeat Blaze, in the sequel it turns out to be Shao Kahn, making Taven's ending non-canon.
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Development, Early Idea
person Farmer calendar_month February 1, 2014
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
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An unused subaction and corresponding animation exist for Zero Suit Samus' Plasma Whip Side-B, labelled "SpecialSItemGet". There are also two other unused throwing animations for Samus labeled as "SpecialSThrowS" and "SpecialSThrowHi".

Presumably, the attack would originally have grabbed items from a distance and slung them away as a projectile, a function that would have been unique to the character. It may have been removed due to it interfering when players were attempting to hit another player with the whip.
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Development, Early Idea, Moveset, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Universal Arcana calendar_month February 1, 2014
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Mega Turrican
Mega Turrican (1994)
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Attachment In the game's data, there are unused sprites that appear to be Mario and Sonic frozen in carbonite in the same manner as Han Solo in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. They were most likely to appear after the first mini-boss, according to screenshots previewing the game in the German magazine Amiga Games.
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Cameo, Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, Reference, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month February 1, 2014
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Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
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The original idea for the game had it set in modern New York City in the year 1999, and was intended to have a "detective story" theme, with a character called "Hot Blooded Detective Joe". The early script had him chasing the main characters, who would then blow up the city of Midgar.
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Development, Early Idea
person VGSavvy calendar_month February 1, 2014
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Spyro the Dragon
Spyro the Dragon (1998)
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Attachment In an early demo, there was an additional gem awarded to the player for entering the 'Return Home' whirlwind.
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Development, Early Idea
person RadSpyro calendar_month February 1, 2014
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Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011)
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The mechanics of C. Viper's moveset are based on her debut in Street Fighter IV: her EX Moves cost meter, and she retains the Focus Attack technique available to all fighters in Street Fighter IV.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Reference
person AkiraTheWarrior calendar_month February 1, 2014
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Franchise: Ecco the dolphin
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According to the series creator, the name 'Ecco' is not a purposeful misspelling of the word 'Echo', but was chosen because 'ecco' loosely means 'to see' in Italian.
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Development, Inspiration
person MidwayCJ calendar_month February 1, 2014
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Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
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Neither Roy nor Sheik appear as opponents or allies in Melee's Classic Mode (though Sheik can appear if Zelda transforms during battle). Ganondorf also cannot be fought, yet he can show up as an ally. Despite their absences, all three have their own intro poses programmed into the disc.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person VinchVolt calendar_month February 1, 2014
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Twisted Metal: Black
Twisted Metal: Black (2001)
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Attachment In early production of the game, Warhawk was intended to be a playable character and even had pictures for the character select screen, but near the end of production, it was discovered that Warhawk was too powerful for multiplayer and the control scheme did not work well for a helicopter, so he was removed from the final version of the game.
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Development, Early Idea
person Funland47 calendar_month January 30, 2014
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Franchise: Spyro the Dragon
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Spyro's original personality attracted a bit of bad feedback, with some people complaining that he was cocky. For all subsequent games his personality was toned down to be more likeable, and his new voice was softer.
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Development, General
person RadSpyro calendar_month January 30, 2014
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Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (1999)
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Attachment The back of a Pizza Hut demo disc shows the walls surrounding part of the castle contained water at one point during development.
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Development, Early Idea, Release Difference, Version Difference
person RadSpyro calendar_month January 30, 2014
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Spyro the Dragon
Spyro the Dragon (1998)
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Attachment In an early version of the game, the 1-Up model was used in place of the dragon statues.
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Development, Early Idea
person RadSpyro calendar_month January 29, 2014
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Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 (1996)
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Attachment In an interview with Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto, it was revealed that an early, experimental build of the game had split-screen multiplayer, with Mario and Luigi as playable characters.

The game's planned multiplayer mode ended up being reworked into a Mario Bros.-style minigame thanks to the Nintendo 64's technical limitations making the split-screen concept unfeasible. However, in February of 1996 (just a month before E3 of that year), both multiplayer mode and Luigi were removed, in part because the Nintendo 64 was bundled with only one controller. These statements are corroborated by findings from the Gigaleak, a massive content leak of internal data from Nintendo in 2020 that included early assets from Super Mario 64. Among the leaked material was a model and textures for Luigi and sprites for "1P" and "2P" icons. Luigi's model is dated June 20, 1995, while the icons use the same generic font seen in the Shoshinkai demo from November of that year, rather than the custom font seen in both the E3 1996 demo and the final release.
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Development, Early Idea, Removed Feature, Unused Character, Unused Content
person RadSpyro calendar_month January 29, 2014
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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
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Originally, a scene in which Wally can be seen floating on a raft, and once again losing his monocle, was cut from the game. This was because the development team felt sorry for Wally's character.
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Development, Early Idea
person sjrslev calendar_month January 29, 2014
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)
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Attachment According to Hyrule Historia (pg. 23) "it was decided that all residents of Skyloft would be modeled after birds." This explains why some of the Skyloftians have bird-like names and features themselves, such as Groose's cocky attitude and his hairstyle that resembles a rooster's comb.
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Character Design, Development, Inspiration
person zybershield calendar_month January 29, 2014
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Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (2012)
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Attachment A development screenshot suggests that the Seven Dwarfs were originally going to be in the game.
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Development, Early Idea
person RadSpyro calendar_month January 29, 2014
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Metroid: Other M
Metroid: Other M (2010)
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Attachment In Metroid: Other M, Samus Aran has a mole under the left side of her lip. This was the first Metroid game to add this detail. However, it had been mentioned before. Co-creator of the Series, Yoshio Sakamoto, stated in an interview after the release of Super Metroid that he was the only person that knew of the location of Samus' beauty spot. A mole was also drawn on Samus' face in concept art for Metroid Prime, but did not appear in the game.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month January 29, 2014
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