Trivia Browser

Platformsarrow_right
Yearsarrow_right
Genresarrow_right
Collectionsarrow_right
Franchisesarrow_right
Companiesarrow_right
Tagsarrow_right
Final Fantasy Adventure
Final Fantasy Adventure (1991)
▲
1
▼
According to a Japanese Seiken Densetsu guide book (specifically, the one with the blue bottom and "SQUARE BRAND" in the bottom right corner), one of the game's programmers claimed that it apparently began life as an experimental tennis game.

"This game actually started out as an experimental tennis game. At some point, the court turned into scrollable screens, the racket turned into the playable character, the ball turned into a weapon, the opponent’s racket turned into enemies, and the “court” became referred to as the “map”… And before I realized it, a story was added into it and then the game was released as “Seiken Densetsu.” It was a curious experience."
sell
Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person ProtoSnake calendar_month September 8, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Saints Row
Saints Row (2022)
▲
1
▼
According to series producer Jim Boone, the inspiration for the game was based on the films John Wick, Baby Driver, and Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw. Boone stated that the film John Wick gave inspiration for the brutal combat and melee battle sequences, while the film Baby Driver influenced the driving mechanics, and how stunts work in the game are based on the action scenes from Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw.
sell
Development, Inspiration
person Tuli0hWut calendar_month September 8, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Pokémon Diamond Version
Pokémon Diamond Version (2006)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Pearl Version (Game)
▲
1
▼
There are certain days coded into the game's files that alter Pokemon spawn rates.

On August 6th, August 9th and September 11th, Pokemon are 10% less likely to spawn in the wild. These dates coincide with the atomic bombings on Japan, and the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States.

On certain major holidays such as Christmas, New Years and Culture Day (November 3rd in Japan), Pokemon are 5% less likely to spawn in the wild possibly to discourage gameplay during holidays.

33 other holiday dates were found to have a 5% increase in wild Pokemon spawns, such as St. Patrick's Day (March 17th), Independence Day (July 4th in the United States), Bank Holiday (August 28th in the UK) and Christmas Eve (December 24th).
sell
Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Secret
person KidDivinegon calendar_month September 5, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Company: Bandai Namco Entertainment
▲
1
▼
Bandai Namco heavily assisted Nintendo in the development of their games Mario Kart Tour, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Arms according to the Products page on Bandai Namco's website. However, they chose to be uncredited for their work in the games' final releases.
sell
Development, General, Real Life
person PirateGoofy calendar_month September 8, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
▲
1
▼
The prototype version of the game was a side-scrolling beat 'em up titled Survivor. It would have only used core characters from the Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury series. The original idea was eventually abandoned and changed into a fighting game since they liked the concept of the two-series crossover. Characters from Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier were also added to the roster. The concept of a three-man team was one of the ideas kept from the side-scrolling version.

The title “The King of Fighters” was originally the subtitle used for the first Fatal Fury game, Fatal Fury: King of Fighters; according to GameSpot, the developers picked the name to become its own game because they liked it.
sell
Development, Early Idea
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month September 8, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
de Blob
de Blob (2008)
▲
2
▼
The game started development at the Utrecht School of the Arts in the Netherlands as a way to predict how the railroad station in Utrecht, the location of where it was being developed, would look in 10 years as a result of the then-recent reconstruction of the town. THQ was impressed with their work and bought the rights to it, eventually making it a fully-fledged video game that would become de Blob.
sell
Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person GamerBen144 calendar_month September 8, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Among Us
Among Us (2018)
▲
1
▼
Attachment If the imposter gets voted out in the "Polus" map, the imposter will be thrown into lava, while making a thumbs up. This is a reference to the end of the film "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", where the Terminator dies in a vat of molten steel, while giving John & Sarah Connor a thumbs up.
sell
Easter Egg, Reference
person ProtoSnake calendar_month September 8, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005)
▲
1
▼
Attachment In the European release, the Mini Mustache accessory is altered from a toothbrush mustache to a pencil mustache. This change is most likely due to the toothbrush style's association with German dictator Adolf Hitler.
sell
Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Release Difference, Reskin, Version Difference
person VinchVolt calendar_month September 8, 2021
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game (2010)
▲
1
▼
Attachment During the Halloween Party level, an NPC will appear that bears a striking resemblance to Billy "Big Bang" Blitz from the game Clash at Demonhead. Tom, a palette-swap of one of the enemies in the game, is based on Tom Guycot, who is also from Clash at Demonhead, and serves as one of the game's villains. Additionally, in the original "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" graphic novel series, Envy Adam's band "The Clash at Demonhead" is named after the game.
sell
Cameo, Easter Egg, Reference
person Tuli0hWut calendar_month September 8, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag (2013)
▲
1
▼
Ubisoft made a conscious effort to avoid tropes associated with romanticized views of pirates such as crossbones, hooks, and walking the plank, in favor of creating a “grounded sense of realism, of brutality.” They looked to the films "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" and "The Mission", as well as the television series "Deadwood" for inspiration, and wanted the city of Havana to display more of the citizens' daily lives than the presence of the pirates because according to the game's lead writer Darby McDevitt: "There are pirates in this world, but it’s a much bigger world than just pirates." As a result of these imposed standards, the possibility of the Hookblade from Assassin's Creed: Revelations returning was shut down by McDevitt immediately after it was suggested by one of the developers for inclusion in the game.
sell
Development, Early Idea, Inspiration
person ClaudX calendar_month September 8, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Bullet Witch
Bullet Witch (2006)
▲
1
▼
Attachment In the PC version, a dash feature was introduced. The feature was in an early developer build of the game as a debug feature and was mistakenly left in the final build. When developer Cavia offered to remove the feature, publisher XSEED Games requested for the feature to stay in the game as it improved the gameplay's pace.
sell
Development, General
person KidDivinegon calendar_month September 8, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts (2002)
▲
1
▼
Kingdom Hearts' international release is the last game by Squaresoft released outside of Japan to have their logo and name adorned on its case before the company merged with Enix to become Square Enix in 2003. The Japanese version of Final Fantasy X-2 was last game ever to feature the Squaresoft logo in any region.
sell
Censorship, Console Difference, Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life, Regional Difference, Release Difference, Version Difference
person PirateGoofy calendar_month September 8, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive (1996)
▲
1
▼
Kasumi was initially envisioned as a male character and was not going to be the protagonist. However, after changing the character's sex to female, series creator Tomonobu Itagaki became attached to her new design and decided to make her the heroine. Itagaki would go on to describe Kasumi as his “daughter”, and that she is “like a Venus” to him, as well as defending her sexualization among the rest of the series cast despite her canonical age of 17 years old being considered underage in countries with higher ages of consent like the United States. The now-defunct game journalism website QuickJump quoted him in 2007 as saying “in Japan, [the sexualization of a 17-year old] is okay. Maybe it’s 20 in America.”
sell
Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month September 8, 2021
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
▲
1
▼
Although Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury had made it into the game as a downloadable character, Masahiro Sakurai had initially planned to add Mai Shiranui alongside Terry as one of the cameos in the King of Fighters Stadium stage. In the Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation of Terry Bogard, he explained further that he worried that CERO (Japan's video game rating board) would raise the rating from A (for all Ages) to a higher one which was why he reconsidered having her in the game, joking that Super Smash Bros. was only for "good boys and girls".
sell
Censorship, Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person GamerBen144 calendar_month September 7, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)
▲
1
▼
During the Plant chapter, several Mo'ai statues can be found in different locations on the Big Shell:
• Strut D: Among the scaffolding above the pool.
• Shell 1 Core, B2 Computer Room: Underneath the south-western computer desk.
• Strut L: In the far corner of the small room behind the windows.
• Shell 2 Core, 1F Air Purification Room: In the vents, using the Nikita.
• Shell 2 Core, B1 Filtration Chamber No. 1: Underneath the wreckage, underwater.
• Shell 2 Core, Locker Room (Where Emma Emmerich is hiding): It's hiding inside the locker (This locker can only be opened in Extreme mode. However, there's a Claymore mine that is set inside the locker, which will kill the player instantly if it's not destroyed or picked up).
• Strut E: In the room with the Digital Camera, behind the northernmost boxes.
sell
Cameo, Easter Egg, General, Secret
person ProtoSnake calendar_month September 7, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (2000)
▲
1
▼
The Impossible Mission Force’s (IMF) Agent Organizer includes a Remote Control feature that functions as an actual universal remote, utilizing the Game Boy Color's infrared sensor by detecting a remote's signals, which the handheld receives and then functions as the remote itself.

Additionally, the Notebook entries found under Secret Files in the IMF can be printed out when connected to the Game Boy Printer.
sell
Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Secret
person Tuli0hWut calendar_month September 7, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Sonic Generations
Sonic Generations (2011)
subdirectory_arrow_right Sonic X Shadow Generations (Game)
▲
1
▼
After defeating the final boss, Modern Tails & Classic Tails are briefly seen discussing something at Sonic's birthday party during the game's last cutscene. What they are talking about differs between the English and Japanese localizations of the original game.

In the English version, they said:
Classic Tails: He collects how many? Wow, where does somebody put all those gold rings?
Modern Tails: You know what? I don't know. I keep forgetting to ask.

In the Japanese version, they said:
Classic Tails: You added legs to the plane? What have you done to Sonic's Tornado?
Modern Tails: Yeah... I guess really did go overboard with the legs...

In Sonic X Shadow Generations, the English version of this cutscene was completely re-recorded by the original voice cast, where they now say:
Classic Tails: So I have a question for you. Once we're home, you think the timeline will be restored?
Modern Tails: Yep! Just... don't think about it too hard.
sell
Regional Difference, Version Difference, Voice Acting
person ProtoSnake calendar_month September 7, 2021
comment Comment (0) | Source
arrow_right
Archived VGFacts forum thread:
https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-2685-post-79487.html#pid79487

Sonic Generations English version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmE5DY7iNCw#t=2732s

Sonic Generations Japanese version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuOZ62XmQww#t=1230s

Sonic X Shadow Generations English version cutscene comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxOeOpcGLAA#t=1845s
Nioh
Nioh (2017)
▲
1
▼
During the final stretch of the side mission, "Kanbei and the Overlord", if the player runs to the locked door they can learn the name of the hidden Revenant before the second wave of enemies appears. Its name is Sugitani Zenjubo, a real-life samurai who was captured by daimyo Oda Nobunaga after the Siege of Kanegasaki in 1570 and sentenced to death by beheading. This event is alluded to in the Revenant's dialogue, and in its Blood Grave where it specifically names Nobunaga as the cause of death, the only instance of a Blood Grave with an identified culprit in the game.
sell
Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
person DrakeVagabond calendar_month September 7, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival (2015)
▲
1
▼
According to the game's director Ayu Kyogoku, Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival was created solely as a way to get Nintendo to make amiibo for the Animal Crossing series.

"Initially when the Amiibo was announced, there was nothing really said about Animal Crossing Amiibos or any plans for that matter. But as the Animal Crossing team, we were confident that if there was one, it would be really cute... honestly, we just wanted Animal Crossing Amiibo. We wanted the company to make Animal Crossing Amiibo, so that's why we made a game that works with them."
sell
Development, Early Idea, Inspiration
person GamerBen144 calendar_month September 7, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
How to Be a Complete Bastard
How to Be a Complete Bastard (1987)
▲
1
▼
Picking up an umbrella and choosing the option to open it will turn the player into an oven for the rest of the game. This is a reference to a common superstition in which opening umbrellas indoors brings bad luck.
sell
Easter Egg, Reference, Secret
person KidDivinegon calendar_month September 7, 2021
comment Comment (0) | link Source
keyboard_double_arrow_leftFirst keyboard_arrow_leftPrev Page of 922 Nextkeyboard_arrow_right Lastkeyboard_double_arrow_right