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Franchise: Pokémon
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Charmander may be based on a 1000+ year old misconception about the salamander.

Both Aristotle and Pliny the Elder believed that the salamander was capable of withstanding the heat of flames, and even had the ability to extinguish them. In Pliny's Natural History, the oldest surviving encyclopedia, a fairly accurate description of the salamander is followed up by claims that "This animal is so intensely cold as to extinguish fire by its contact, in the same way as ice does" (Book 10, Chapter 86). Later in the same work, though, he seems to view these supposed properties with more skepticism, claiming that "if it had been true, it would have been made trial of at Rome long before this" (Book 29, Chapter 23).

The connection between salamanders and fire persisted, however, and we can also find it in the Talmud, which briefly mentions the salamander as a creature actually produced by flames, whose blood could protect anybody smeared in it from fire. Even Leonardo da Vinci, one of history's greatest scientific minds, seemed content to echo the received wisdom on the subject, mentioning in his notebooks that the salamander "has no digestive organs, and gets no food but from the fire, in which it constantly renews its scaly skin."
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Development, Inspiration, Similarities, Theory
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Metroid
Metroid (1986)
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Before being changed to Metroid, the game was going to be named Space Hunter. Also, Space Hunter was used as Samus' title instead of Bounty Hunter in the original game manual. There wasn't enough time left in development to change the occupation, so Space Hunter was left in the original Instruction Manual.
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Development, Early Idea
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Franchise: Metroid
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Attachment According to Hiroji Kiyotake, the Metroid's home planet, SR388, was named after a popular Yamaha SR 400 Series Motorcycle engine.

"...while it was called 400cc, you didn't have any choice but 388cc, but it was written like that for the time being, and that's how it came out!"
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Development, Inspiration
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Franchise: Metroid
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In an interview, Metroid character designer Hiroji Kiyotake said that the name "Metroid" came from combining the words "android" and "metro subway."

"There was one more staff member, and the two of us decided on it. We attached 'android' to the "metro subway" and that's how we got 'Metroid'."
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Development, General, Real Life
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month October 8, 2013
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Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 (2004)
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Attachment The faces of the characters in Half Life 2 are actually based on real life people. Eli's face is based on a beggar Valve found on the street.
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Development, Inspiration
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Diablo
Diablo (1996)
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Character Classes were late additions to the game. Originally, there was only a single class, represented by the warrior's model. Players could distribute their experience points between their stats to make the character to their liking.
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Development, Early Idea
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Turok: Evolution
Turok: Evolution (2002)
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Attachment There were originally plans for a sequel to Turok: Evolution from a small Acclaim team. It was likely to involve Tal'Set killing Tyrannus, but the project was never picked up.
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Development, Early Idea
person Outmaced121 calendar_month October 7, 2013
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Gears of War
Gears of War (2006)
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The Locusts were originally going to be called "Geist". Epic had a hard time shipping this, however, because Nintendo previously had a game using the same name.
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Development, Early Idea
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Gears of War
Gears of War (2006)
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Gears of War was originally going to be a game called 'Unreal Warfare'. It was going to be a large multiplayer game that was set within the Unreal universe and would be the next Unreal game after Epic's previous Unreal Tournament. However, the team decided to strike the game from the Unreal series because it travelled too far from the Unreal universe.
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Development, Early Idea
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Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures (2013)
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Attachment In early builds of the game, Guitar Guy's sprites were designed after his actor in the web series, Kyle Justin, complete with dialogue referencing his appearances as a guest reviewer. However, the final game redesigns his sprites to depict him as a skeleton, referencing a gag in the Ikari Wars review where the Nerd discovers that Guitar Guy died and decomposed behind his couch before reviving him with a cheat code from the NES game. Likewise, each of Guitar Guy's lines is replaced with an ellipsis.

In a post on the game's Steam Community page, BlackFlag, one of the developers, stated that the redesign was mutually agreed upon following discussions between Justin and the development staff.
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Character Design, Corporate Affairs, Development, Early Build, Early Idea, Real Life, Sprite/Graphical Animation
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
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Many elements of Solid Snake are actually taken from Naked Snake (AKA Big Boss) in Metal Gear Solid 3.
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Development, Inspiration
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The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004)
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Attachment There's an unused animation for the decorative mailbox that appears above the post office in Hyrule Castle Town. The level of animation suggests that there were to be fully functional mailboxes in the game, much like with The Wind Waker.
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Development, Early Idea, Suggested, Theory, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person ClaudX calendar_month October 5, 2013
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F-Zero X
F-Zero X (1998)
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Attachment There is an unused vehicle named "Super Falcon", it is only accessible by using cheat codes. It was originally intended to become unlocked with use of the F-Zero X Expansion Kit for the Nintendo 64DD.
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Bonus Content, Debug, Development, Early Idea, General, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Unused Items
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Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010)
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The codename for the zombie map Moon is "zombie_paris" in the console version of the game. According to Treyarch, the final map was going to be in Paris, but it was decided to be changed to be on the Moon and in Area 51 as they wanted to "go out with a bang."
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Development, Early Idea
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Franchise: Guilty Gear
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Sol Badguy is partially based off of Freddie Mercury, former frontman for the rock band Queen. This includes his name as a nod to Mercury's nickname "Mr. Bad Guy," as well as his leitmotif in the games being called "Keep Yourself Alive," sharing its name with the first song from Queen's debut album. Sol's headband is also inscribed with the words "Rock You," a reference to Queen's song "We Will Rock You."

According to Sol's official bio, his main hobby is listening to Queen, and his favourite album is "Sheer Heart Attack." This may also tie in to his role as Daisuke Ishiwatari's alter ego, as Ishiwatari admits to being a fan of Queen.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Music, Real Life, Reference
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Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Spyro: Year of the Dragon (2000)
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In Midnight Mountain is a platform with some extra lives on it in the distance, inaccessible unless either a cheat device or well timed proxy jump is used. The area was originally planned to be the Super Bonus World portal, with a huge whirlwind that would guide you across.
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Development, Early Idea
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
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Attachment The Havana clothes bear a strong resemblance with the clothes worn by an extra in the first episode of Miami Vice.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
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Attachment The Mr. Vercetti suit is likely based off of one of Ricardo Tubbs' suits from Miami Vice, from which the game draws inspiration.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
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Collection: BlazBlue
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Ragna the Bloodedge's name is derived from "Ragnarök," a Norse term commonly used to describe the end of the world. This could tie into Ragna's ability to channel the Black Beast, which nearly caused the end of the world in BlazBlue's timeline.

It may also be a reference to the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok, a man who slayed the serpent Jörmungandr. This mirrors the relationship between Ragna and series antagonist Yūki Terumi, who has a snake motif for his attacks.
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Development, Inspiration, Similarities, Theory
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Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. (1999)
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According to a page on the Japanese Super Smash Bros. site, Mewtwo was planned to be playable, but was cut; Bowser and King Dedede are also mentioned as having been cut, though no other information is available.
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Development, Early Idea, Regional Difference, Unused Character, Website
person ClaudX calendar_month October 4, 2013
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