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Company: Nintendo
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Attachment Revealed in concept art by former Retro Studios employee Sammy Hall, Retro Studios actually worked on two major projects for Nintendo using two of their biggest IPs before Nintendo cancelled them for unknown reasons.

One of them was a project in the Mario series centered around the supporting character Boo. Little is known about the project outside of the Concept art, but hints released with the concept art tease that it would have been released for one of Nintendo's handhelds (such as the DS) as well as there being things in the game referred to as "possession powers" and "Broomies".

The other game, rumored to be centered around the character of Sheik from The Legend of Zelda series, was more elaborate. Hints leaked by Hall and released with the concept art suggest that it would of been about, and centered around, the origin of the Master Sword in the Bad Timeline and would feature "the last Sheik" as it's main character. The game would have also seen the Dark Gerudo tribe engaging in their decade-long birth to Ganon. The project was describe as an "Action/RPG".
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life, Rumor, Suggested, Theory
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Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (1993)
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Removed Feature, Unused Code, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005)
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Easter Egg, General, Mistake, Press Release, Real Life, Reference
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Dance Dance Revolution ExtraMix
Dance Dance Revolution ExtraMix (2001)
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Attachment In the game's data there are unused graphics, including a CD, banner and background, for the song "PETIT LOVE" by SMILE.dk, a song which has never appeared on a home console release of Dance Dance Revolution.
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Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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Dance Dance Revolution 2ndRemix Append Club Version Vol. 2
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndRemix Append Club Version Vol. 2 (1999)
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Attachment Unused graphics for the song "Chotto kiitena (ZANSHIN-NA MIX)", including a disc, banner and background, can be found within the files of this game. This is especially interesting as this song never appeared on a home console release of Dance Dance Revolution.
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Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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Noita
Noita (2020)
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At the right-most zone of the map, inside a spot in the extremely dense rock wall just above the "Essence of Earth", there's a sizably large biome known simply as "The Gold" that is estimated to be filled with a little over 250,000 gold that can be accessed at the start of any run. Reaching it requires using chaotic polymorphine to transform into flying creatures to cover additional distance and save time while your human form's levitation bar recharges until you reach a specific crevasse that must be filled with more chaotic polymorphine. Jump in the polymorphine and wait until you turn into a Worm, then quickly tunnel east until you reach the biome. It's important to note that considering the biome is a literal "sea" of gold, it is possible to drown in it if you do not levitate to the surface fast enough.
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Easter Egg, Secret
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Luigi's Mansion 3
Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019)
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Attachment In the hallway of the 8th floor "Paranormal Productions", there are posters that reference past titles that the game's developer Next Level Games worked on. In order there's a poster of Mario about to kick a soccer ball (Super Mario Strikers), a poster of King Boo and Luigi (Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon), A poster of the overhead silhouetted cast of Mario Strikers Charged, and a poster of Little Mac, Doc Louis, and Mr. Sandman (Punch-Out!!). If Luigi sucks the last poster with the Poltergust, it will reveal a green boxing glove resembling that of Little Mac's.
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Cameo, Development, Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
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Bubsy 3D
Bubsy 3D (1996)
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In a promotional article published by Gamefan magazine, the game's art style was stated to have been heavily influenced by the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote Looney Tunes shorts directed by Warner Bros. animator Chuck Jones. On top of this, he was credited in promotional materials for overseeing some of the game's art direction and for choosing the game's flat-shaded, polygonal graphics, but was not credited in the final product.
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Artwork/Illustration, Credits, Development, General, Inspiration, Model, Real Life
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Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People (2008)
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According to Mike and Matt Chapman, a representative of Sega of America offered them the chance to make a game based off Homestar Runner, but they declined their offer because they were not offered creative control over the game's development.

"There was a dude from Sega of America awhile ago that we were kinda just talking to. I was like, 'Is there any way that this wouldn’t just be put into the factory and stuck out on the other end with something that looks kinda like our characters?' And the guy was like, 'Ehhhn, probably not.' He was very up front, and we were like, 'Well thanks for being honest, we’ll pass.'"

They were later approached by Telltale Games who offered more creative freedom and they both believed the episodic format would work better for the characters of Homestar Runner, leading to the creation of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
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Company: Valve
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Attachment In December of 2012, Chris Prynoski, founder of the American animation studio Titmouse, Inc., posted several hashtags on Twitter hinting at a collaboration with Valve before posting a picture of himself with Gabe Newell in Titmouse's offices. The collaboration was most commonly speculated to be a video game based off of the Titmouse-animated Cartoon Network series "Megas XLR". In August of 2015, Prynoski clarified that the collaboration was scrapped due to licensing problems.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
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Old School RuneScape
Old School RuneScape (2013)
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Attachment When talking to Madame Caldarium in Corsair Cove she will ask the player about their day, to which the player will respond: "I don't know... The sand? It's coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere." This is a reference to a line spoken by Anakin Skywalker in the 2002 film Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
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Easter Egg, Reference
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Old School RuneScape
Old School RuneScape (2013)
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Attachment There is a memorial to YouTuber and video game commentator TotalBiscuit found north-west of Slepe. Examining the grave adorned with his signature top hat prompts the text "He was always there to ask and answer one simple question", which is a reference to the opening statement from TotalBiscuit's series "WTF is...?".
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Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
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Resident Evil
Resident Evil (1996)
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Attachment Before its release, a free one-shot comic book produced by Marvel Comics detailing the events just before the start of the game was used to promote it in America. The cover art for the comic, drawn by Bill Sienkiewicz, was also used as the game's final cover art in North America. The person on the cover and initial protagonist of the comic is S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team member Richard Aiken.
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Bonus Content, General, Real Life
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Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
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Attachment In the mid 1980's, Nintendo began producing Famicom Disk Writer Kiosks in Japan where a customer could pay ¥500 yen (roughly $5 US dollars) as opposed to ¥2600 yen (roughly $26) for a game and have the game's data written onto a blank cartridge, and replace that game with another game whenever they wanted for ¥500, as an alternative to renting video games which is prohibited in Japan. The Kiosk played a 6 minute demo reel featuring three original music tracks and a short remix of the "Ground Theme" from Super Mario Bros., and cutscenes primarily featuring Mario and Luigi (and a brief appearance by two unknown characters) demonstrating the transfer process using updated assets from Super Mario Bros.
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General, Real Life
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Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Burnout 2: Point of Impact (2002)
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Attachment A pre-release screenshot shows an unused American bus modeled after buses owned by Coach USA, and was most likely scrapped to avoid copyright issues with that company.
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Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference, Similarities, Theory, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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Burnout
Burnout (2001)
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Attachment A pre-release screenshot of the game shows that the buses that appear in the European tracks were originally designed with a different livery that resembles the livery used by buses owned by Stagecoach Group in the United Kingdom. This design was changed for the final release of Burnout, most likely to avoid copyright issues with Stagecoach Group.
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Easter Egg, Reference, Similarities, Suggested, Theory, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story
Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story (2020)
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Attachment The "Buddha Head" item might be a reference to the 2003 Thai martial arts film "Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior". In the movie, the head of the eponymous buddha statue is stolen from the temple of the village Nong Pradu. The villagers then send their strongest fighter, Ting (played by Tony Jaa), to retrieve it.
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Easter Egg, Reference
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Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story
Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story (2020)
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Attachment The sword "Kosugi" is a reference to Japanese actor and martial artist Sho Kosugi, who became famous for his roles as a ninja in several American martial arts movies throughout the 1980's and whose characters often used a similar sword.
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Easter Egg, Reference
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Underhero
Underhero (2018)
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In the Baron's Mansion, one of the ghost minions named Cio will say during battle:
"I wanted to be a great hero like the Baron used to be, but then I accidently strangled myself with a bow..."

To which Elizabeth IV quips back: "Thankfully your humor died with you."

This is a reference to the common stock line "I Took an Arrow in the Knee" from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim which became a meme.
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Easter Egg, Reference
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Jak II
Jak II (2003)
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There is a Precursor orb hidden out of bounds underneath the Underport stage that can be collected using a documented hovering glitch with the JET-Board found in both this game and Jak 3, or through the game's debug mode.
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Debug, General, Unused Content, Unused Items
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