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No More Heroes
No More Heroes (2007)
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Shinobu's name is a pun on the word shinobi which means "to steal away". It also means ninja. However "Shinobu" can as a given name mean "endure" or "recall". This depends on how it is written in kanji.
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Development, General, Inspiration
person SOGESNAKE calendar_month September 19, 2013
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Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider (2013)
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Originally, it was intended for Lara to Spoiler:sacrifice Sam so that the others could get off the island, however, the developers didn't want to force failure onto the players.
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Development, Early Idea
person Psychospacecow calendar_month September 19, 2013
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)
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Attachment The idea to make The Wind Waker in HD came from the developers playing around with the Zelda HD Experience tech-demo. They used the same lighting from the demo on Link's The Wind Waker model, and his appearance had such a strong impact that they started to do the same with The Wind Waker's environments as well.

"We took the various versions of Link from the Zelda HD Experience, [Skyward] Sword and The Wind Waker and lined them up in the same setting. We used practically the same shader and brought out the same shading, and Link from The Wind Waker made an overwhelmingly strong impact. He exerted some kind of unnatural pressure." - Satoru Takizawa
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Development, Inspiration
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month September 18, 2013
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)
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The game's drastic change in art direction came from the desire to reinvigorate the Zelda development team. The hope was the new direction would inspire new gameplay ideas, which it did.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month September 18, 2013
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Pac-Man
Pac-Man (1980)
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It's believed that Pac-Man's design came from a pizza with a slice removed. According to the game's designer, Toru Iwatani, this is only half true. The other half of the design comes from the Japanese character for mouth, kuchi (口), which he rounded out to make it into a featureless ball. An idea to give him eyes was brought up during development, but was dropped to make sure Pac-Man wasn't over complicated.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month September 18, 2013
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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
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Attachment Gregg the Grim Reaper was named after Gregg Mayles, one of the designers on the game.
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Development, Inspiration
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 17, 2013
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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
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Attachment Birdy the scarecrow is based on Paul McCowell who was the units adminstrator at Rare.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 17, 2013
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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
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Attachment In the scene where Birdy sells Conker the manual and the cash escapes Birdy's pocket, Conker was originally going to either pull the money back with string, or whistle for it to come back. However, the game's designer, Chris Seavor, didn't want him to be seen as a thief.
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Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 17, 2013
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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
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Censorship, Development, Early Idea
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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
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The developers wanted to have outtakes of cutscenes play at the end during the credits with scenes like Conker being bad-tempered on set or the characters being out of character, but it was left out due to time constraints. Later the developers regretted leaving it out after seeing the film Toy Story 2 do something similar.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 17, 2013
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Conker: Live & Reloaded
Conker: Live & Reloaded (2005)
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Attachment The developers wanted to replace Burt the metal crate, who guards the cheese pen, with a gate named Bill who would complain about how all the windows on his barn were broken and wouldn't work and how the barn kept crashing, but the game's publisher, Microsoft, wouldn't let them.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 17, 2013
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It's Mr. Pants
It's Mr. Pants (2004)
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Attachment Mrs. Pie, a character who appeared on the Rare website with Mr. Pants as part of the Pants family, was intended to appear in the game, but was ultimately left out.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Character, Unused Content
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 17, 2013
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One Piece: Pirate Warriors
One Piece: Pirate Warriors (2012)
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Attachment The first boss in the game, Pacifista, is the only boss in the game to take visible battle damage throughout your fight. Because of this, it's possible that early in the development of Pirate Warriors, they had intended to have visible battle damage appear on bosses/characters, much like another Tecmo game, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage.
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Development, Early Idea, Similarities, Theory
person SOGESNAKE calendar_month September 16, 2013
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James Bond 007: Tomorrow Never Dies
James Bond 007: Tomorrow Never Dies (1999)
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Game studio Rare, who had developed the previous James Bond game GoldenEye 007, were offered to develop the game, but they declined.
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Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 16, 2013
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No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (2010)
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Attachment Kimmy Howell's in-game skirt is longer than the one she wears in her PR Illustrations and concept art. In-game, her skirt is right above her knees, while the one she wears in the illustrations stops at the thigh area and resembles those of a miniskirt.
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Development, Early Idea
person SOGESNAKE calendar_month September 16, 2013
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Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Grabbed by the Ghoulies (2003)
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Attachment It was planned to have a boss-style encounter in the game with the mad scientist Dr. Krackpot, however the developers were short on time. This led to him having a much smaller role in the game.
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Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 16, 2013
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Star Fox Adventures
Star Fox Adventures (2002)
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Attachment Concept artwork for the ShopKeeper, Shabunga, shows him to be more corpulent than compared to how he appears in the final game.
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Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 16, 2013
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Blast Corps
Blast Corps (1997)
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Attachment The cover artwork for the Japanese release, known in Japan as 'BlastDozer', was originally intended to be used for the cover of the Blast Corps comic by Dark Horse Comics, but went unused.
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Development, Early Idea, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 16, 2013
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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
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An ending considered for the game was to have all the characters hugging each other, a juxtaposition to the brutal violence seen throughout the game.
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Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 16, 2013
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It's Mr. Pants
It's Mr. Pants (2004)
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Before choosing to base the game on Rare's mascot, Mr. Pants, other titles considered for the game were Splodge, Nutcracker, Animal Crackers and Sunflower.
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Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 16, 2013
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