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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)
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The alternate name of the Patriots, the La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo, was chosen because the English 'L' sound does not exist in the Japanese phonetic alphabet, making it impossible to say. However, since there is no such sound that cannot be pronounced in the English phonetic alphabet, the concept could not be translated over.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person DannyHope95 calendar_month July 6, 2013
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Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country (1994)
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Early in development, Cranky had a much nicer personality compared to his mean spirited one he has in game.
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Development, Early Idea
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month July 6, 2013
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Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
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Attachment The musician Tom Novy was set to appear in the game along with his song "Back To The Streets" but both were cut from final release. However, his model can still be found in the files.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Music, Real Life, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month July 5, 2013
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Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
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Attachment Originally the Triads had black outfits and tattoos.
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Development, Early Idea
person ClaudX calendar_month July 5, 2013
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Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (2001)
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Munch's Oddysee was originally going to be released for the PlayStation 2, with different level layouts, enemies, cutscenes, and areas, but was scrapped and put on the Xbox.

The idea to move the game to Xbox was based on the development team not only wanting to use a more powerful console, which would allow them to flesh out the world better, but also thinking it would be a better long term plan to publish the games on the console. Microsoft even worked with Oddworld Inhabitants to help make the Xbox better for them to work on it.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person Frazzle calendar_month July 4, 2013
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Loom
Loom (1990)
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Attachment The game is actually an interpretation of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. It even features many songs from the ballet.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Music, Reference
person Chronoblazer calendar_month July 4, 2013
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Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2012)
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Attachment During early development, Isabelle didn't have a real name, but was instead referred to as simply "Secretary" (ひしょ, Hisho). In the Japanese final release, her name is Shizu (しずえ), likely as a reference to her breed of dog, a Shih Tzu.
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Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
person Ghost calendar_month July 4, 2013
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Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
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Attachment Early screenshots show that buses were originally supposed to appear in-game.
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Development, Early Idea
person ClaudX calendar_month July 4, 2013
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Back to the Future
Back to the Future (1989)
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According to Bob Gale, co-creator of the Back to the Future series, the game's publisher "LJN" didn't want any input from the film's creators, however promised to show it to them when it was ready. Gale disagreed with what was shown to him and wanted it changed but was told that it was too late. Gale later told fans to not purchase it because of how bad it was.
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Development, General, Real Life
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month July 4, 2013
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Franchise: Pokémon
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The first 4 regions are based on real life Japan.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person Funland47 calendar_month July 3, 2013
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Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (2002)
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Attachment At one point in development, ZUN intended to add a third playable character, Rin Satsuki; however, she was dropped from the final game due to time constraints. The sole remnants of her are two strings of text in the game's code, which reveal that she would've wielded Flower Sign (Type A) and Flower Sign (Type B) Spell Cards.

For years, fans speculated that Satsuki's official design was a circle cut illustration showcased at Comiket 62 in 2002. However, in 2014, doujin artist Rian Sakuragi revealed on Twitter that the artwork was simply a standard "poster girl" with no relation to Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. Nine years later, ZUN revealed in a talk at Tokai High School that he did indeed draft a design for Satsuki, though it was never publicly shown off.
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Artwork/Illustration, Development, Early Idea, Rumor, Theory, Unused Character, Unused Code, Unused Content
person TailsFiraga calendar_month July 3, 2013
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Metroid: Other M
Metroid: Other M (2010)
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Attachment The Head Quarantine Officer instructing Samus through her training sequence during the beginning is voice acted in English by Nate Bihldorf. Nate localized Metroid Zero Mission and contributed on Metroid Prime 2 & 3. In an interview by ShineSparkers, Nate explains his experience, "I thought I sounded like a nerd - but that's what Mr. Sakamoto was looking for, so I guess I'd call it a resounding success." The Quarantine Officer has an uncanny visual resemblance to Dan Owsen who narrated the opening of Super Metroid: "The last Metroid is in captivity. The Galaxy is at Peace...".
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Development, General, Real Life, Similarities, Theory
person Untitled1 calendar_month July 3, 2013
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Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime (2002)
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Attachment There is an unused scan image of what looks like a Shinesparking Samus. In an interview with Retro Studios, it was revealed that they were considering implementing the Speed Booster and Shinespark, but due to the difficulties implementing it, it was scrapped.
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Development, Early Idea, Removed Feature, Unused Content
person Outofmind23 calendar_month July 2, 2013
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Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat (1992)
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Raiden's look and moves were based on Lightning from the movie Big Trouble in Little China.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month July 1, 2013
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Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (2002)
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The main villain of the game, Mech Morphix, was planned to be Dr. Proton from the first Duke Nukem. However, he was planned to appear in Duke Nukem Forever and, unwilling to cause continuity clashes with both games, the developers decided to replace the character.
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Development, Early Idea
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month July 1, 2013
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Super Mario 64 DS
Super Mario 64 DS (2004)
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In the game's data, replacing a file called "0000_PLAYER" with another file spawns a clone of the player that follows his movements. It takes on the appearance of Mario, but will shift into a different character when hit (spawning with a Mario cap).
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Code, Unused Content
person Shadowmane calendar_month July 1, 2013
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League of Legends
League of Legends (2009)
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If Evelynn is seen by an enemy champion while in stealth, Evelynn will have an exclamation symbol as made famous by the Metal Gear Solid series.
The developer of the Stealth rework also claimed to get the idea of the rework from the Metal Gear Solid series.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
person GladiatorGr calendar_month July 1, 2013
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Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (2010)
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This game was supposed to use mugshots during dialogue scenes, as did Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, but they went unused. The final game uses full portraits instead, just like the original Japan-only Coded mobile game did.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person WhiteSamurott calendar_month July 1, 2013
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Epic Mickey
Epic Mickey (2010)
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The Lonesome Manor is not based on any one Haunted Mansion Ride but all of them. Plus, there are three cameos from past Disney characters. A painting of Chernabog (the demon from Night of Bald Mountain from the movie Fantasia), Madam Leona (the head in the Crystal Ball), and The Lonesome Ghosts (from Mickey Mouse Cartoons).
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Cameo, Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person Outofmind23 calendar_month July 1, 2013
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Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (2012)
subdirectory_arrow_right Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix (Game)
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Some unused 3D models and an image of the demo of Kingdom Hearts 3DS: Dream Drop Distance's logo can be found in the Japan-only Final Mix re-release of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, suggesting that Dream Drop Distance uses a modified Birth By Sleep graphical engine.
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Development, Suggested, Theory, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person WhiteSamurott calendar_month July 1, 2013
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