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Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 (2007)
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Attachment The Pain Train, a melee weapon used by the Soldier and the Demoman, was originally intended for the Pyro.
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Development, Early Idea
person Antwan calendar_month May 20, 2013
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Silent Hill: Origins
Silent Hill: Origins (2007)
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In the beta videos and screenshots, the game had an over the shoulder camera, similar to that of Resident Evil 4.
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Development, Early Idea
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (2004)
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The dune-buggy that you use on Tyhrranosis comes from an unused race feature planned for the game. One of the race tracks for the game made it to the art phase before being cut fairly early on. Space combat was also supposed to make a return, but was also ultimately cut.
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Development, Early Idea
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Pilotwings 64
Pilotwings 64 (1996)
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Attachment The character Lark was modeled after Nester, the mascot of Nintendo Power and star of the comics "Howard & Nester" and "Nester's Adventures".
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Development, Inspiration
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts (2001)
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Many of the monsters in the game were likely inspired by the works of horror author H.P. Lovecraft.
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Development, Inspiration
person Outofmind23 calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy (2008)
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Matt Damon, who portrayed Jason Bourne in the Bourne films, was originally going to be involved in the game. Damon refused to appear due to creative differences, mainly due to the violence. He had lobbied the game's producers to make the gameplay similar to Myst, instead of a shooter. The producers weren't interested in his suggestion and instead went ahead without using Damon's likeness.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Doritos Crash Course 2
Doritos Crash Course 2 (2013)
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Attachment Official screenshots of the game show a Hong Kong level, and certain Fame Star Challenges mention Hong Kong, yet there are no levels or options for Hong Kong within the game.
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Development, Early Idea
person Funland47 calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
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Attachment Several different versions of the box art for the game were made for different regions. The hand was flipped in the UK, as showing your 2 fingers in the manner shown on the US box art is considered an insult. For the Japanese and German versions, the hand is made to look like the thumb is tucked behind the hand instead of missing.
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Collection: Metal Slug
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Marco Rossi and Fiolina Germi, in addition to her teddy bear Peppino, have their names derived from the 1976 anime series "3000 Leagues in Search of Mother".
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
person Mass Distraction calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Twisted Metal: Small Brawl
Twisted Metal: Small Brawl (2001)
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Axel was originally going to have an ending like the rest of the default characters. However, it was removed due to potential offense it may cause to both paraplegics and black people, as it has Calypso picking on the disabled driver. This may have also been the reason that he was changed from a default character to an unlockable one, as he would have been the only one who did not have an ending.
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Development, Early Idea
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
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Officially, the protagonist's name in this game is "Claude". Hacking into the game's files, one can find a text string saying "DEFNAME = CLAUDE" which not only made it clear his name was Claude, but also hinted at a removed mechanic allowing the player to rename the main character. As a result, many also believe he is Claude Speed, the protagonist of GTA2.

Sam Houser claimed that the GTA3 protagonist did not have a name as he was merely the player's avatar, but would later be named "Claude" as of San Andreas, as everyone had taken to calling him that.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Removed Feature, Suggested, Theory, Unused Content
person MightyKombat calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Persona 4 Arena
Persona 4 Arena (2012)
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The color palate switch was meant to make the playable charters look like past Persona characters, Guilty Gear characters or BlazBlue characters.
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Bonus Content, Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Reference
person Outofmind23 calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
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The game started out as a diffrent game called "Room 302." It is unknown what was changed and when the change was made, but it is believed that the Silent Hill name was added to make sure it would sell.
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Development, Early Idea
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 19, 2013
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Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
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Attachment There were plans of putting a homeless man named Darkel in the game. His missions were to supposedly have you blow up buildings. He was removed after 9/11 attacks, possibly due to the developers thinking Darkel's character was in bad taste. Despite this, Darkel still remains listed in the manual credits and his character remains in the game's data.

Rockstar claimed that Darkel was removed because he did not tonally fit with the rest of the game, and his removal wasn't related to 9/11.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life, Unused Character, Unused Content
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 18, 2013
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Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
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When Left 4 Dead 2 was announced at E3 2009, fan outcry against the game developed into a petition led by two people. Valve responded by inviting the starters of the petition over to their headquarters to get a first-hand look at Left 4 Dead 2. Both founders were impressed and shut down the boycott one month later.
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Development, General, Real Life
person Antwan calendar_month May 17, 2013
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Franchise: Animal Crossing
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The co-director of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Aya Kyogoku, revealed that fans got the wrong idea about Tom Nook, stating that rather than being the greedy antagonist he's perceived to be, Nook is actually a good guy.

We think he [Tom Nook] is very misunderstood. He's just passionate about his business. He's not like a loan shark. He doesn't add a handling fee or anything like that. He can wait as long as it takes for you to pay [him] back. He's not as bad as other people might think he is.
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Development, General
person Chiappini92 calendar_month May 17, 2013
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Dead Rising 2
Dead Rising 2 (2010)
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Attachment The "Goblin Mask" is based on Blanka from Street Fighter.
This is furthered by a combo weapon utilizing this mask and a battery to create a weapon called "Roaring Thunder" which shocks all zombies in radius to the target.
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Development, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Reference
person Psychospacecow calendar_month May 17, 2013
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Halo 4
Halo 4 (2012)
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At the end of the credits, there is a list of names under the title "Heroes Never Die", paying tribute to those who died during the game's development. One of these names is Cade Ainsworth, a 16 year old Halo fan who died of cancer. 343 Industries heard of his passing and placed his name in the game to honor him.
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Development, General, Passed Away, Real Life
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 16, 2013
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ZombiU
ZombiU (2012)
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Attachment Graffiti on a wall near the Hub depicts a monster with tally marks next to it. The graffiti appears to be similar to the enemies of the game's early development title of "Killer Freaks from Outer Space". This could be a reference to the early enemies of the game, or a leftover piece from that development period.
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Development, Early Idea, Easter Egg, Reference
person BolbiusMaximus calendar_month May 16, 2013
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Pokémon Gold Version
Pokémon Gold Version (1999)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Silver Version (Game)
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Attachment Both early artwork of Bellossom and its Gold and Silver artwork show that it was originally a similar color to its other evolutionary relatives. A possible explanation for the change to its current color scheme would be the intention to avoid another racial controversy, as the original Bellossom design appears similar to traditional polynesian dress. However, this is unlikely to be the case.
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Development, Early Idea
person Funland47 calendar_month May 16, 2013
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