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Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
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Attachment The original boxart did not feature Link or Pikachu, and instead featured Mario being attacked by Bowser's Fire Breath move.
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Box Art, Development, Early Idea, General
person ClaudX calendar_month April 24, 2013
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Metroid II: Return of Samus
Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)
subdirectory_arrow_right Metroid II: Return of Samus DX (Game)
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Attachment There was a rumored Game Boy Color port of the game called "Metroid II: Return of Samus DX" featured once in the German gaming magazine "Club Nintendo" that was claimed to make use of the Game Boy Color's vast color-palette. However, the game never released and its existence has been contested by a testimony from Nintendo of America translator Dan Owsen who was unaware of plans for the port, suggesting that the screenshot featured in the magazine may be a mock-up.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Rumor, Theory
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month April 24, 2013
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Crash Team Racing
Crash Team Racing (1999)
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Ripper Roo was originally going to speak fluent English. This was dropped for unknown reasons and was replaced with his manic laughter along with subtitles. The original recordings can still be found hidden within the game's code.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Audio, Unused Content
person HolySka1991 calendar_month April 24, 2013
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Mother 3
Mother 3 (2006)
subdirectory_arrow_right EarthBound 64 (Game)
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Attachment Mother 3 was originally going to be a 3D game for the Nintendo 64 DD add-on. Dubbed "Earthbound 64" by fans, the game was delayed several times due to the little experience the development team had with 3D games. The game would have possibly utilized the N64 DD's features and would also possibly use Mario Artist to create new in-game character faces. The Rumble Pak was also considered to be used during battle sequences. Due to the commercial failure of the N64 DD, the game was canceled but later recreated for the Game Boy Advance.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month April 24, 2013
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Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve (1998)
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This game was made to be a sequel to the novel of the same name by Hideaki Sena.
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Development, Early Idea, General
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month April 24, 2013
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No More Heroes
No More Heroes (2007)
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Attachment According to concept art, Destroyman was originally named "Justice".
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Development, Early Idea
person Hipserious calendar_month April 24, 2013
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Rayman Origins
Rayman Origins (2011)
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Attachment In the level Golly G. Golem, there is a Golem boss you must fight to progress. In the first teaser trailer for Rayman Origins, Rayman and Globox can be seen fighting a green, mossy version of the Golem which never appears in the final game. The cover of the game still features this early design for the character.
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Development, Early Idea
person Bean101 calendar_month April 23, 2013
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Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter IV (2008)
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Attachment Rufus' original concept art is completely different when compared to his final design. He was shown to be much slender, African American and wore martial artist robes with the words "King Cobra" on the belt. The final design was chosen because the developers wanted to leave an impression on players with his obese appearance and set him apart from the other characters.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month April 23, 2013
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Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007)
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In the original version of Metroid Prime 3, Admiral Dane shouts, "Damn! They're targeting the planetary-defense system." The word "Damn" was replaced with "No" in the Metroid Prime Trilogy though, likely to remove a possible swear word from the game.
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Censorship, Development, Release Difference, Version Difference
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month April 22, 2013
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Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2 (2001)
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There is persistent butterfly and moth symbolism surrounding Maria, who has a butterfly tattoo on her abdomen. Spoiler:Butterflies are seen as a symbol of rebirth in some cultures. Since she is supposed to be the reborn image of Mary, she could be seen as a butterfly. Likewise, moths are seen as a symbol of death, and Maria transforms into a swarm of black moths for the final boss. This parallels how James killed Mary.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month April 22, 2013
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Dead Rising
Dead Rising (2006)
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Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month April 22, 2013
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Franchise: .Hack
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Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, the creator of the protagonist, Kite, stated that when creating Kite, he based his proportions on Naruto, a character from the popular anime series. At the time, he had no idea that CyberConnect 2 would eventually purchase the rights to the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person PheonixGRX calendar_month April 22, 2013
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Kid Kirby
Kid Kirby (TBA)
subdirectory_arrow_right Kirby (Franchise)
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Attachment A prequel to the Kirby series titled "Kid Kirby" was being developed for the SNES by DMA Design, now Rockstar North. The game was a platformer featuring a younger Kirby which would've utilized the SNES Mouse peripheral, however the game was canceled supposedly due to the mouse not selling well.
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Development, Early Idea
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month April 22, 2013
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Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004)
subdirectory_arrow_right New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes (Game)
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One of the early tech demos for the Wii in 2005 was a re-tooled version of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It was the most advanced of the 8 available demos and was the only game to incorporate the Nunchuk. It took one developer two months to complete the demo for the Tokyo Game Show. The game would later be fully ported to the Wii in 2009.
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Demo, Development
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month April 22, 2013
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Silent Hill HD Collection
Silent Hill HD Collection (2012)
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Attachment Unlike most HD Collections and HD Remasters of games, Silent Hill HD Collection made a number of changes to the core game, including the following from Silent Hill 2:

• The street and sidewalks textures have been changed to look much cleaner.
• The video tape in one of the game's cutscenes is now bordered by a TV screen rather than showing up full-screen.
• The cutscenes are stretched horizontally to appear as widescreen.
• The distances on the sign at the beginning have been altered.

These changes are most likely made because the team was working with unfinished code and had to recreate much of the game.
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Development, General, Release Difference, Version Difference
person Hipserious calendar_month April 22, 2013
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Franchise: Professor Layton
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The character Phoenix Wright (from the Ace Attorney series) influenced the creation of Professor Layton's protagonist and namesake. Level-5, the developer of the Professor Layton series, "researched the good and bad points of Phoenix Wright [and] developed the good points".
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Development, Inspiration
person JoTS calendar_month April 22, 2013
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Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (1997)
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In an interview with Media Snobs, Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning admitted that Abe was intentionally made to "stand out from the crowd" with his cowardly and dim-witted nature.

"Now back in the 90's the day was filled with muscle bound prepubescent designs of "heroes" that justified shooting everything but didn't really stand for anything that had a modicum of conscious intelligence behind it. No offense to the creators, who I love and had fun with their games, but I'm just calling it how the rest of the world sees it. Or in the opposite gender direction, there was the quickly over saturated anorexic huge bosom sex bomb with a gun. So yeah, we didn't want our heroes to be in those categories, and those were the dominating categories. So we were definitely aiming for separation from the trends."
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Development, Inspiration
person Hipserious calendar_month April 22, 2013
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Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1988)
subdirectory_arrow_right Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Game)
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Attachment In the arcade version the main boss was named Lucifer, while in the console versions he was named Loki. This change was made to reduce the strong religious reference to the biblical Satan.
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Censorship, Console Difference, Development, General, Version Difference
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month April 22, 2013
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Splatterhouse
Splatterhouse (1988)
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Attachment All of the religious symbolism in the game was either replaced (such as the cross boss and the grave at the end of the game) or removed (such as the alter in the church). Strangely, even though the alter was removed and the church was turned into a long hallway, the church music still plays, and the candles from the alter are now floating.
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Censorship, Development, General, Music
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month April 22, 2013
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Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia (1989)
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The game's developer, Jordan Mechner, wanted the prince's movements be as fluent and life like as possible. To do this, he video taped his brother, David, going through the prince's motions and rotoscoped each frame into the game.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month April 22, 2013
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