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Mother
Mother (1989)
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Attachment Contrary to popular belief, The Legend of Zelda franchise is not the first appearance of the ocarina instrument in a Nintendo franchise. The ocarina first appeared in Mother as the Ocarina of Hope. It’s appearance in the official Mother strategy guide resembles a transverse ocarina, similar to their appearance in the Zelda games.
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Coincidence, General, Similarities
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Franchise: Mario
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As of 2023, Mario has prominently appeared in at least one theatrical film per decade since he was created in 1981:
•1986’s Super Mario Bros: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, which is one of the first film adaptations of a video game.
•1993’s Super Mario Bros, the first live-action film adaptation of a video game.
•2007’s The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a documentary that revolves around Steve Wiebe attempting to usurp Billy Mitchell’s high score on Donkey Kong.
•2015’s Pixels, which incorporates Donkey Kong as the final boss of the film’s climax (alongside Mario making a brief cameo).
•2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is the first video game film to make $1 billion dollars at the box office.

Interestingly, the two films that weren’t direct adaptations of the games, The King of Kong and Pixels, were directed and produced respectively by Seth Gordon, who considered making a 3D film adaptation of Super Paper Mario back in 2008.
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Adaptation, Coincidence, Record
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Franchise: Spyro the Dragon
subdirectory_arrow_right Crash Bandicoot (Franchise)
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Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon have both shared two voice actors. Carlos Alazraqui voiced Crash in a promotional trailer for Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Spyro in the original Spyro the Dragon. Jess Harnell voiced Spyro in Spryo: A Hero's Tail and Crash since Crash Tag Team Racing.
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Coincidence, Voice Acting
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Pac-Man World
Pac-Man World (1999)
subdirectory_arrow_right South Park (Franchise)
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In preview builds of Pac-Man World, H.M.S. Windbag was called "H.M.S. Hanky". The name was changed due to South Park starting around the game's development, and the developers of Pac-Man World wanting to avoid association with the character of Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo.
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Character Design, Coincidence, Early Idea
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Article about Pac-Man World:
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2022/10/07/my-pac-man-world-experience/

The Cutting Room Floor pre-release footage of HMS Hanky:
https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Pac-Man_World_(PlayStation)/E3_1998
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong (1981)
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In a 1984 commercial promoting Donkey Kong-brand cereal, Mario can be heard with a distinctly Italian accent, even saying what would become one of Mario's catchphrases "Here We Go". This predates Charles Martinet portraying Mario with an Italian accent by 7 years.
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Advertisement/Commercial, Coincidence
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Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. (1999)
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Attachment One of Master Hand's attacks has him firing what appear to be golden versions of the Banzai Bill enemies from Super Mario World. These predate the first appearance of a Gold Bullet Bill in the Mario series 3 years later in Super Mario Sunshine. This would also mark one of the few times that one of Master Hand's attacks references another series outside of the Kirby franchise.
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Cameo, Coincidence, Easter Egg, Reference
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DK: Jungle Climber
DK: Jungle Climber (2007)
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Attachment Draglinger, the fourth boss of the game, bears an uncanny resemblance to Spyro the Dragon. Whether this was intentional or not has yet to be confirmed.
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Coincidence, Similarities, Theory
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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong (1981)
subdirectory_arrow_right Mario (Franchise)
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Attachment In 1983, an album was released on vinyl by Kid Stuff Records titled Donkey Kong (alternatively called Donkey Kong Goes Home), retelling the story of the video game of the same name. It is notable for not only potentially being the first time Mario was voiced (having an unknown release date in 1983, which was also the debut year of Saturday Supercade), but also giving Mario a stereotypical Italian accent with an "-a-" verbal tic as opposed to the gruff Italian-American accent that would be used in multimedia projects for the rest of the 80s (including Saturday Supercade), predating Charles Martinet's debut as Mario in Mario Teaches Typing by 8 years. According to Kid Stuff Mario voice actor Pat McBride, the reasoning for this voice direction was

"He was Mario, he had that Italian background, we knew what his occupation was, and we knew he was a really good guy, in my brain, if there were kids in the neighborhood, he’d always pat them on the head and say hi. He’d look out for everyone, so he became the real good guy."

Nintendo never gave the team behind Donkey Kong Goes Home any form of guidance for the project, and did not give any word - positive or negative - about the finished album beyond approving it.
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Coincidence, Merchandise, Multimedia Adaptation, Voice Acting
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Franchise: Pokémon
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Contrary to popular belief, the name "Pikachu" is not derived from the pika (a rodent-like lagomorph found in Japan that gains a yellow tinge in the winter), but rather a Japanese onomatopoeia for an electric spark. It should be noted that pikas are known as "nakiusagi" in Japan.
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Coincidence, Inspiration, Rumor
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Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day
Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day (1994)
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In the "Ice Scream" level of Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day, Earl the Dog can be found as an enemy in the Bigheads' house. The game was released a year before the airing of the Rocko's Modern Life episode "Frog's Best Friend", where Earl was adopted by Bev.
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Adaptation, Coincidence, General
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Gameplay of the third stage "Ice Scream":
https://youtu.be/f1fH7SJQRMk?si=Tc0rDde2UsYwL4KY&;t=1677

Clip from the episode "Frog's Best Friend":
https://youtu.be/rpkda2A_5uA?si=andJJcLd_-JjUqh3
Overwatch
Overwatch (2016)
subdirectory_arrow_right Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Game), Pikmin 4 (Game), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass (Game), Pokémon Shining Pearl (Game), Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (Game), Yoshi's Crafted World (Game)
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Coincidence, Hoax, Meme, Rumor, Similarities, Theory, Title
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Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country (1994)
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Attachment In the episode "Never Koop a Koopa" from the animated series "The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3", King Koopa wears a red cape towards the end of the episode, giving him a passing resemblance to King K. Rool. However, this is purely coincidental, as King K. Rool debuted four years after this episode aired in 1990, and in early concept art from around this time K. Rool looked much different. Incidentally, the cartoon version of King Koopa shares K. Rool's similar habit of wearing thematic costumes, and Bowser and his Koopa Troop would take up the Kremlings' usual role of stealing Donkey Kong's banana hoard during the Subspace Emissary story mode in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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Coincidence, Similarities, Theory
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The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 - Never Koop a Koopa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RENsLRjMs_Y

Early concept art of King K. Rool before Donkey Kong Country:
https://www.unseen64.net/2017/12/27/jonny-blastoff-kremling-armada-rare-pc-cancelled/

Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Subspace Emmisary cutscene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87rWrI9BtHc
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Hello Kitty Island Adventure (2023)
subdirectory_arrow_right Hello Kitty Online (Game), South Park (Franchise)
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Hello Kitty Island Adventure shares a title with a joke game mentioned in "Make Love, Not Warcraft", a 2006 episode of South Park. According to a Sanrio representative, this was merely a coincidence, although Sanrio did reference the name once before during an April Fool's blog post regarding the then-upcoming MMORPG Hello Kitty Online in 2008.
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April Fools, Coincidence, Real Life, Reference, Similarities, Theory
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)
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On September 8, 2022, the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II died, starting a national mourning period of ten days. In that time, rumors began to circulate that Nintendo had postponed a planned Nintendo Direct in response to the news. On September 12, the Direct was formally revealed to air worldwide the next day, although it was not livestreamed in the UK. Instead, it was published as an on-demand video on Nintendo UK's YouTube channel at a later time. This Direct featured the full title reveal for the then-untitled Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, revealing the game's subtitle to be "Tears of the Kingdom". This led to even more speculation that the poor timing of this subtitle being the name of one of Nintendo's most anticipated games at the time coinciding with the Queen's death was what resulted in the Direct being delayed, rather than doing so purely out of respect. It wouldn't be until October 3 for Nintendo UK to begin their own promotion of the game, long after the mourning period ended.
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Coincidence, General, Mistake, Real Life, Regional Difference, Rumor, Suggested, Theory, Version Difference
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Mega Man X
Mega Man X (1993)
subdirectory_arrow_right Mega Man X8 (Game)
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Attachment Contrary to popular belief that Vile's character design was inspired by bounty hunter Boba Fett from the Star Wars franchise, and that his Japanese name VAVA (ヴァヴァ) was changed to Vile for the international release out of fear of a lawsuit from Lucasfilm (due to the letters "B" and "V" sometimes being used interchangeably in Japanese causing the name to appear too similar to "Boba"), Capcom character designer TOM-PON stated in a 2012 interview that VAVA's design was actually inspired by the character Bubba Zanetti (ババ・ザネッティ, transliterated as Baba Zanetti) from the 1979 film "Mad Max". Coincidentally, as VAVA is renamed Vile outside Japan, this would also result in Dr. Weil's name being transliterated as such from Dr. Vile in order to avoid confusion with him.

In Mega Man X8, Vile's primary color scheme was intentionally changed from purple to green, which more closely resembles Boba Fett, and may be a reference to their similarities.
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Character Design, Coincidence, Development, Etymology, Inspiration, Reference, Regional Difference, Rumor
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Part 19 of a Capcom USA interview with TOM-PON:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVEfMIIGh6o

Mega Man X8 Vile color scheme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C13NnSgZosw
NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC
NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC (1999)
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The Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast versions of NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC contain secret text in their code that some may find to humorously juxtapose one another.

•The Nintendo 64 version contains the text "An Alan Smithee Game", referring to a pseudonym used by filmmakers to disown a project they don't want to be associated with.
•The Dreamcast version contains the text "Joe Rules", likely a signature referring to either programmer Joe Barnes, artist Joe Williamson, or both.
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Coincidence, Console Difference, Credits, Easter Egg, Hidden Credit, Unused Content, Unused Text, Version Difference
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Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (2015)
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One music track exclusive to the stage Woodland Battle is titled Beware the Forest Fungus. This name may be a reference to the music track from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Beware the Forest's Mushrooms, but this may be a coincidence.
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Coincidence, Easter Egg, Music, Reference
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies (2013)
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Attachment Juniper Woods' stage outfit for when she was going to sing the Guitar's Serenade during the Gavinner's return concert is almost exactly the same as Lamiroir's, who originally sang the same song in Ace Attoreny: Apollo Justice. Weirdly enough, neither Apollo, Trucy nor Klavier make any mentions of the fact despite having met Lamiroir.

The artbook "The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies" by Udon Entertainment expands upon this. In-universe, the similarities are purely coincidental, as Juniper just so happened to design the exact same costume that Lamiroir wore during the previous game. Out-of-universe, however, it was done to tie into the sub-plot about Juniper's crush on Apollo Justice, as it allowed for a cutscene where she gains "brownie points" with Justice, who is a fan of Lamiroir's music.
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Artwork/Illustration, Backstory/Lore, Coincidence, Easter Egg, General, Reference
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Archived VGFacts forum thread:
https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-1496.html

(2015). "The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies -". UDON. ISBN 978-1927925447.
Madden NFL 15
Madden NFL 15 (2014)
subdirectory_arrow_right Madden NFL 15 (Game), Madden NFL 99 (Game), Madden (Franchise)
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The Madden curse was an urban legend which claimed that athletes who appeared on the box of Madden games would either under-perform or sustain an injury in the season following their game's release. After a 16-year streak of "bad luck" starting from Garrison Hearst's appearance on the box of Madden NFL 99 in 1998, the first Madden game to feature a cover athlete and not John Madden himself, the "curse" would finally be broken in 2014, when Calvin Johnson managed to have one of the best seasons in his career following his appearance on the box of Madden NFL 15. Although the streak ended, the curse would strike sporadically over the continuing years, but so far has not begun another continuing streak of bad luck. In 2010, a film adaptation of the Madden curse was announced by EA, but no news has surfaced on it since and it was presumably cancelled.
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Cancelled Release, Coincidence, First, General, Meme, Multimedia Adaptation, Real Life, Theory, Unreleased Content
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[Below sources provided by Rocko & Heffer.]

Article on Madden curse's history with list of "cursed" NFL players:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/what-is-the-madden-curse/

Film announcement:
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/ea-cultivating-madden-curse/
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