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During the scene where Spoiler:: Vincent and Leo arrive at Garden Hill Medical Center to search for Vincent's wife Carol, an NPC can be found standing in front of a vending machine who is voiced by the director of the game Josef Fares. When approached by Leo, if the player chooses the response "You need help", Fares' NPC will end the conversation with the line "Fuck the Oscars!", a direct reference to a remark Fares made in an interview with Geoff Keighley during The Game Awards 2017.
One of the primary Western influences of Ace Attorney is the American crime drama series "Columbo", of which series creator Shu Takumi is a professed fan, and who based his character profiles on the sharpness and secrecy of Lieutenant Columbo:
"I don't touch upon Phoenix's past in the games, and the players don't even know where his parents are. Fans often ask me about the birthdate of a character, or their bloodtype or favorite food, but I don't talk about them on purpose. On the other hand, my own personality might be shining through my characters... In the game, Phoenix's thoughts are shown as monologue, but those inner monologues are just my own, personal thoughts. So when people say "Phoenix is actually quite sarcastic", they're actually talking about me (laugh)."
In the 2015 interview the above quote came from, Takahiro Ookura, writer of the Japanese crime drama series "Enter Lieutenant Fukuie", commented afterwards:
"I can feel the influence of "Columbo" in "Ace Attorney". For example, there's the thing with the IV drops in "Turnabout Succession", episode 4 of "Ace Attorney 4". I won't go into details, but the part where it goes "the only way you can know about this if you were there at that time", that's a type of logic often used in "Columbo"."
Additionally, the character design for Detective Dick Gumshoe is likely modeled off of Columbo's actor Peter Falk; Gumshoe's squint and uneven eyebrows mirror those of Falk, whose signature squint was the result of using an artificial right eyeball stemming from a childhood eye surgery.
The name of the main boss Kronika may be a reference to Chronos, the personification of time in pre-Socratic philosophy, often mistaken with the ruler of the Titans in Greek Mythology, Cronus. While this is a recurring historical and philosophical mistake, this might have inspired the idea that Kronika is a Titan, much like Cronus. Additionally, the word "Kronika" is a Czech and Slovenian cognate which translated to English means "Chronicle".
In the Japanese release of the game, there is hidden meaning in the game's ending. Spoiler:Big Boss is portrayed by voice actor Chikao Ōtsuka; father of Spoiler:Solid Snake's voice actor Akio Ōtsuka.
Hideo Kojima has claimed that the two had fallen out years before and had not spoken to one another since, and Kojima intentionally cast Chikao in the game hoping to help patch things up between the two.
In Virtua Fighter 3tb, it's possible for the player to summon the train from Sarah's Subway stage in the background of the Desert City stage. In order to do this, the player must play as Jeffry, highlight the Desert City stage, hold Start on a second controller and let the stage select timer count down. When the match starts, perform Jeffry's throw command "Toe Kick of Doom". If done correctly, a train will rise up in the background and fly around the skybox of the stage until the end of the match.
The flying train is most likely a reference to Leiji Matsumoto's manga series Galaxy Express 999.
Hidden in the background of the song "Adam's Apartment" used in that area, a quiet, distorted sample of dialogue spoken by actress Sean Young from the 1982 film "Blade Runner" can be heard, specifically the scene where Deckard meets Rachael after a replicant owl flies across the room and she asks him "Do you like our owl?"
In Operation 002-C, if you fail Wonder Pink's quick-time event near the end of the mission, Wonder Pink will pull out her phone and start having a sped up conversation. Failing this event 10 times in a row will actually play the conversation in normal speed and reveal that she is talking to Wonder-Cheerleader.
Wonder Pink: Oh my god! What's happening girl? Wonder-Cheerleader: Nothing, girl. Wonder Pink: How's Joe? Wonder-Cheerleader: He's good, but he stood me up last night! Said something about the last movie in a red hot trilogy! Wonder Pink: He did what? Tell him to quit going to the movies all the time. Such a deadbeat! Wonder-Cheerleader: I know. Wonder Pink: No, I do not think he is red hot... You are a crazy girl.
This conversation heavily implies that beyond physical similarities, Wonder-Cheerleader is actually Silvia from another Hideki Kamiya directed series Viewtiful Joe (both characters are voiced by Christina Pucelli), and that “Silvianne Lumiere“ is just an alias. This is also referencing the unmade third game in the intended Viewtiful Joe trilogy.
Raz's Archetype is voiced by Rosearik Rikki Simons, the voice of GIR from the American animated series "Invader Zim", as a direct compliment to Raz's voice actor Richard Steven Horvitz, who was the voice of the titular Zim, in order to recreate their character dynamic from the series.
The last two sets of challenges in Paprika World in Challenge Land are named "Wario... Where?" and substitute the Rhythm Heaven characters for guest appearances by characters from the WarioWare series, a nod to how both series share the same artist and character designer Ko Takeuchi.
On a bulletin board in the room with security monitors that's shut off when Leon sees Ashley, there's an image of a hamster-like monster. This is actually taken from the cover art of Bloodwych, a 1989 RPG dungeon crawler, originally developed for the Commodore 64 and eventually released on half a dozen 8-bit home computer systems.
A secret boss can be found in the third part of the game's eighth and final chapter Orbital Oblivion, though its existence remained widely unknown for seven years following the game's release until footage of how to reach it was uploaded to YouTube in 2009.
In order to access the boss, Spoiler:first collect all Nukes in the game on Hard difficulty to unlock the X-3000, an automatic "lightning gun" that can target all on-screen enemies. Next, replay the third part of Orbital Oblivion collecting all Nukes again, and then make your way to Mech Morphix's giant Duke cyborg. On the second floor housing its moving arm, there is a path in front of it with two large green vials, one of which is knocked over, and can now be used to access the boss.Spoiler:Going down the path will transport Duke to a barren, rocky platform in outer space, with Earth close by in the background and the secret boss floating in front of him, a giant green orb of energy named Wozma, a parody of the superboss Ozma from Final Fantasy IX. Defeating the boss will send Duke back to its entrance in front of the cyborg arm.
During the "Tali: Treason" Loyalty Mission, Shepard is introduced to Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib, with the "vas Qwib-Qwib" part referring to the ship he lives in following his Pilgrimage away from the fleet. If Shepard further questions Zaal'Koris about the Qwib-Qwib and why he has not changed its name to something less embarrassing, he comments about possible alternative names like "the Defrahnz" or "the Iktomi". Spoiler:Putting those names next to the "vas" title creates the names "vas Defrahnz" and "vas Iktomi", referencing the vas deferens and the related term vasectomy respectively.
The Qwib-Qwib ship itself may also be a direct reference to the ship of the same name from Fred Saberhagen's science-fiction novel series "Berserker".
Eely-Mouth, the giant eel boss in Noki City, has an esophagus and stomach modeled with a significant amount of polygons. However, the game's camera never travels inside the eel at any point during the boss battle, leaving its detailed innards unseen during normal gameplay.
In the ninth level of Chapter 2 "Beauty and the Electric Tentacle", a Beauty Goo is stuck on a large Goo line. If you can make the Beauty Goo roll backwards off of the line, she will fall down an invisible pathway with very strong airflow and explode in an invisible tube. The Goos will fall down onto ground below the boundary line, and a torch-lit wall can be seen with a mysterious drawing of a Goo ball connected in a bond by three lines and two formulas written near it. A sign can also be found below that reads:
Spoiler:"It's so simple." - the original Sign Painter
The formulas on the wall appear to be for the force of Gravity (Fg = m*g) and the Spring force (Fs=k*x) of one Goo bond. Assuming there is a damping term (Fd = d*v), the system the elastic physics of one Goo bond operates under would be a damped simple harmonic oscillator.
There is an achievement for finding this Easter egg in the Steam and Games for Windows – Live versions of the game called "Subversive Traveler".
At the start of Chapter 7 after destroying two of Stefano's paintings, Sebastian can backtrack to O'Neal's Safe House and trigger a secret conversation with him featuring the following pun:
O'Neal: "I told you I wasn't going to leave this place. It's fucking EVIL out there." Sebastian: "That may be... Spoiler:But there's EVIL WITHIN, TOO..."
Both characters then momentarily turn and look toward the player before O'Neal quickly ends the conversation.
A localized version of this secret for the game's Japanese release, which was released under the name "Psycho Break 2", also exists:
O'Neal: "I rather stay here doing a DANCE seriously." Sebastian: "You're DANCING? Spoiler:That's the BEST BREAK though..." "おまえかダンスだって? Spoiler:そりゃ最高にブレイクだな... 最高にブレイク" (SAIKOU NI BUREIKU/PSYCHO BREAK)
In the Galbadia Missile Base control room, while in the "Equipment" section of the launch configuration panel, you can simultaneously press V/B/Up/Down (PC version) or Triangle/Square/Up/Down (PlayStation version) to view animations of an Elite Soldier and a G-Soldier dancing. Rinoa will laugh and comment on each animation.
In the Kitchen of Max's house, there is a bright white picture hanging on the wall opposite to the Kitchen door with the words "Dark Chronicle" written on it. Dark Chronicle is the original name of the game and the one used for its Japanese and European releases. In North America and South Korea however, the game was released as "Dark Cloud 2".
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After leaving the Neighbor's house for the first time near the start of the game, a number between 1 and 13 known as the "WTF value" is generated in the game's code. This value functions similarly to the "fun value" in Undertale and decides the outcome of multiple events in the game. A full list of known WTF value events (as of February 5, 2021) can be found in the attached picture and source link.
If the WTF value generated is 13, an event near the end of the game Spoiler:will feature the hidden dialogue "I fucking love air conditioning." This is the only expletive in the game's script.
If you stare at a Boo for around 13 seconds, the Boo will make a funny face back. If you stare at a Big Boo for around 25 seconds, the Big Boo will briefly peek out from hiding in its hands to see if you are still looking.
In April 2021, programmer Matt Phillips revealed on Twitter that he included a complete native 4K port of TimeSplitters 2 in Homefront: The Revolution as an unlockable Easter egg in the same arcade machine used to access the first two levels which were previously found in 2016. Despite Phillips stating he lost the code to unlock the full port, Microsoft employee Spencer Perreault replied to Phillips with the correct code a few days later, and with its recovery several other codes to access much of the game's modes and content were discovered by fans.
While it is currently unknown how to access TimeSplitters 2's co-op mode, Phillips suggested that if someone could hack two or more arcade machines into a co-op map in Homefront: The Revolution, the game should boot to TimeSplitters 2's multiplayer menu.
A complete guide on how to unlock the port and known codes (as of April 9, 2021) is included in the source link.
One of the primary Western influences of Ace Attorney is the American crime drama series "Columbo", of which series creator Shu Takumi is a professed fan, and who based his character profiles on the sharpness and secrecy of Lieutenant Columbo:
In Virtua Fighter 3tb, it's possible for the player to summon the train from Sarah's Subway stage in the background of the Desert City stage. In order to do this, the player must play as Jeffry, highlight the Desert City stage, hold Start on a second controller and let the stage select timer count down. When the match starts, perform Jeffry's throw command "Toe Kick of Doom". If done correctly, a train will rise up in the background and fly around the skybox of the stage until the end of the match.
In Operation 002-C, if you fail Wonder Pink's quick-time event near the end of the mission, Wonder Pink will pull out her phone and start having a sped up conversation. Failing this event 10 times in a row will actually play the conversation in normal speed and reveal that she is talking to Wonder-Cheerleader.
The last two sets of challenges in Paprika World in Challenge Land are named "Wario... Where?" and substitute the Rhythm Heaven characters for guest appearances by characters from the WarioWare series, a nod to how both series share the same artist and character designer Ko Takeuchi.
On a bulletin board in the room with security monitors that's shut off when Leon sees Ashley, there's an image of a hamster-like monster. This is actually taken from the cover art of Bloodwych, a 1989 RPG dungeon crawler, originally developed for the Commodore 64 and eventually released on half a dozen 8-bit home computer systems.
Eely-Mouth, the giant eel boss in Noki City, has an esophagus and stomach modeled with a significant amount of polygons. However, the game's camera never travels inside the eel at any point during the boss battle, leaving its detailed innards unseen during normal gameplay.
In the ninth level of Chapter 2 "Beauty and the Electric Tentacle", a Beauty Goo is stuck on a large Goo line. If you can make the Beauty Goo roll backwards off of the line, she will fall down an invisible pathway with very strong airflow and explode in an invisible tube. The Goos will fall down onto ground below the boundary line, and a torch-lit wall can be seen with a mysterious drawing of a Goo ball connected in a bond by three lines and two formulas written near it. A sign can also be found below that reads:
In the Kitchen of Max's house, there is a bright white picture hanging on the wall opposite to the Kitchen door with the words "Dark Chronicle" written on it. Dark Chronicle is the original name of the game and the one used for its Japanese and European releases. In North America and South Korea however, the game was released as "Dark Cloud 2".
If you stare at a Boo for around 13 seconds, the Boo will make a funny face back. If you stare at a Big Boo for around 25 seconds, the Big Boo will briefly peek out from hiding in its hands to see if you are still looking.
