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In AI: The Somnium Files, during the chapter PSYNCIN' IN THE SUSTaiN, Aiba can interact with a wall of signatures and examine 3 specific autographs marked as "Left," "Middle," or "Right." Selecting these options give the following:• Left - For 99 seconds, an autograph from someone named "Hongo" is shown. Aiba notes that she can't "picture the face" and a jingle plays.
• Middle - For 78 seconds, an autograph from someone named "Enoshima" is shown, featuring drawings of a black bear and a white bear. Aiba remarks that she "hopes" to find out who that is, and a second jingle plays.
• Right - For 12 seconds, an autograph from someone named "Mikimoto" is shown. Aiba describes him as "a photographer with some sort of beard like a mountain man" and a third jingle plays.
All 3 of these options are references to the games Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, and Kamaitachi no Yoru (renamed Banshee's Last Cry in the iOS English release). These games were all developed by Chunsoft or Spike (before the merger), and the jingles used are audio themes used in each game. These specific references are about Spoiler:the respective villains of each of those games, and doing all 3 of these options unlocks the achievement "Crazy Awful Customers."
• 999 - Spoiler:References Gentaro Hongou, nicknamed Ace, the antagonist of the First Nonary Game. He has prosopagnosia, a disorder that prevents someone from recognizing faces. The 99 seconds references the title of the game, shortened to 999.
• Danganronpa - Spoiler:References Junko Enoshima, the mastermind of the "Killing School Life" death game who controls Monokuma. She holds the title "Ultimate Despair," and her goal is to abolish "Hope." The 78 seconds references her class at Hope's Peak Academy, Class 78.
• KnY/BLC - Spoiler:References Yosuke Mikimoto (named Jonas Faberge in the iOS English release), the culprit of the murders at the skiing lodge. His disguise involves wearing a fake beard to appear as a mountaineering photographer. The 12 seconds references the 12 people staying at the skiing lodge, or perhaps the 12 potential victims that Mikimoto can kill in bad endings.
References in AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7OxFceHFqA
Gentaro Hongou page in Zero Escape Wiki (spoilers):
https://zeroescape.fandom.com/wiki/Gentarou_Hongou
Junko Enoshima page in Danganronpa Wiki (spoilers):
https://danganronpa.fandom.com/wiki/Junko_Enoshima
Footage from a Good Ending in Kamaitachi no Yoru fan translation (spoilers):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx-wJ3h1wAw?t=19253
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7OxFceHFqA
Gentaro Hongou page in Zero Escape Wiki (spoilers):
https://zeroescape.fandom.com/wiki/Gentarou_Hongou
Junko Enoshima page in Danganronpa Wiki (spoilers):
https://danganronpa.fandom.com/wiki/Junko_Enoshima
Footage from a Good Ending in Kamaitachi no Yoru fan translation (spoilers):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx-wJ3h1wAw?t=19253
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Many of the game's equipment items, enemies, and levels are named after popular music:
• The Feedbacker is named after the 2003 album by Japanese drone metal band Boris at Last.
• Whiplash is named after the 1983 song of the same name by American thrash metal band Metallica.
• Schism is named after the 2001 song by American progressive metal band Tool.
• Streetcleaner is named after the 1989 album by English industrial metal band Godflesh.
• In "Overture: The Mouth to Hell", V1's bootup sequence dates their firmware to the year 2112, referencing the 1976 album by Canadian progressive rock band Rush.
• "1-1: Heart of the Sunrise" is named after the 1971 song by English progressive rock band Yes.
• "1-2: The Burning World" is named after the 1989 album by American experimental rock band Swans.
• "1-3: Halls of Sacred Remains" plays on the song "House of Sacred Remains" from the soundtrack to Castlevania: Lament of Innocence.
• "1-4: Clair de Lune" is named after the third movement from French impressionist composer Claude Debussy's Suite bergamasque. "4-3: Clair de Soleil" further plays on the song, replacing "lune" (moon) with "soleil" (sun).
• "2-1: Bridgeburner" is named after the 2015 song by American heavy metal band Mutoid Man.
• "2-2: Death at 20,000 Volts" is named after the Tokyo Nightclub 20000V.
• "2-3: Sheer Heart Attack" is named after the 1974 album and 1977 song by English glam rock group Queen.
• "2-4: Court of the Corpse King" is a play on the 1969 song "The Court of the Crimson King" by English progressive rock group King Crimson.
• "2-5: All-Imperfect Love Song" is named after the 2002 song by Japanese electronic musician World's End Girlfriend.
• "3-1: Belly of the Beast" is named after the 2014 song by English experimental musician Gazelle Twin.
• "3-2: In the Flesh" is named after the 1979 song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd.
• "4-2: God Damn the Sun" is named after the 1989 Swans song.
• "4-3: A Shot in the Dark" is named after the 1986 song "Shot in the Dark" by English heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne.
• "5-1: In the Wake of Poseidon" is named after the 1970 King Crimson album and its title track.
• "5-2: Waves of the Starless Sea" references the 1974 King Crimson song "Starless".
• "5-3: Ship of Fools" references the 1970 song by American psychedelic rock band the Doors.
• "5-4: Leviathan" references the 2004 album by American heavy metal band Mastodon.
• "6-1: Cry for the Weeper" references the 2005 song by American drone metal band Sunn O))).
• "6-2: Aesthetics of Hate" references the 2007 song by American heavy metal band Machine Head.
• "P-1: Soul Survivor" references the 1972 song by English blues rock band the Rolling Stones.
• "P-2: Wait of the World" references the 2013 song "The Wait of the World" by American avant-garde metal band Kayo Dot.
• The Feedbacker is named after the 2003 album by Japanese drone metal band Boris at Last.
• Whiplash is named after the 1983 song of the same name by American thrash metal band Metallica.
• Schism is named after the 2001 song by American progressive metal band Tool.
• Streetcleaner is named after the 1989 album by English industrial metal band Godflesh.
• In "Overture: The Mouth to Hell", V1's bootup sequence dates their firmware to the year 2112, referencing the 1976 album by Canadian progressive rock band Rush.
• "1-1: Heart of the Sunrise" is named after the 1971 song by English progressive rock band Yes.
• "1-2: The Burning World" is named after the 1989 album by American experimental rock band Swans.
• "1-3: Halls of Sacred Remains" plays on the song "House of Sacred Remains" from the soundtrack to Castlevania: Lament of Innocence.
• "1-4: Clair de Lune" is named after the third movement from French impressionist composer Claude Debussy's Suite bergamasque. "4-3: Clair de Soleil" further plays on the song, replacing "lune" (moon) with "soleil" (sun).
• "2-1: Bridgeburner" is named after the 2015 song by American heavy metal band Mutoid Man.
• "2-2: Death at 20,000 Volts" is named after the Tokyo Nightclub 20000V.
• "2-3: Sheer Heart Attack" is named after the 1974 album and 1977 song by English glam rock group Queen.
• "2-4: Court of the Corpse King" is a play on the 1969 song "The Court of the Crimson King" by English progressive rock group King Crimson.
• "2-5: All-Imperfect Love Song" is named after the 2002 song by Japanese electronic musician World's End Girlfriend.
• "3-1: Belly of the Beast" is named after the 2014 song by English experimental musician Gazelle Twin.
• "3-2: In the Flesh" is named after the 1979 song by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd.
• "4-2: God Damn the Sun" is named after the 1989 Swans song.
• "4-3: A Shot in the Dark" is named after the 1986 song "Shot in the Dark" by English heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne.
• "5-1: In the Wake of Poseidon" is named after the 1970 King Crimson album and its title track.
• "5-2: Waves of the Starless Sea" references the 1974 King Crimson song "Starless".
• "5-3: Ship of Fools" references the 1970 song by American psychedelic rock band the Doors.
• "5-4: Leviathan" references the 2004 album by American heavy metal band Mastodon.
• "6-1: Cry for the Weeper" references the 2005 song by American drone metal band Sunn O))).
• "6-2: Aesthetics of Hate" references the 2007 song by American heavy metal band Machine Head.
• "P-1: Soul Survivor" references the 1972 song by English blues rock band the Rolling Stones.
• "P-2: Wait of the World" references the 2013 song "The Wait of the World" by American avant-garde metal band Kayo Dot.
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Completing the "Paradise Island" scenario will reward the player with the mythical Unicorn as an adoptable animal. However, it can be unlocked earlier by renaming an exhibit to "Xanadu". The name "Xanadu" seems to be a reference to at least one of the following:
•The former capital of Shangdu, which featured unicorns on its currency during the Yuan dynasty.
•The 1980 film Xanadu, a musical fantasy.
•The 1988 comic book series also called Xanadu, which featured unicorn characters.
In-game footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnBDdDW6ZpQ
Zoo Tycoon Wiki Unicorn Article:
https://zootycoon.fandom.com/wiki/Unicorn
Yuan currency:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces89740.html
Xanadu comics:
https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=492481
Xanadu on IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081777/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnBDdDW6ZpQ
Zoo Tycoon Wiki Unicorn Article:
https://zootycoon.fandom.com/wiki/Unicorn
Yuan currency:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces89740.html
Xanadu comics:
https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=492481
Xanadu on IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081777/
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The game contains several references to the 1990's American TV show Twin Peaks. These references include:• A rundown hostess club called Log Lady, which references the character Margaret Lanterman, nicknamed the Log Lady by the residents of Twin Peaks.
• The Black Lodge bar, which is a reference to the mysterious Black Lodge that the characters search for near the end of Season 2 of Twin Peaks.
• A restaurant called LL Diner, which is a reference to the Railroad Diner (commonly known as the Double R Diner and labeled as the RR Diner) in the town of Twin Peaks. The restaurant in 428 swaps the R's for L's, as a nod to the Japanese language sharing the same phoneme for both letters.
• The character of Leland Palmer, introduced at the LL Diner, which is a reference to the Twin Peaks character of the same name. While wildly different characters, both of them share the same trait of Spoiler:being secret antagonists puppeteered by the main villains of the story, Alphard and BOB respectively.
The Log Lady hostess club:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQtFojmGxOA#t=4294
Log Lady character page on the Twin Peaks Wiki (be careful of spoilers):
https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Margaret_Lanterman
Black Lodge bar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkM3d5Yj_Cc#t=1043
The Black Lodge page on the Twin Peaks Wiki (be careful of spoilers):
https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Lodge
The LL Diner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQtFojmGxOA#t=1066
The Double R Diner page on the Twin Peaks Wiki:
https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Double_R_Diner
Leland Palmer (428) introduction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQtFojmGxOA#t=1125
Leland Palmer (TP) character page on the Twin Peaks Wiki (be careful with spoilers):
https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Leland_Palmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQtFojmGxOA#t=4294
Log Lady character page on the Twin Peaks Wiki (be careful of spoilers):
https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Margaret_Lanterman
Black Lodge bar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkM3d5Yj_Cc#t=1043
The Black Lodge page on the Twin Peaks Wiki (be careful of spoilers):
https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Lodge
The LL Diner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQtFojmGxOA#t=1066
The Double R Diner page on the Twin Peaks Wiki:
https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Double_R_Diner
Leland Palmer (428) introduction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQtFojmGxOA#t=1125
Leland Palmer (TP) character page on the Twin Peaks Wiki (be careful with spoilers):
https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Leland_Palmer
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The Game Boy Advance version of Final Fantasy IV contains the line “I’ll bet you and your goons wrecked them up something awful.” This is a reference to the Something Awful forums, a popular site in the 2000s, whose members are collectively referred to as goons.
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In "The Indigo Disk", the second half of "The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero" DLC, a unique rock formation with a cliff can be found in the Savannah Biome just north of Crispin's battle arena. When you travel up to the edge of the cliff, a wild male Pyroar overlooking the Savannah will spawn in, and is a fixed spawn point for this specific Pokémon. This appears to be a reference to the 1994 animated film "The Lion King", where a kingdom of lions reside on Pride Rock (which this rock formation looks extremely similar to) and rule over the Pride Lands.
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Kyoko's flurry kick features her shouting "ora ora ora," referencing Jotaro Kujo's battle cry in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise. Kyoko's voice actor, Kira Buckland, is a noted fan of JoJo and previously voiced Reimi Sugimoto in the English dub of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable. Incidentally, Buckland would later go on to voice Jolyne Cujoh, whose battle cry is also "ora ora ora," in the English dub of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean.
Clip showing Kyoko's "ora ora ora" voice clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF27uHr-r3Y
Clip showing the "ora ora ora" battle cry as used by both Jotaro and Jolyne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDNMnafLcTQ
Behind the Voice Actors page listing Buckland's voice acting credits:
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Kira-Buckland/
Interview with Buckland which mentions her longtime status as a JoJo fan:
https://jojo-news.com/2021/12/16/an-exclusive-interview-with-jolyne-voice-actress-kira-buckland/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF27uHr-r3Y
Clip showing the "ora ora ora" battle cry as used by both Jotaro and Jolyne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDNMnafLcTQ
Behind the Voice Actors page listing Buckland's voice acting credits:
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Kira-Buckland/
Interview with Buckland which mentions her longtime status as a JoJo fan:
https://jojo-news.com/2021/12/16/an-exclusive-interview-with-jolyne-voice-actress-kira-buckland/
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The main antagonist Damien attempts to cause trouble for the Snowboard Kids throughout the game after his entrance and declaration to conquer Snow Town are completely ignored. Following along with this, a sprite animation of Damien yelling can be found hiding in the sidelines of seven of the game's courses. Damien's irrelevancy is joked at further in the game's manual, where the first six pages after the Table of Contents appear to show him "crash-landing" into the manual and observing some of the instructions and story events from the top-left corner before entering the story himself, as well as the background image of these pages (and also the very last two pages of the manual) being a close-up shot of Damien hopelessly yelling for attention.
Damien sprite cameos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emrjfTi_Gng
Snowboard Kids 2 manual (Pages 4-9, 38-39):
https://manuall.co.uk/nintendo-n64-snowboard-kids-2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emrjfTi_Gng
Snowboard Kids 2 manual (Pages 4-9, 38-39):
https://manuall.co.uk/nintendo-n64-snowboard-kids-2/
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If you wait for roughly ten to fifteen minutes on the main menu for any mode, eventually a small gecko-like lizard will appear from the left side of the screen, walking along the bottom while carrying a sign reading "Lost Land Or Bust!!!". When the lizard reaches the other side of the screen, it turns around and walks back to where it came from off-screen, this time revealing another message on the other side of the sign reading "Start the game".
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In a 2018 interview with designer Ted Peterson, he revealed that the spirit of Ria Silmane was portrayed by of one of the game's developers, who can be seen to be programmer Jennifer Pratt.
Ted Peterson interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzjvWQCND54#t=2220
Photo of eight developers who worked on The Elder Scrolls: Arena including Jennifer Pratt:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ElderScrolls/comments/4je5kz/developer_team_of_tes_i_arena/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzjvWQCND54#t=2220
Photo of eight developers who worked on The Elder Scrolls: Arena including Jennifer Pratt:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ElderScrolls/comments/4je5kz/developer_team_of_tes_i_arena/
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Just Dance 2023 Edition introduces a character named Agent D during the game's version of "Toxic" by Britney Spears, which had previously appeared in Just Dance 2 with a different routine. Initially, she appears as an air hostess before revealing her true nature as a secret agent, battling a group of rival spies in order to save the plane's pilot, the P2 character from the song "Dragostea Din Tei" by O-Zone (who is later revealed to be her partner and possible love interest).
Just Dance 2024 Edition would expand upon her considerably via her appearance in another Britney Spears song, "Gimme More". Primarily set in her base of operations, it's revealed that Agent D had actually appeared in several past Britney Spears songs wearing disguises, specifically "Work Work" (the site manager), the original version of "Toxic" (the nurse), and the Extreme Mode version of "Circus" (the performer). Additionally, the background screens shown during the song display gameplay of other songs by Britney Spears (specifically "Womanizer", "Baby One More Time", "Oops!... I Did It Again", and "Scream & Shout"), though her roles in these songs are left unrevealed. This retroactively retcons the series so that Agent D has appeared as early as Just Dance 2. Additionally, the song ends with the pilot (who had appeared throughout the various missions, constantly needing help from Agent D) pressing a button on the monitor, leading to her next mission (presumably the 2023 version of "Toxic").
Currently, the only Britney Spears songs that have been featured in the Just Dance series that are not confirmed to involve Agent D are "Slumber Party" and "Till The World Ends". Additionally, it was revealed in an Instagram post that Agent D had also appeared in the standard version of "Circus", disguised as the feline tamer.
Just Dance 2024 Edition would expand upon her considerably via her appearance in another Britney Spears song, "Gimme More". Primarily set in her base of operations, it's revealed that Agent D had actually appeared in several past Britney Spears songs wearing disguises, specifically "Work Work" (the site manager), the original version of "Toxic" (the nurse), and the Extreme Mode version of "Circus" (the performer). Additionally, the background screens shown during the song display gameplay of other songs by Britney Spears (specifically "Womanizer", "Baby One More Time", "Oops!... I Did It Again", and "Scream & Shout"), though her roles in these songs are left unrevealed. This retroactively retcons the series so that Agent D has appeared as early as Just Dance 2. Additionally, the song ends with the pilot (who had appeared throughout the various missions, constantly needing help from Agent D) pressing a button on the monitor, leading to her next mission (presumably the 2023 version of "Toxic").
Currently, the only Britney Spears songs that have been featured in the Just Dance series that are not confirmed to involve Agent D are "Slumber Party" and "Till The World Ends". Additionally, it was revealed in an Instagram post that Agent D had also appeared in the standard version of "Circus", disguised as the feline tamer.
Britney Spears - Toxic (Just Dance 2023 Edition):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ib-dXiKZ8
O-Zone - Dragosta Din Tei (Just Dance 2017 Edition):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbhmtg5cokk
Britney Spears - Gimme More (Just Dance 2024 Edition):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8frOJlmI1U
Feline Tamer disguise confirmation:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz6Ppq0thzZ/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ib-dXiKZ8
O-Zone - Dragosta Din Tei (Just Dance 2017 Edition):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbhmtg5cokk
Britney Spears - Gimme More (Just Dance 2024 Edition):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8frOJlmI1U
Feline Tamer disguise confirmation:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz6Ppq0thzZ/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
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In an intro dialogue with Omni-Man and Johnny Cage, the former will say, "Get out of my sight before I demolish you.", referencing a line said by Terence Fletcher, a role Omni-Man's voice actor J.K. Simmons played, in the movie "Whiplash".
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Kurohyou 2 features a song which Ukyo can sing in the karaoke mini-game titled "Majima no MajiROCK", which features the voice of Goro Majima and his character profile on the song cover. Goro Majima is a character from the first Yakuza game who has appeared in every single mainline title since, but never made an appearance in either of the Kurohyou spin-offs besides this cameo, implying that he had to have recorded this song himself at some point.
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Kan Ogita, Haruka's dance teacher in Yakuza 5 (considered a relatively obscure character) would later have a brief cameo in the prequel game Yakuza 0, where he was one of the opponents Kiryu could face in the Dance Battle minigames.
Yakuza 5 - Ogita boss battle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JCUzwIvHEQ
Yakuza 0 - Ogita Dance Battle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V8dyRPUcD0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JCUzwIvHEQ
Yakuza 0 - Ogita Dance Battle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V8dyRPUcD0
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The Sky Pop Yoshi transformation is named after the Sky Pop from Super Mario Land.
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PaRappa the Rapper has a "repeat" button function where, for lines that comprise of one single button (such as those in Prince Fleaswallow's rap), you can press the left D-pad button to repeat the first syllable and the right button to repeat the last syllable.
The repeat trick in use:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUIMVigokdE
Strategy guide going over Easter eggs in the game:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/198264-parappa-the-rapper/faqs/4074
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUIMVigokdE
Strategy guide going over Easter eggs in the game:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/198264-parappa-the-rapper/faqs/4074
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By tilting the right analog stick on the main menu screen, Abe will follow the movement by moving his eyes around, and by holding each trigger bar, you can close Abe's eyes.
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When bees are swarming around other Mudokons, they'll occasionally say "Oh no, not bees", paying homage to a deleted scene from the 2006 film "The Wicker Man" where Nicolas Cage gets tortured with bees and screams a near-identical line.
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty - Mudokon bees voice clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF9kEL5qFEI
The Wicker Man - Not the Bees deleted scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVCrmXW6-Pk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF9kEL5qFEI
The Wicker Man - Not the Bees deleted scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVCrmXW6-Pk
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High Boo's Thought Peek quote, "*sigh* ♪Stomp, stomp, clap. Stomp, stomp, clap.♪", references the 1977 song "We Will Rock You" by English glam rock band Queen. The song famously features a percussion section consisting of two stomped eighth notes followed by a clapped quarter note. Uniquely, this reference is a new addition to the remake; in the original SNES version, High Boo (known there as Li'l Boo) says "Beep pa doodle-dee!♪"
Compilation of Thought Peek quotes in the remake (High Boo appears at 14:34):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAq8OWJvUk
Compilation of Psychopath quotes in the SNES version (Li'l Boo appears at 22:38):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO2sMCZMLME
Queen - "We Will Rock You":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJYN-eG1zk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAq8OWJvUk
Compilation of Psychopath quotes in the SNES version (Li'l Boo appears at 22:38):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO2sMCZMLME
Queen - "We Will Rock You":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJYN-eG1zk
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In Speed Highway, several billboards can be found depicting an unknown female character. In 2020, Satoshi Okano, a former designer at Sega who worked on Sonic Adventure, revealed that this was a scrapped spider character he designed with the prototype name "Spider Girl", and posted an old sketch of the character alongside a sketch of another scrapped character, a bat named "Fly the Vampire". In 2023, Okano posted an inked version of the original Spider Girl sketch from the same time period alongside several inked sketches from the development of Samba de Amigo. Spider Girl's appearance on the billboards in Sonic Adventure suggests that the character lasted far enough into the game's development to receive a 3D model, but was ultimately scrapped for unknown reasons, and this 3D model has yet to surface on its own. It's unknown what role either Spider Girl or Fly were intended to have, though fans have noted that Spider Girl has some similarities to Rouge the Bat from Sonic Adventure 2, namely that both characters have large bosoms and prominent heart-based/romantic imagery.
Sonic Adventure - Speed Highway (Knuckles):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIPsjiCeAh4#t=31
Satoshi Okano confirming this was his character:
https://twitter.com/okanotion/status/1292455545853448192
Satoshi Okano first full-body reveal of Spider Girl:
https://twitter.com/okanotion/status/1727610208363667752
Satoshi Okano inked drawing of Spider Girl:
https://twitter.com/okanotion/status/1727508980963188852
News coverage:
https://gamerant.com/sonic-adventure-scrapped-character-reveal/
https://www.cbr.com/sonic-adventure-artist-art-lost-character/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIPsjiCeAh4#t=31
Satoshi Okano confirming this was his character:
https://twitter.com/okanotion/status/1292455545853448192
Satoshi Okano first full-body reveal of Spider Girl:
https://twitter.com/okanotion/status/1727610208363667752
Satoshi Okano inked drawing of Spider Girl:
https://twitter.com/okanotion/status/1727508980963188852
News coverage:
https://gamerant.com/sonic-adventure-scrapped-character-reveal/
https://www.cbr.com/sonic-adventure-artist-art-lost-character/