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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
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Attachment Concept Art for A Link to the Past shows Zelda in futuristic attire. The original Legend of Zelda was planned to be set in both the past and the future. This art could be an indication that Nintendo considered reusing the concept for A Link to the Past.
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Development, Early Idea
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Sid Meier's Civilization III
Sid Meier's Civilization III (2001)
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If you change the date on your PC to January 8th (Elvis's birthday) and start a Regicide, Mass Regicide, or Capture the Flag/Princess game, the flag units will turn into Elvis.
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Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Secret
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Franchise: The Legend of Zelda
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In the Japanese games, Super Mario World's "Forest of Illusion" and The Legend of Zelda's "Lost Woods" share the name, "Mayoi no Mori" (Lost Forest). All the standard exits in the Forest of Illusion send you around in circles which is comparable to the Lost Woods circling you back to the entrance after a wrong turn.
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Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Super Mario World
Super Mario World (1990)
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In the Japanese games, Super Mario World's "Forest of Illusion" and The Legend of Zelda's "Lost Woods" share the name, "Mayoi no Mori" (Lost Forest). All the standard exits in the Forest of Illusion send you around in circles which is comparable to the Lost Woods circling you back to the entrance after a wrong turn.
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Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog
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The human body has a Gene called "Sonic Hedgehog", named after the character. The gene has an inhibitor (something that stop the process of a gene) named "Robotnikinin", named after Sonic's Nemesis, Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik.
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General, Real Life
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
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Attachment There's a part of the background in world 4-1 that appears to take the shape of a topless woman's torso.
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Easter Egg, Reference
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Half-Life
Half-Life (1998)
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Attachment An unused enemy named "Mr. Friendly" can be found in the Half-Life's data. According to the book "Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar" Mr. Friendly's attacks included knocking Gordon's weapons out of his hand, knocking off Gordon's glasses (making the screen go blurry) and even raping the player. It was created by Ted Backman, and the design was because Ted "decided to go with something that elicits a homophobic response". The in-game texture is also signed by Ted.
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Unused Character, Unused Content
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World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft (2004)
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Between 2004 and 2011, the human race collectively spent almost 6 million years playing World of Warcraft.
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General, Real Life
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The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004)
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Attachment There are a number of unused audio clips still present within The Minish Cap. Many of these unused pieces are renditions of songs and sound effects from previous games (e.g. the Lost Woods from Ocarina of Time, attached).
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Unused Audio, Unused Content
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Company: Konami
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The Konami Code was created by Konami programmer Kazuhisa Hashimoto after failing to beat Gradius on the NES. He programmed a simple code into the game that gave him a full set of power-ups, which allowed him to play test the game to the end.
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General, Real Life
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The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (1996)
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It was originally planned for the player to have sex with NPCs in the game, and there is plenty of unused text in the game's code to reflect this. In addition to this, there's text suggesting you were originally able to join the prostitutes guild and turn your character into a prostitute.
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Removed Feature, Suggested, Theory, Unused Content, Unused Text
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006)
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According to Shigeru Miyamoto, once Nintendo had finished developing Twilight Princess, the team decided to have fun with the game and put Miis across Hyrule. It was their way of relaxing once the project was done.
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Development, General, Real Life
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Borderlands
Borderlands (2009)
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The game was originally advertised to have "87 bazillion" types of guns (obviously a fictional number). The actual amount is 16,164,886. Gearbox's Randy Pitchford had previously stated the number was around 17,750,000, somewhat close to the actual gun count.
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General
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
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In the German version of Yoshi's Island, Naval Piranha is named "Audrey", referencing the 1960 film "The Little Shop of Horrors".
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Easter Egg, Reference, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Company: Capcom
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The word "Capcom" was created from taking the first 3 letters from each word in "Capsule Computers" (from the subsidiary Japan Capsule Computer Co).
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Development, Inspiration
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Company: Sega
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The word "SEGA" was created by taking the first two letters from each word in "Service Games", SEGA's original name.
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Development, Inspiration
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Franchise: The Legend of Zelda
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Princess Zelda was named after Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.

When asked about the name, Miyamoto said, "Zelda was the name of the wife of the famous novelist Francis Scott Fitzgerald. She was a famous and beautiful woman from all accounts, and I liked the sound of her name. So I took the liberty of using her name for the very first Zelda title."
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person Petie calendar_month February 24, 2013
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Trouble Shooter
Trouble Shooter (1991)
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Attachment In the Japanese version of Trouble Shooter (known as Battle Mania), if you hold the C button on controller two while the game starts up, it displays the game's protagonist stomping curiously on a Super Famicom (the Japanese variant of the Super Nintendo). Apparently the developers were Sega fans, and were annoyed when funding for their game was moved to Nintendo projects, deciding to get their own stab back at them by hiding this screen in the game.
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Easter Egg, Regional Difference, Secret, Version Difference
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
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Throughout Old Snake's character development, Hideo Kojima and his crew did extensive research to find out which mustache would work best for Old Snake. They settled for the mustache of Lee Van Cleef from the 1966 film "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly". Additionally, ever since Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, the team played around with the idea of Snake's facial hair growing in real time.
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Development, General, Inspiration
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Company: Nintendo
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HAL Laboratory, Inc. (a second-party developer known for creating Nintendo's Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series) named themselves "HAL" because each letter in "HAL" is one place ahead of each letter in "IBM", as if to say HAL were one step ahead of their competition.
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Development, Inspiration
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