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![MySims SkyHeroes](/media/boxart/5/5143.png)
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Faith Connors from Mirror's Edge and Natasha Volkova from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 were planned to appear in the game as guest characters, but were both scrapped for unknown reasons. Despite this, Faith makes a cameo as a picture on the wall of Gal Force 4's base, and Natasha has leftover files in the game, suggesting that she was cut late in development. Additionally, artwork exists of an old man character who would have appeared in the game as a member of Crescent Moon, but was also scrapped.
Unused characters:
https://tcrf.net/MySims_SkyHeroes_(PlayStation_3,_Xbox_360,_Wii)
Faith cameo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPu7igeTrXM#t=27s
https://tcrf.net/MySims_SkyHeroes_(PlayStation_3,_Xbox_360,_Wii)
Faith cameo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPu7igeTrXM#t=27s
![Holocure: Save the Fans!](/media/boxart/5/4780.png)
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The "Sausage" and "Legendary Sausage" weapons in Holocure: Save the Fans! are based on the mobile games Sausage Legend and Sausage Legend 2, which are known for being played on livestreams by Hololive talent Oozora Subaru and her viewers. According to developer Kay Yu, he was granted permission by the Sausage Legend developers to reference the game via these weapons and its collaborations. In 2023, the references culminated in Hololive working with the Sausage Legend developers to release special skins for Sausage Legend 2 based on Subaru and fellow member Hakui Koyori.
Holocure Fandom wiki pages for the Sausage and Legendary Sausage weapons:
https://holocure.fandom.com/wiki/Sausage
https://holocure.fandom.com/wiki/Legendary_Sausage
Article about Sausage Legend 2 Hololive collaboration:
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000947.000030268.html
Sausage Legend 2 - Oozura Subaru "Legendary Sausage" weapon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0zw-fplbc0
Compilation of Subaru playing Sausage Legend with viewers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8_8Wp2HR_M
Kay Yu confirming permission to use references:
https://x.com/kaynimatic/status/1667361461977649152
https://holocure.fandom.com/wiki/Sausage
https://holocure.fandom.com/wiki/Legendary_Sausage
Article about Sausage Legend 2 Hololive collaboration:
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000947.000030268.html
Sausage Legend 2 - Oozura Subaru "Legendary Sausage" weapon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0zw-fplbc0
Compilation of Subaru playing Sausage Legend with viewers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8_8Wp2HR_M
Kay Yu confirming permission to use references:
https://x.com/kaynimatic/status/1667361461977649152
Franchise: Mario
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A common belief relating to Rare's work with Nintendo in the 1990s is that the Banjo-Kazooie series and the early family-friendly iteration of the Conker series were originally intended to share a universe with Donkey Kong. By extension, this would also connect them to the Mario series. This belief stemmed from Banjo and Conker's debuts as playable characters in Diddy Kong Racing, other shared characters (e.g. Gnawty, a beaver who appears in both Donkey Kong Country and Banjo-Kazooie), and other planned appearances like the Ice Key from the Banjo-Kazooie series' unused Stop 'n' Swop feature being found in the data for Donkey Kong 64. This interpretation was so popular at one point that the largest English-language Mario fan wiki, Super Mario Wiki, hosted articles about Banjo-Kazooie and Conker characters.
However, Banjo-Kazooie creator Gregg Mayles has stated that Rare's non-Donkey Kong games were never intended to share a universe with Donkey Kong, while Conker's Bad Fur Day director Chris Seavor has gone on to say that Banjo-Kazooie and Conker also do not share a universe.
However, Banjo-Kazooie creator Gregg Mayles has stated that Rare's non-Donkey Kong games were never intended to share a universe with Donkey Kong, while Conker's Bad Fur Day director Chris Seavor has gone on to say that Banjo-Kazooie and Conker also do not share a universe.
Gregg Mayles' statement:
https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/1087327241346920448
Chris Seavor's statement:
https://twitter.com/GoryDetail/status/1241106477135298566
Mario Wiki staff talk about the removal of Conker and Banjo content:
https://www.marioboards.com/threads/857/
https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/1087327241346920448
Chris Seavor's statement:
https://twitter.com/GoryDetail/status/1241106477135298566
Mario Wiki staff talk about the removal of Conker and Banjo content:
https://www.marioboards.com/threads/857/
![Pac-Man World](/media/boxart/2/1297.png)
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Before settling on Pac-Man's family, the friends Pac-Man rescued in Pac-Man World were going to be characters from other 1980s Namco games:
• Dig Dug (also known as Taizo Hori) from Dig Dug, who Chomp-Chomp took the place of. A remnant of this choice can be seen in the opening cutscene where Chomp-Chomp is kidnapped by being dragged underground, where Dig Dug's gameplay takes place.
• Valkyrie and Whirlo from the Valkyrie series, who were replaced with Pac-Baby and Pooka. There is also a thematic remnant of this choice in Pac-Baby and Pooka's kidnapping, where they are anchored into the sky, as Valkyrie lives in the heavens.
• Mappy from Mappy, who was replaced by Jr. Pac-Man.
Gil from The Tower of Druaga and Miru from Pac & Pal were also intended to appear, while Professor Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man were part of the original concept and remained.
It was ultimately decided to focus on Pac-Man characters instead of crossover characters, but when it was discovered that there weren't enough "pac-people" to make rescuable for each world, Pooka from Dig Dug was added to fill out the cast, being the same spherical shape as Pac-Man's family and a favorite of the development team. It is unknown why Miru, who was already a Pac-Man character, went unused.
• Dig Dug (also known as Taizo Hori) from Dig Dug, who Chomp-Chomp took the place of. A remnant of this choice can be seen in the opening cutscene where Chomp-Chomp is kidnapped by being dragged underground, where Dig Dug's gameplay takes place.
• Valkyrie and Whirlo from the Valkyrie series, who were replaced with Pac-Baby and Pooka. There is also a thematic remnant of this choice in Pac-Baby and Pooka's kidnapping, where they are anchored into the sky, as Valkyrie lives in the heavens.
• Mappy from Mappy, who was replaced by Jr. Pac-Man.
Gil from The Tower of Druaga and Miru from Pac & Pal were also intended to appear, while Professor Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man were part of the original concept and remained.
It was ultimately decided to focus on Pac-Man characters instead of crossover characters, but when it was discovered that there weren't enough "pac-people" to make rescuable for each world, Pooka from Dig Dug was added to fill out the cast, being the same spherical shape as Pac-Man's family and a favorite of the development team. It is unknown why Miru, who was already a Pac-Man character, went unused.
Twitter thread interview with game designer Scott Rogers:
https://twitter.com/DailyPacMan/status/1548044377733210112
Pac-Man World cutscenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I8bA-6QNh4
Pac-Man World concept storyboards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldn9GXF5ZkI
https://twitter.com/DailyPacMan/status/1548044377733210112
Pac-Man World cutscenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I8bA-6QNh4
Pac-Man World concept storyboards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldn9GXF5ZkI
![Street Fighter 6](/media/boxart/4/3278.png)
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Street Fighter 6 is the first mainline title in the Street Fighter series to include third party guest characters, as Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui from SNK's Fatal Fury series were revealed to be coming to the game as part of the Season 2 DLC wave. According to an interview with Famitsu, talks about such a collaboration first began at EVO 2022, where the two companies celebrated by exchanging posters featuring the other's characters drawn by their own artists. When asked why they specifically went with Terry and Mai, director Takayuki Nakayama stated:
"I really wanted to emphasize "Fatal Fury" itself and I think that the best way to do that is by having Terry and Mai. We have a lot of old SNK staff at Capcom, and they really gave it their all for them. Also, the original creator of Street Fighter, Takashi Nishiyama-san, also took part in the development of Fatal Fury, so we feel that the roots of both series are the same. Street Fighter and Fatal Fury are like brothers, so I think those ties run deep."
![MultiVersus](/media/boxart/4/3268.png)
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MultiVersus lead writer Eric Stirpē has stated that he writes each fighter as a "Multiversus version" by picking a point in a franchise's history for them to be chosen from by Reindog, in an effort to keep their dialogue in line with the source material. Some fighters from a single franchise are chosen from different time periods within it, but the points when they are chosen are not canon to the source material or the game's plot. It's unknown how every fighter fits into this writing guide, but it creates inconsistencies with some character designs in the game:
• Stripe and Gizmo were chosen just before Stripe's death in the first Gremlins film.
• Finn and Jake were chosen during the events of Adventure Time: Islands, though the lack of Finn's prosthetic arm is not explained, and Fern was chosen before he became a villain in Season 9 of Adventure Time.
• Steven and Garnet were chosen during Season 2 of Steven Universe.
• Bugs Bunny was not chosen, but rather emerged from hiding since the 1940s through a "hole in the page", with him being referred to as a "timeline hopper".
• Taz is from the 1990s (presumably tying him in to Taz-Mania).
• Marvin was chosen during the events of Space Jam: A New Legacy, and LeBron James was chosen two days after the end of the film.
• Tom and Jerry are from the 1960s, but are portrayed with a modern art style that does not resemble either the Gene Deitch or Chuck Jones runs of theatrical shorts from that time.
• Shaggy was chosen one year after the end of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, while Velma was chosen from an unspecified "cancelled 2000s reboot".
• The Iron Giant was chosen while returning to America after he re-assembles himself at the end of the film.
• Arya Stark was chosen during either Season 6 or 7 of the Game of Thrones TV series.
• Stirpē considers the DC Comics heroes and villains to all be original interpretations of the characters created for Multiversus.
• Stripe and Gizmo were chosen just before Stripe's death in the first Gremlins film.
• Finn and Jake were chosen during the events of Adventure Time: Islands, though the lack of Finn's prosthetic arm is not explained, and Fern was chosen before he became a villain in Season 9 of Adventure Time.
• Steven and Garnet were chosen during Season 2 of Steven Universe.
• Bugs Bunny was not chosen, but rather emerged from hiding since the 1940s through a "hole in the page", with him being referred to as a "timeline hopper".
• Taz is from the 1990s (presumably tying him in to Taz-Mania).
• Marvin was chosen during the events of Space Jam: A New Legacy, and LeBron James was chosen two days after the end of the film.
• Tom and Jerry are from the 1960s, but are portrayed with a modern art style that does not resemble either the Gene Deitch or Chuck Jones runs of theatrical shorts from that time.
• Shaggy was chosen one year after the end of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, while Velma was chosen from an unspecified "cancelled 2000s reboot".
• The Iron Giant was chosen while returning to America after he re-assembles himself at the end of the film.
• Arya Stark was chosen during either Season 6 or 7 of the Game of Thrones TV series.
• Stirpē considers the DC Comics heroes and villains to all be original interpretations of the characters created for Multiversus.
![Inverse Ninjas vs. The Public Domain](/media/boxart/5/4568.png)
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According to the game's official Twitter account, the developers claimed that the only characters they would not add to the game if they became, or were discovered to secretly be, public domain were Calvin and Hobbes from the comic strip of the same name. While the characters are still copyrighted thereby ruling them out, the reasoning for refusing to consider them was out of respect for creator Bill Watterson and his refusal to license the comics for merchandise despite their popularity, feeling that it would go against the strip's ideals and ruin its authenticity.
On Calvin and Hobbes not being added:
https://twitter.com/InverseNinjas/status/1754647278663729244
https://twitter.com/InverseNinjas/status/1754648044111638534
Bill Watterson interview:
https://www.tcj.com/the-bill-watterson-interview/
https://twitter.com/InverseNinjas/status/1754647278663729244
https://twitter.com/InverseNinjas/status/1754648044111638534
Bill Watterson interview:
https://www.tcj.com/the-bill-watterson-interview/
![Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown](/media/boxart/2/1235.png)
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Performing El Blaze's item win pose with the maracas will feature Amigo from Samba de Amigo popping out of the maracas.
![The King of Fighters XV](/media/boxart/5/4992.png)
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Temjin, from Art of Fighting 2, and Mars People, from Metal Slug 2, make a cameo appearance in the "Friendly Fight" ending.
King of Fighters XV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBo-GO84HuM
Art of Fighting 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toRVVUpBfh4
Metal Slug 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMnWJNvD3ok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBo-GO84HuM
Art of Fighting 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toRVVUpBfh4
Metal Slug 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMnWJNvD3ok
Company: Sega
subdirectory_arrow_right Nintendo (Company)
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• A 1994 advert made by DIC for animation industry insiders showing their global reach through the Panda Club and Dragon Club TV blocks in China shows Sonic the Hedgehog waving through a TV screen while Mario pats him on the back, joined by Madeline from the Madeline book series and Billy Lee as seen in the cartoon adaptation of Double Dragon.
• The infamous Fight for the FoxBox promotional film made by 4Kids Entertainment in 2003, which utilizes existing anime and cartoon clips to make a new crossover story, shows Dr. Eggman and King Dedede as allies alongside Dial-bolic from Ultimate MUSCLE, Dr. K from Cubix: Robots for Everyone, and Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles working for Wayne from The Cramp Twins in an attempt to shut down the titular television channel. Although the villains do interact in this half-hour film, the heroes mostly do not, with Kirby and Sonic never sharing screen time in particular.
This is, of course, discounting instances of unauthorised parodies and mockery at the height of the console wars.
Print ad cel:
https://twitter.com/SatamHistorian/status/1452085625558118402
Full advert found on eBay, and attached as a file.
Fight for the FoxBox:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKHYLf8uxnk
https://twitter.com/SatamHistorian/status/1452085625558118402
Full advert found on eBay, and attached as a file.
Fight for the FoxBox:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKHYLf8uxnk
![That's Not My Neighbor](/media/boxart/5/4977.png)
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"Ever Dream This Clown?
Every night, all over the world, hundreds of people see this clown in their dreams. If this clown appears in your dreams don't play any game with him. If you want more information go to:
nachogames.itch.io/unlikely"
Every night, all over the world, hundreds of people see this clown in their dreams. If this clown appears in your dreams don't play any game with him. If you want more information go to:
nachogames.itch.io/unlikely"
The link in question leads to the Itch.io page for the game Unlikely, another game made by Nacho Sama. Additionally, the note itself appears to be a reference to "This Man", an urban legend created by Italian sociologist Andrea Natella about a mysterious individual who has appeared in the dreams of people all over the world since 2006.
Clown encounter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKotst05HXM?t=317
Unlikely Itch.io page:
https://nachogames.itch.io/unlikely
"This Man" website:
https://www.thisman.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKotst05HXM?t=317
Unlikely Itch.io page:
https://nachogames.itch.io/unlikely
"This Man" website:
https://www.thisman.org/
![Wild Woody](/media/boxart/3/2790.png)
subdirectory_arrow_right Shady Lewd Kart (Game)
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Wild Woody DLC Trailer and Relevant Comment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5rt4euYklQ&lc=UgyOefebHRpsBZIVxgp4AaABAg.A1glMtsdAWZA1gm16bux7r
DLC Page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2900500/Shady_Lewd_Kart__Wild_Woody_Character_Pack/
Developer tweet denying April Fools association:
https://twitter.com/datshadycorner/status/1774788107986162017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5rt4euYklQ&lc=UgyOefebHRpsBZIVxgp4AaABAg.A1glMtsdAWZA1gm16bux7r
DLC Page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2900500/Shady_Lewd_Kart__Wild_Woody_Character_Pack/
Developer tweet denying April Fools association:
https://twitter.com/datshadycorner/status/1774788107986162017
![Kingdom Hearts III](/media/boxart/1/751.png)
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Pixar's higher-ups almost rejected the prospect of including Pixar content in Kingdom Hearts III, as none of them were gamers or knew what Kingdom Hearts is or how popular it was. Theme park creative director Tasha Sounart managed to convince them on how popular Kingdom Hearts is, and pointed out that catering to the series' teen audience lined up with Pixar's desire to be seen as an all-ages film studio instead of simply being perceived as targeting children and their parents alone. Sounart noted that, while the Pixar studio members familiar with Kingdom Hearts did not need to extensively detail the lore to those that weren't except when needed, it was needed to be clarified that the Pixar characters would not be meeting one another, or any other Disney characters aside from Donald and Goofy, as Pixar has an aversion to crossovers and shared universes outside of their signature Easter eggs.
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![BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle](/media/boxart/5/4895.png)
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Prior to release, Arc System Works announced that the game would feature twenty characters as paid DLC for the game's first season, meaning that the game would launch with only half of its planned roster. This prompted backlash from fans, who pointed out that the game reused assets from past fighting games and that half of Team RWBY would be sold separately while the other half was in the base game. In response, Toshimichi Mori announced that the remaining Team RWBY members (Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long) would be free of charge, and that the costs for the characters would not exceed that of the game's base retail cost.
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On July 26, 2023, developer PerBlue released a poll requesting input on various franchises that were in consideration for inclusion in Disney Heroes: Battle Mode. As of March 2024, the only franchises from the poll to still not be part of the game are "Encanto", "Gravity Falls", "Miraculous Ladybug", "Inspector Gadget", "Amphibia", and "Fantasia". Notably, "Miraculous Ladybug" and "Inspector Gadget" are not actually owned by Disney, but appear to have been considered due to the company having ties to each of them. With "Miraculous Ladybug", Disney finances the show through its French division, giving them broadcasting rights in places such as the United States and select European regions. As for "Inspector Gadget", Disney was involved in the production of the 1999 live-action film based on the series due to owning DIC Entertainment at the time from merging with Capital Cities/ABC.
Initial poll:
https://discourse.disneyheroesgame.com/t/feedback-on-future-heroes/2108168
Fandom article with full list of Heroes:
https://disneyheroesbattlemode.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Heroes
Disney's involvement in "Miraculous Ladybug" (note the article is in French):
https://www.csa.fr/Mes-services/Foire-aux-questions/Informer/Les-chaines-TV/Pourquoi-les-chaines-de-television-doivent-elles-investir-dans-la-production-d-aeuvres-cinematographiques-et-audiovisuelles-francaises-et-europeennes/
Disney's involvement in the "Inspector Gadget" film:
https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/61190?sid=d9547378-f78b-49a3-849f-c315053ce17a&sr=4.67264&cp=1&pos=0
Article about the Disney-ABC merger:
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/05/business/the-media-business-disney-and-abc-shareholders-solidly-approve-merger-deal.html
https://discourse.disneyheroesgame.com/t/feedback-on-future-heroes/2108168
Fandom article with full list of Heroes:
https://disneyheroesbattlemode.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Heroes
Disney's involvement in "Miraculous Ladybug" (note the article is in French):
https://www.csa.fr/Mes-services/Foire-aux-questions/Informer/Les-chaines-TV/Pourquoi-les-chaines-de-television-doivent-elles-investir-dans-la-production-d-aeuvres-cinematographiques-et-audiovisuelles-francaises-et-europeennes/
Disney's involvement in the "Inspector Gadget" film:
https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/61190?sid=d9547378-f78b-49a3-849f-c315053ce17a&sr=4.67264&cp=1&pos=0
Article about the Disney-ABC merger:
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/05/business/the-media-business-disney-and-abc-shareholders-solidly-approve-merger-deal.html
![BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle](/media/boxart/5/4895.png)
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During an interview with Forbes in 2016, producer Toshimichi Mori revealed that he had an interest in the Rooster Teeth webseries RWBY, and even expressed interest in making a game based on it, saying:
Prior to EVO 2017, Rooster Teeth teased the possibility of a RWBY fighting game being announced there on their Twitter account. This game would end up being BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, which was announced after the BlazBlue: Central Fiction championships, where series protagonist Ruby Rose was one of the first four characters announced for the game.
"If I were to make a game based on something that wasn't a complete original, which is what I have done in the past, it would be based on the intellectual property of RWBY. So each girl has their own kind of color, theme that they are associated with and the original creator has sadly passed away. If we were to ever make a fighting game of this, I would want to really spearhead that if possible."
Prior to EVO 2017, Rooster Teeth teased the possibility of a RWBY fighting game being announced there on their Twitter account. This game would end up being BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, which was announced after the BlazBlue: Central Fiction championships, where series protagonist Ruby Rose was one of the first four characters announced for the game.
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Dislyte Markiplier trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnlsUOqxgzI
Markiplier video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaaaQIknX1M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnlsUOqxgzI
Markiplier video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaaaQIknX1M
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Sephiroth's inclusion as a DLC fighter was apparently so top secret that even certain members of Square Enix had not known that the villain was going to be included in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate until the corresponding show-stealing announcement at The Game Awards 2020 was made. Even Square Enix employee and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi was quite shocked and stated:
"[...] it was actually extremely confidential that he was even going to be in it, [...] So, none of the dev team knew, including myself. So it was more like when the whole world knew it, and that's when we knew it like, 'Oh, I had no idea!'"
![Kingdom Hearts III](/media/boxart/1/751.png)
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Tetsuya Nomura had requested for the character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to be used in Kingdom Hearts III, but Disney responded that he would be "too difficult" to use, though they never clarified why. While his plans for Oswald had he been added to the game are unknown, it's worth noting that Nomura has admitted that Oswald is one of his favorite Disney characters.
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