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Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!!
Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! (1985)
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Attachment The casino in the Japanese Famicom version was almost completely redrawn for the international NES release by changing the color palette, correcting the perspective of the slot machines, and changing the roulette wheel.
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Regional Difference, Sprite/Graphical Animation
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Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!!
Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! (1985)
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Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!!
Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! (1985)
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Attachment The file select menu in the Japanese NES version featured a glass of scotch. This was switched out for three golden coins for the international release.
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Censorship, Regional Difference
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MySims Agents
MySims Agents (2009)
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To avoid loading everything in memory when the player visits the HQ, recruitable agents are given separate archives for their models. Several Sims who are not recruitable have separately stored models in addition to their regular map models, suggesting they were intended to be recruitable at some point. The Sims in question are Chef Gino, Ol' Gabby, Barney Cull, Dr. F, DJ Candy, Alexa Lexington, Chaz McFreely, Chef Watanabe, Justice, Tim (whose files were used in an earlier build of the game), and Proto-Makoto (a character who was scrapped from the game entirely).
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Development, Early Build, Early Idea, General, Loading, Model, Unused Character, Unused Content
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MySims
MySims (2007)
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Two songs carried over from The Sims 2's "Pets" expansion, specifically "Fruit A Topia" and "The Sum of Six Sims", appear in the game files for the Create-A-Sim mode, likely being used as placeholders.
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Development, Leftover, Placeholder, Unused Audio
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MySims SkyHeroes
MySims SkyHeroes (2010)
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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.
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Artwork/Illustration, Cameo, Crossover, Early Idea, General, Unused Character, Unused Content
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Unused characters:
https://tcrf.net/MySims_SkyHeroes_(PlayStation_3,_Xbox_360,_Wii)

Faith cameo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPu7igeTrXM#t=27s
Kirby: Squeak Squad
Kirby: Squeak Squad (2006)
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Attachment The game's data contains an unused red version of the Squeaker enemy, which acts as a more mobile variant of the green Squeaker. These red Squeakers are present not only in isolation, but also in some of the game's similarly inaccessible debug rooms. Given that they are fully coded and that red Squeakers are only normally visible in the Squeak Squad's introductory cutscene and in the Smash Ride sub-game, this implies that they were removed from the main game's levels relatively late into development.
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Development, Early Idea, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Unused Character, Unused Code
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Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Thank Goodness You’re Here! (2024)
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Attachment When traversing the drainage pipe that leads to Barnsworth, the player can spot graffiti that reads "PAY NO POLL TAX" and "DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!" These reference slogans from opponents of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

The former references the Community Charge, a controversial policy of the Thatcher administration that resulted in her 1990 resignation following widespread protests (it was ultimately replaced by the Council Tax three years later). The latter message references a campaign by anti-Thatcherites following her death in 2013 to inflate the chart position of "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead", a song from the 1939 film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, under the pretense that the BBC would be forced to play it over the radio. The network ultimately compromised by including a brief snippet in a news report about the campaign. The presence of both references ties in with the game's setting in Northern England, where anti-Thatcherism is particularly pronounced.
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Easter Egg, General, Hidden Message, Politics, Reference
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MySims Kingdom
MySims Kingdom (2008)
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Originally, an island known as Shipwreck Cove (designed by producer Jason Kim) was going to appear in the game, with much of its data remaining in the game files. Despite how finished the remaining materials look, designer Brian Kaiser claimed that the developers did not get very far into production on it. The full level layout can be found in the unused data, meaning that the island can be stitched together using several models. Four NPCs were intended to appear on the island, those being Vice Admiral Morgan, Neema, Theodore, and Mira (who would later be reworked into Mira Cull, the daughter of series regular Barney Cull in MySims SkyHeroes; it's unknown if she was intended to be related to him in this game). Additionally, five music tracks related to the island are also in the game files, the names of which suggest that planned landmarks for the island include a Pirate Lighthouse, Mira's House, and Neema's Shack.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Model, Unused Audio, Unused Character, Unused Content
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The Ultimate Challenge from Beat Takeshi
The Ultimate Challenge from Beat Takeshi (1986)
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Attachment After obtaining the map from the karaoke bar, if the player selects the "じっとみつめる" ("Stare") option and waits on the resulting screen for an hour, a text box will appear mimicking the sign-off messages used by Japanese TV channels before the screen goes black. Waiting an additional three hours brings up a series of SMPTE color bars, and waiting one more hour brings up a second text box which simply reads "おはようございます" ("good morning"). Following this, the player is returned to the karaoke bar, with their progress reverted to before obtaining the map.
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Easter Egg, Hidden Message, Reference, Secret
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Plok
Plok (1993)
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Attachment Early concept art for the game depicts three costumes for Plok that were never implemented in the final product. One depicts Plok as a superhero, the second as a robot, and the third as a ninja.
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Artwork/Illustration, Character Design, Development, Early Idea, Removed Feature
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Wonder Momo
Wonder Momo (1987)
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Collection: MySims
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In 2008, an animated series based on the MySims series was announced as part of a deal between Electronic Arts and the United Talent Agency to turn their games into motions pictures and television shows, alongside a film based on the The Sims series announced the year prior. However, while The Sims film has since received numerous updates on its development, the MySims series has not been acknowledged since, suggesting it was eventually cancelled.
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Cancelled Release, Corporate Affairs, Development, General, Multimedia Adaptation, Real Life
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Sonic the Fighters
Sonic the Fighters (2012)
subdirectory_arrow_right Sonic Championship (Game)
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Attachment All the playable characters were originally intended to have heartstruck expressions where they blush with hearts in their eyes, but only Bean's expression is used in the final game as a rare random object which Amy can drop using the special move "Heads Up!"
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Early Idea, Easter Egg, Unused Graphic
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The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Sonic_Championship#Heartstruck_Expressions

Amy Heads Up! random objects including Bean head:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkRG8xKpS8
Sonic R
Sonic R (1997)
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Attachment The Flame Shield was originally intended to appear alongside the Aqua and Thunder Shields, but it was removed due to it being too similar to the Thunder Shield.
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Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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Sonic Heroes
Sonic Heroes (2003)
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According to designer Shiro Maekawa, there were originally going to be six teams with very different line-ups. Two of the teams, Team Sonic and Team Chaotix, had the same members as they appear in the final game, but the four early teams include:

• Amy, Cream and Rouge
• Chaos, E-102 Gamma and Big
• Fang, Bean and Bark
• Metal Sonic, Ray and Mighty

Due to time constraints and balancing purposes, the number of teams was reduced from six to four, and the members of Team Dark and Team Rose were swapped and adjusted after it was decided that Shadow Spoiler:would not be dead after the events of Sonic Adventure 2.
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Balancing, Development, Early Idea
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Sonic X Shadow Generations
Sonic X Shadow Generations (2024)
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Attachment One of the pre-order bonuses for the game is a skin for Shadow that is based off an early concept version of him from Sonic Adventure 2 named Terios. The name comes from the Greek term "telos", referring to an end, fulfillment, completion, goal or aim.
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Video explaining Terios:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTF8SgV0Tws

Costume in Sonic X Shadow Generations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJJ_WfDO9vk

Definition of where the name originates:
https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/telos/v-1
Zenless Zone Zero
Zenless Zone Zero (2024)
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Jane Doe's name has two different references in it. The first and most obvious one is a reference to the term "Jane Doe", a placeholder name used in cases where a female individual's real name is either unknown or intentionally concealed (ironically, her Spoiler:New Eridu Public Security (NEPS) Consultant Card implies that her name really is Jane Doe rather than an alias). The second reference is found in her last name "Doe", which is what female fancy mice (domesticated breeds of common house mice) are often referred to as. Both of these references are fitting for Jane's character as she is a mouse Thiren with prominent ears and a tail, and because Spoiler:she works for NEPS as a consultant, specializing in criminal psychology and infiltrating dangerous groups.
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Backstory/Lore, Character Design, Inspiration, Reference
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Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
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Attachment In a 2002 developer interview archived by the now-defunct blog GSLA, director Yoshiaki Koizumi revealed that the game's staff originally came up with ten different nozzles for FLUDD, devising new ones for each possible situation Mario might encounter. However, this was reduced to three to avoid similarities to the gameplay style of The Legend of Zelda series. Some remnants of this larger quantity can be found in the final game's data, which includes an unused model for a Yoshi head nozzle and parameters for a sniper nozzle. While the former's properties are unknown beyond its appearance (with its model lacking any associated animations), the latter would have been 100 times more powerful than the Squirt Nozzle and would've had a significantly larger hitbox. However, it also would've required Mario to charge it like the Rocket Nozzle and Turbo Nozzle.
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Development, Early Idea, Model, Removed Feature, Unused Code, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
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Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
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In a 2002 staff interview with Nintendo Dream, director Yoshiaki Koizumi revealed that FLUDD was inspired by his memories of playing with water guns as a kid, an image that he recalled upon first using the analog L & R triggers on the GameCube's controller. Series creator Shigeru Miyamoto further explained that the concept behind FLUDD was controversial among Nintendo's staff due to Mario not being widely associated with these kinds of tools, though Luigi's use of the Poltergust in Luigi's Mansion ultimately served as a precedent in the concept's favor.

In the same interview, Takashi Tezuka stated that Nintendo went to great lengths to keep FLUDD from resembling a firearm, both due to Koizumi finding a water gun "too simple" and due to concerns that guns (or anything that audiences may interpret as such) would be inappropriate for the franchise's public image. The "weird backpack thing" that FLUDD ultimately ended up as addressed both concerns at once, with Koizumi likening it to firefighting equipment and "a [plastic] bottle water rocket toy."
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Real Life
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