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The Church in the Darkness
The Church in the Darkness (2019)
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Developer Richard Rouse III said that he developed the game with open narratives in mind. Rouse was surprised to find that many video games tend to focus on “fixed narratives”. Therefore, he wanted to leave the player open to interpretations of their own since the game technically doesn’t have a story.
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Development, Inspiration
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Fatal Fury
Fatal Fury (1991)
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Attachment Raiden (and his babyface persona in the sequel, Big Bear) is based on the real-life American professional wrestler, Big Van Vader (Leon White), who frequented both Japanese and American wrestling circuits in the 1990's.
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Development, Inspiration
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Clockwork Knight
Clockwork Knight (1994)
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In a 1995 interview with the game's producer Noriyoshi Ooba, found within the Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), he stated that the opening CG cutscene took almost 6 months to make. His team then recorded and produced the song featured in the cutscene at Sega's in-house digital recording studio, stating:

"It’s kind of amazing, to be able to do that kind of professional music recording at Sega offices. (laughs) I thought the song was really good too. It matched the visuals quite well, and the country style evoked the suburban American landscape."
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Development, Early Idea, General, Music, Real Life
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Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)
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In a prototype version of the game, the Underground theme was originally meant to be an updated version of the Underground theme from Super Mario Bros. with added kick percussion, but this was scrapped in the final release. A similar-sounding Underground theme would end up being used in Super Mario Bros. 3.
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Early Build, General, Music, Prototype, Similarities, Theory, Unused Audio, Unused Content
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Super Mario Bros. 2 - Unused Underground theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdRdWzi-IQM

Super Mario Bros. 3 - Underground theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmnZgBpYG_4
Mass Effect
Mass Effect (2007)
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During the course of the game, a superfan by the name of Conrad Verner approaches Commander Shepherd looking for autographs, eventually leading to him just showing up to fawn over Shepherd. Eventually, this leads to a choice of either dismissing him peacefully or aggressively. Due to a glitch, the game would incorrectly log which decision the player makes as the Renegade decision and makes Conrad act aggressively towards Shepherd over the course of Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 ruining the chances of seeing the end of his story arc.

This was fixed in the Legendary Edition rerelease. While the decision still registers incorrectly, Conrad will apologize for his behavior in the later games and allow the player to either continue the Renegade route or shift to the Paragon route of his story.
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General, Glitch
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Street Fighter II
Street Fighter II (1991)
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Cammy's character, fighting style, and animations are believed by some fans to be heavily inspired by Gally, the protagonist of the 1990 manga Battle Angel Alita.
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Development, Inspiration, Similarities, Suggested, Theory
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The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
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Many of the statues in Rugal's collection heavily resemble Ryu, Zangief, Guile, Akuma, Vega, and Fei-Long from the Street Fighter series, as well as Reiji from the Power Instinct series.
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Cameo, Easter Egg, Reference
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The King of Fighters XII
The King of Fighters XII (2009)
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Attachment Elisabeth was featured in an early promotional poster for the arcade version of the game despite being a console-exclusive character. The same poster also features Leona in her original outfit from The King of Fighters '96 when she was redesigned in the final game.
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General, Mistake, Release Difference, Version Difference
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Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure (1998)
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Attachment In the 2021 Batman comic Legends of the Dark Knight #4, the front of the abandoned casino which Batman arrives to is based on the level Casinopolis from Sonic Adventure.
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Easter Egg, Reference
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Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (2021)
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When composer Jason Gallaty wanted a wholly traditional Balinese score, he reached out to Balinese music group Gamelan Çudamani for their assistance since their traditional music fit his ideas. However, the group was initially thinking of turning down the offer because as traditionalists, they viewed video games and their music as things they were "working against". The Gamelan group eventually put their prejudices aside and warmed up to the idea however, because the game and its themes as described by Gallaty really struck a chord with them.

"...The themes [of the game] are so beautiful and so resonant with our culture and our values and philosophy. And you know, it’s exciting to see that."
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Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration, Music, Real Life
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Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy Tactics (1997)
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In a 1997 interview with the game's director Yasumi Matsuno, found within the Famicon Tsuushin magazine, he was asked if terrain effects were in the game. He reponded:

"“Strategy games must have terrain effects” — we didn’t want to be bound by that way of thinking. As far as the player’s experience, though, I do think terrain effects are fine if they’re for easily recognizable and obvious situations, like the difference between playing volleyball in a gym and on a sandy beach. But yeah, the effects we did add were a product of that way of thinking—the user’s experience—rather than arising from strategy conventions."
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
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The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
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Early designs for Chang had him wearing a traditional striped prison jumpsuit. This, however, proved difficult to animate, so his outfit was changed to plain white cloth with a skull and crossbones mark. This also turned out to be too difficult, so he was given an even simpler "tunic and chains" design.
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Development, Early Idea
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The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
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Lucky's design is based directly on the villain character Hakim from Bruce Lee film Game of Death. He was originally planned to be "a black man obsessed with Japanese culture, but as his design got updated and [they] added his American clothes and appearance, it no longer made sense for him to be a Japanophile", and the idea was dropped.
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Development, Inspiration
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Ikari Warriors
Ikari Warriors (1986)
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The game was originally planned to be an official licensed adaptation of the second film in the Rambo series, titled "Rambo: Ikari no Dasshutsu" ("Rambo: The Furious Escape"). However, SNK was unable to acquire the rights to the film, resulting in the game's title being shortened to Ikari, referencing part of the film's Japanese title.

After the game was released in North America, SNK got in touch with the film's star Sylvester Stallone, who was personal friends with the president of the SNK sales office in America, about acquiring the rights to the film. However, by that point it was too late as the game had already become well known by its Japanese title "Ikari" among North American players after being debuted at an American arcade expo, leading to the deal falling through and the game being officially released as Ikari Warriors in North America.
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Development, Early Idea, Inspiration
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Terrain of Magical Expertise
Terrain of Magical Expertise (2021)
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Attachment The character Vitaszeit is based on real-life actor, writer, producer and Did You Know Gaming? contributor Vitas Varnas. Vitas had wanted to voice the character but the game's creator Chris Niosi wouldn't allow him as he was instead voiced by Connor Colquhoun.
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Cameo, Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
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Bravely Default II
Bravely Default II (2021)
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The game was titled "Bravely Default II" because Square Enix producer Tomoya Asano felt the previous installment in the franchise, Bravely Second: End Layer, did not meet their fans' standards, and felt its underperformance made it harder for his team to continue on with the franchise.
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Development, General, Real Life
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman (2002)
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A PC version was planned at one point, as evidenced by the game’s commercial, but was cancelled for unknown reasons.
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Cancelled Release, Development
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The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
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The native children in the background of the Brazil stage were originally going to flash their buttocks. This idea was dropped after being deemed too distracting and distasteful.
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Development, Early Idea
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The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
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In the original overseas arcade version of the game, Mai's "swaying bosom" animation was disabled to appear stilted. However, in a 1994 developer interview, SNK revealed the animation could be unlocked via a secret code which they themselves did not reveal, but instead directed curious players to ask SNK's American division for it.
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Censorship, Development
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The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
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Attachment Athena was originally planned to wear her schoolgirl uniform from her original appearance in Psycho Soldier. However, out of concern that overseas audiences wouldn't understand the reference, Athena received a redesign, prominently displayed in her entrance animation which starts her in the original schoolgirl outfit before throwing it off to reveal the new outfit. Athena's entrance animation is also the only one in the game to use 16 sprites, and her Shining Crystal Super Move was programmed in by the developers before proper work on the character had actually begun with the game's planners.
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Development, Early Idea, General
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