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Risaputo

A Naturalist named Merlose is mentioned in Final Fantasy XII in the Clan Primer.

 

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Cambiamo il titolo

Atlus U.S.A. explained the reason behind the change of subtitle from "Final" to "Apocalypse" immediately after the official announcement of the North American localization. While the USA staffers are aware that "Final" was already known to the series fans, the new subtitle was chosen to attract audience beyond the established fan base while still keeping the letter "A" prominent to be placed over the anarchy symbol as in the original Japanese logo. Other rejected suggestions include "End War" and "Holy War." The opinion to drop "IV" has been discussed more than once due to the precedent of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne dropping "III" from the North American localization.

 

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Cambiamo il titolo

Woot? In Giappone il sottotitolo era Final?!

 

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Poster importanti:

Resident Evil Survivor

In Lott & Lily Klein's bedroom, two posters can be found that feature the Street Fighter and Ghosts 'n Goblins series.

 

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Never forgotten

The Party Chat feature, which is still in the game code, but was cut so the game could be released quicker. Fan outcry since then forced Square Enix to not make that mistake with the sequels. The iOS version finally adds it in, with a dedicated button specifically for talking to your party. And they are chatty.

 

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SoulStorm Brew:

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus

SoulStorm Brew likely got its name from the early title for Abe's Oddysee, "SoulStorm", a name that would later be given to the re-imagining of Abe's Exoddus released more then 20 years later.

 

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Citazione d'altissimo livello

The Gazel Ministry's personality data is stored in a supercomputer named SOL-9000, a reference to HAL-9000 from Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.

 

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Brute Force:

Killer Instinct

Killer Instinct was originally titled "Brute Force", with the name being changed much later in development, along with that of most of the characters. All of the characters except for Jago, Glacius, and Eyedol went through at least one name change over the course of development.

 

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Mistralation

Kiros's weapon, the katal, is a mistranslation of an Indian weapon called the Katar. The Katar is one-handed push dagger. These are used primarily for thrusting attacks.

 

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Cambi di programma

The game was initially meant to be released on Nintendo 64, then on Dreamcast; eventually it saw release on the PlayStation 2.

 

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The End?

Secret of Evermore

If the player waits for several minutes after "THE END" appears in the credits, an additional scene is shown wherein Professor Ruffleburg approaches a docile Carltron and says, "That's a good robot, Carltron. Dust, dust. Clean, clean. And no more plans for world domination, OK? Good." After Professor Ruffleburg leaves, Carltron turns to the camera with an evil grin. This is followed with a teasing, "THE END?"

 

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Inutilizzato

There is an unused item that looks similar to a Life Shroom, but is named 'Dummy'. If used, Mario (or Luigi) will throw it in the air (while inside Bowser) and it will explode, healing 60 HP back to Bowser. It was most likely scrapped because of the fact only the Sea Pipe Statue and Durmite can damage Bowser from inside.

 

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Repurposed

According to the game's character designer, Hiroyuki Nara, the model for Dante was repurposed data for Trish from Devil May Cry 2.

"The characters' speed in the backup data was completely different from how it was in the retail release. The final motions had also been programmed in separately by the software guys, so in order to replicate them, I had to place a television running the original game next to my work monitor and eyeball it. (laughs) So the Dante in "DMC 3" was actually made using Trish's data from "DMC 2". (laughs) We had all sorts of problems with that damn backup data from "DMC 1".

 

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Mi vengono i brividi ogni volta che lo leggo

Syphon Filter runs on a modified version of the Bubsy 3D game engine.

 

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L'incontro con il Dream Team:

Chrono Trigger

After beating the game you have the option to replay using everything you acquired through your first play through. Using this to beat the game's main villain at the very beginning of the game will unlock a secret ending where you meet the game's developers at the End of Time.

 

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Tristemente famoso

Saving the game in either the PEC or Crew's Quarters rooms will cause the game to crash and corrupt the game's save data. This bug only appears to be in the 3DS version of the game.

 

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L'unico hunter:

Resident Evil 2 (Nintendo 64)

In the N64 version of the game, you can see a dead Hunter in the B4F Culture Room. This is the only hunter to appear in Resident Evil 2.

 

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Still no sequel

According to Akira Nishino, there were plans to make a sequel to Ristar. They got as far as making character designs, but it was never developed further for various reasons, and was eventually dropped.

 

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Così è più chiaro:

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

The Japanese and European versions have a short animation of the level timers getting sucked inside doors along with Mario to make it more clear that the player's remaining time carries over. This does not happen in the US version.

 

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Un finale decisamente confuso^^

The final ending does not elaborate at all on the secondary characters that were vital to the main protagonists' individual story lines, calling into question the fates of those whose life or death depended on the actions of the protagonists. This lack of elaboration is made more jarring due to the merging of timelines that makes the final battle possible in the first place, as it is unknown if the merge brought in anyone else into Duphaston's timeline, outside of the other four protagonists.