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Secret secret

In Optic Sunflower's stage, if the player has a save of Mega Man X: Command Mission, puts in a code (the PS2 version), or completes all of the hard training sections (PC version), they can battle Cut Man in his original 8-bit stage.

 

[Geddoe]

Questo bellissimo segreto (e cameo) è tanto tanto triste ora

 

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Non un caso

The first Yakuza game features a recording of the Christian hymn "Amazing Grace", and Yakuza 2 features the Christmas carol "Silent Night, Holy Night". Each song is played during their respective game's end credits. Both games were set around December which is probably why the songs were chosen.

 

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Unused

Found within the game's data are 2 unused tracks from Phantom Hourglass, The Great Sea and Boss Battle themes. Both tracks use different instruments to the originals, along with added echo effects.

 

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Niente conto alla rovescia:

Metroid II Return of Samus

Metroid II: Return of Samus is the only game in the series to not feature a timed countdown sequence. Instead, Samus leaves Phase 9 with the Baby carving out obstacles for her.

 

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In Europa abbiamo il titolo giusto

In Europe, the game is known as "The Story of Thor: A Successor of Light". In Japan, it is known as "The Story of Thor: Hikari wo Tsugu Mono

 

[Strider]

The Story of Thor: A Successor of Light l'ho sempre trovato più figo del più minimale Beyond Oasis.

 

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Vecchie conoscenze:

Mega Man 8

In the Saturn version, Cut Man and Wood Man from Mega Man and Mega Man 2 make appearances as mini-bosses in Duo's mini-stage and Search Man's stage respectively. The former is optional, while the latter is mandatory. A remix of their themes also plays while battling them.

 

[Strider]

Ottime conversioni per gli 8 bit, per i 16 un pò meno.

La conversione europea per Commodore 64 fu accolta molto bene dalla critica. Zzap! in particolare, oltre a un voto generale del 90%, arrivò a dare un 97% al sonoro. Anche il gioco per ZX Spectrum fu molto apprezzato, con parecchi giudizi di 80%-90%. Sull'Atari ST la critica fu più moderata. Sull'Amiga invece i giudizi furono fortemente variabili, da molto negativi a molto buoni[9]; questa versione, nel bene o nel male, è molto simile a quella per Atari ST, mentre le capacità dell'Amiga sarebbero un po' superiori. La versione Amstrad CPC, minimale nei colori, apparve decisamente peggiore delle altre, e i giudizi della stampa furono perlopiù mediocre.

 

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Recuperi

Several levels and characters that appear throughout the game come from deleted scenes from the Lion King movie. During the film's production, the transition from young Simba to adult Simba was originally much longer, and featured a number of the events that occur within the game. Because the game was being produced alongside the film, these levels were being created during the point when it was decided to have these scenes removed from the film. It was decided to keep these levels and characters kept in the game, even though they never appear in the film's theatrical release.

 

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Volare solo nel finale:

Super Mario 3D Land

It's not possible to fly in Tanooki form, but during the credits, Mario and the Toads appear to be flying while wearing the Tanooki Suit.

 

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Cancellato

According to Oliver Wade a sequel to Maui Mallard was planned, some animations for the sequel were made, along with a new character line up for the game, but Disney wasn't interested in funding a sequel after the mediocre success of the original. Oliver doesn't remember what the story would have been other than that it would have involved zombies, pirates, plant people, and sea monkeys.

 

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Recuperati

Some scrapped levels were released later as Garfield: The Lost Levels for the Sega Channel

 

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Andy Asteroids:

Earthworm Jim

The level "Andy Asteroids" was named after programmer Andy Astor.

 

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Innovativo

Acid 2 used the "Solid Eye" feature that used the PSP's stereoscopic capabilities

 

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Cambio di programma

An early title for the game was Dark Chronicle: Rogue Galaxy, but the developers dropped it to establish it as a standalone IP.

 

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Un attore, tante voci

Darryl Kurylo, who originally voiced Kazuma Kiryu in the English dub of Yakuza, also voiced many generic enemies including their groans and grunts throughout the game.

 

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Il famoso Beowulf:

Devil May Cry 4

In Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition, Beowulf from Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening can be seen on a poster during "The Arrival" cutscene of Vergil's campaign.

 

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Easter egg di peso

If you enter Konami's official customer support phone number into your phone, you will be pushed through to an operator who acknowledges that you are calling from Silent Hill, and that you are beyond even their help.

 

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Nomi differenti:

Streets of Rage

During early stages of the game's development, Axel Stone and Adam Hunter had different names. Axel's name being Hawk and Adam's name being Wolf.