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Differenze

The anaesthetic weapon, which can be used to non-lethally incapacitate enemies, originally had a different appearance. It was originally depicted as a jar with a rag, and Agent 47 would have presumably used the chemical-soaked rag to knock out enemies. It was replaced with a hypodermic needle in the final game.

 

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Burned

A 2015 news article reported that John Garvin was 'burned out' with Syphon Filter, and this essentially spells the end of the franchise.

 

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La leggendaria Kos-Mos:

Soul Calibur III

Despite not seeming to be a true guest character, KOS-MOS from the Xenosaga series can be created in the Character Creation system. It's believed that the fact she must be made using the Character Creation system is a reference to her being an android, an artificial being that was created, not born.

 

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Rimosso

In the original Japanese release, several references to the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States, and the war on terror, were included in Adam Benford's letter to Leon Kennedy regarding the foundation of the Division of Security Operations. When localized, these references were removed.

 

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Un titolo pesante:

Ghost'n Goblins

The Famicom version of the game released in 1986 was the first Famicom game to utilize a cartridge that could hold a size of 128 kilobytes of image/sprite data, an advantage that contributed to the gradual decline of the Famicom Disk System.

 

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Nessuna differenza

Unlike the previous Ghostly Adventures game, all versions are effectively identical to each other in gameplay, including the Nintendo 3DS release

 

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Censure

The crosses in the first level of the game were changed to ankhs outside of Japan.

 

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Meglio una soda:

Brave Fencer Musashi

The game's antagonists, the Thirstquencher Empire, have alcohol-themed names in the original Japanese version; this is censored to soda-themed names in the North American version.

 

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Secret

In the King's Mausoleum, there is a very dark room you can go to that has several stone faces hanging from the ceiling, and a stone pedestal in the center of the room that can be set on fire to brighten it (to better hear this Easter egg, you should not light it, and turn off the music). If you stand in front of the pedestal, several distorted voices can be heard throughout the room. Reversing them reveals that they are actually voice clips of the Radio Operators from the English dub of Armored Core 2: Another Age.

 

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Navigare, esplorare, combattere!

Il gioco presenta tre modalità: Mappa di navigazione, Esplorazione dell'isola e Combattimento. L'esplorazione dell'isola è condotta tramite una prospettiva isometrica , in cui il giocatore esplora un'isola attraverso diverse stanze. I giocatori possono portare con sé solo Heimdall e due membri dell'equipaggio sull'isola e possono andarsene solo attraverso il punto di ingresso che hanno utilizzato. La maggior parte delle isole ha una serie di trappole, tra cui fosse, punte e frecce che possono danneggiare il giocatore, insieme a mostri basati sulla mitologia norrena. Inoltre, i giocatori possono acquisire armi, pergamene, oro, cibo e vari altri oggetti dal combattimento, dai forzieri del tesoro o semplicemente in giro. Alcune isole presentano PNG con cui è possibile interagire, alcuni dei quali fungono da negozi in cui i giocatori possono acquistare o vendere oggetti.

 

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Niente jap

This was the first Crash Bandicoot game to not be released in Japan.

 

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Niente snowboard:

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos

Early screenshots show that at one stage Croc was planned to ride a snowboard. This never made it into the final game, but the level itself remains in the PC version. The level is unrefined, with simpler textures than those seen in the screenshots, and there is no snowboard.

 

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Modifiche

The original pitch video for the title starred Simon Belmont as the game's protagonist

 

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Unused

There is a unused Black Moonstone state for weapons, and unused Dark Rift dialogue in which Vyse finds the Black Moonstone there, suggesting that players would have been able to interact with it to set their weapons to its color.

 

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Sequenza rimossa:

Super Bomberman

The original Japanese version contains a short introductory cutscene that explains the story of the game. Despite having no text to translate, it was taken out from the International version for unknown reasons.

 

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Tagliato Strider un peccato, vero?

Geno from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars makes a cameo in the original game in the Star 'Stache Smash minigame. He does not appear in the minigame in the game's Nintendo 3DS remake, which instead features a floating text bubble.

 

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Tagliato Strider un peccato, vero?

Si. Un vero peccato per questo straordinario personaggio.

 

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Nice choice

Nobutoshi Canna voices both Guts and the Beast of Darkness, reflecting the fact that the Beast is a split personality of Guts.

 

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Mixed

Spartan received a mixed reception. Although some reviewers found the game to be a glorified button-masher, and criticized the combat as repetitive, others praised the game engine and the scope of the battles.

 

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Detective Conan:

Suikoden III

Kidd's character design is loosely based on that of Conan Edogawa from the manga and anime series "Detective Conan" ("Case Closed", in Japan).