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Che confusione:

Wonder Boy III The Dragon's Trap
When ported to the PC Engine, the game's name was changed. The Japanese release was known as Adventure Island, not to be confused with the Hudson Soft series of the same name, and the North American release was known as Dragon's Curse. A Game Gear version was also released in Europe under the game's original title, and in Japan under the name Monster World II: Dragon no Wana.

 

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Censura perbenista

The American version roadblocked a bath scene by putting a maid in front of the door - however the actual scene is still intact and even translated (you can view it with cheats, or on YouTube videos).

 

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Versione DX:

Metroid II

There was a rumored Game Boy Color port of the game called "Metroid II: Return of Samus DX" featured once in the German gaming magazine "Club Nintendo" that was claimed to make use of the Game Boy Color's vast color-palette. However, the game never released and its existence has been contested by a testimony from Nintendo of America translator Dan Owsen who was unaware of plans for the port, suggesting that the screenshot featured in the magazine may be a mock-up.

 

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Versione DX:

Peccato. Anche se il gioco rende comunque bene anche B. e N.

 

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Modifiche

Originally, Conner was going to have a Chain Blade, which, according to concept art, was going to act as a long-ranged hidden blade. The weapon was not used as the teams "felt it to be heading down too much of a fantasy route." The chain blade was replaced with the real life Sheng Biao/Rope Dart.

 

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Primo nella serie

First game in the Assassin's Creed franchise to have a female protagonist.

 

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Modifiche

On the password screen in the Japanese version, the stained glass decoration displays Jesus Christ and a cross, this was removed in the International version.

 

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Rimosse:

Captain Commando

Some of the enemies in the game have Ride Armors which the player can also control. This feature wasn't available in the SNES version, with the Ride Armors being completely removed.

 

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Cambio di programma

It was originally intended for Darkside to appear as a stage boss, but the truck was dropped from the game for unknown reasons. According to the first Twisted Metal game, Darkside would have been the first boss in the L.A. level. It would have had a flatbed for what would have been the only time in any of its appearances. It can still be seen in the background of the options menu.

 

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Povera Mitsuko

After a survey made by Eighting, Mitsuko was revealed being the most hated fighter of the first Bloody Roar

 

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Real Life Cameo

GTA Vice City Stories was the first game in the series to include a real life celebrity in game, with singer Phil Collins appearing in promotional material and in a number of missions, along with being featured on the soundtrack.

 

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Unico nella serie

Killzone: Liberation is presented as a third-person shooter and is the only of that kind in the Killzone series to date.

 

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Partita a carte:

Final Fantasy IX

After finishing the game's end credits, on the "THE END" screen, press R2/L1/R2/R2/Up/X/Right/Circle/Down/Triangle/L2/R1/R2/L1/Square/Square. A menu selection noise should play if this code is entered successfully, upon which you should press Start to be taken to a secret Blackjack minigame. You start with a balance of 1000, and can only bet wagers divisible by 10. If you go bankrupt, you will be sent back to the "THE END" screen, but you can play again by re-entering the code and pressing Start.

 

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Problemi con lo sprite

In an Sega.jp Meisaku interview with game's creator Kotaru Hayashida (aka Ossale Kohta), he stated that the 'Octopus Sushi' was originally going to have at least 8 arms. But it was impossible, due to an issue with the sprites.

 

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Dieckback ricorderà sempre i suoi amici

One of the characters of the game, Diekbeck, does not gain exp levels, but rather can accumulate it and distribute it to other characters.

 

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Curiosità sulla motion capture:

Tenchu

Japanese actor and martial artist Sho Kosugi is responsible for the main character Rikimaru's motion capture, as well as providing all of his Japanese voice work. His son Kane Kosugi was also involved, but as to which capacity, official accounts vary: Sho's official bio states that Kane provided the motion capture for the second main character Ayame, although in the game's closing credits, he is only credited with providing the motion capture for the antagonist character Onikage.

While this fact is virtually unknown unless you were to read the game's credits, it was heavily promoted in its native Japan, going so far as to even include a rare "Making Of" CD with snippets of the motion capture sessions as a special bonus to people who pre-ordered the original Japanese release in early 1998.

 

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Nomi diversi

In early stages of development, Ariel was known as Adonathiel, Malek as Guillaume, Bane as Orzach, Anarcrothe as Nauzhinger, Azimuth as Hericus and Moebius as Bridenal.

 

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Basta con queste formalità:

DuckTales 2

Launchpad incorrectly refers to Scrooge as 'Uncle Scrooge' instead of 'Mr. McD'.

 

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Save POINT

Unlike the original Tomb Raider (1996) game, this is the first Tomb Raider game where you can save your game file anytime you like.

 

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Personaggio famoso:

Onimusha 2

Jubei's likeness in the game is based off the late Japanese movie star, Matsuda Yusaku (1949-1989).
Matsuda's likeness was also used for Aokiji from One Piece.