Rubrica Cose che non sai sui Retro Giochi

[Geddoe]

Sadismo

According to the game's artist, Masato Kato, the game's difficulty was the result of an accident, however the development team decided to not try to fix the difficulty as they enjoyed it.

 

[Strider]

Dei pomodori come nemici

Tomatoes either skip or roll around. Tomatoes can't die unless they hit a wall or fall off where they're rolling.

 

[Geddoe]

False speranze

In the May 1995 issue of Nintendo Power, Godzilla: Kaijuu Daikssessen was previewed under the title Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters. It was announced that the game would be localized for release in America at some point in the future, but was never released for unknown reasons.

 

[Meruem]

La versione americana di Super Turbo è l'apice del barare

 

[Geddoe]

Not Hero material

The character Terry was originally intended to be the main hero but was replaced by the conventional hero design in the final game, although he remained as a significant character

 

[Geddoe]

Due in meno

Blizzard originally wanted to include more than two races with the game

 

[Geddoe]

Sequel only in name

 

[Vincent 86]

I sonnellini sono vietati:

Sonic 3

Sonic was planned to fall asleep if you wait around, but the sprite wasn't used.

 

[Geddoe]

Tre

There are 3 possible endings based on the player's actions in-game, 1 of which is similar to the end of the film.

 

[Vincent 86]

Aggiungiamo un pizzico di Xenomorfo e la ricetta è pronta:

Samurai Shodown II

In the Devil's Island - Dinner battle stage, there is a large cauldron in the background being tended to by two creatures that resemble Gen-An Shiranui as they appear to be boiling three human heads and a Xenomorph from the Alien franchise in a vat of blood.

 

[Geddoe]

Ed è SOLO la punta dell'iceburg

Using a specific code with a Gameshark cheat device, it's possible to view your opponent's cards in their hand during play. Utilizing this cheat, it's been discovered that the CPU opponents are programmed with an unfair advantage allowing them to change the cards drawn from their deck into entirely different cards to better suite the course of a match (i.e. changing an unnecessary Trap or Spell card into a Monster card that has high enough ATK points to destroy a powerful Monster card the player may have placed on the field the turn prior).

 

[Vincent 86]

Spione:

New Super Luigi U

If the final boss is beaten with Nabbit, he'll make a small cameo as Luigi goes up to Princess Peach, spying on the two of them.

 

[Geddoe]

Tante idee

According to one of several patents filed by producer Masaya Matsuura and programmer John Belmonte for Sony in October 1999, it seems the game was planned to have a split-screen multiplayer mode, with the goal possibly being to see who could get the most points.

 

[Geddoe]

Loghi diversi

Like Battle Network 4, each region has a different logo and title screens. The Japanese and North American logos are notably similar, but the European logos follow the style of the previous games released in the region.

 

[Geddoe]

Una precisa scelta artistica

The game's character select screen notoriously features unflattering portraits of the playable soldiers, which sharply contrasts with the bravado that would otherwise be associated with its militaristic setting. In the years following the game's release, fans speculated that the portraits were intended as either covert anti-war messaging, or as in-universe propaganda disseminated by General Morden's forces.

These theories were eventually debunked in a tweet by lead artist Akio Oyabu in 2025, who explained that the portraits were designed to lend a sense of comedic novelty to the game, humorously standing out from the "handsome men and beautiful women" that were omnipresent in fighting games at the concurrent height of the latter genre's popularity. Oyabu stated that he was influenced by Terry Gilliam's surrealist cutout animations in the 1969 British sketch comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus.

 

[Vincent 86]

Direi che non è stata un'ottima scelta:

Daytona USA

On the Advanced Circuit, turning around and driving up the slope to the right of the track leads to an enclosed area with a sign reading "Congratulations. You just lost your sponsors!".

 

[Geddoe]

Tagliato perché si

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.

 

[Vincent 86]

La misteriosa lettera "G":

Donkey Kong Country 3

Due to some unknown error, many US copies of the SNES version are missing the KONG letter 'G' in the level Rocket Rush. All other regions and the GBA re-release have the letter present.

 

[Geddoe]

Da un rifiuto, una rinascita

The game began development as a tie-in game based on the Alien franchise. However, because id Software wanted total creative control, negotiations with 20th Century Fox fell through. Instead, they took influences from the movie, as well as the Evil Dead franchise for the Chainsaw and Shotgun weapons, and dropped the use of aliens in favor of a "demons from Hell on Mars" theme.

 

[Vincent 86]

Animazioni nascoste:

Forgotten Worlds

Sylphie has two unused animations; one where she is talking and another one where she is smiling.