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Unica

May is the only female enemy in the Final Fight series who neither was replaced by a male enemy in the international version of the game or has a named palette swap.

 

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Errore di programmazione:

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals

The boss "Egg Dragon" has a programing error. The boss has the highest amount of HP possible in the game (65535 HP), however, due to a lack of an HP cap, if you heal the boss it will reset his HP to a low number. After healing him, it's possible to defeat him in a single hit.

 

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Recurring

The character of Misato Hayakawa is actually a reoccurring character from a previous Bandai game called R?MJ: The Mystery Hospital where a younger Misato and four other people were trapped in a Japanese hospital housing a strange secret.

 

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Inadatto

Gandar's starting Hero Value is a very low -106, but this is irrelevant, since he cannot be transferred to Asgard; despite the fact that Odin expressly asks for him, his personality is simply not fitting for an Einherjar (it is likely that Odin only asked Lenneth to recruit him so that Hel would not be able to use his powers).

 

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Tante differenze

Twilight Town had a radically different design in early concepts that featured a more fantasy-like setting with a fairy-tale-forest look that was complete with swampy ponds, grasslands, a train system that runs on large vines, and settlements atop incredibly large mushrooms.

 

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Blooper

On the second disc of MGS3 Subsistence, there is a hidden "blooper reel" of alternate cut scenes. Most of them don't make any sense and are simply intended to entertain those who find them.

 

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Un gran lavoro:

Devil Survivor Overclocked

According to director Shinjirō Takata, the new voice acting for the 3DS release of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, subtitled Overclocked, included around 20,000 voice lines, of which about 15,000 covered the game's original dialogue and 5,000 covered the new "Day 8" segments. At the time, this was the most voiced dialogue in any game released by Atlus.

 

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Un disastro

The storyline written by Motomu Toriyama can be seen as extremely confusing, nonsensical, muddled and convoluted without motivation and connection. A review by GameTrailers said that that explaining the game's story, what happens and why it happens is like "explaining string theory to a 2 year old"

 

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Rimosso

During the first fight with Leon, it is possible to defeat him either through cheating or by grinding to at least level 12 beforehand. Beating him will trigger a short cutscene showing a secret ending to the game where Spoiler:Rutee briefly lambasts Leon and then forcibly enlists an upset Stahn to join her and Mary in becoming an infamous trio of globe-trotting Lens hunters, before the game abruptly returns to the title screen. This ending is not featured in the game's PlayStation 2 remake, as Leon's fight is redesigned to be impossible to defeat.

 

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Da riscoprire

Released in 1998 only in Japan for the PlayStation 1, Mizzurna Falls is a groundbreaking, Twin Peaks-inspired open-world mystery game by Human Entertainment. It features real-time 3D environments, strict NPC schedules, and a 7-day timer to solve a kidnapping/murder case.

 

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L'isola DS:

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Phantom Hourglass contains a an island called "Dee Ess Island" - an island in the shape of the DS Lite when shown from the sea and an original DS when shown from the island itself. This concept was almost carried forward into a GameCube Island for Wind Waker but was scrapped before making it into the final game.

 

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Obscure

Seventh Cross: Evolution is a niche 1998 Sega Dreamcast creature-evolution simulation game where you guide a creature from a single cell to a dominant species, often cited for its obscure gameplay and high difficulty.

 

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Ridoppiato

In the E3 1999 demo of Sonic Adventure, Knuckles had a very different voice. This was the same voice actor, but they re-recorded nearly all of his lines before the game's release. Surprisingly, voices for his entire story were included, even though the demo only had two stages for Knuckles.

 

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Censura

In the Japanese version of the game's intro cutscene, Kimberly Fox is seen being captured by a monster that sticks a tentacle down her throat. This was changed in the international release to adjust the camera angle so that the tentacle cannot be seen entering her mouth.

 

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La tigre dai denti a sciabola:

Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja

The game contains data for an unused saber-tooth cat enemy. It has idle, turning, walking, and running animations, as well as hurt and dying animations.

 

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Breve

the The Bouncer (2001) is a PS2 launch-era beat-'em-up developed by Square (now Square Enix) and Dream Factory, notable for its cinematic style, 60fps visuals, and short (~2-hour) playthrough time.

 

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Le origini del disastro

The infamous American Mega Man 2 box art, where Mega Man wields a pistol instead of his signature Mega Buster, was not an attempt to make Mega Man appear more "edgy", but was actually born from a misconception where Capcom's art director believed Mega Man was using a gun too small to be seen in sprite form rather than transforming his arm. Artist Marc Ericksen would say to Nintendo Age in 2012:

"What happened was I had to go down to Capcom and do a game they just got in from Japan. They had a beta version; they were in a hurry to get this thing out. So I went down there. The gentlemen was the art director was there with the beta guy and they were waiting for me and I came with my pad and they started running the game. What we saw was this little pixelated figure of the famous Mega Man running around on the screen shooting. Bang, bang, bang, he's shooting obviously like this with his arm [Marc points his arm forward]. So I said to the art director, 'what is he shooting? What is he shooting with?' The art director said, 'he must have a pistol because I don't see that he's got a rifle so he must have a pistol.'

'So... a pistol? You want me to do a pistol?' And he said, 'yeah, let's put a pistol in there.' So I did what I was told and I put the pistol in there. Add to the fact that they only had, like, a day and a half for me to do the painting and what you wound up with was not the greatest result but certainly a result that was not my fault. It was one of those things. Here's my opportunity: I'm saying to everybody now that was not my fault! Talk to Capcom about the pistol."

 

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Il famoso crossover:

Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE

The game was originally announced with the title "Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem".

 

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Best seller

The Mega Drive version was a bestseller in the UK for 2 months

 

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Cambiamo, va... :

Real Bout: Fatal Fury

SNK created new assets for the loading screens on the Neo-Geo CD version. However, the art style used for said loading screens was considered "too eccentric" by many fans, to the point that they sent letters directly to SNK demanding that they shouldn't use the style anymore. Because of this, the art style used in those loading screens was never used again in future SNK games.