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The Video Game Cool Facts Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:30 pm
by Gonic
I couldn't think of a more creative title. Sorry.

So I was browsing the Internet recently and I found some really cool facts. Not the very well known ones. The not so well known ones. For example:

- Did you know the creeper was made because of a failed Pig model?
- Street Fighter 3rd Strike originally was meant to have 100% new characters?

Source: http://www.screwattack.com/news/communi ... -fun-facts

So what fun facts do you know bout games?

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:42 pm
by RWDebara
Batman Arkham Asylum started off as a rhythm game.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:47 pm
by Reknoc
The bushes in Super Mario Bros. are clouds.

Donkey Kong Country 2 is called Diddy's Kong-quest (Diddy's Conquest) and not Diddy Kong's Quest.

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:51 pm
by Gonic
If anyone has a better name for this thread lemme know xD

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:40 am
by Killer French Bread
Street Fighter 3 third strike was also meant to have Dan Hibiki in it at some point too.

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:10 am
by Reknoc
Capcom are pretty good at turning glitches into features. Street Fighter II combos originally being glitches were is well known, but Devil May Cry's fighting system was based on a glitch that allowed you to launch and air combo in Onimusha.

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:23 am
by Gonic
Im not sure how well known this one is. But devil may cry was made from an old prototype from resident evil 4.

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:20 pm
by richarddavies
When designing the levels for Metal gear solid 2. Hideo and his team used to design the levels by making them out of Lego.

He also used to keep everyone on there toes by practising Snakes moves that he was coming up with by sneaking up behind his staff and knocking them out in sleeper holds.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:36 pm
by Kaito-kun
Killer French Bread wrote:Street Fighter 3 third strike was also meant to have Dan Hibiki in it at some point too.
Oh snap! Why did they have to change their minds?

I'm enjoying this thread; it's like a mini-geeky version of QI. Some sources might be nice though.

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:55 pm
by Gonic
Kaito-kun wrote:
I'm enjoying this thread; it's like a mini-geeky version of QI. Some sources might be nice though.
Believe it or not. Your rant inspired me to do this thread. At the time i read it I was also reading some cool facts bout games. So i thought this would getting people posting about a number of games xD