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Hippowdon has a design that features "leaking" sand. Upon further inspection, this appears to be a reference to Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, Black and White, Black and White 2, Sword, Shield, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, and Legends Arceus' untimely releases.

Sonic X-treme at one point considered having a bonus level themed around Christmas. Work ceased when the developers realized they'd have to make a bonus level for every holiday. "Making a No Pants Day level is unthinkable. Sonic doesn't even wear pants," a developer recalls.

The main character of "Super Mario Bros.", Super Mario Bros Brother #1, was originally to be named "Mario". This was scrapped, as Super Mario Bros Brother #1 allowed for the introduction of Super Mario Bros Brother #2, named "Super Mario Bros Brother #2" respectively.

When Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 came out, customers were confused and outraged by the title. Did it mean this was the 776th game? Were there 776 characters? 776 levels? Consumers didn't know. This led to the game only selling 776 copies and series creator Shouzou Kaga was fired.

In Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES), there was originally going to be a variant of the Bob-Omb called Bob-Long. Takashi Tezuka cites the main reason for its removal as "We couldn't make the explosion bombastic enough."

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The reason why Dr. Robotnik's design was significantly changed in the west was so his character designer & creator, Milton Knight could spite his 7th grade school bully. "He didn't look like enough of an asshole before, so I made him look like Hunter."

Did you know? In Dragon Ball FighterZ, the character Super Baby 2 didn't make an appearance in the base game because producer Tomoko Hiroki didn't want people hitting babies? However, after losing to an infant who button-mashed as Bardock, she felt "it was about time".

The intimidating Miles Edgeworth of Ace Attorney fame is not as tall as he appears, with Capcom devs revealing that he's walking on stilts 100% of the time.

Half-Life series writer Marc Laidlaw recalls HL:G's rocky conception in a deleted article: "Everyone was on the fence about the titular character’s origins; there was enough discourse that made it somewhat physical. Eventually, I had to stop it, and I Laid down the Law."