Another 5th Cell game makes a cameo in Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter. If you look at the inside of Jowee's house, you may see a poster for Lock's Quest, and a plush toy of Bluebit.

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Disney once planned a kart-racing spinoff of Epic Mickey known as "Epic Disney Racers", but it was scrapped early in development. It was set to take place within the Epic Mickey world and feature characters like Cruella de Vil and Scrooge McDuck.

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A sequel to Time Gal, Time Gal Re:Birth, was released in 2023 - almost 40 years after the original arcade release. It was included as a bonus add-on to the Taito LD Game Collection, which included an HD remaster of the original Time Gal.

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A larger CD jewel case had to be used for Alundra 2 because the manual was so large. The game itself only had one disc.

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Yo-kai Watch 4++ featured numerous changes to appease to the Chinese market. Mentions of death and medicine were removed, and sexy/scary yo-kai were redesgined. Gutsy Bones and Jinta got a very large overhaul, making them look like robots.

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There are many LCD Game-And-Watch style games based on Akira Toriyama's Dr. Slump series. Each came in a set of three - the Dr. Slump Arale series and the Dr. Slump Penguin Village series.

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The Atari ST version of B.A.T. shipped with a small "MV-16" dongle. This dongle was used as both an anti-piracy measure and for the game's sound. It bolstered the Atari ST's sound quality and allowed up to 16 digital voices to play at a time.

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Cyber Doll takes place in an alternate reality where some predictions from the real-life Nostradamus actually came true in the year 1999. A terrible disease breaks out, and humanity is replaced by cybernetic "immortals".

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Hatsune Miku appears in 7th Dragon 2020! If you save her from a dungeon, you can unlock DIVA mode, which changes most of the game's music to Vocaloid remixes of the different songs.

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The Amiga version of Mega Turrican, known as Turrican III Payment Day, was the only way to play it for about a year before it came to other consoles. The Mega Drive version came out in 1994, a full year after the Amiga version.

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Qix Adventure was supposed to be released in North America in 2000 by Natsume. Unfortunately, due to multiple delays in the game's development, it was canceled. Other regions wouldn't see the game until 2001.

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The Snack World: TreJarers has quite a few leftovers from the Yo-Kai Watch series. Graphics used in Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sushi can be found in the game's files, and a subdirectory features text from the intro of Yo-Kai Watch 2.

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Linda³ has been remade twice - the first remake was for the PSX, and the second one was for the Sega Saturn. These versions, known as Linda³ Again and Linda³ Kanzeban, have minor differernces - but the Saturn version is the "perfect version" - it's even in the name (Kanzeban).

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Kanye Quest 3030 was once believed to be created by an alleged cult of Ascensionism. Creator Clara Hope (Phenix) made the game when she was in high school, and included it as a commentary on real-world cults. She spread the initial cult rumors via Pastebin.

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The back of the NA box art for Gal*Gun: Double Peace's PS VITA release mistakenly has the 'E' for everyone rating... The game is rated 'M' for mature in North America.

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In Touhou: Mystia's Izakaya, you can encounter Tewi during parts of the story. She'll sell you merchandise at an absurd markup, and not buying anything will result in getting a curse from her.

One of the items that may appear randomly is... Reisen!?

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Clueless Fashion was an unreleased game for the Nintendo DS based on the film of the same name. Many people didn't even know about its existence until youtuber Ray Mona discovered it on her search for the unreleased (and previously lost) Mean Girls DS game.

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Realms of the Haunting was one of Gremlin Interactive's most expensive projects. While no development cost has been published (that I can tell), NEXT Generation magazine mentioned that they went all out to create "a true horror game".

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Kowloon High-School Chronicle has a hidden image of Michael Jackson riding a tricycle in the game's files.

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Western releases of Bullet Witch actually make Alicia's guns do less damage. Matt Rush of Atari said this change was to encourage people to use more of her witchcraft skills, since "US gamers are more likely to run and gun".

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