Question going around twitter: what’s the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know? (you’re getting more content than twitter is:)
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There is a fully functional Arwing from Star Fox inside Ocarina of Time. It was a debug test for the z-targeting system.
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Majora’s Mask has calendar support for more than three days and on some days the moon is very far away.
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The Imposter Professor Oak pokémon trading card was based on a scrapped plot line for Pokémon Gold/Silver (in fact they threw out the entire plot and world map and started over)
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The Paper Mario engine supports having no boots equipped and will accordingly prevent you from using jump based attacks, though there is no way to get into this state without editing ram.
this puzzle from the Imperial City level of Dark Forces (1995) is based on this scene from Brazil (1985):
In Telltale Games's The Walking Dead: The Final Season, when you play rock paper scissors with AJ, only his first move is randomized. His subsequent moves are predictable based on the player's previous move, and his strategy changes depending on how aggressive you've taught him to be earlier in the season.