Link got his name from how the Triforce was originally electronic chips that the main character was linked to that the player had to timetravel in order to get.

Mario was originally a carpenter, not a plumber.

The original Mario bros arcade game was where Mario originally was first found to be "Mario Mario". Not the movie like many believe.

The world's of Final Fantasy 7 and Final Fantasy X exist within the same universe.

Robotnik aka Eggman was originally meant to be the hero before Sonic took the role.

Did you know that in Zelda 2, Error said "I am Error!" which became an internet meme, was originally meant to be Errol but due to Japanese grammar mistakes, the name became "Error" and it stuck.

Fun Fact : Did you know that because of the poisonous mushrooms in Super Mario 2 the international release was replaced with a different game, which without we may never of had shy guys or birdo.

c0matoast : I think the Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X thing hasn't been proven yet. I could be wrong, but I think that's only a theory, not actual fact... Unless Square Enix revealed it? Bum bum bum!

Fun fact : Gabe Newell takes years to count to three... but apparently another Half Life is in the making... in before half life 2.5
Gabe Newell is well known for valve and some of the highest praised games, such as portal and team fortress.

Varaddude630 : Actually the name Error is correct. There is another character "Bagu" who is the brother of Error in the game. "Bagu" actually means "Bug" but it was not translated to english in the end. The names Error and Bug were a joke meant to be noticed. All these years who would have thought it was actually Bagu who was the one with the wrong name, not Error!

pray75 :
This is a translated quote from  Ultimania  from one of the scenario writers for the games FF7 and FFX/X-2. The translation may not be 100% accurate but it is legit to my knowledge.
"Actually, it does. After quitting the Gullwings, Shinra received enormous financial support from Rin, and began trying to use Vegnagun to siphon Mako Energy from the Farplane. But, he is unable to complete the system for utilizing this energy in his generation, and in the future, when traveling to distant planets becomes possible, the Shin-Ra Company is founded on another world. That would happen about 1000 years after this story."

Nintendo was actually a Japanese playing card game

VaradDude630 : that is incorrect error was an inside joke it was actually bagu who is the error bagu is japenese for bug but the translators forgot to translate that so error is not the error in the game

Did you know that nintendo was collaborating  with sony for a CD-rom Games console in 1989..
Nintendo Backed out,Leading to creation of The PlayStation.

Did you know that Kingdom Hearts was originally about Mickey Mouse with a chainsaw?


I would also like to point out to Jin that it WAS Earthbound 1, known in Japan as Mother 2, the original was Earthbound 0, or Mother 1 and WAS released (but only in Japan)

Did you know that Nintendo, during the development of the NES game Kid Icarus, was on such a strict deadline that employees stayed overnight at the building, frequently pulled all-nighters, and slept in boxes?

KINGDOM HEARTS II: Axel was supposed to die in the prologue of Kingdom Hearts II, where you fight him as Roxas. However, he was such a popular character amongst the developers, that he died in an awesome way somewhere at the very end of the game.

In the first chapter of Uncharted 3, if you look on one of the newspapers in the bar where you beat up all of the goons in London, you will see something about The Overseer, which is the villain in The Last of Us.

Funny how they tied them in like that.

The original Lavender Town music in Pokemon Green made some children attempt suicide.

Davideo7 : Charles Martinet, the guy who voices Mario is also the voice actor for Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi. Nintendo, Nintendo, Nintendo. You couldn't get three more voice actors? Anyway, you get the point.

Did you know? The original Co-Creator of the infamous NES game Back to the Future thought the game was so bad, he urged the customers to not buy it.

Did you know in the Banjo games, some of the things that are said were random noises or profanity taken and altered in audio software. I thought this was pretty funny. They even needed to alter the "Thank You" in Banjo Kazooie's Mad Monster Mansion because it really sounded like they were saying "F you".

Did you know that the original Pokemon Green had very bad glitches, like the glitch which ends your game and you can never play it again glitch or whatever it was.

Did you know? One of the directors of the infamous "Sonic X-treme" was so stressed out with the development of the game, that he fell ill, and was told he had 6 months to live. He still lived, though.