History HilariousInHindsight / VideoGames

** 1995: Monolith, a sequel to ''The Sentinel''. Three years later, ''Sentinel Returns'' came out.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', Pit of ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' got an updated character design that, to many, looked remarkably like Sora from the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series. Fast forward to E3 2010, which we learn of a [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising new]] ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising game]], featuring the same design for Pit, being made by Masahiro Sakurai's (the creator of ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'') development team, which is called "Project ''Sora''".
** And years later, Sora himself would end up joining ''Smash's'' roster at the tail end of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'''s DLC run.

** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri'' has a bit of one. The Guild Sweetheart occasionally says "You know, some hunters wish we'd get rid of the Quest Fee. Like the hunters who suck at their jobs. If they didn't mess up all the time, we wouldn't have to charge! Sheesh!" Guess what one of the things [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Ben Croshaw]] complains about in his Extra Punctuation article?

** Speaking of ''La-Mulana'', Elder Xelpud has a habit of [[TakeThat badmouthing]] the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem. An UpdatedRerelease of the game was released on UsefulNotes/WiiWare, which is another Nintendo platform, several years after the original PC version came out.

* On AprilFoolsDay 2006, [=GameSpot=] made a fake news post called [[http://www.gamespot.com/news/6146958.html Revolution will take lead in 2010]]. Even though the system continued Nintendo's struggles with third-party support from larger publishers, the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} went on to become the market leader of that generation, selling more consoles than the competition by a wide margin.
** "An overwhelming majority of industry analysts have stated that the favorite to win the next-gen console battle will be the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, with the remaining experts saying that Microsoft's UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} will take advantage of its head start to market, making it tough to beat." While the [=PS3=] did surpass the 360, it indeed took almost the entire console generation for the system to overcome Microsoft's head start and get that victory.
** "The higher costs to develop for [the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and Xbox 360] will be passed on to consumers." -- This was ''before'' the price of the [=PS3=] was announced, which was [[MemeticMutation FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE US DOLLARS]].
** "I've heard about the controller and some of the projects Nintendo is working on...and I heard from a source that there are already builds of the Revolution's handwriting technology. Gamers will eventually use the controller to 'write' answers..." -- [[UsefulNotes/WiiU GameSpot must have been giving Nintendo ideas.]]

* Listen closely to the introductions to these 1980s walkthrough videos of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zwIoJuUsvM Pac-Man]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-pzdPLfy9Y E. T.]]'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}. They're pretty funny given [[UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 their infamy]] since then.

* The roster of an UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} fighting game ''Shadow Fighter'' (released in 1994) featured a black basketballer and a faqir. These guys might as well be Film/{{Kazaam}}'s parents.

* There's a bootleg game for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor called ''[[http://bootleggames.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_3D_Blast_5_(Game_Boy)#Pok.C3.A9mon_Adventure Pokémon Adventure]]'' which is a hack of an earlier bootleg game called ''Sonic 3D Blast 5'' which replaces Sonic with Pikachu but has him retain all of Sonic's abilities. It's the closest thing we'll ever get to a ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' game. It also came out in 2000, the same year the Sonichu character was originally created.

** 1996: ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins 96'', a remake of ''Ghosts 'n' Goblins'' with improved graphics. Two years later, a ''Ghosts 'n' Goblins'' emulator with interpolated graphics came out. Moreover, in [[VideoGame/MaximoGhostsToGlory 2001]] and [[VideoGame/MaximoVsArmyOfZin 2003]], '''two''' sequels came out for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.

** 1998: a PC version of ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'', with native [=Voodoo2=] support, improved graphics and the ability to send cars to other people through email. Merely four months later, a UsefulNotes/PlayStation emulator called [=PSEmuPro=] came out and actually allowed to do all that.

* In the Sega UsefulNotes/GameGear version of ''Winter Olympic Games: Lillehammer '94'', one of the American athletes is named "H.Montana". Face it, the only "H.Montana" you can think of nowadays is Series/{{Hannah|Montana}}.

** A trailer for a supposed UsefulNotes/WiiU VideoGameRemake of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' was revealed to be an April Fools' joke... but nine months later in January 2013, it was revealed that Nintendo actually ''was'' working on a Wii U remake of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker a different Zelda game]]. And then an ''actual Majora's Mask'' remake was announced for 2015 for the 3DS.

* In UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica, a toy store chain called Reggie's once sold a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famiclone]] under the name [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq5rH4LESDo Reggie's Entertainment System]]. Several years later, a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Fils-Aime man]] by the name of Reggie Fils-Aimé would become president of Nintendo of America.

* There's an UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} game called ''Space Spartans''. When the game came out, this would just have been one of the many games with "space" in the title that came out in the early 80s, albeit a strange one ([[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd "What's that? A Spartan in space? Was Marvin the Martian a Space Spartan?"]]), but gamers today hearing the title would probably think of [[Franchise/{{Halo}} something else.]]

* Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog was explicitly created by Creator/{{Sega}} to compete with Nintendo and their [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros iconic mascot]] in the 16-bit UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars. Fast-forward to 2008, and you'll find that [[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames they officially co-stared in the same game]], [[CueTheFlyingPigs wherein they presumably snowboard over Hell's now-frozen landscape]].

* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' was created to be the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation mascot. Fast-foward ten years and the series has several games that are Creator/{{Nintendo}} console exclusives.

** During the days of UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn, to promote the ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' game, there's a commercial where Advertising/SegataSanshiro is playing with the main heroine, Sakura Shinguuji, under a park of cherry blossom trees. Sakura returns in ''Project X Zone 2'', which just happens to also feature Segata. Any wonders if they're going to refer to the aforementioned commercial? [[spoiler:The answer is a big resounding '''YES'''.]]

** For bonus points, Capcom also released NES-style premium avatars of the cast of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' (which includes all of the original eight ''SFII'' fighters) in the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork PlayStation Store]] at least a year before the announcement.

* People that were not impressed by the visuals of the Wii demanded that Nintendo should make an add-on or a new console that would make the Wii have HD graphics. The UsefulNotes/WiiU comes along several years later and is pretty much an upgraded Wii.

** A running gag in the Neptunia series is about Noire, the Playstation character, being a loner and having no friends... years later, UsefulNotes/Playstation4 games refuse to support crossplay with other consoles and PC.

* In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', characters communicate by using UsefulNotes/NintendoDS lookalikes that can send and receive mail. One generation of video game platforms later, the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS introduced the [=SwapNote=] feature...and then this became HarsherInHindsight instead when [=SwapNote=]'s online message exchange feature was wiped due to child safety concerns.

* [[http://animated-shark.deviantart.com/art/The-Koopalings-206798545 This]] fan art showing the Koopalings in ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', created in 2011. They would go on to become officially playable characters in [[VideoGame/MarioKart8 the eighth installment]] for the UsefulNotes/WiiU (though not all in one kart as seen in the pic).

* In 2009, a ''Franchise/MegaMan'' fan game called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdvJZ2eRzJA Mega Man Scramble]]'' was produced by Tech Wing for Capcom-Unity's ''Mega Man ''Tribute Contest, winning at #6. The game is about VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}} being pursued by an AdvancingBossOfDoom and occasionally being assisted by cameo appearances of VideoGame/MegaManX, [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork MegaMan.EXE]], [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Mega Man Volnutt]], and [[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Geo Stelar and Omega-Xis]], culminating with all of the heroes finishing off the boss with a CombinationAttack. Five years later, the original Mega Man appears as a playable character in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' for UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and UsefulNotes/WiiU, and his Final Smash involves Mega Man [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZszrtCIDxU summoning his other four incarnations.]]

** One of the loading screen messages states that "If cartridges were still popular, this level would've loaded by now!" Good thing there's [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch a cartridge-based system]] among the platforms this game is being released on!

* ''VideoGame/PrzygodyReksia'': The third game centers around a group of wizards who suspect there is a traitor among them and said traitor is different every time a new game is started. It’s is oddly similar to ''VideoGame/AmongUs''. In the Romanian dub, the traitor even uses the word "sus".

* Doubling as a HarsherInHindsight, one of the missions in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes]]'' has you erase the logos of ''Franchise/MetalGear'' games from helicopters. After doing this, you get the message: "You might be able to erase the markings, but the memories will never disappear." Later on, Kojima would leave Konami, and Konami removed his name and the Kojima Productions logo from the boxart. Of course, knowing [[TrollingCreator Kojima]], this might very well have been Foreshadowing...

** ''Trigger'' also gives us Johnny, a robotic rival of the main character who challenges you to a jetbike/motorbike race. Twelve years later, ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush Adventure]]'' introduces... Johnny, a robotic rival of the main character who challenges you to a ''water'' bike race.

* ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'': The real form of the sorcerer Neff, the one who taunts the player at the end of every level, is a creepy pale bald man in a black tunic who looks similar to [[Franchise/HarryPotter Lord Voldemort]]. However, the game came out in 1988 and the first Harry Potter book was published about 10 years later, while the film series began in 2001.

* The UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'' might be [[WidgetSeries weird enough]], but it just gets sillier ([[HarsherInHindsight or creepier]]) each year: You ''touch kids'' (in the video game sense, but the fact they are at the height of Michael's crotch does not help) to gain points and {{power ups}} (and in the home version, you cannot advance unless you get ''all'' the kids, who are sometimes... hiding), or touch Bubbles the Chimp to get a super {{cyborg}} transformation. And then there's the dance attack: Music/MichaelJackson randomly does one of three dances, and it wipes out all the enemies on the screen.

** In the ''SF'' fandom, [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Sagat]] was occasionally referred to as '''[[WebVideo/TheTourettesGuy BOB]] [[JustForPun SAGAT]]''' ([[DontExplainTheJoke as in]] [[Series/FullHouse Bob Saget]]). Now, in ''[=SFxT=]'', you can play as Sagat alongside Bob from ''Tekken 6'', meaning that [[FanNickname Bob Sagat]] lives on.

* In ''VideoGame/LiveALive'', the Far Future chapter has the player wandering around a spaceship where [[DwindlingParty the crewmembers keep getting killed off one by one]], and at one point the player character has to defend himself against an accusation of being an impostor. By the time the VideoGameRemake was released, this reminded quite a few players of ''VideoGame/AmongUs''.

* In ''VideoGame/LiveALive'', the Far Future chapter has the player wandering around a spaceship where [[DwindlingParty the crewmembers keep getting killed off one by one]], and at one point the player character has to defend himself against an accusation of being an impostor. By the time the VideoGameRemake was relased, this reminded quite a few players of ''VideoGame/AmongUs''.

* In the American manual of the 1989 NES game, ''VideoGame/DrJekyllAndMrHyde'', one of the adversaries is named Luna the Cat. Just barely three years later, a [[Franchise/SailorMoon certain manga and anime series]] would have a character named Luna, who is a cat.

* It's ''really'' funny to play through the Happy Happyists house in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' while thinking of Creator/SummerGlau in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. "Hands of blue, two by two..."

** The "chateau" in ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' was actually a church, renamed to avoid a religious reference that would get the game blocked. The player's guide for ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', on the other hand, depicts an ''actual'' chateau on the bottom of [[https://archive.org/details/earthboundnintendoplayersguide1995/page/n15/mode/2up page 14]].

** Ghosts in ''VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings'' look almost like the emblem for Snapchat.

* VideoGame/SuperFighter: This is a Taiwanese made VideoGame/StreetFighterII [[TheMockbuster knockoff]] that very blatantly lifted from Creator/{{Capcom}}'s aforementioned game. However, some of the Super Fighter cast have some similarities to characters that would be introduced in later iterations and sequels of Street Fighter Games.

* In 1988, a small video game developing team known as Creator/ArcSystemWorks, developed a port of ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' for the Master System. In 2015, ASW adquires all of Technos assets via Million.

*** Also in this series, MickeyMouse has been compared to Yoda from the ''Franchise/StarWars'' series several times, as they are both short in stature, not to mention their similar fighting styles and agility. Since 2012, Disney has acquired the rights to [=LucasFilms=] (and therefore, ''Star Wars'') and it's quite possible to have both of them in a future ''Kingdom Hearts'' game.

** Similarly, in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', [[BonusBoss EX Boss]] Ran Yakumo's final spell card is ''Illusion God "Descent of Izuna-Gongen"''. Not very remarkable at the time, especially since Yukari's counterpart spell in the Phantasm stage is far more well-known. 18 years later however, the Stage 5 boss of ''Unconnected Marketeers'' is the legendary Iizuna Gongen herself, Megumu Iizunamaru.

** In the [[UpdatedRerelease Special Edition]] of ''4'', Trish has a move called "V Divider". It's quite an interesting attack name at first, but in this game, V and Urizen are [[spoiler: [[LiteralSplitPersonality the human and demon halves of Vergil]]]]. In other words, [[spoiler: Vergil is divided in two.]]

*** The prequel novel has Dante teaming up with a woman named Beryl who, after their adventure is concluded, gives Dante her anti-tank rifle as collateral. The [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening very next game]] introduces Lady who has a lot of similarities to Beryl (including having a large gun) and would become infamous for constantly hounding Dante for how money he owes her. The hilarity becomes magnified when you consider that timeline-wise, Dante meets Lady before Beryl comes into his life.

** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'': Arius's corporation is named [[{{Ouroboros}} Uroboros]]. [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Sound familiar?]] Remember that the series [[DivorcedInstallment was birthed from a discarded concept]] for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. The hilarity only magnifies if you consider how Arius's international enterprise resembles Wesker's dealings with Tricell, never mind [[spoiler:Possessed Arius sporting some very Ouroboros-esque tentacles along with a core on his chest that resembles Wesker's [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak points]] in the final battle of ''[=RE5=]'']].
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'': ([[LightEmUp Beowulf]], the final Devil Arm Dante receives in this game, is a set of [[PowerFist gauntlets]] and [[ArmedLegs greaves]]) allows him to whip out a string of [[BareFistedMonk physical combos]] that pay homage to several famous martial artists (both real and fictitious), with many of these moves being evocative of the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' characters; he even uses variants of the {{Shoryuken}} (Rising Dragon), Shin Shoryuken (Real Impact), and Shinkuu [[HurricaneKick Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku]] (Tornado). Dante's personality and sense of style (such as his preference for the color red) has had many fans likening him to a more Awesome version of Ken Masters. In ''Devil May Cry 3'', ''Devil May Cry 4'', and [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries the anime]], Dante is voiced by Creator/ReubenLangdon, the voice actor of Ken Masters in the dub of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.
*** In a similar instance, Ryu's English VA in ''SFIV'' is none other than Creator/KyleHebert, best known as [[Anime/DragonBallZ Adult Gohan]]. Can you say, "KamehameHadoken"?

** This is [[https://imdb.com/title/tt1189432/ not the first time]] a protagonist played by Bosch had as his final opponent a villain played by [[spoiler:Southworth]].

** For most of the series, despite being voiced by a former Power Ranger, [[spoiler: Vergil behaved more like the [[Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger Japanese counterpart]] of his [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce previous character]], who [[AdaptationalNiceGuy did not have as much redeeming qualities]] as [[SixthRanger Eric]] and was more blatantly opportunistic and power-hungry]]. And then [[spoiler: after he's beaten and travels to the underworld with Dante, he gains a friendly rivalry and dynamic not unlike Eric has with his former bitter rival [[TheHero Wes]] at the end of the show and beyond]].

** Speaking of Agnus, [[spoiler:Dante ends up meeting his daughter]] in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''. [[spoiler:And her reaction to Dante's antics is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4LIymzzHZo adorable fangirl squeeing]].]]

* In ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', Creator/JohnnyYongBosch voices [[VideoGame/MegamanX Zero]] while Creator/DanSouthworth voices [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Vergil]]. For those keeping track at home, that's two generations of Franchise/PowerRangers in the game ([[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers the second Black Ranger]] and [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce the Quantum Ranger]], respectively).

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''
** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', the final Devil Arm that Dante receives ([[LightEmUp Beowulf]], a set of [[PowerFist gauntlets]] and [[ArmedLegs greaves]]) allows him to whip out a string of [[BareFistedMonk physical combos]] playing homage to several famous martial artists (both real and fictitious), with many of these moves being evocative of the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' crew; he even uses variants of the {{Shoryuken}} (Rising Dragon), Shin Shoryuken (Real Impact), and Shinkuu [[HurricaneKick Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku]] (Tornado). Dante's personality and sense of style (such as his preference for the color red) has had many fans likening him to a more Awesome version of Ken Masters. In ''Devil May Cry 3'', ''Devil May Cry 4'', and [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries the anime]], Dante is voiced by Creator/ReubenLangdon, the voice actor of Ken Masters in the dub of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.

** There's an oft-remembered, [[Funny/DevilMayCry4 hilariously]] [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment bizarre]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfdzyIrd89U scene]] in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' where Dante and Agnus go at it in full-on HamToHamCombat, quoting [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare the Bard himself]]. Years later, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWiS75oRxKI a developer's diary]] for ''[[VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry DmC]]'' had Lilith's VA describing the game's narrative and cast as "almost Shakespearean." [[MemeticMutation Fans knew a gift horse when they saw it]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bSgQzIs3Zk and they never]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpH0jVERNxI looked back.]]

*** The original Creator/ShotaroIshinomori ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' [[ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast comic adaptation]] is practically ''prophetic'' when you look back on it now. Link has [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime a fairy]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask companion]], the magic of the Dark World transforms him into [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess a wolf]] (instead of a rabbit), and ''Zelda'' is the one [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker to kill Ganon by]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks shooting him with the Silver Arrow]].