History Trivia / AliceMadnessReturns

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There are two PC versions of this game; one is ''The Complete Collection'' which features a remastered version of the first ''[[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice Alice]]'' game and all of the sequel's [=DLCs=], and the standard edition. You can get the standard in the Origin store but ''The Complete Collection'' can only be obtained if you get a CD key for it elsewhere. The standard version was also formerly available on Steam, but have since been pulled and now Origin exclusive (although the EA-related DRM was removed in the Steam version in a 2022 patch and only uses Valve's DRM instead). Origin keys for ''The Complete Collection'' and standard editions on PC did later became available [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/alice-madness-returns-the-complete-collection through]] Creator/HumbleBundle around 2019-2020. For console players, the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 version of ''Alice: Madness Returns'' is still available digitally through Xbox Live, which has also became backwards compatible for UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, and the remastered version of the first ''Alice'' can be downloaded as free DLC for the sequel.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There are two PC versions of this game; one is ''The Complete Collection'' which features a remastered version of the first ''[[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice Alice]]'' game and all of the sequel's [=DLCs=], and the standard edition. You can get the standard in the Origin store but ''The Complete Collection'' can only be obtained if you get a CD key for it elsewhere. The standard version was also formerly available on Steam, but have since been pulled and now Origin exclusive (although the EA-related DRM was removed in the Steam version in a 2022 patch and only uses Valve's DRM instead).
** KeepCirculatingTheTapes/{{Rescued}}: Origin keys for ''The Complete Collection'' and standard editions on PC did later became available [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/alice-madness-returns-the-complete-collection through]] Creator/HumbleBundle around 2019-2020. For console players, the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 version of ''Alice: Madness Returns'' is still available digitally through Xbox Live, which has also became backwards compatible for UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, and the remastered version of the first ''Alice'' can be downloaded as free DLC for the sequel.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: An ironic case, the concept of paedophilia in ''Alice in Wonderland'' isn't far off in real life. Lewis Caroll, the author of ''Alice in Wonderland'', was believed to be a paedophile because he had close relationships with little girls, and he enjoyed drawing and photographing children in the nude, which were seen as artistic during the Victorian era. People are still debating whether this trait was because Lewis Carroll was a product of his time or because he had a genuine sexual interest in children. Either way, the main villain being a sex trafficker who brainwashes children for sexual exploitation appears to be an attack towards Lewis Carroll for his dark urges.

* TheWikiRule: It [[http://alice.wikia.com/wiki/Alice_Wiki does have one.]]

** An example that ''also'' counts as a TakeThat: Reportedly EA was giving American [=McGee=] pressure to ramp up the levels of sex, gore, and general DarkerAndEdgier Content (to the point [=McGee=] explicitly described what EA was going towards as "Dante's Inferno + Alice") in the hopes that the game would get an "M" rating close to the dreaded "AO" rating. He gave them Shock Content, all right--the "M-Snail", a deliberately NotSafeForWork monstrosity [[note]]consisting of a snail with, well, a ''penis'' as its foot/body and ''breasts for eyes''[[/note]] with a ''friendly'' reassurance that he'd make sure it made it in the game. Needless to say, EA backed down and ''quickly'', otherwise....

* TheCameo: It's possible to find [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} Razputin Aquato's]] skeleton, complete with battered aviator's helmet, in the Queen's Castle, apparently having drawn a memory back out into the open. Apparently Alice's mind is just ''that'' rough.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: An ironic case, the concept of paedophilia in Alice in Wonderland isn't far off in real life. Lewis Caroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, was believed to be a paedophile because he had close relationships with little girls, and he enjoyed drawing and photographing children in the nude, which were seen as artistic during the Victorian era. People are still debating whether this trait was because Lewis Carroll was a product of his time or because he had a genuine sexual interest in children. Either way, the main villain being a sex trafficker who brainwashes children for sexual exploitation appears to be an attack towards Lewis Carroll for his dark urges.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There are two PC versions of this game; one is The Complete Collection which features the original ''[[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice Alice]]'' game and all of the sequel's [=DLCs=], and the standard edition. You can get the standard in the Origin store but The Complete Collection can only be obtained if you get a CD key for it elsewhere. The standard version was also formerly available on Steam, but have since been pulled and now Origin Exclusive. Console players may have to look for a second-hand copy of ''Alice: Madness Returns'' from online retailers, but on the upside, the remastered version of the first ''Alice'' game has became free [=DLC=] for the sequel and both games are backwards compatible on UsefulNotes/XboxOne.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There are two PC versions of this game; one is The Complete Collection which features the original Alice game, and the standard edition. You can get the standard in the Origin store but the Complete Collection can only be obtained if you get a CDKey from it elsewhere. The standard version was also formerly available on other digital shops like GOG and Steam, but have since been pulled and now Origin Exclusive.

** Go to Website/YouTube. Search Alice Madness Returns Beta Trailer. It's full of old stuff and development things that were planned but never made it into the game, like a swimming level, new cutscenes, new weapons, actual gameplay in the London stages and a rather bloody Victorian scene...

** One page of the artbook depicts scrapped ideas for being able to smash through barriers while 'dashing' in a run or swim. Directly underneath is a scrapped dress design featuring streams of horse hair and a spiralling horn on her forehead, so clearly ''someone'' at the studio was thinking of [[SugarWiki/RobotUnicornAttack Robot Unicorn Alice]]!

** One page of the artbook depicts scrapped ideas for being able to smash through barriers while 'dashing' in a run or swim. Directly underneath is a scrapped dress design featuring streams of horse hair and a spiralling horn on her forehead, so clearly ''someone'' at the studio was thinking of [[RobotUnicornAttack Robot Unicorn Alice]]!

** An example that ''also'' counts as a TakeThat: Reportedly EA was giving American [=McGee=] pressure to ramp up the levels of sex, gore, and general DarkerAndEdgier Content (to the point [=McGee=] explicitly described what EA was going towards as "Dante's Inferno + Alice") in the hopes that the game would get an "M" rating close to the dreaded "A" rating. He gave them Shock Content, all right--the "M-Snail", a deliberately NotSafeForWork monstrosity [[note]]consisting of a snail with, well, a ''penis'' as its foot/body and ''breasts for eyes''[[/note]] with a ''friendly'' reassurance that he'd make sure it made it in the game. Needless to say, EA backed down and ''quickly'', otherwise....

** At least two levels were scrapped during development, one in a world based on MCEscher's work, and the other on the moon.

** An example that ''also'' counts as a TakeThat: Reportedly EA was giving American McGee pressure to ramp up the levels of sex, gore, and general DarkerAndEdgier Content (to the point McGee explicitly described what EA was going towards as "Dante's Inferno + Alice") in the hopes that the game would get an "M" rating close to the dreaded "A" rating. He gave them Shock Content, all right--the "M-Snail", a deliberately NotSafeForWork monstrosity [[note]]consisting of a snail with, well, a ''penis'' as its foot/body and ''breasts for eyes''[[/note]] with a ''friendly'' reassurance that he'd make sure it made it in the game. Needless to say, EA backed down and ''quickly'', otherwise....

** An example that ''also'' counts as a TakeThat: Reportedly EA was giving American McGee pressure to ramp up the levels of sex, gore, and general DarkerAndEdgier Content (to the point McGee explicitly described what EA was going towards as "Dante's Inferno + Alice") in the hopes that the game would get an "M" rating close to the dreaded "A" rating. He gave them Shock Content, all right--the "M-Snail", a deliberately NotSafeForWork bit of NightmareFuel[[hottip:*:consisting of a snail with, well, a ''penis'' as its foot/body and ''breasts for eyes'']] with a ''friendly'' reassurance that he'd make sure it made it in the game. Needless to say, EA backed down and ''quickly'', otherwise....

** An example that ''also'' counts as a TakeThat: Reportedly EA was giving American McGee pressure to ramp up the levels of sex, gore, and general DarkerAndEdgier Content (to the point McGee explicitly described what EA was going towards as "Dante's Inferno + Alice") in the hopes that the game would get an "M" rating close to the dreaded "A" rating. He gave them Shock Content, all right--the "M-Snail", a deliberately NotSafeForWork bit of HighOctaneNightmareFuel[[hottip:*:consisting of a snail with, well, a ''penis'' as its foot/body and ''breasts for eyes'']] with a ''friendly'' reassurance that he'd make sure it made it in the game. Needless to say, EA backed down and ''quickly'', otherwise....

* TheCameo: It's possible to find [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} Razputin Aquato's]] skeleton, complete with battered aviator's helmet, in the Queen's Castle, apparently having drawn a memory back out into the open. Apparently Alice's mind is just ''that'' rough.
* The game's creator already have plans for a 3rd game, complete with the story already being written. However, due to ElectronicArts being reluctant, [[http://n4g.com/news/1063428/american-mcgees-alice-3-welcome-to-otherland persuasion is needed.]]

* TheCameo: It's possible to find [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} Razputin Aquato's]] skeleton, complete with battered aviator's helmet, in the Queen's Castle, apparently having drawn a memory back out into the open. Apparently Alice's mind is just ''that'' rough.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler: you really would have fought the March Hare and Dormouse at one point, but development pressures forced them to cut it.]]

** Go to YouTube. Search Alice Madness Returns Beta Trailer. It's full of old stuff and development things that were planned but never made it into the game, like a swimming level, new cutscenes, new weapons, actual gameplay in the London stages and a rather bloody Victorian scene...
** At least two levels were scrapped during development, one in a world based on [[MCEscher M.C. Escher's]] work, and the other on the moon.

* TheCameo: It's possible to find [[{{Psychonauts}} Razputin Aquato's]] skeleton, complete with battered aviator's helmet, in the Queen's Castle, apparently having drawn a memory back out into the open. Apparently Alice's mind is just ''that'' rough.

* TheCameo: It's possible to find [[{{Psychonauts}} Razputin Aquato's]] decayed body in one level. Apparently Alice's mind is just ''that'' screwed up.

** One page of the artbook depicts scrapped ideas for being able to smash through barriers while 'dashing' in a run or swim. Directly underneath is a scrapped dress design featuring streams of horse hair and a spiralling horn on her forehead, so clearly ''someone'' at the studio was thinking of [[RobotUnicornAttack Robot Unicorn Alice]]!

** At least two levels were scrapped during development, one in a world based on [[MCEscher M.C. Escher's]] work, and the other on the moon.