History Trivia / DarkSoulsII

** The original concept for the Executioner's Chariot was that it was supposed to be encountered multiple times, or several different ones would have been encountered throughout the game, as some sort of elite mook that would constantly hunt you down should you have committed evil deeds (killing [=NPCs=] and the like). There is no telling as to when the idea was scrapped and the Chariot was limited to just being the boss of the Undead Purgatory.

** A couple minor things: the boss names for the Old Iron King and The Rotten were different in a couple of the earlier game builds. The Old Iron King had Ichorous Earth over it's boss health meter and The Rotten was known as Griff the Rotten.
** Lonesome Gavlan was supposed to show up in the Gutter and Black Gulch, and had the appropriate dialogue for the areas. The idea was cut early enough that there isn't even any subtitles for the dialogue in the text dump of the game files.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Mild-Mannered Pate is voiced by Peter Serafinowicz, more widely known as the voice of Darth Maul and a [[AscendedFanboy fan of the series.]]

** There was originally supposed to be an encounter with a dragon in Things Betwixt, but it was removed because it was deemed "too difficult and off putting for new players". One of those damning things done to make the game "more accessible" to new players.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Mild-Mannered Pate is voiced by Peter Serafinowicz, more widely known as the voice of Darth Maul.

* TroubledProduction: Whoo boy... [[http://peterbarnard1984.tumblr.com/post/113163062955/dark-souls-2-design-works-translation the interview with the director]] in the ''Dark Souls II Design Works'' reveals why the game seems so damn convoluted and different from the first ''Dark Souls''. The original director, Tomohiro Shibuya, was kicked off the team halfway through development for some unsaid reason. Yui Tanimura, the new director, had to salvage what all he could and re-purpose it into what became the final product. Lucatiel and the Bell Keepers were originally based ''Don Quixote and Sancho Panza'' for fucks sake!

** A couple minor things: the boss names for the Old Iron King and The Rotten were different in a couple of the earlier game builds. The Old Iron King had it's real name, Ichorous Earth, over it's boss health meter and The Rotten was known as Griff the Rotten.

** The Emerald Herald has a child model still in the game files. Similar to the Filthy Woman's Child from ''Demon's Souls'', Shanalotte's child model was likely cut due to the taboo of killing children.

** Illuminated Corpses have been referred to as Exploding Hollows, or Bellyfloppers, due to their signature attack.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Several voice actors from the previous [[Videogame/DarkSouls two]] [[Videogame/DemonsSouls games]] return, and a few other recognisable voices can be heard as well:

** [=YouTubers=] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI6keWArpxmfeiuAATv7jZw EpicNameBro]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxCY3iSwDX-h2wbxwfzkYJw A German Spy]] were hired to help write the official [=FuturePress=] player's guide.

** Old Ironclads have been nicknamed Turtlemen, for obvious reasons.

** The Manikin Mask was once a smooth porcelain mask, rather than the more human-like mask from the final product. Its unknown as to when it was changed, but the apparent explanation is that the change was due to potential legal issues with the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' franchise because the original Manikin Mask resembled the masks worn by the ANBU in ''Naruto''.

** The giants originally had [[http://fextralife.com/forums/t34379/giant-with-a-face/ a much different face]] at some point earlier in development.

** Both Chancellor Wellager and Sweet Shalquoir were originally able to be killed, having death dialogue.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Averted. The Petrified Something (a starting gift) is actually useful, and giving it to Dyna & Tillo, gives you a high chance to get their rare drops.

** Members of the Rat Covenant are Ratbros or Dickrats, depending on whose side you're on. The term "Brodent" is somewhat common within the covenant as well.
** A general rule of thumb is that each covenant's members are "bros." I.e. Bluebros for the Sentinels, Bloodbros for the Brotherhood of Blood, etc.
*** The Blue Sentinels are often referred to as the BlueManGroup, as well.
*** The Blue Sentinels and Brotherhood of Blood are sometimes referred to as [[EdibleThemeNaming Blueberries and Strawberries]] respectively.

*** Before an early patch came through dramatically buffing her defenses and HP, her [[ArtificialStupidity spotty AI that regularly forgot it had a sword or a shield in the middle of a fight]] netted her the monikers "LucaPLS" and "Lucatard".

** Members of the Rat Covenant are Ratbros or Dickrats, depending on whose side you're on.

** A couple minor things: the boss names for the Old Iron King and The Rotten were different in a couple of the earlier game builds. The Old Iron King had it's real name, Ichorous Earth, over it's boss health meter and The Rotten was known as Griff the Rotten.

** The Manikin Mask was once a smooth porcelain mask, rather than the more human-like mask from the final product. It is unknown as to when it was changed, but the apparent explanation is that the change was due to potential legal issues with the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' franchise because the original Manikin Mask resembled the masks worn by the ANBU in ''Naruto''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original concept for the Executioner's Chariot was that it was supposed to be encountered multiple times, or several different ones would have been encountered throughout the game, as some sort of elite mook that would constantly hunt you down should you have committed evil deeds (killing [=NPCs=] and the like). There is no telling as to when the idea was scrapped and the Chariot was limited to just being the boss of the Undead Purgatory.
** The Executioner's Chariot's location was also different in look, compared to the final version of the game. Previously, the Chariot would take up less of the hall, and the boss arena was much less of a [[CorridorCubbyholeRun circle]], and there was no holes in the walls to hide in, making it seem like dodging the Chariot was your only option for survival. This can be seens in a few trailers as well as the gameplay demo they featured.

** The Executioner's Chariot's location was also different in look, compared to the final version of the game. Previously, the Chariot would take up less of the hall, and the boss arena was much less of a [[CorridorCubbyholeRun circle]], and there was no holes in the walls to hide in, making it seem like dodging the Chariot was your only option for survival. This can be seens in a few trailers as well as the gameplay demo they featured.