History Trivia / SouthParkTheStickOfTruth

* BannedInChina:
** Downplayed for the German release, which had to be recalled in the last minute because they forgot that [[NoSwastikas showing Swastikas and the Hitler salute is illegal in Germany]] and needed some time to censor them. It was finally released about a month later.
** The game is unavailable to purchase on Steam in Japan.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://spgame.wikia.com/wiki/South_Park_Game_Wiki South Park Game Wiki]], which is separate from the other wiki used by [[Franchise/SouthPark South Park as a general Franchise]]. While information on the game are available at both South Park franchise wikis, the former elaborates further on this game's elements.

** A few people have acquired the THQ build under orders not to distribute it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QA_CaJBBig Videos from these builds]] show multiple additional characters and locations as part of the original Goth Kids' questline. While recruiting the Goth Kids as in the final game, the player is tasked with defeating Vampire Kids in the cemetery behind the Church, where they are using the (seemingly abandoned) South Park Genetic Engineering Ranch to try to summon H. P. Lovecraft to defeat otherwordly beings. After a boss battle with Mike "Vampir" McKowski, their leader, the player meets the Goth Kids at Perkins' restaurant (previously a Village Inn or Benny's in the show, depending on the episode) and they summon Lovecraft (and briefly Michael Jackson) only to be disappointed in him. A potential truce at Vampir's House (locked in the final game) results in the discovery the beings are, in fact, Crab People.

** The original Game Informer magazine cover and article suggested a wholly different game, most obviously showing an [[http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/thq/southpark/cov_225_l.jpg alternate, unused costume design for Kenny as a princess]]. Instead of wearing the purple Zelda-esque dress, he was to wear an orange dress and would not wear his parka underneath, allowing his face to be exposed. Due to the exposure of his face, he was also shown to be wearing makeup. This was most likely scrapped because it made him unrecognizable and too much like an actual female, due to the show's art style.

* TroubledProduction: The game began development in 2010, with a release date slated for circa 2012. The game originally was going to be published by Viacom themselves but they decided to offload the publishing duties to Creator/{{THQ}}, which had been financially ailing for some time. In 2012, Obsidian's ''Project North Carolina'' gets cancelled by Microsoft, causing a portion of the game's development team to be laid off. Then THQ goes defunct qnd ultimately sells the game to Ubisoft. The game then undergoes a near-wholesale rework from its THQ-era build after Ubisoft sees it as being too bloated in scope, delaying the game until its eventual release date of March 2014.

* BannedInChina: Downplayed for the German release, which had to be recalled in the last minute because they forgot that [[NoSwastikas showing Swastikas and the Hitler salute is illegal in Germany]] and needed some time to censor them. It was finally released about a month later.

* CharacterSpecificPages: [[Characters/SouthParkTheNewKid The New Kid]]

** [[http://spsot.wikia.com/wiki/Scrapped_content There were to be more Facebook friends for New Kid to add]], one of them being Kenny's former girlfriend Kelly from "Rainforest Schmainforest". Kelly alludes to being "emotionally damaged" and requests that the player be Facebook friends with her rather than make her commit to an actual relationship. A few of these other characters do appear in the game, but cannot be added as a friend, like Monica's boyfriend Jake and Enchorito Mark.

* OneOfUs: Parker and Stone filled the game's script with parodies, deconstructions, and references to various [=RPGs=] and tropes.

* BannedInChina: Downplayed for the German release, which had to be recalled in the last minute because they forgot that showing Swastikas and the Hitler salute is illegal in Germany and needed some time to censor them. It was finally released about a month later.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://spgame.wikia.com/wiki/South_Park_Game_Wiki South Park Game Wiki]], which is separate from the other wiki used by [[Franchise/SouthPark South Park as a general Franchise]], though information on the game is also available at both South Park franchise wikis.

** A Game Informer magazine cover showed an [[http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/thq/southpark/cov_225_l.jpg alternate, unused costume design for Kenny as a princess]]. Instead of wearing the purple Zelda-esque dress, he was to wear an orange dress and would not wear his parka underneath, allowing his face to be exposed. Due to the exposure of his face, he was also shown to be wearing makeup. This was most likely scrapped because it made him unrecognizable and too much like an actual female, due to the show's art style.
** The same cover shows other characters and elements for the game that were scrapped, such as Satan.
** The Woodland Critters and Crab People were to be battle bosses and summons, but were cut through production of the game.

** [[http://spsot.wikia.com/wiki/Scrapped_content There were to be more Facebook friends for New Kid to add]], one of them being Kenny's former girlfriend Kelly from "Rainforest Schmainforest". Kelly alludes to being "emotionally damaged" and requests that the player be Facebook friends with her rather than make her commit to an actual relationship.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://spgame.wikia.com/wiki/South_Park_Game_Wiki South Park Game Wiki]], which is separate from the other wiki used by [[Franchise/SouthPark South Park as a general Franchise]].

* BannedInChina: (For about a month). The German release had to be recalled in the last minute because they forgot that showing Swastikas and the Hitler salute is illegal in Germany and needed some time to censor them.

** Pharaocious, a Chinpokomon CaptainErsatz of [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Lucario]], was [[http://spsot.wikia.com/wiki/Scrapped_Content#Scrapped_Chinpokomon planned for the game]], but ultimately scrapped. It can still be seen as one of the Chinpokomon shown on the achievement icon for collecting all Chinpokomon.

* BadExportForYou: The European console versions were censored, though the PC version was uncut. Though the "bad export" part is debated since among the things which were removed for censorship were a series of minigames which were generally hated due to bugs or annoyingly precise imput requirements.

* BadExportForYou: The European console versions were censored, though the PC version was uncut.

** Pharocious, a Chinpokomon CaptainErsatz of [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Lucario]], was [[http://spsot.wikia.com/wiki/Scrapped_Content#Scrapped_Chinpokomon planned for the game]], but ultimately scrapped. It can still be seen as one of the Chinpokomon shown on the achievement icon for collecting all Chinpokomon.

** A Chinpokomon figure resembling [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Lucario]] with more Egyptian elements was [[http://spsot.wikia.com/wiki/Scrapped_Content#Scrapped_Chinpokomon planned for the game]], but ultimately scrapped.
*** The Lucario Chinpokomon can still be seen as one of the Chinpokomon shown on the achievement icon for collecting all Chinpokomon.

* ReleaseDateChange: Originally set for release on 2012, but got delayed to April 2013 considering the financial difficulties of Creator/{{THQ}}. When the publisher went bankrupt and the asset sold to Creator/{{Ubisoft}}, the release date was moved even further to December 11, 2013, then March 4, 2014. It's become so infamous that the show itself has referenced it. To paraphrase Cartman, dressed in his Stick of Truth outfit: "You know what you get when you reserve a game? A big dick in your mouth!"

* DevelopmentHell: The game was supposed to be released in late 2012 before being delayed. Twice. Then, it was delayed again, its release date was eventually 2014. This has been almost entirely due to Parker and Stone constantly rewriting the script. The season 17 episode "Black Friday" had Cartman raging about the worthlessness of pre-orders for video games, and sarcasm around the game "coming soon."
* OneOfUs: Parker and Stone filled the game's script with parodies, deconstructions and references to various [=RPGs=] and tropes.

* CanonForeigner: Chris Donnely, a member of the Drow Elves, has yet to be a character in the show. Scrapped content from the game had him playing a much larger role, and some beta voice files suggest that he was to be involved in battle (either on the player's side or as a minor boss).

* [[BannedInChina Banned In Germany]](for about a month): The German release had to be recalled in the last minute because they forgot that showing Swastikas and the Hitler salute is illegal in Germany and needed some time to censor them.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey ([[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Jazz Fenton]], [[WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes The Wasp]]) provides some of the female voices.
** In addition, almost all of the regular cast members return to reprise their roles.
** While it's only through audio clips, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler himself plays all the Nazi Zombies.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey ([[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Jazz Fenton]]) provides some of the female voices.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/ColleenOshaughnessey provides some of the female voices.

* OneOfUs: Parker and Stone filled the game's script with parodies, deconstructions and references to various RPGs and tropes.