History Trivia / TheWonderful101

* AllStarCast: Good lord, yes. TaraStrong, KariWahlgren and RogerCraigSmith among many others are featured here.

** According to Kamiya's tweets, Platinum approached Nintendo asking if the PunchOut theme could be used in Operation 5-C, but Nintendo declined their request.

** [[Creator/LauraBailey Alice]] and [[Creator/JBBlanc Wonder Yellow]] are [[StreetFighterIV Chun Li and El Fuerte]].

** ActorAllusion: Creator/RogerCraigSmith as [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog a hero who loves to show off and is primarily associated with the color blue]]. And his nickname is The "'''Supersonic'''" Blade.

* [[AvoidTheDreadedGRating Avoid The Dreaded E10+ Rating]]: A penis innuendo, many boob/butt/crotch close-ups, and (bleeped) swearing were put in the game in order to keep it from being rated Everyone 10+, since no Platinum game has ever had a rating less than a Teen (and even then, only two of their games, this and ''VideoGame/InfiniteSpace'', have received the T rating).

* AcclaimedFlop: Despite positive reception from critics, due to [[ScrewedByTheNetwork some questionable decisions by Nintendo worldwide]], the game bombed hard globally after 60,000 units in total sales in just two months.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Nintendo gave this game very little marketing worldwide and then shipped thirty-thousand units in Japan alone. After about 5,000 units in one day of Japanese sales, the game went to sell near 3,500 more in the following week since launch almost clearing a third of the initial shipment of units.
** The game is even doing worse in Europe only selling about 7,000 units after one week of sales.
** In America, it shared the same fate as in Japan and Europe with 15,000 units after one week of sales. It didn't help that Nintendo of America made the ridiculous decision of releasing it two days before ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', and [[http://www.gengame.net/wp-content/cache/supercache/gengame.net/2013/09/the-wonderful-101-shipments-were-extremely-small/index.html.gz that initial shipments to stores]] were as slim as or slimmer than Japan's initial shipments. Even worse is the fact that Nintendo keeps trying to push eShop purchases rather than retail, and gave the game '''no''' television ads whatsoever (although it did get quite a bit of online advertising).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original product proposal was for the game to be a sister series to SuperSmashBros with 100 playable {{Nintendo}} characters at once.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original product proposal was for the game to be a sister series to SuperSmashBros with 100 playable {{Nintendo}} characters at once.

* AcclaimedFlop: Despite positive reception from critics, due to [[ScrewedByTheNetwork some questionable decisions by Nintendo worldwide]], the game is on the way to bombing hard globally after 10,000 units in global sales in just one week in Japan and Europe.

** In America, it shared the same fate as in Japan and Europe. It didn't help that Nintendo of America made the idiotic decision of releasing it two days before ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', and [[http://www.gengame.net/wp-content/cache/supercache/gengame.net/2013/09/the-wonderful-101-shipments-were-extremely-small/index.html.gz that initial shipments to stores]] were as slim as or slimmer than Japan's initial shipments. Even worse is the fact that Nintendo keeps trying to push eShop purchases rather than retail, and gave the game '''no''' television ads whatsoever (although it did get quite a bit of online advertising).

** [[Creator/TaraStrong Wonder Pink]], [[Creator/KariWahlgren Wonder Green]], [[Creator/SteveBlum Gag-Goojin/Wanna]], [[Creator/RogerCraigSmith Wonder Blue]], Alice MacGregor, and [[Creator/FredTatasciore James Shirogane/Chewgi]] are [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 X-23, Jill Valentine, Wolverine/Taskmaster, Chris Redfield, Chun Li, and the Hulk]].

** [[Creator/TaraStrong Wonder Pink]], [[Creator/KariWahlgren Wonder Green]], [[Creator/SteveBlum Gag-Goojin/Wanna]], [[Creator/RogerCraigSmith Wonder Blue]], and [[Creator/FredTatasciore James Shirogane/Chewgi]] are [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 X-23, Jill Valentine, Wolverine/Taskmaster, Chris Redfield, and the Hulk]].

* AcclaimedFlop: Despite positive reception from critics, due to [[ScrewedByTheNetwork some questionable decisions by Nintendo world-wide]], the game is on the way to bombing hard globally after 10,000 units in global sales in just one week in Japan and Europe.

** Luka Alan Smitee is voiced by Debi Derryberry ([[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]]).

** In America, it shared the same fate as in Japan and Europe. It didn't help that ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' released two days after ''The Wonderful 101''s release in America and [[http://www.gengame.net/wp-content/cache/supercache/gengame.net/2013/09/the-wonderful-101-shipments-were-extremely-small/index.html.gz that initial shipments to stores]] were as slim as or slimmer than Japan's initial shipments.

** Creator/LauraBailey is Alice MacGregor.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Nintendo gave this game very little marketing worldwide and then shipped a [[SarcasmMode whopping]] thirty-thousand units in Japan alone. After about 5,000 units in one day of Japanese sales, the game went to sell near 3,500 more in the following week since launch almost clearing a third of the initial shipment of units.

** Wonder Red is voiced by Charlie Schlatter ([[ WesternAnimation/TheBatman The Flash]]).

** Wonder Red is voiced by Charlie Schlatter, who voiced TheFlash, another red superhero in WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries and WesternAnimation/TheBatman.
** Wonder Blue is Creator/RogerCraigSmith, the voice actor for [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Chris Redfield]], [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed Ezio]] and of particular note [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]], another blue hero who never passes up a chance to show off how cool he is.
** Wonder Green is Creator/KariWahlgren, the voice of [[Anime/WitchHunterRobin Robin]] and [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Lady]].
** Wonder Pink is Creator/TaraStrong, famous for the voice of [[WesternAnimation/PowerpuffGirls Bubbles]] and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]].
** Wonder Yellow is Creator/JBBlanc.
** Wonder White is Creator/YuriLowenthal, the voice of too many characters to list. Notable is that he's voiced [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Zhang He]], another claw-using warrior.
** Luka Alan Smitee is voiced by Debi Derryberry, the voice of [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]], and [[Franchise/CrashBandicoot Coco Bandicoot]].
** Vorkken is voiced by Creator/QuintonFlynn, the voice of [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2 Raiden]], [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII Axel]], and [[{{Manga/Naruto}} Iruka]].
*** Becomes HilariousInHindsight when you realise Schlatter voiced Raikov in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'', who looked remarkably like Raiden, much as Red and Vorkken do.
** Immorta is [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice Artemis.]]

* RelationshipVoiceActor: [[Creator/KariWahlgren Raine]] [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia and]] [[Creator/TaraStrong Presea]] are now members of an elite superhero rescue squad.

** In America, it's expected to have the same fate as in Japan and Europe. It doesn't help that ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' released two days after ''The Wonderful 101''s release in America.

** Vorkken is voiced by Creator/QuintonFlynn, the voice of [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2 Raiden]].

** While not out in America yet, it's expected to have the same fate in the US. It doesn't help that ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' releases two days after ''The Wonderful 101''s release in America.

** Wonder Red is voiced by Charlie Schlatter, who voiced TheFlash, another red superhero in WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries and the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague.