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Video game development is a long, hard, and convoluted process, and often things are cancelled, removed or DummiedOut. Maybe something just didn't work in practice, or they didn't have time to implement it in the way they wanted. Whatever the reasons, we can only wonder WhatCouldHaveBeen.
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!!Games with their own pages:
[[index]]
* ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen/AgeOfEmpiresI Age of Empires]]''
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/AgeOfEmpiresII''
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/AgeOfEmpiresIII''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/AngryBirds''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/BanjoKazooie''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/BarrySteakfries''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheBindingOfIsaac''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Bloodborne}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Bugsnax}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Bully}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/ClubPenguin''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/CrashBandicoot''
** ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex The Wrath Of Cortex]]''
** ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen/CrashTwinsanity Twinsanity]]''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Cuphead}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/DarkSouls''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Darkstalkers}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/DeusEx''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/DisneyInfinity''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheElderScrolls''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/EverybodyEdits''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/FateGrandOrder''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Feral}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/FinalFantasy''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/FireEmblemThreeHouses''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/FiveNightsAtFreddys''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/FridayThe13thTheGame''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/GodOfWar''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/GrandTheftAuto''
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/GrandTheftAutoV''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/HalfLife''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Harvester}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/AHatInTime''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/HollowKnight''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/JakAndDaxter''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/KaiserreichLegacyOfTheWeltkrieg''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheKingOfFighters''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/KingdomHearts''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Kirby}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/LeagueOfLegends''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/Left4Dead''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheLegendOfZelda''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/MassEffect''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/MegaMan''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/MetalGear''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Metroid}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/MortalKombat''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Oddworld}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Overwatch}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/PacMan''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/Persona5''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/PizzaTower''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Pokemon}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/PoppyPlaytime''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/Portal2''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/PuyoPuyo''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/RatchetAndClank''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/RedDeadRedemption2''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/RepublicTheRevolution''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/ResidentEvil''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/RiskOfRain''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/ShadowOfTheColossus''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/ShinMegamiTensei''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SlyCooper''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SonicTheHedgehog''
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SonicTheHedgehog1''
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SonicTheHedgehog2''
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SonicTheHedgehogCD''
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/Sonic3AndKnuckles''
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SonicXTreme'' (unreleased)
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SonicAdventure''
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SonicAdventure2''
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SonicTheHedgehog2006''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SpongeBobSquarePants''
** ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SpongeBobSquarePantsSuperSponge''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SpyroTheDragon''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/StreetFighter''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SuperMarioBros''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/SuperSmashBros''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Terraria Calamity}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/TombRaider''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Unreal}}''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/VsSonicExe''
* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/WorldOfWarcraft''
[[/index]]

!!Everything else:
[[index]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen/VideoGamesAToF
* WhatCouldHaveBeen/VideoGamesGToM
* WhatCouldHaveBeen/VideoGamesNToS
* WhatCouldHaveBeen/VideoGamesTToZ
* WhatCouldHaveBeen/VideoGameSystemsAndPeripherals
[[/index]]

See also the CanceledVideoGames index.
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