Mario was originally going to have a gun. No, seriously.
Video game development is a long, hard, and convoluted process, and often things are cancelled, removed or Dummied Out. 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 What Could Have Been.
Series with their own pages:
- Deus Ex
- Disney Infinity
- Final Fantasy
- The Legend of Zelda
- Left 4 Dead
- Mass Effect
- Metal Gear
- Metroid
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Super Mario Bros.
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- Video Games G to M
- Video Games N to S
- Video Games T to Z
- Video Game Systems And Peripherals
