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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/TobyFox has admitted that he finds a lot about the game embarrassing now, particularly the excessive swearing and the other overly "edgy" aspects of it. This isn't that surprising, considering he made it when he was in high school.

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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/TobyFox has admitted that he finds a lot about the game embarrassing now, particularly the excessive swearing and the other overly "edgy" aspects of it. This isn't that surprising, considering he made it when he was in high school. He has stated that nowadays he wouldn't recommend anyone to play it -- though he also knows that's unlikely to stop anyone's curiosity.
-->I guess I should just accept "bad rom hack with swears" as part of my eternal legacy.



* OldShame: Toby Fox admitted to being ashamed of the hack in retrospect, being especially embarrassed about its use of slurs in an attempt at being DarkerAndEdgier, and he said that nowadays he wouldn't recommend anyone to play it — though he also knows that's unlikely to stop anyone's curiosity.
-->I guess I should just accept "bad rom hack with swears" as part of my eternal legacy
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** Prior to writing "Megalovania" for the final boss, Toby Fox was gonna lift "Megalomania" from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' wholesale for it, but was unable to at the time, thus leading to the creation of "Megalovania".

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** Prior to writing "Megalovania" for the final boss, Toby Fox was gonna originally going to lift "Megalomania" from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' wholesale for it, but was unable to at use as the time, game's final boss music. As clarified in [[https://www.jp.square-enix.com/music/sem/page/lalost/interview/ this 2022 interview]] (Japanese-only), he realized partway through the process of copying the song by ear that it would be faster to compose a similar-sounding original song instead, thus leading to the creation of "Megalovania".
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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: According to Toby Fox, "Megalovania" was conceived by shouting into a microphone at random and cobbling together the results.

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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: According to Toby Fox, "Megalovania" was conceived composed by shouting into a microphone at random and cobbling together the results.

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* OldShame: Toby Fox has admitted to be somewhat ashamed of the hack in retrospect, being especially embarrassed about its use of slurs in an attempt at being DarkerAndEdgier, and he said that nowadays he wouldn't recommend anyone to play it — though he also knows that's unlikely to stop anyone's curiosity.

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* OldShame: Toby Fox has admitted to be somewhat being ashamed of the hack in retrospect, being especially embarrassed about its use of slurs in an attempt at being DarkerAndEdgier, and he said that nowadays he wouldn't recommend anyone to play it — though he also knows that's unlikely to stop anyone's curiosity.



** Prior to writing Megalovania for the final boss, Toby Fox was gonna lift Megalomania from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' wholesale for it, but was unable to at the time, thus leading to Megalovania's creation.

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** Prior to writing Megalovania "Megalovania" for the final boss, Toby Fox was gonna lift Megalomania "Megalomania" from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' wholesale for it, but was unable to at the time, thus leading to Megalovania's creation.the creation of "Megalovania".


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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: According to Toby Fox, "Megalovania" was conceived by shouting into a microphone at random and cobbling together the results.
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** There was also hints that [[spoiler:Varik's intrusion upon Dr. Andonuts' Magicant was corrupting it, since there were places and people only Varik/Ness would remember. Toby Fox also said this just sort of happened]].

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** There was were also hints that [[spoiler:Varik's intrusion upon Dr. Andonuts' Magicant was corrupting it, since there were places and people only Varik/Ness would remember. Toby Fox also said this just sort of happened]].
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* FanNickname: "Push the B-Button, Stupid!" for the game as a whole; [[spoiler:"Dr. Andonuts's Rage" for the hack's version of "Megalovania" (the nickname predates ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', but is still popularly used to differentiate the ''Halloween Hack'' and ''Undertale'' versions of the song)]].
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** Prior to writing Megalovania for the final boss, Toby Fox was gonna lift Megalovania from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' wholesale for it, but was unable to at the time, thus leading to Megalovania's creation.

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** Prior to writing Megalovania for the final boss, Toby Fox was gonna lift Megalovania Megalomania from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' wholesale for it, but was unable to at the time, thus leading to Megalovania's creation.

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** He also planned to change the intro song. You can hear the would-be intro if you go to southern Onett from Twoson.



** He also planned to change the intro song. You can hear the would-be intro if you go to southern Onett from Twoson.
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** Prior to writing Megalovania for the final boss, Toby Fox was gonna lift Megalovania from ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' wholesale for it, but was unable to at the time, thus leading to Megalovania's creation.

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