Trivia / Uncharted

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• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
• Uncharted: Golden Abyss
• Uncharted (2022)

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Miscellaneous

• Killer App: A big chunk of the PlayStation 3's mainstream success after the console's botched launch can be attributed to the Uncharted games, especially as Sony was losing exclusive third-party support from franchises like Tekken, Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto, and Devil May Cry, while the Xbox 360 was receiving exclusives like Halo 3, Gears of War, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Crackdown, Mass Effect, Dead Rising, Dead or Alive 4, Ninja Gaiden II (2008), and BioShock (though many of these games were eventually ported to the PS3 later on). To put it simply, Uncharted allowed for the PS3 to keep up with the Xbox 360, and was more or less the console's largest anchor throughout the seventh generation, with only God of War III, LittleBigPlanet, and fellow Naughty Dog game The Last of Us having a comparable impact to the Uncharted games during that generation.
• Throw It In!: Many of Drake's one-liners were improvised, including:
  • "I will kick you to sleep!" in Uncharted 1.
  • "Aw, kitty got wet!" in Uncharted 2. It was originally thought of by Nolan North's son while playing Wii Tennis, which leads to it being one-upped with this random line during multiplayer. Referenced in Uncharted 3: "Aw, what's the matter? Kitty don't like getting wet?"
  • During a recording session for Uncharted 3, Nolan North watched a scene of Sully crossing a beam very wobbly, and immediately shouted "What are you, drunk?!"; to which Sully replied, "Maybe..."