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In 1998, Resident Evil 2 had a secret mode where you play as a block of tofu.
It started as a collision-test model during development.
Capcom kept it and turned it into one of the game’s hardest unlockable challenges.
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In 2016, a fan released AM2R, a full remake of Metroid II.
He had spent around 10 years making it.
Days after release, Nintendo issued DMCA takedowns and the project was officially stopped.
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In June 1999, Tony Hawk landed the first-ever 900 at the X Games.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater released a few months later.
The developers had to quickly animate the trick into the game after he landed it in real life.
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In 1998, Topeka, Kansas renamed itself “ToPikachu” for one day to promote Pokémon’s U.S. launch.
Nintendo dropped 700 plush Pikachus from the air, with skydivers landing beside yellow Pikachu-themed Volkswagen Beetles.
This happened before most Americans had even seen the anime.
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In 2005, Yu-Gi-Oh created a one-of-one card for Tyler Gressle through Make-A-Wish.
It was called Tyler the Great Warrior.
In 2023, he sold it for $311,211.
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In 2023, Magic: The Gathering printed a single one-of-one “The One Ring” card for its Lord of the Rings set.
Only one existed, hidden randomly inside a collector booster pack.
After weeks of people opening boxes trying to find it, a Toronto retail worker named Brook Trafton pulled it from a pack and got it graded.
Post Malone later bought it from him for $2 million.
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In 2022, after Technoblade died, Minecraft quietly changed its launcher image.
The pig in the artwork was given a golden crown. It matched Technoblade’s Minecraft character.
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In 2016, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum had to ask visitors to stop playing Pokémon Go inside.
The museum was listed as a PokéStop.
An image also circulated showing Koffing, a poison-gas Pokémon, appearing there.
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In 2014, the company behind Candy Crush tried to trademark the word “candy.”
Indie developers responded by making hundreds of games with “candy” in the title.
The protest was called Candy Jam.
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In July 2016, 19-year-old Shayla Wiggins was playing Pokémon Go near the Big Wind River in Riverton, Wyoming.
She was looking for a water-type Pokémon when she found a man’s body floating face down under a bridge.
Police later said the death appeared to be accidental.
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In 2016, Pokémon Go players in Bosnia were warned not to wander into minefields while hunting Pokémon.
A mobile game got so big that “don’t chase Pikachu into unexploded war zones” became real advice.
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In 2020, Gabe Newell launched a garden gnome into space.
It was based on a Half-Life achievement where players carry a gnome through the game.
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In 2022, TwitchCon had a foam pit where streamers battled on platforms.
One streamer jumped in and said she broke her back in two places.
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In 2023, Twitch had a 24/7 AI-generated Seinfeld parody called Nothing, Forever.
Thousands watched it because it was bizarre and endless.
Then the AI said this during stand-up and Twitch banned it.
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In 2019, a random photo of an egg became the most liked post on Instagram.
Its only goal was to beat Kylie Jenner.
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In 2018, TanaCon was supposed to be an alternative to VidCon.
Thousands of fans showed up, people waited outside in the heat, and the event collapsed almost immediately.
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In 2025, a Flamin’ Hot Cheeto shaped like Charizard sold for $87,840.
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In 2021, a McDonald’s chicken nugget shaped like an Among Us crewmate sold for nearly $100,000.
It came from the BTS meal.
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In 2018, Grumpy Cat won a $710,000 lawsuit against a coffee company.
A cat famous for looking annoyed somehow became a copyright plaintiff.
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Before Five Nights at Freddy’s, Scott Cawthon made a cute game about a beaver called Chipper & Sons.
People said the characters looked like creepy animatronics.
Instead of quitting, he leaned into it and made FNAF.
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