Did you know that Devil May Cry was initially slated to be Resident Evil 4?

But it seems that the head-honchos at Capcom thought that the game had way too much action for the series, and thus the first prototype of what would be the company's most influential game ended up being reworked into what we now know as Devil May Cry.

Ironically enough, the final version of Resident Evil 4 did become a much more action-focused title than previous entries in the franchise.

If you've heard of King's Bounty, it's likely you'll think of 2008's game "King's Bounty: The Legend", developed by "Katauri Interactive" and published by "1C Company", which closely resembles the "Heroes of Might and Magic" franchise.

But turns out that "The Legend" is not the first King's Bounty game - this honor goes to the 1990's DOS game "King's Bounty", developed by New World Computing - who also developed the "Heroes of Might and Magic" games up to the 4th entry.

Turns out that King's Bounty is actually the direct precursor to Heroes of Might and Magic, and wikipedia even considers it a game of that franchise.

It doesn't end there either: in 2001, New World Computing remade the original King's Bounty for PS2. Guess how the game was named? Heroes of Might and Magic: Quest for the Dragon Bone Staff.

So there you have it: King's Bounty and Heroes of Might and Magic share a whole lot of history!

What do you do when your game has 5 different endings? The answer is pretty simple: make a sequel for the first ending, and a spin-off series for the fifth.

And thus Nier was born from Drakengard's most bizarre ending.

Here's an even more curious fact: Drakengard had multiple endings because Yoko Taro, the game's director, was told that it would not have a sequel. It ended not only having 2, it also spawned the Nier series, which itself received 1 sequel, 1 remake and 1 mobile game.

Who would guess, but it's Resident Evil time again!

Originally conceived as "Sengoku Biohazard", the original vision for Onimusha was that of a ninja Resident Evil, set during Japan's Sengoku period (approximately between 1450 and 1550) in a house filled with booby traps, with battles fought with swords and shuriken. Originally conceived for the Nintendo 64 or its 64DD edition, it started actual development on the Playstation 1, eventually moving to the PS2 and being released as Onimusha: Warlods.

This might be one of the most complex stories here, so strap your buckles, frienderino.

In Japan, the popular farming series known as Bokujō Monogatari (literally translated as "Farm Story") has always been published in that country by Marvelous (or their precursor companies - believe me, there's A LOT of acquisitions, merges and business mumbo-jumbo in this series history).

However, in North America, it was published by Natsume Inc under the "Harvest Moon" name. This was a fruitful and long-lasting relationship, releasing 24 games, until, in 2014, Marvelous decided to publish the series themselves through their subsidiary X-SEED (now Marvelous USA).

However, Natsume Inc. still owned the "Harvest Moon" name, and thus Bokujo Monogatari became "Story of Seasons" in the west, while Natsume began developing their own farming games, confusingly keeping the name "Harvest Moon".

So now we have "Story of Seasons", a series that includes 24 games called "Harvest Moon", and "Harvest Moon", another farming series from completely different developers than those 24 previous Harvest Moon games.

The game mentioned, 2014's Story of Seasons for the 3DS, known in Japan as "Bokujō Monogatari: Tsunagaru Shin Tenchi" (literally "Farm Story: Linking the New World"), was the first game published under the "Story of Seasons" name, and the 25th game in the series.