The success of the original PlayStation represented a change in the video game industry. The family-friendly companies of the previous era were struggling, thanks to some bad decisions coꦬncerning the choice of har𓂃dware, which resulted in the Nintendo 64 and Sega Saturn lagging behind the PlayStation in sales.
A lot of third-party companies jumped ship to Sony, as they were promised the freedom to be able to tell more adult stories in their games. This marks the "teena⛦ge" era of gaming, where games were advertised based on women and meaningless gratuitous scenes.
This new era of gamin🀅g brought with it numerous schoolyard rumors about secrets within the games that didn't exist. The PlayStation brought waves of new fan theories to the Internet. What a lot of us didn't realize at the time is that many of these secrets and theories were true all aꦫlong...
We are here today to look at which fan theories concerning classic PlayStation games have been confirmed as real. From the fate of Ramza Beoulve, to the secret that everybody wanted to be real in Tomb Raider (and it is!)
Here are Fifteen Mind-Blowing PlayStation Fan Theories (That Actually Got Confirmed)
15 ൩ The Surprising Fate Of Ramza💙
The entire story of Final Fantasy Tactics is told by Arazlam D🌺urai as he reads the papers left by🦂 his ancestor, Orran, which explains the truth about the Lion War and the Zodiac Braves.
This has led some to speculate that not everything we see in the game should be trusted.
Orran sees Ramza and his sister at the end of Final Fantasy Tactics, even though that last we saw them was when they were trapped in another dimension that had just exploded. Fans have wondered whether it was Ramza at the end of the game, or if Orran was just seeing things/making things up. The creator of Final Fantasy Tactics has that Ramza did indeed survive the events of the game and went on🌄 more adventures in another land.
14 Murray G♍oes Both🧸 Ways
Video games suffer from the same scrutiny that movies and TV♕ shows endure when it comes to including characters. The developers are usually all for it, but it is the publishers who are scared, as they are worried about the game being denied from being sold in big chain stores like Wal-Mart.
There was one instance when a character wasn't allowed to be gay because his voice . Fans have often speculated that Murray from the Sly Cooper series was gay. It turns out that he was planned to be bi, with the original voice for the game being an offensive gay stereotype. The voice was changed was due to the fact that most players thought it was meant to be a parodyꦑ of Barney.
13 🃏 Fire Only Burns Clothes
Saga Frontier was a game that was far too ambitious for its own good. The people at Squaresoft tried to do too much with the limited technology and time available to them. This is why Saga Frontier has tons of unused content ♋hidden within the game.
The most interesting find was actually predicted by fans a long time ago...
There is a piece of official Saga Frontier a♊rtwork that depicts Asellus walking through a swamp . It t🍨urns out that this was related to a cut storyline. Asellus was originally meant to escape from prison by passing through a sentient flame, which couldn't harm living beings. This meant that Asellus and Wild Rose would escape from prison, but would be trapped in the snow without any clothes. for this scenario still exist within the game.
12 Guile = Magus ꧂
Chrono Cross would be a far better game if it weren't a sequel to Chrono Trigger. This is due to the fact that Chrono Cross seemed determined to erase all of the happy endings from Chrono Trigger and ensure that all of the b🃏eloved characte📖rs from that game suffered a terrible fate.
Magus was planned to appear in Chrono Cross in the form of Guile. He has taken on a new identity, due to the fact that he lost his memories. The connection between Guile and Magus into the game due to time constraints. Chrono Trigger DS added some new hints to Guile's ide🍷ntity, as we see Magus losing his memories in the new ending of the game.
11 👍 You Ar🌺e Tearing Me Apart, Kaufmann
Harry Mason can encounter several living human beings during his journey throughout Silent Hill. These pe🍒ople are also trapﷺped in the city and are dragged into the hellish dimension that is filled with monsters.
Lisa Garland is a nurse who has lost her memories.
Harry encounters her several times throughout the game, as he reawakens within the hospital several times. Lisa eventually turns into a monster during a heart-breaking scene near the end of the game. The fans have speculated as to whether Lisa was ever truly alive or not during the events of the game. The creator of Silent Hill that Lisa passed away before the startಌ of the game from an overdose, due to the PTV given to her by Dr. Kaufmann. This is why she has amnesia at the start of the game.
10 T🌄he Happy Ending For The Colossus Slayer
Fans have long speculated that there is a secret ending in Shadow of the Colossus, which could possibly be found by defeating another, hidden🌠, Colossus. This was partly inspired by the fact that the actual ending of the game is a downer, so fans were keen to find a happier resolution to🌌 the story.
The Shadow of the Colossus artbook shed some light on the issue, with the creator of the game discussing other that they never had time to implement. One of these endings involved the main character growing horns (like the protagonist of Ico) and becoming more monstrous with each Colossus slain. He still wo🅺uld have found a happy ending, as the girl would accept his new appearance and the two would be free to live in peace.
9 James In Wate🅠r ൩
Silent Hill 2 has several different endings, some of which aren't supposed to be taken seriously (such as the Dog and UFO endings.) Official documents linked to the game state that none of the endings are canon and the player should decide what conc𒈔lusion fits the best based on their own opinions.
The problem with this explanation is that there are a lot of clues pointing towards the "In Water" ending as being canon.
This is the ending where James chooses to end it all, as he cannot bear to live without his wife. While the Book of Lost Memories claims that no ending of Silent Hill 2 is canon, there have been several statements by staff members who worked on the game which claim that "In Water" is the true ending. Masahiro Ito has that the Pyramid Head was designed with "▨In Water" i🌟n mind.
8 💖 The Love Of Ellie's Life 𒊎
The characters in The Last of Us didn't have much time to find romance, due to the whole "humanity is colla𒅌psing and there are mushroom zombies ev🦩erywhere" thing.
The Left Behind DLC for The Last of Us offered a glimpse into Ellie's true desires, as she kisses her friend Riley. The moment is interrupted by the undead, so we don't get to learn more about the truth of their relationship, or where it could have gone in a happier world. Neil Druckmann (the creative director at Naughty Dog) that Ellie is gay and that both Ellie an🐓d Riley were attracted to each other, which was something that the voice actors for both characters were aware of when makin🐼g the game.
7 The Secret Of Theꦍ Sixth Archstone
All of the levels in Demon's Souls are accessed through Archstones within ꦉthe Nexus hub. The five main Archstones allow you to teleport to lands that have been ravaged by monsters, with smaller Archstones existing within each world that act as fast travel points.
There is a sixth Archstone that was destroyed from the other side.
Fans had speculated that this was for a planned area of the game that was never finished or was planned to be added as DLC, before production on Dark Souls too precedence. It took a lot of digging, but there is a hidden within the files of Demon's Souls. This is a snow-filled land that consists of a huge maze-𒁏l🐬ike castle. There are also a lot of that were planned for this world that are also hidden in the files of the game, but they were never used.
6 🦂 Philemon In Hiding
Philemon was a major character in the first two Persona games. He possesses the ability to grant the power to summon personas to mortals, which gives them a fighting chance against thꦡe supernatural threats that they will have to overcome throughout the game.
Philemon was noticeably absent in Persona 3, 4, and 5. According to the creators of the game: Philemon is over the protagonists of Persona 3 and 4, but he has chosen to do so indirectly. The blue butterflies that the players use as save points are extensions of ♐Philemon's power. Any appearance by a blue butterfly also means that Philemon is watching what the events as they transpire. It remains to be seen wheth🌳er he will return in future entries to the series.