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8. The Sarcastic Announcer - Wave Race: Blue Storm
Released as a launch title for the Gamecube in 2001, Nintendo's Jet Ski racing title contained an Easter egg that wasn't uncovered until nearly a decade later. Throughout the game's races, an announcer will remain in constant contact with the player, encouraging their progress and giving them helpful tips to stay ahead of the other racers.
However, in 2010, a poster on the NeoGAF forum announced that they had unearthed a new set of voice lines for the character, presumably having sat fiddling with the options menu for about 9 hours.
Pressing the Z button to change the audio visualiser in the audio settings menu, then inputting a combination similar to the Konami Code, backing out and finally starting a race, will see the announcer replaced with an entirely different fellow who has apparently been dragged out of bed to fill in after too many Singapore Slings.
The new commentator will mock the player's choice of racer, declare that turbo powerups are wasted on them and even go so far as to announce that upon reaching the final lap: "soon, the agony will end". Finally, when winning a race, he describes your wins as "like diamonds - very rare". Lovely chap.