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===Secret Rainbow Level?===
[[File:Secret-level-unicorn1.jpg|thumb|400px|Rainbow attack unicorn "fan" art by [[Bashiok]].]]The most likely early contender for a secret level style of Easter Egg in Diablo 3 developed shortly after the game was announced. The early fan complaints about rainbows and bright colors that turned into the [[Art Controversy]] led to numerous jokes about rainbows, unicorns, happy clouds, and such. The D3 Team parodied this idea with their hugely-[http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1982 popular Blizzcon 2008 t-shirts], and some months later, when Diablo 3 Community Manager [[Bashiok]] posted a photoshopped Diablo 3 screenshot featuring a unicorn apparently farting a rainbow that created a deadly "love combo" of slaughtered monsters, the "Secret Rainbow Level" rumors were off and running. ==Goblin Pod Racing===
This is entirely speculative, but it's not out of the realm of possibilities. The {{iw|Secret_Cow_Level Diablo II Secret Cow Level}} got its start in similar fashion; it was just an April Fool's joke An Easter Egg allows for a screenshot, made Star Wars-like pod racing sequence in response to the persistent Diablo I secret cow level rumorsThousand Needles - Shimmering Flats, and there was so much fan reaction and enjoyment that the team went ahead and put it into the gamearea. The [[D3 Team]] is under no compunction to include a joke secret level, but Blizzard designers have always shown a good sense One of humor, and as famous and enjoyed as the D2 secret level wasracers is Diablo, they've go to be feeling some pressure to live up to that standard with Diablo IIIwho does not look very thrilled about it.<br><br><br><br>
Only time, and possibly April Fool's screenshots, will tell.
===Diablo 2 Act Five Mercenary Name Change===[[File:Easter-war3-butcher1.jpg|left|thumb|150px|The Butcher, from Warcraft III.]]There was a "Wirt's Leg" Item to be found in the game.
This mysterious event occurred when There was also a unit called the D2 v1.13 patch was released in 2009. The patchButcher who dropped an item called "Wirt's Other Leg.txt said that two Mercenary names, "Klar" and "Tryneus" were added, and when fans dug into the code they discovered: <ref> {{cite web | url = http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/the-mystery-of-klar-and-tryneus/ | title = v1.13, Act 5 Merc Name Changes | accessdate = 2010-08-13 | date = 2010-12-15 | publisher = Diii.net | quote = One of the odder tidbits in the v1.13 patch notes is this little line, “Updated two Act 5 mercenary names to Klar and Tryneus.” What does this mean? Why was the change made? }}</ref>
Blizzard has offered no explanation for this inexplicable change[[File:Easter-war3-wirts-legs.jpg|frame|Wirt's Leg and Wirt's Other Leg. There is some fan speculation ]]Note that itThe Butcher was responsible for cutting off Wirt's meant to set up some plot development Leg in Diablo 3I, since there didnso it't seem any other reason to change those two merc names eight years after D2X was releaseds only natural that he still has it around, albeit rotten and bony. The description for this item is as follows:<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.wowwiki.com/Wirt%27s_Other_Leg | title = Wirt's Other Leg | accessdate = 2010-08-18 | quote = Perhaps the overzealous adventurer pried this off before his journey here thinking it might give him one last opportunity at bovine slaughter. Little did he know where it would lead him. }}</ref>
If there::'''Wirt's some plot reason to use Other Leg'''::Perhaps the names of two Act Five mercs in Diablo 3, Blizzard could easily have just used two existing merc namesoverzealous adventurer pried this off before his journey here thinking it might give him one last opportunity at bovine slaughter. That they changed the names in this fashion, intentionally calling attention to their actions, makes Little did he know where it seem meaningfulwould lead him.<br><br><br><br><br>
→Diablo Easter Eggs in World of Warcraft
These can be major features, such as Diablo 2's {{iw|Secret_Cow_Level Secret Cow Level}}, but more commonly they are smaller inside jokes. For instance, Diablo 2 featured the names of the game designers and prominent members of the fansite community as items, monsters, {{iw|Mercs mercenaries}} and other things.
This page covers Easter Eggs in Diablo 3 and Diablo-themed Easter Eggs in other games. See also:
* {{iw|Diablo_I_Easter_Eggs Diablo I Easter Eggs}}
* {{iw|Diablo_II_Easter_Eggs Diablo II Easter Eggs}}
* The full coverage of [[Diablo III Easter Eggs|Easter Eggs in Diablo III]].
==Official Diablo III Easter Eggs== There are dozens of Easter Eggs in Diablo III, both big and small. The full listing is maintained in a separate article, as this page is overcrowded with other related Diablo Easter Eggs. * See the [[Diablo III Easter Eggs]] article for full details. ==Blizzard Commentson Diablo 3 Easter Eggs==
The [[D3 Team|Diablo 3 team]] has did not yet revealed reveal any of the Easter Eggs they have had planned for Diablo 3 in advance (of course not, or they wouldn't be surprises!) but they've the developers have spoken in general terms about wanting to include such surprises and bonuses.
[[Jay Wilson]], August 2008: [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/08/07/diablo-iii-cow-level/]
==Diablo III Easter Eggsin Warcraft III== None are yet confirmed to be in the game (of course not, they're surprises!) but some hints have been given.
[[File:Easter-war3-daiblo-race.jpg|thumb|100px|Diablo pod racing.]]
Warcraft 3 has a ton of Easter Eggs, but not many of them feature anything related to Diablo.
===Wirt's Legs and the Butcher===
::In 1.13, MercX136 is called The Butcher was a huge abomination who hid in the recesses of the Black Temple and attacked Kael'Klarthas and Illidan', in 1s forces.12 it was 'WeohstanHe gave the item Wirt's Other Leg when he died.<ref> {{cite web | url = http::In 1//www.13, MercX135 is called 'Tryneus', in 1wowwiki.12 it was 'Erfor'com/The_Butcher_%28Warcraft_III%29 | title = The Butcher | accessdate = 2010-08-18 | quote = The Butcher unit from Warcraft III. }}</ref>
==Diablo Easter Eggs in World of Warcraft==
[[File:Easter-wow-mini diablo.png|thumb|125px|Diablo mini-pet.]]There aren't (yet) any specifically-Diablo 3 [[Easter Eggs]] in [[World of Warcraft]]. There are, however, a number of Easter Eggs derived from the Diablo series on the whole. [[File:Easter-wow-mini diablo.png|thumb|150px|Diablo mini-pet.]]The following is quoted from WowWiki.com. [http://www.wowwiki.com/Diablo] This list does not include the dozens of skills, monsters, quests, and other game elements directly derived from Diablo and Diablo 2.
This list does not include the dozens of skills, monsters, quests, and other game elements directly derived from Diablo and Diablo 2.[http://www.wowwiki.com/Diablo]
* In reference to his demonic form in Frozen Throne, one of Illidan's gag quotes is "Wings, horns, hooves...what am I saying, is this Diablo?"
* An item called the {{iw|Cow_King Cow King}}'s Hide.
===Diablo Mini-Pet===
The first initial release of ''World of Warcraft expansion, the Burning Crusade, WarCraft'' added a Diablo mini-pet as a reward for people who purchased the expansion. (Which means that absolutely everyone playing the game today has oneCollector's Edition.)
This pet follows, is very cute in a fierce sort of way, and has a fire-breathing "rest" animation.
This was one of the rarest and most sought-after of all mini-pets at the time, with codes selling for upwards of $800 on eBay.
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===Murkablo===
This Diablo-styled [[Murloc]] mini-pet was seen on the World of Warcraft test realm in April 2011. It's not yet active in the game, and is widely-presumed to be a special prize that will be given out in the [[BlizzCon 2011]] [[goodie bag]], or else as part of the [[Diablo III Collector's Edition]].
The creature can be seen in-game in a short movie embedded in the news post.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-murloc-wow-pet-for-blizzcon-2011/] This is not the finished version; the animations are reused from the [[Deathy]] mini-pet from [[BlizzCon 2010]].
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===D3CE Fallen Shaman===
[[File:D3ce-fetish-shaman-pet2.jpg|thumb|150px|Fetish Shaman.]]
The [[Diablo III Collector's Edition]] contained a World of Warcraft bonus pet; a Fetish Shaman of the type seen in Diablo II and Diablo III (via the Witch Doctor's [[Hex]] spell.
The model was first datamined from a WoW patch[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/fallen-shaman-d3ce-wow-pet] in September 2011, with speculation at the time that this was the D3CE pet. Those suspicions were confirmed a month later, when Blizzard revealed the contents[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-reveals-the-diablo-3-collectors-edition] of the D3CE in October 2011.
The pet was enabled in a WoW patch[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-on-magic-find-in-parties-and-the-wow-d3ce-pet] in early December 2010. Fans observed that was pointless, since without the D3CE, and the redemption code fans can obtain from within it, there is no way to enable the Fetish Shaman pet. Nevertheless, Blizzard had the pet ready for late 2011, as that was Diablo 3's initially-planned release date, and even after the game was delayed the WoW patch guys saw no reason to hold back the pet even though no one would be able to enable it for months yet.
Oddly, the Fetish Shaman is not riding piggyback, as these demons always have in the game.
===Tyrael's Charger===
Tyrael's Charger[http://www.wowhead.com/item=76755/tyraels-charger#.] a World of Warcraft epic mount, a flying horse wearing [[Tyrael]]-styled armor, was first discovered through data-mining[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/tyrael-sparkle-pony-revealed] on October 28, 2011. The full details were revealed soon afterwards,[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3767193] and the mount was available as a perk with the purchase of the twelve-month World of Warcraft Annual Pass. Subscribers to that plan also received a free copy of Diablo III upon release, and along with other perks.
Screenshots showing off the creature can be seen below.
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===DOTA's Witch Doctor===
One of the characters in Blizzard's [[DOTA]] is a version of the Diablo III [[Witch Doctor]]. See [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzards-dota-trailer-revealed-witch-doctor this news post from Blizzcon 2011] for the game trailer video, as well as video of a Blizzcon panel devoted to their DOTA project.
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==Diablo 3 Easter Eggs in Starcraft 2==
Blizzard continued their habit of working in inter-game Easter Eggs, by placing a couple of numerous amusing Diablo 3 items in [[Starcraft 2]].* See a comprehensive list of the dozens of SC2 Easter Eggs [http://starcraft.incgamers.com/wiki/Easter_Eggs in this SC2 Wiki].
They can be used to customize units on player-made maps, as the example Terran Marine shows. The images were first found [http://us.battle.net/sc2/static/images/source/decals-1-75.jpg on the Battle.net site], [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-decals-sc2-achievement/ on July 18, 2010].
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::This achievement is after you finish the Gates of Hell mission in planet Char. There’s a cinematic right after, then you see an interactive Raynor, General Waterfield and Tychus with a char background. The achievement suddenly pops when that loads. It’s interactive as in you hover the mouse over Raynor, the General and Tychus, and they become silhouette-highlighted, you click them and they have a cutscene-dialogue.
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===Burning Diablo===
[[File:Easter-sc2-diablo3s.jpg|frame|Diablo in SC2.]]
[[File:Easter-sc2-spacediablos.jpg|left|thumb|125px|Diablo in SC2.]]
The first and most dramatic is an appearance of a miniature [[Diablo]] in a SC2 single-player mission called "The Devil's Playground." Diablo is just a "critter," one of the forms of ambient life, but it's definitely Big Red, though he's small and gloriously burning, the model looks to be the same one used for the World of Warcraft mini-pet.
A screenshot can be seen to the right. See [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-is-a-starcraft-2-easter-egg/ the original news post] for more details and a movie of the little guy.
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===Funny Movie Names===
Map information: City Billboards [72.58.113.02] in the map editor. It is named THorner04.SC2Map. It's where Tychus Findlay mounts the Thor and wrecks havoc in Korhal city to broadcast off-world the tape where Mengsk says he wont let anyone stand on his way, and he will rather see the sector burned to ashes.
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===Diablo Marine Avatar===
The Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty Collector's Edition contains four avatars accessible in the Battle.net Rewards tab, Portraits section. The avatar is titled onscreen as Diablo Marine (Devoted fan).<ref> {{cite web | url = http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/sc2-ce-avatar-diablo-3-themed-space-marine/ | title = Burning D3 Space Marine | accessdate = 2010-08-13 | date = 2010-7-22 | work = Diii.net | quote = Fans have dug up a big block of Starcraft 2 B.net avatars, and one of them seems to be a Diablo III-themed Space Marine. ..}}</ref>
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===Laptop Game Selection===
[[File:Easter-sc2-play-a-game.jpg|thumb|Would you like to play a game?]]
In one of the Single Player missions: Ghost of a Chance, on the planet Avernus, a laptop is found on a desktop in one building. The World of Warcraft character selection screen is displayed on a different screen, while the main screen shows a message: Want to play a game?" Various options are listed, including Diablo III:<ref> {{cite web | url = http://starcraft.incgamers.com/wiki/Easter_Eggs#Sons_of_the_Storm | title = Starcraft II Easter Eggs | accessdate = 2010-08-13 | first = Starcraft Wiki | date = 2010-8-12 | quote = This is the three-part mission map if you choose to help Nova Terra kill Tosh's spectres. There is a workstation with three screen monitors near the captive Ultralisks on the west side of the map. }}</ref>
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This is a larger Easter Egg referring to the 1983 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames Matthew Broderick movie ''WarGames''], in which a computer hacker starts playing games with the central computer at NORAD, inadvertently nearly starting World War III. The computer in that film's usual prompt is, "Would you like to play a game?" With Global Thermonuclear War as the last of several options.
==Diablo Easter Eggs in Other Games==
===Sacred===
RPG Sacred has a map area modeled after the town of Tristram, as seen in Diablo I. A quote from an informative Sacred fansite, which was the source of the images below: [http://sacred.freehomepage.com/eastereggs/eastereggs.html]
::Some of you might not know but Tristram is a famous little village connected with the game Diablo. In Diablo 1 this is the place where your hero starts out. In Diablo 2 it has been destroyed and is where you collect Deckard Cain from. There is a little village in Sacred which is tremendously similar to the Tristram in the original Diablo. It is located north of Moorbrook and shouldnt be very hard to find. Cloest portals to this place are the Mystdale Castle portal and Valley of Zhurag-Nar portal.
::Also note when you enter the village the residents all turn into zombies and will start attacking you. This is also the town where Glubba wants to be taken (end of Act 3). And I'm pretty sure this is also the village which is referenced by a rune stone somewhere around Mascarell.
Two images showing off the Sacred version of Tristram can be seen below. Click them for larger views.
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==References==
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-is-a-starcraft-2-easter-egg/ Diablo appears as a Starcraft 2 Easter Egg], August 2010.
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