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===Sales=== | ===Sales=== | ||
The game sold over 800K units world-wide by November 1, 1999.<ref>{{Icon|Med2}} {{cite web|title=Press Release|site=MediEvil 2 Official Website (archived version)|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030923004124id_/http://www.medievil2.com/uk/nonshocked/press_release/press_release1.htm}}</ref> The studio was awarded a plaque from Sony for selling 250K copies of the game in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1999. The plaque was auctioned off on eBay in the year 2020.{{TwitterRef|Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou|1325408101831479297|November 8, 2020|quote=...Finally we have a 1999 gold plaque the studio received for 250K copies...}} | The game sold over 800K units world-wide by November 1, 1999.<ref>{{Icon|Med2}} {{cite web|title=Press Release|site=MediEvil 2 Official Website (archived version)|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030923004124id_/http://www.medievil2.com/uk/nonshocked/press_release/press_release1.htm}}</ref> The studio was awarded a plaque from Sony for selling 250K copies of the game in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1999. The plaque was auctioned off on eBay in the year 2020.{{TwitterRef|Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou|1325408101831479297|November 8, 2020|quote=...Finally we have a 1999 gold plaque the studio received for 250K copies...}} | ||
===Accolades=== | |||
''MediEvil'' was featured within ''The Guinness Book of Records 1999'' due to having the "Most Advanced 3-D Animation."{{Bookref|Guinness1999}}{{Bookref|Guinness1999|170|quote=''MediEvil'', developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe - Cambridge Studios, uses ''N-World'', a modelling and painting package from Nichimen Graphics Inc., which has also been used to produce ''Super Mario 64'' and ''Final Fantasy VII''.}} | |||
===Re-releases=== | ===Re-releases=== | ||
====Platinum==== | ====Platinum==== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Some promotional posters for the game feature a different cover art design. | *Some promotional posters for the game feature a different cover art design. | ||
*On the game's official US website and on promotional game material, it is said that the game takes place in 847, but this is retconned in the game's sequel, where the year 1386 is revealed to be the true year of the game's events. | *On the game's official US website and on promotional game material, it is said that the game takes place in 847, but this is retconned in the game's sequel, where the year 1386 is revealed to be the true year of the game's events. | ||
*''MediEvil'' is dedicated to the memory of [[Mr. Apple]].{{Gameref|MED}}{{Gameref|MED-CREDITS}} | *''MediEvil'' is dedicated to the memory of [[Mr. Apple]].{{Gameref|MED}}{{Gameref|MED-CREDITS}} | ||