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As spotted by Reddit user will-powers, their post on the THPS subreddit shows an image of what looks like a Guitar Hero box in a trash can located somewhere in the THPS 3 + 4 Waterpark level, a new stage introduced in the remake. Although it may just be an innocent reference made by Iron Galaxy, some of the members of the game’s community have deemed it disrespectful to the series’ original developer, Neversoft.
The developers commented in the post, saying they are “investigating” how the box got there in the first place, and that they would be removing it in the next update.
“We have the utmost respect for anyone who makes games, we’re investigating how that got in there in the first place,” said Iron Galaxy in the post. “Thank you to the community for bringing this to our attention and we’ll be removing that from the environment art in the next update.”
In the same post, some players got a closer look at the Guitar Hero box. An obvious nod to the popular rhythm game franchise, the THPS 3 + 4 easter egg is titled Banjo Champion, and does feature a Neversoft logo on the back of the box.
In terms of where it came from, the Guitar Hero box easter egg was actually featured in the Activision and Vicarious Visions release, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2. A Reddit post made five years ago shows an image of the same boxes in the Hangar level, which is the very first level in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2.
