This episode was released free for a limited time on Xbox Live for users to download onto the Xbox 360 as part of a deal with Microsoft and Comedy Central. This episode marks the first ever HD episode of South Park also.
April Stewart's debut appearance taking over for Eliza Schneider
Despite having red hair in the show, Kyle has black hair in this episode
The public outrage over Cartman's indecent exposure is a parody of the infamous 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, where the breast of Janet Jackson was accidentally bared by Justin Timberlake. Cartman also blamed the incident on a "wardrobe malfunction".
The anime-like incarnations of the ninja characters bare a resemblance to the characters from the PlayStation port of Street Fighter Alpha 3 (1998), the same gaming console that the South Park tie-in games were released on.