Posted by stilgar in 02-05-2009, 11:43 AM
Maybe not absolutely mind blowing, but I realized this yesterday, watching Mario Bros by the Gordon College:
In the original Mario Bros, Mario is breaking the blocks not with his head, but with his fist:
However, in SM 64, he doesn’t hesitate to endanger his life :
I dunno when the switch has been done. But trust me Mario, one day you’ll pay the price for crushing your neurons.
Posted by drizzle in 02-04-2009, 10:36 PM
I think i remember the “Snake from the first Metal Gear Cover is based off Kyle Reese” from this thread…
But i’ve been searching for the Contra Cover Stalonne/Schwarzenegger animated gif and I couldn’t find it on this thread (But i remember seeing it on gaf).
So here it is:
And there’s a bonus from the european version of Super Contra, which i didn’t know of:
Sorry if this has been posted, but i swear to god i looked for it. Like, four times the past months.
Posted by aaaaaa in 12-25-2008, 02:58 AM
Startropics 2
Maybe this was obvious to everyone but me. The magic word that the main character uses throughout the game is based on the sound made in “Surfin’ Bird”. It only took me a decade to notice this.
Cacildo´s note: The original song to use the “Papa oom mow mow” sound was The Rivingtons – Papa oom mow mow. Ever since it was released the song had a fair share of covers and the Papa oom mow mow was used in quite a few songs, including “Surfin´ Bird” (made popular recently by that annoying Family Guy gag. I hate Family guy…)
Posted by radiantdreamer in 11-10-2008, 11:23 PM
I can’t find an image anywhere of it, but in Final Fantasy 1 there was a tombstone I think in the elf village that read “Here Lies Link”.
Cacildo´s note: “Here lies Link” was inserted in this tombstone only in the “Final Fantasy origins” release, for the PS1 and GBA. The phrase in the original release for the Nes is “Here Lies Erdrick”, and as this guy points out, Erdrick was the hero of the Dragon Warrior series. Here´s a cap
Posted by ruby_onix
Actually, in the original Japanese Famicom version, it was the grave of Link. Then in the English NES version it was the (misspelled) grave of Erdrick. Most likely having something to do with Nintendo of America being the one to translate and publish both Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior on the NES.
It’s remained Link in Japan through all the other releases of the game, and all of those versions that were brought over were translated faithfully enough to keep that reference intact, even on non-Nintendo systems.
Posted by ChazAshley in 10-28-2008, 08:39 AM
In mega man 5, If you use the Mega Tank when your life and weapon energy is full, it’ll turn all the enemies into 1-ups.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncRlCo4J0Ko
I NEVER KNEW THIS. (apparently it works in MM9 as well)
Posted by JasonMCG in 09-21-2008, 03:56 AM
Mega Man II
In an otherwise tiled background, the big dipper can be seen right before the door to Crash Man. Played this game a thousand times, but I just noticed this today. :lol
Posted by Anasui Kishibe in 09-14-2008, 03:49 AM
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I’m shocked that the tanooki shadow got more responses than this.
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why? I’m actually surprised so many people never noticed the hadouken hands
anyway, fun fact in Snake Rattle’n Roll (NES)
Posted by Alpha_eX
I really don’t see anything there? What am I looking at?
EDIT: Oh now I see it, the floor spells out GAMEBOY.
Posted by emilio in 07-30-2008, 03:45 PM
The glowing dot on the Ugly Heads (from Mega Man 2 Airman’s stage) is the small energy item, mirrored and with a different blinking.
Posted by zoukka
That I had already seen. But try this! Imagine the big purple dude as a monkey… the line at the bottom is the mouth and the round hole his nose. I can’t unsee it anymore 😦
Posted by Kunan
NOOOOOOooooooo
Posted by SenseiJinx
Not only can I not unsee it, I can’t even see it how I used to see it…
😦
Cacildo´s note: After a while i got to see it how i used to see. Its like an angry Octorok. But most of the time i just see the monkey.
Posted by Jackson in 07-29-2008, 04:13 AM
I think the most shocking thing I’ve ever found out is that Birdo is a cross dressing male… that kinda blew my mind when I found that out… I always thought it was a girl… and the craziest part was it’s always been this way from the character’s conception on SMB2… it says it IN the manual! nutty…
IT’S A TRAP!! BAIL OUT NOW YOSHI!
Posted by ImNotLikeThem
Well they have kinda gone back on that since then. It was supposedly more of a NoA decision for the translation for some strange reason. Birdo (aka Catherine) was always female in Japan anyway.
Well actually according to wikipedia, it was always a male in japan? now i’m more confused.
Posted by Jaded Alyx
Well in the Mario Strikers Charged manual, it refers to Birdo as ‘he’.
Cacildo´s note: Well, it is still in the open if Birdo is a male or a female. Or if it’s called Birdo, Birdetta, Ostro or even Catherine. And nobody can answer for sure if Nintendo of America really decided that this transgender detail was a little bit too much for the american audience and decided to cut it and its balls altogether. So this one remains the biggest Nintendo Gender mistery, but I will always love Birdo no matter what.
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