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 radioheadrule83 in Today, 01:04 AM
I only just noticed today that piranha plant pipeway on mk7 features our favourite cloud bushes in 3D form!
Posted by Damon Bennet
Got a pic?
Posted by RagnarokX
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This changes everything. Did anyone ever actually check if Mario games outside of SMB use the cloud = bush thing?
This could be a hidden tradition/easter egg when everyone assumed that it was just in SMB. |
I think it’s more likely that they noticed that we were making a big deal about it and decided to reference it.
Posted by Golden Darkness in 01-27-2008, 05:49 AM
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Eh, it’s not really the same thing. Goombas and mushrooms may have similar appearances, but they’re actually different sprites. The bushes are literally the same sprite as the clouds, just with a palette swap.
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Speaking of Goomba, they are actually supposed to be living chestnuts, as their Japanese name is Kuribo, with the Kuri being chestnut.
Other facts of interest:
Kirby’s sprite was originally meant to be a placeholder.
All the maps of the Pokemon handheld games(no spin offs) are based on parts of Japan (with Diamond and Pearl’s Sinnoh region similarity to Hokkaido being the most obvious)
Pac-Man was originally going to be called Puck-Man, but there was worry that the arcade cabinets could be vandalized to have the title end up as something very vulgar.
Cacildo´s note: When was the Scott Pilgrim movie released again?
Posted by SDZeta in 01-27-2008, 05:10 AM
Goombas are just mushrooms with eyes and feet? Not sure, just tried to find something else with SMB.
Cacildo´s note: Its kind of a cheap shot, running behind the success of the cloud/bush scandal… but to be fair i like this one!
Posted by Ezduo in 01-27-2008, 03:17 AM
The bushes in Super Mario Bros. were just recolored clouds.
Ekans backwards is snake.
Girafarig backwards is girafarig.
Cacildo´s note: The image in the original post is broken (after all, its a 3 year old image in a once free image holder), but since this is a “secret” so widespread across the internet (after this post, i mean) it was easy to get a new one.
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