[Meccanical]

You could argue that the battle theme for Final Fantasy 1 and Final Fantasy 9 start out the same then. Final Fantasy 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjPF3AwVPM4 Final Fantasy 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r50bTK49Gzc

You could apply that to VI as well, and the battle theme for Sakura Note.

It's an Uematsu thing.

[BocoDragon]

holy shit, I just realized that the FF12 boss music has part of the FF7 boss music in it around the very beginning. FF7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGnJWKyBak FF12 (start @ 13 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-AwbsQi-nk I mean maybe this is commonly known but it's the first time I've heard it.

Not the same.

A handful of notes progress in a similar order, but otherwise it's quite different.

[ASTROID2]

wow! I didn't know this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjEsXf3SJ6o#t=16s

That's really cool.

[Roto13]

holy shit, I just realized that the FF12 boss music has part of the FF7 boss music in it around the very beginning. FF7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGnJWKyBak FF12 (start @ 13 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-AwbsQi-nk I mean maybe this is commonly known but it's the first time I've heard it.

That's not even close.

You could argue that the battle theme for Final Fantasy 1 and Final Fantasy 9 start out the same then. Final Fantasy 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjPF3AwVPM4 Final Fantasy 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r50bTK49Gzc

That little opening flourish is probably intentional. They also used the bit directly after that in basically every 2D Final Fantasy battle theme, and IX is a love letter to the old ones so it uses it too.

[Boss Doggie]

Reading the whole Star Fox thing really is just pushing it. They're meant to be puppet stands and the 64 games didn't have much of polygonal count. I've seen similar "robotic feet" used in designs for futuristic games but are actually just boots.

[Meccanical]

Reading the whole Star Fox thing really is just pushing it. They're meant to be puppet stands and the 64 games didn't have much of polygonal count. I've seen similar "robotic feet" used in designs for futuristic games but are actually just boots.

Except you know...there's proof that says the contrary.

[Boss Doggie]

Except you know...there's proof that says the contrary.

You mean a scientific fact in a setting that pretty much defies science? The fact that the modern Star Fox designs (which I abhor - I hate the chibified looks they have) uses normal feet proves otherwise.

You might as well complain why Captain Falcon has normal legs too!

[Boney]

You mean a scientific fact in a setting that pretty much defies science? The fact that the modern Star Fox designs (which I abhor - I hate the chibified looks they have) uses normal feet proves otherwise. You might as well complain why Captain Falcon has normal legs too!

That's how they were designed in snes starfox era. 64 designs just carried over the metal feet, who knows if it's boots or not but that's besides the point.

[Boss Doggie]

That's how they were designed in snes starfox era. 64 designs just carried over the metal feet, who knows if it's boots or not but that's besides the point.

That's my point though - they were just puppet feet. People just try to look deeper into that. It's like those annoying Pokefacts.

I dunno why I'm raging though. Hmm... maybe because I'm hungry.

[Gui_PT]

That's my point though - they were just puppet feet. People just try to look deeper into that. It's like those annoying Pokefacts. I dunno why I'm raging though. Hmm... maybe because I'm hungry.

Everyone in here hates you already!!!!

[BibiMaghoo]

Probably won't blow any minds, but.....

I thought that Caius Ballard in FFXIII-2 was great, especially the voice actor. I recently purchased Darksiders in the PSN sale and started playing it today, turns out that the voice of War is the same guy, and with the exact same tone in delivering his lines.

Thought it was worth a mention.

[Relix]

I don't know if this has been posted before or whatever but...

[hirokazu]

I don't know if this has been posted before or whatever but...

WHAT THE FUCK.

But it could also be a sailboat at sunset that coincidentally looks like that.

[Tribes of Trusty]

But it could also be a sailboat at sunset that coincidentally looks like that.

I think it's this.

The similarity is uncanny though.

[Hasemo]

I think it's too far-fetched. Would be amazing if true, though.

[Clipper]

I'm pretty sure it's coincidence. The XP icon has a different colour between the sun and water compared to the Evangelion shot. Also the shadow.

And no, it's not one symbolising the other either.

[RagnarokX]

Evangelion isn't a video game...

And that's clearly a sailboat on the sea at sunset. The sky, water, and sun reflection are all completely different

[Diablohead]

Evangelion isn't a video game... And that's clearly a sailboat on the sea at sunset. The sky, water, and sun reflection are all completely different

it doesn't have to be an exact copy but both are very much like each other.

[Easy_D]

Evangelion isn't a video game... And that's clearly a sailboat on the sea at sunset. The sky, water, and sun reflection are all completely different

Not to be nitpicky but there are several Evangelion games :P

[RagnarokX]

it doesn't have to be an exact copy but both are very much like each other.

They're almost nothing alike...

Foreground object to the left in front of a sunset. Wow. Too close to be a coincidence! Googling "sunset sailboat" reveals a bunch of Evangelion copycats as well.

[Nibel]

I think most of you know the PS2 Startup animation. Did you notice these white towers, some higher than the others? That's not just nice useless eye-candy. The towers represent games. The more games you play on the PS2, the more towers are added. The longer you play a game, the higher the tower gets. Sometimes, it erases all towers. I think it happens when you unplug the console. Edit: It seems that it actually reads data from the memory cards to show the towers.

Whaaaat the fuuuck

Genius!

[Gui_PT]

So... not saying that image is true but... reference means it looks exactly the same?

[RagnarokX]

So... not saying that image is true but... reference means it looks exactly the same?

No, it means intentional and very close.

[Gui_PT]

No, it means intentional and very close.

Exactly?

People are saying it can't be because it's not exactly the same.

It's most probably not a reference, but people seem to not understand the term

[udivision]

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=is...l851l14j1l15l0

[Haunted]

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=is...l851l14j1l15l0

So many Evangelion references!

I think most of you know the PS2 Startup animation. Did you notice these white towers, some higher than the others? That's not just nice useless eye-candy. The towers represent games. The more games you play on the PS2, the more towers are added. The longer you play a game, the higher the tower gets. Sometimes, it erases all towers. I think it happens when you unplug the console. Edit: It seems that it actually reads data from the memory cards to show the towers.

That's incredible.

[Roto13]

Evangelion invented sunsets at water.

[Ledsen]

Evangelion invented sunsets at water.

On GAF, apparently it did.

[MNC]

Her ears are on backwards.

[KenOD]

Her ears are on backwards.

I knew it, all those extra friends are nothing but inbred mutants. It explains so much. I bet they aren't even good enough to stick in a machine for power.

[Mike M]

Her ears are on backwards.

No they're not?

[BHZ Mayor]

If someone could find some evidence to support this, that would be great, but according to TV Tropes, the black part of Bowser armbands in Super Mario Bros. is actually blank space, because 8-bit sprites back then could only support up to 3 colors.

[KAOz]

If someone could find some evidence to support this, that would be great, but according to TV Tropes, the black part of Bowser armbands in Super Mario Bros. is actually blank space, because 8-bit sprites back then could only support up to 3 colors.

Seems like it's possible. Was digging around a little, and found sprites of 8-bit Bowser against a white background. The bracelet parts and so on was white then.

[LeleSocho]

If someone could find some evidence to support this, that would be great, but according to TV Tropes, the black part of Bowser armbands in Super Mario Bros. is actually blank space, because 8-bit sprites back then could only support up to 3 colors.

So the nostril too is a blank space? neat.

[Sullichin]

Surprised that so many people didn't know about the PS2 startup screen thing.

[Metalic]

Probably won't blow any minds, but..... I thought that Caius Ballard in FFXIII-2 was great, especially the voice actor. I recently purchased Darksiders in the PSN sale and started playing it today, turns out that the voice of War is the same guy, and with the exact same tone in delivering his lines. Thought it was worth a mention.

Here is a little extra trivia;

did you know that Lightning's voice actress has also voiced Lira from Mass Effect ?

[Roto13]

Here is a little extra trivia; did you know that Lightning's voice actress has also voiced Lira from Mass Effect ?

And Palutena in Kid Icarus Uprising.

There are only five active voice actors in North America anyway.

[Myriadis]

And Palutena in Kid Icarus Uprising. There are only five active voice actors in North America anyway.

And like two in Germany.

[Wiz]

In Wario Ware...Kat and Ana...Katana...

Don't know if I should feel ashamed or astonished that I only recently realized this.

[Heropon]

In Wario Ware...Kat and Ana...Katana... Don't know if I should feel ashamed or astonished that I only recently realized this.

Did you follow the Smash Bros. Dojo?
Thanks to Sakurai I know this since 2007.

[Wiz]

Did you follow the Smash Bros. Dojo? Thanks to Sakurai I know this since 2007.

Yeah I did, but I don't even remember reading/picking up on it back then.

[MrCunningham]

because 8-bit sprites back then could only support up to 3 colors.

4 colours. :P

The transparency is really just a colour set to a transparent value. Think about it like a 256 colour transparent gif. NES sprites could either display 4 solid colours or 3 colours with one transparency.

But yeah, most likely all the black areas are transparent. It makes sense since Bowser was always displayed on a black background in each castle.

[Bomber Bob]

Evangelion invented sunsets at water.

i know right?

[Myriadis]

4 colours. :P The transparency is really just a colour set to a transparent value. Think about it like a 256 colour transparent gif. NES sprites could either display 4 solid colours or 3 colours with one transparency. But yeah, most likely all the black areas are transparent. It makes sense since Bowser was always displayed on a black background in each castle.

It's so insane how much they did with such limitations. And then you have something like Megaman 3, which looks even better. But I love how Nintendo managed to do it so well with some tricks. It's the reason we have cloudbush and the fact that the tileset in the underground levels is the tileset for the first overworld levels, but just in another palette.

[Medalion]

That's not his nostril, that's a nose piercing gone wrong

[DiipuSurotu]

It's so insane how much they did with such limitations. And then you have something like Megaman 3, which looks even better. But I love how Nintendo managed to do it so well with some tricks. It's the reason we have cloudbush and the fact that the tileset in the underground levels is the tileset for the first overworld levels, but just in another palette.

Mind = blown

[Jaded Alyx]

Mind = blown

...........really?

[hirokazu]

It's so insane how much they did with such limitations. And then you have something like Megaman 3, which looks even better. But I love how Nintendo managed to do it so well with some tricks. It's the reason we have cloudbush and the fact that the tileset in the underground levels is the tileset for the first overworld levels, but just in another palette.

I realised cloudbush and the pallets swap thing when I was seven. It seems so obvious to me.

[Franklinator]

Here is a little extra trivia; did you know that Lightning's voice actress has also voiced Lira from Mass Effect ?

And the guy who played Noel was in Spirited Away.

[Tomasooie]

I think I found a piece of music that may have inspired (in part) DKC's Aquatic Ambiance.

Dexter Wansel's "What the World is Coming To".

Especially the part I've linked to, but listen to the whole thing.