[Platy]

Just read it on reddit, but :OOOOO

This thing had lots of mind blowing things to me ... but because when i first played super mario world i had NO IDEA of a single word in english

So i was like "OMFG I'M A NINJA ! I DISCOVERED HOW TO ENTER A DESTROYED CASTLE !" and then i replayed and all my cool kid discoveries were said in those stuff =(

[RoboPlato]

Just read it on reddit, but :OOOOO [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vGk6L.png[IMG]

I'm also 22. Knew what that was when I was 4.

[whitehawk]

Well, I thought they were pine cones.

So did I haha

[CorvoSol]

And he sneezes fireballs, too.

This is actually the crazy revelation to me. I can't believe I've never seen this.

[Muskweeto]

The real question here is who is on the other side?

Sahasrahla.

[Andrex]

I sort of thought they were basketballs. But eventually realized they were intercoms.

I still think they're basketballs for a split second before realizing what they actually are.

[Heropon]

Just read it on reddit, but :OOOOO

Wowowowow, that wasn't a pineapple? I knew about the cloudbushes, but this has destroyed my mind.

[synt4x]

Put me in the camp who thought it was a pineapple as well. Hahaha. xD

[EatinOlives]

I never knew what those intercom boxes in SMW were, and I never really thought they were anything in particular. I just thought they were funny-looking blocks that gave you hints.

[randomlyrossy]

I never knew what those intercom boxes in SMW were, and I never really thought they were anything in particular. I just thought they were funny-looking blocks that gave you hints.

Same here, never really gave it much thought.

[The Hermit]

Just read it on reddit, but :OOOOO

holy shit, I've never had the slightest idea what the icon represented! (I was like 10 last time I´ve played so...)

[KittenMaster]

Neither does Young Link's model in Ocarina of Time, though he does in the artwork. And he has one in Majora's Mask.

They added the sword strap to Link's model in Ocarina of Time 3D, for both Young and Adult Link.

[Bear]

Here's another idiot who thought it was a pineapple in that box.

I know that's an intercom now but it STILL looks like a pineapple

[bengraven]

Somehow I always knew it was a speaker.

But it was just a few years ago that I realized that the little word boxes coming up were the "speaker" talking to you.

And I'm THIRTY-two.

[AbsoluteZero]

Just read it on reddit, but :OOOOO

Somebody didn't read the manual.

[OnPoint]

Oxymoron is related to self contradictory statements, using superflous or unecessary words to describe something is a pleonasm.

I learned something. Thanks lol

[randomlyrossy]

Seriously though, now I really want to know who was on the other end of that intercom.

[illadelph]

Mario does, but Luigi in Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World version of the game, does indeed headbutt those blocks! ;)

The REAL mindblowing thing here is that the Luigi sprite is different in All Stars + World. I have never seen that sprite before and SMW is my favorite game.

[Cheerilee]

Seriously though, now I really want to know who was on the other end of that intercom.

The game programmers.

[jaxword]

Seriously though, now I really want to know who was on the other end of that intercom.

God.

[Sblargh]

God.

There's no God in Mario. There is the princess and her word is the only sacred word possible.

[BocoDragon]

Seriously though, now I really want to know who was on the other end of that intercom.

Otacon.

[Professor Beef]

Seriously though, now I really want to know who was on the other end of that intercom.

Bowser.

[Box of Bunnies]

Somebody didn't read the manual.

[MNC]

It's not entirely a fact, but it still blows my mind these things exist.

Reddit thread

[Peagles]

Just read it on reddit, but :OOOOO

In my defense, I've never seen a purple and brown intercom before, ever.

Also it seems they aren't really used much here anyways, the only time I think I've "seen" them is in American TV shows/movies that are set in schools.

[The Awesomest]

You guys didn't even realize it was some sort of speaker when you heard Yoshi's pre-recorded away message message at his house? c'mon, people.

[Lindbergh]

Though Sagat's victory pose has been pretty consistent for the past 25 years, what I've noticed are how his laughs in the Alpha and SF4 games are pretty much similar to the original's (first long wide "ahhh" followed by the descending "hahaha").

[stilgar]

Though Sagat's victory pose has been pretty consistent for the past 25 years, what I've noticed are how his laughs in the Alpha and SF4 games are pretty much similar to the original's (first long wide "ahhh" followed by the descending "hahaha").

But the eye patch switched.

[Sblargh]

But the eye patch switched.

Oh shi--

[Mista Koo]

I just thought it was a purple block with something orange in the middle. Didn't think anything of it beyond that.

Yep, same here.

Actually I think I saw the model of the speaker in my head but never actually identified it as such.

[Leondexter]

Somebody didn't read the manual.

The manual says it's a "message block", not a speaker or intercom. I never questioned what it was - it's a hint box, duh - but it didn't and doesn't look like a speaker to me, not even the manual art. The sprite looks like a pine cone in a box, and the art doesn't look like anything.

[Tizoc]

Though Sagat's victory pose has been pretty consistent for the past 25 years, what I've noticed are how his laughs in the Alpha and SF4 games are pretty much similar to the original's (first long wide "ahhh" followed by the descending "hahaha").

BOHAHAHAHA!


re SF1 Sagat: Just mirror the sprite and problem solved~

[Mael]

BOHAHAHAHA! re SF1 Sagat: Just mirror the sprite and problem solved~

Huh it's SF4 that has the eye patch on the other eye...

[Tizoc]

Huh it's SF4 that has the eye patch on the other eye...

=o My bad...so either mirroring the 2D Sagat sprites puts the eyepatch on the right eye or...*brain explodes*

[jaxword]

Click for Big

Looks like it's currently Sagat's right eye that Go Hibiki took out.

[Roto13]

Sagat's patch is over his right eye in basically all of the artwork for him. In the 2D games, it constantly changes sides because of sprite mirroring, obviously. I'll bet they considered his left-facing sprite in II the "canon" one because he was originally a boss character you weren't supposed to be able to play as so he was on the right side of the screen by default. (But in SF1, it's over his right eye when facing left, even though he wasn't playable in that either.)

[Ultratech]

I never knew what those intercom boxes in SMW were, and I never really thought they were anything in particular. I just thought they were funny-looking blocks that gave you hints.

Same here, I just simply never gave it too much thought. I just knew it was a sort of Message Block, but didn't think it was like a speaker.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/QEWMg.png[img] It's not entirely a fact, but it still blows my mind these things exist. Reddit thread

Heh, Pokemon R/B/Y continue to blow people's minds with code shenanigans. More proof of just how buggy R/G really were.

[Jasoco]

So surprised people didn't know those were intercoms. I mean, you hit them and they talk to you.

[Brazil]

So surprised people didn't know those were intercoms. I mean, you hit them and they talk to you.

Yeah. Sometimes the way posters let some of those facts pass by blows my mind more than the facts themselves, haha.

[Watanabe Kazuma]

I can't say that I ever noticed that Pokemon stone trick, although in those early games they were hardly expensive items anyway. It was only recently that they started to make the evolution items a little trickier to get a hold of.

[CO_Andy]

Name: Albert W.
Profession: scientist

[BHZ Mayor]

Name: Albert W. Profession: scientist

Also, http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Master_Albert

[iamaustrian]

I thought it was a basketball in a grey box.
why would an intercom float in the air?
also no wires

@ Sagat:
SF2 Sagat knees are very low. wtf?

[Brobzoid]

@ Sagat: SF2 Sagat knees are very low. wtf?

D:

[ThaneKrios]

@ Sagat: SF2 Sagat knees are very low. wtf?

Pffft, can't unsee...

[Jasoco]

The manual says it's a "message block", not a speaker or intercom. I never questioned what it was - it's a hint box, duh - but it didn't and doesn't look like a speaker to me, not even the manual art. The sprite looks like a pine cone in a box, and the art doesn't look like anything.

There are screws in the corners and a grill in the middle. If you've never seen a speaker that looks like that, you've not lived. Especially at most schools where it looks like a lot of their intercom speakers.

[MNC]

They're not intercoms because they're prerecorded messages.

[BocoDragon]

They're not intercoms because they're prerecorded messages.

Maybe it's a live call center in India reading the same script every time, hmm?

[Gui_PT]

Why are you guys arguing semantics?

When people said "intercom" they clearly meant a box with a speaker on it from where sound comes out of.