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Videogame facts that blow your mind (SuperMarioBros. SHOCKING SECRET INSIDE p #70)
- Thread starter Chris Michael
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Which "truth"?
1. That Marle is using fire, which is CLEARLY wrong?
2. Except that she's not using Fire and it's actually correct, it's the triple tech Arc Impulse/Frost Arc.
3. Except that's not the truth EITHER, it's Toriyama basing concept art off a beta screenshot:
I LOVE this piece of trivia ... and i really want to know wich one came first xD
On a related note, the screenshot proves that Frog "fainted" ... while i always imagined chrono using him as some kind of "ladder" to do a bigger jump
Houston3000
Member
I've seen that piece of trivia before in this thread but before that I always thought Chrono was doing some sort of leapfrog technique
CoffeeJanitor
Member
Brilliant!
Which "truth"?
1. That Marle is using fire, which is CLEARLY wrong?
2. Except that she's not using Fire and it's actually correct, it's the triple tech Arc Impulse/Frost Arc.
3. Except that's not the truth EITHER, it's Toriyama basing concept art off a beta screenshot:
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
the first fake truth
kunonabi
Member
Shitty framerate and poorly designed multiplayer come to mind. The fact that dizziness persisted after a respawn was insanely stupid.
RamboTurismo
Banned
This should be a bannable offense.
Get off my internet.
It's also possible that the promo screenshot was a deliberately staged recreation of the concept art.
Either way it's pretty awesome.
TheShampion
Member
I think the best part is that the game seems to try so hard to disguise the fact that the concept art is off. The ice in Arc Impulse shimmers just enough for the concept art to make sense, but not quite.
XANDER CAGE
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there's Shigeru Miyamoto in Perfect Dark wearing overalls
not sure if posted
And isn't in Peter Molenyeux in the XBLA version?
Gamer @ Heart
Member
As cool as the Chrono one is, its been posted long long ago.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Yes that is true.
there's Shigeru Miyamoto in Perfect Dark wearing overalls
not sure if posted
Yeah, Perfect Dark had a bunch of face scans from people in the industry.
What model is that monitor?
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
Samsung.
Did you know that all Spacecraft pilots in the Star Fox universe amputate their legs so that blood doesn't drain from their brain when they are under intense Gs? It was confirmed in an issue of Nintendo Power and appears to be legit.
This is a scan from the official comic published in Nintendo Power back in the 90s, and some character models.
These are not simply boots?!...
... FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
anotherVegan
Member
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").
He also likes corn flakes.
http://youtu.be/SPejenCUnZA
So I searched the thread and couldn't find anything, but if this has been mentioned before don't burn me at the stake.
But in Ninja Gaiden(2004), whenever Ryu dies he lets out a series of moans, when the Game Over screen shows up a series of sounds are played, the first three are the same as the sounds Ryu makes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B07TaTf8_48
That video is the best I could find of the sounds.
But in Ninja Gaiden(2004), whenever Ryu dies he lets out a series of moans, when the Game Over screen shows up a series of sounds are played, the first three are the same as the sounds Ryu makes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B07TaTf8_48
That video is the best I could find of the sounds.
MAtgS
Member
Did you know that all Spacecraft pilots in the Star Fox universe amputate their legs so that blood doesn't drain from their brain when they are under intense Gs? It was confirmed in an issue of Nintendo Power and appears to be legit.
This is a scan from the official comic published in Nintendo Power back in the 90s, and some character models.
Every time this gets posted I can't help but wonder.....
Those too?
BobTheFork
Member
Wait, so Sagat's eye patch is on the other eye now?
sixteen-bit
Member
Not really, no.
In the old sprite games, the eye patch would flip every time you switched sides. the Street Fighter 4 series is the only one with it in the correct orientation regardless of player side.
there's Shigeru Miyamoto in Perfect Dark wearing overalls
not sure if posted
Multiplayer
Kaze SIms
Miyamotos head on elvis's body
Perfection
Uncle Rupee
Banned
A new one (for me, anyway) that I came across recently was that Hitoshi Sakimoto did the music for Super Back To The Future 2 on the SNES, and I swear to god that he reused some of the melody from BTTF's main theme for a song in Ogre Battle.
Well yes, and there's also an xbox 360 video game called "Night Springs" you can find somewhere, presumably based on the show.
Alan Wake says himself that he wrote some scripts for the show "Night Springs". Just like he's writing the novel for the game you're playing, "Alan Wake". Who knows, maybe the "Night Springs" video game incorporated some scripts that Alan wrote, just as "Alan Wake" is incorporating scripts Alan wrote. (Sorry if that is confusing)
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
a couple of Skyward Sword beans
- Gamecube reference in one of the mining facilities in SS where you've got to activate the generators
- (maybe posted already) the Ancient Cistern dungeon is based off of a Buddhist tale, "The spider's thread"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spider's_Thread
- Gamecube reference in one of the mining facilities in SS where you've got to activate the generators
- (maybe posted already) the Ancient Cistern dungeon is based off of a Buddhist tale, "The spider's thread"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spider's_Thread
Tarin02543
Member
^^^
yeah i definitely think those are gamecubes as well.
yeah i definitely think those are gamecubes as well.
The Awesomest
Member
a couple of Skyward Sword beans
- Gamecube reference in one of the mining facilities in SS where you've got to activate the generators
Are those blocks supposed to be Gamecubes? I'm not seeing it.
Bomber Bob
Banned
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
I think they do look like Gamecubes after all. Of course they're not identical
Every time this gets posted I can't help but wonder.....
Those too?
As little as I'd like to dwell on the subject: Given that Starfox Adventures was (effectively) her origin story, and presumably she has her legs *then*, when would they have been amputated?
(I think if the amputation story ever *was* real, it's something that's quietly been retconned)
They're purple, and they have (two) round holes (where the GC has four). I think that's a bit of a stretch unless there's something else I'm missing.
The Hermit
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I was playing batman arkham city yesterday and joker made an awesome reference to lost. Posting from my phone, so I can't provide the link, but its quite spoilerish to both the game and the show.
Is just a quote actually:
Is just a quote actually:
how come everything ends in a church?
Some prisoners mention Lost as well. "So, did they ever explain what the island is?"
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
? there were purple gamecubes. Mine was purple
I just thought it was deliberate. I mean, despite the four controller ports
I'm pretty sure the color the system originally shipped in was purple...
Um, yes, I was stating the things that they had *in common* with the gamecube. There were two of them - three if you count the box shape - and one of those (the circles) wasn't really a direct parallel due to the quantity.
My point was that despite those things, which aren't *very* convincing (the colour, the shape, and some (but not enough) circles), I don't see anything really that makes them gamecubes.
My point was that despite those things, which aren't *very* convincing (the colour, the shape, and some (but not enough) circles), I don't see anything really that makes them gamecubes.
Ha ha ha, the first two examples under "Western Animation" are Captain Planet and The Magic Schoolbus.
WiiRevolution1
Member
This is a great thread. That Banjo and fireplace thing is cool and omg Starfox D:
Anywayz: I don't ever really get mindblown but I just got mindblowned when I figured this out. Everyone else may already know about it but I didn't and it was pretty cool when I got it.
In Super Mario 3D Land you fight Bowser imposters who turn out to really be Goombas (and maybe Hammer Bros. as well? i forgot) before you fight the real Bowser.
I was just playing Super Mario Bros. on my 3DS and its been years since I played and forgot lots of stuff. Using the save state feature I got through it while keeping shooters (I know I suck at games nowadays.) and kept thinking it was odd whenever I killed Bowser in each castle he would fall down as a hammer bro or a blooper.
Then it hit me. These were Bowser imposters aswell! Meaning you don't actually fight Bowser until World 8-4
:O :O :O
Totally blew my mind. I don't think I've seen Bowser dieing as other characters in any other game (tho it might happen in lost levels since its similer and I can never get shooters when I get to him) that means Nintendo took something that was only in the first (maybe second like I said) Mario game and made it into 3D Land.
Wow. Thats pretty cool. I never realized that you weren't actually fighting Bowser.
Edit: That Yoshi's Island easter egg on page 100 is awsome :O I am literally reading everything in this thread now lol.
Anywayz: I don't ever really get mindblown but I just got mindblowned when I figured this out. Everyone else may already know about it but I didn't and it was pretty cool when I got it.
In Super Mario 3D Land you fight Bowser imposters who turn out to really be Goombas (and maybe Hammer Bros. as well? i forgot) before you fight the real Bowser.
I was just playing Super Mario Bros. on my 3DS and its been years since I played and forgot lots of stuff. Using the save state feature I got through it while keeping shooters (I know I suck at games nowadays.) and kept thinking it was odd whenever I killed Bowser in each castle he would fall down as a hammer bro or a blooper.
Then it hit me. These were Bowser imposters aswell! Meaning you don't actually fight Bowser until World 8-4
:O :O :O
Totally blew my mind. I don't think I've seen Bowser dieing as other characters in any other game (tho it might happen in lost levels since its similer and I can never get shooters when I get to him) that means Nintendo took something that was only in the first (maybe second like I said) Mario game and made it into 3D Land.
Wow. Thats pretty cool. I never realized that you weren't actually fighting Bowser.
I really hope I'm the first to discover this and don't get laughed at lol.
Edit: That Yoshi's Island easter egg on page 100 is awsome :O I am literally reading everything in this thread now lol.
MasterSheen
Member
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're the only one who didn't realize that lol.
This was actually one of the many things 3D land has taken from past mario games. False Bowsers are what you are fighting in all of the castles of Super Mario Bros. In 3D land, its a tail goomba and a magikoopa. I think there was a video showing most of these commemorations.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
No one liked my FF sprite discovery last page?
Ok...here's one you may not know. The Chrono Trigger Cast's ORIGINAL designs had one missing 8th character:
Toriyama: Just kidding, everyone worked hard. Robo and Ayla were the characters that changed the most.
Caption: A mysterious cut character, the “Old Man”. What a waste, not to use him. He’s got a certain charm.
Likely he was going to be Gaspar, dressed in his Royal gear:
This post is already a few weeks old but didn't his royal sprite get used for a cutscene where it got explained how the three wise men get stranded in the different time periods?
EDIT: Or am I missing something here?
The mindblowing fact isn't that he has a sprite (which, as you say, is used in-game), but that he was going to be a playable character.
The implication is that he was going to be playable, but cut for whatever time/space/story reasons.
They left an in-joke in the dialogue about this when, later in the game, he says "You should make me a member of your team!"