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Videogame facts that blow your mind (SuperMarioBros. SHOCKING SECRET INSIDE p #70)
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Bjoern the Smexy
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Probably already mentioned but whatevs
I always found it mildly interesting that the small flags (cant remember the real term for them) in Majoras Masks Clock Town had the circle, square & triangle from the Playstations joypad.
Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not????
Sadly no "X".
Because Sony has copyrighted all the squares, circles, tirangles and Xs everywhere in the world.
Which is also why we don't have gemoetry class anymore, believe it or not.
Also, the sun is a hexagon and the moon is actually a cube.
People also thought that the earth was actually a dodecahedron back in the day, can you believe it?
This would be great parody for this thread...... please be parodyProbably already mentioned but whatevs
I always found it mildly interesting that the small flags (cant remember the real term for them) in Majoras Masks Clock Town had the circle, square & triangle from the Playstations joypad.
Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not????
Sadly no "X".
That's not even a screenshot, it's fanart. Does Clock Town actually have that bunting in-game?Probably already mentioned but whatevs
I always found it mildly interesting that the small flags (cant remember the real term for them) in Majoras Masks Clock Town had the circle, square & triangle from the Playstations joypad.
Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not????
Sadly no "X".
Because triangles, squares and circles are such rare shapes that only usually appear on Playstation controllers. Purina logo is made of squares, blatantly a Playstation reference. my car's wheels are circular, clearly a Playstation reference. Electricity pylons have triangular structures, blatantly a Playstation reference.
pinkurocket
Member
Probably already mentioned but whatevs
I always found it mildly interesting that the small flags (cant remember the real term for them) in Majoras Masks Clock Town had the circle, square & triangle from the Playstations joypad.
Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not????
Sadly no "X".
Obviously they are referencing the Gizmondo. Don't you see that wavy flag, that circle and those stripes?
Sadly no dots.
(Just messing with ya 
)
)Messofanego
Banned
Probably already mentioned but whatevs
I always found it mildly interesting that the small flags (cant remember the real term for them) in Majoras Masks Clock Town had the circle, square & triangle from the Playstations joypad.
Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not????
Sadly no "X".
If only there was an X, this conspiracy theory could take hold!
Obviously they are referencing the Gizmondo. Don't you see that wavy flag, that circle and those stripes?
Sadly no dots.
(Just messing with ya
Man, Gizmondo had weird-ass buttons.
Plato was a massive fan of Twisted Metal. Pythagoras was more into Pandemonium.
cantona222
Member
Good one
Probably already mentioned but whatevs
I always found it mildly interesting that the small flags (cant remember the real term for them) in Majoras Masks Clock Town had the circle, square & triangle from the Playstations joypad.
Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not????
Sadly no "X".
You'd be surprised how much Sony gets around.
A Sony Buddhist monk painted this some time in the late 1700s to early 1800s:
Their were also some Sony artists during the Renaissance:
And check out this Sony artifact from Iran dating back to the late 3rd millennium BC:
The X appears in the Iranian artifact but was apparently lost to time until Sony engineers rediscovered it in the 1990s.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Oh ho ho!
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Sadly no "X"s.You'd be surprised how much Sony gets around.
A Sony Buddhist monk painted this some time in the late 1700s to early 1800s:
Their were also some Sony artists during the Renaissance:
And check out this Sony artifact from Iran dating back to the late 3rd millennium BC:
The X appears in the Iranian artifact but was apparently lost to time until Sony engineers rediscovered it in the 1990s.
Probably already mentioned but whatevs
I always found it mildly interesting that the small flags (cant remember the real term for them) in Majoras Masks Clock Town had the circle, square & triangle from the Playstations joypad.
Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not????
Sadly no "X".
Take heart that you set off the best chain of replies in this thread's storied history.
The wavy lines make me think Zenner cards, but there's no + (Turn it 45 degrees and it's an "x" : O) or star, and apparently the lightning bolt wasn't part of the set like I thought it was.
Probably already mentioned but whatevs
I always found it mildly interesting that the small flags (cant remember the real term for them) in Majoras Masks Clock Town had the circle, square & triangle from the Playstations joypad.
Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not????
Sadly no "X".
There was a full set in Oracle of Seasons.
Android18a
Member
Wasn't this the Electronic Arts logo?
Close enough, right?
Wasn't this the Electronic Arts logo?
Close enough, right?
Since we're talking EA, do people know the Electronic Arts/Ultima stuff? Can't recall if this has been here before.
If you're not aware, a lot of the developers of Ultima have in-universe counterparts. Shamino and Lord British are both versions of Garriott himself, Iolo is the composer, David Watson, and Iolo's wife, Gwenno, is a version of Watson's wife, Kathleen. Chuckles the jester is one of the founders of Origin, Chuck Bueche... and so on.
It happens that Richard Garriott is not fond of Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts. It's been said that his attitude to craft and worldbuilding goes at odds with EA's all-business approach. In Ultima VI, there's a major plotline about the treasure map of one Captain Hawkins; as his gravestone says, "Here lies Captain Hawkins. He died a hard death and he deserved it". There's other pirates in the game also based on EA employees: Joe Ybarra, Stewart Bonn, Bing Gordon. At the end of Ultima VI, Britannia is somewhat stable and contented. Peace and prosperity are thriving.
Then, in Ultima VII. The Guardian comes, and dominates the storyline of the final Ultima trilogy; a godlike being, immensely powerful; described as "The Destroyer of Worlds"
He ends up as the point of worship of a religion, the Fellowship. It ends up very popular, but corrupts the essence of the Virtues that underpin the entirety of the Ultima universe. And there's three figureheads of it; Batlin stands alone, but there's also a pair of twins; Elizabeth and Abraham. Devout followers of the religion
to the extent of actively murdering those who speak out against it
Finally, and most interestingly, the Guardian's influence in Britannia is controlled by three generators made of the strange anti-magical ore Blackrock.
There is the Cube, which controls the Guardian's voice in the world.
There is the Sphere, which disrupts the moongate teleporters and keeps a benevolent being, the Time Lord, imprisoned.
And there is the Tetrahedron, which disrupts magic.
One of the finest, most acclaimed RPGs in history is basically a diss track.
Azure Dream
Member
Now that is amazing. I could totally see missing the significance of the black rock shapes, too, but when they're all lined up like that, it becomes obvious.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
That's pretty cool. Thread redeemed.
Android18a
Member
That is cool! Although the weird angle of Ultima makes always made me disorientated. I can't handle the way everything leans to the left.
I stumbled across this video of characters with the same voice actors. Perhaps old news to many, but there were some shockers for me.
Marcus Fenix is Jake from Adventure Time
Ezio is Sonic
Winnie the Pooh is Wrex
Marcus Fenix is Jake from Adventure Time
Ezio is Sonic
Winnie the Pooh is Wrex
Charles Martinet as Mario and Paarthurnax blows my mind.
Holy shit at Leonardo and Liquid Snake, never really notice how similar they sound til now lol.
This right here? This is a mindblowing video game fact.
Haunted
Member
This is the kind of stuff this thread was made for.Since we're talking EA, do people know the Electronic Arts/Ultima stuff? Can't recall if this has been here before.
If you're not aware, a lot of the developers of Ultima have in-universe counterparts. Shamino and Lord British are both versions of Garriott himself, Iolo is the composer, David Watson, and Iolo's wife, Gwenno, is a version of Watson's wife, Kathleen. Chuckles the jester is one of the founders of Origin, Chuck Bueche... and so on.
It happens that Richard Garriott is not fond of Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts. It's been said that his attitude to craft and worldbuilding goes at odds with EA's all-business approach. In Ultima VI, there's a major plotline about the treasure map of one Captain Hawkins; as his gravestone says, "Here lies Captain Hawkins. He died a hard death and he deserved it". There's other pirates in the game also based on EA employees: Joe Ybarra, Stewart Bonn, Bing Gordon. At the end of Ultima VI, Britannia is somewhat stable and contented. Peace and prosperity are thriving.
Then, in Ultima VII. The Guardian comes, and dominates the storyline of the final Ultima trilogy; a godlike being, immensely powerful; described as "The Destroyer of Worlds"
He ends up as the point of worship of a religion, the Fellowship. It ends up very popular, but corrupts the essence of the Virtues that underpin the entirety of the Ultima universe. And there's three figureheads of it; Batlin stands alone, but there's also a pair of twins; Elizabeth and Abraham. Devout followers of the religionto the extent of actively murdering those who speak out against it
Finally, and most interestingly, the Guardian's influence in Britannia is controlled by three generators made of the strange anti-magical ore Blackrock.
There is the Cube, which controls the Guardian's voice in the world.
There is the Sphere, which disrupts the moongate teleporters and keeps a benevolent being, the Time Lord, imprisoned.
And there is the Tetrahedron, which disrupts magic.
One of the finest, most acclaimed RPGs in history is basically a diss track.
I'm a doofus. I don't understand the significance of the shapes. What am I missing?
Thank you. This is incredible.
One for The Order: 1886.
Big spoiler bars because this game is so fresh. Do not reveal unless you've played the game to completion, or know that you never will!
If you have some familiarity with the Greek alphabet and how the letters were pronounced (anciently and now), and how words with Greek roots are pronounced when adopted into English, you can predict a giant plot twist before you even play the game.
The werewolf people are called Lycans, and this word comes from the Greek word λύκος, which means "wolf".
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If you noticed this before playing the game, you will have a huge smile on your face when it is revealed that
. I certainly did.
Big spoiler bars because this game is so fresh. Do not reveal unless you've played the game to completion, or know that you never will!
If you have some familiarity with the Greek alphabet and how the letters were pronounced (anciently and now), and how words with Greek roots are pronounced when adopted into English, you can predict a giant plot twist before you even play the game.
The werewolf people are called Lycans, and this word comes from the Greek word λύκος, which means "wolf".
The letter upsilon is usually romanized with the letter y, and the English pronunciation of that y has become more like Latin "ai" (in Greek it has become like "i"). But upsilon is also sometimes romanized with a u (see "scientific" as opposed to "traditional" here). So when you first meet Sir Lucan, you might be wondering why his name is basically just an alternate version of the word Lycan
If you noticed this before playing the game, you will have a huge smile on your face when it is revealed that
Sir Lucan is in fact a wolf-man
Sir Lucan really was one of the Knights of the Round Table, but I have no idea if his name is related to "wolf" in any way. In any case, the developers made the perfect choice when picking one to secretly be a Lycan.
radioactivez0r
Member
I am Christina Aguilera
Member
Man, were they reaching deep. I feel like there ought to be an interrobang and an international currency symbol in there.
Wait until you watch the '80s dub of Akira, Cam Clarke is also Greaser Kaneda.
ichtyander
Member
I saw Revenge of the Ninja (1983) for the first time a couple of weeks back and noticed something, although I'm not 100% sure. I think the "hiya" sample in TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist is taken from this movie.
Here's the voice in Revenge of the Ninja (at 6:17):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPIrdsuWRlQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=376
And here's the sample from Hyperstone Heist (at 2:15):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Qxo42rd-9iY#t=135
Not that big of a deal and I might be wrong, but it sounds pretty much the same to me, although I think it might be sped up a bit in the game.
Here's the voice in Revenge of the Ninja (at 6:17):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPIrdsuWRlQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=376
And here's the sample from Hyperstone Heist (at 2:15):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Qxo42rd-9iY#t=135
Not that big of a deal and I might be wrong, but it sounds pretty much the same to me, although I think it might be sped up a bit in the game.
I would be 100% surprised if this were the case.
Chiggs
Gold Member
In Super Mario World getting all the secret exits in the Valley of Bowser makes the map look like this:
81 is the amount of exits in the game, minus the front door, back door, and the Star world levels.
Holy shit.
Tizoc
Member
In Super Mario World getting all the secret exits in the Valley of Bowser makes the map look like this:
81 is the amount of exits in the game, minus the front door, back door, and the Star world levels.
D8
Love it.In Super Mario World getting all the secret exits in the Valley of Bowser makes the map look like this:
81 is the amount of exits in the game, minus the front door, back door, and the Star world levels.
Tizoc
Member
Raise your hand if Metal Slug X is one of your fav. games of all time and have played it like dozens/hundreds of times-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvVvzMGFmoM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvVvzMGFmoM
Probably a cool coincidence, but in this scene in Max Payne 1, you pick up the phone and hear Max talking to himself with a different voice. The voice sounds exactly like Max in Max Payne 3.
Version 3.0
Member
The mind-blowing fact I took from this post is that Super Mario Galaxy is 8 years old. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around PS2-era stuff being old. And myself, of course.