the real highlight of that video is this youtube comment
Kaya Higurashi said:4 is pronounced "die" ib chinese i think. That's were that came from.
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the real highlight of that video is this youtube comment
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I'm pretty sure "4" is considered bad luck because death is like, "shi", I think and so is one of the ways to write 4.
The character in my avatar incidentally has a 4-phobia, lol.
The character in my avatar incidentally has a 4-phobia, lol.
"Shi" being a way to say 4 in Japanese is based on the Chinese pronunciation, since this similarity (four and death sounding the same) exists in Chinese as well. IIRC this exists in Korean as well. 4 is bad luck for this reason in many East Asian languages.
Which reminds me of some old Squaresoft office photos I have:
You can see the same Vincent design on the desk.
Good to see there's a high quality version available.
UncleSporky
Member
I realized this searching for hidden items in Castlevania 1. When you stitch together all the screens of Castlevania it's form roughly looks like the map you see in the game.
Giant ass image http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/Ridureyu/screenshots/castlevaniafullgamemapempty.png
Credit to this guy for the image and discovering it.
http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,3481.msg67831.html#msg67831
I'm more interested in the fact that Dracula's final tower can be seen in the background right before that big drop. Cool little detail, NES games at that time didn't have a lot of memory for custom graphics like that.
HolyBaikal
Banned
Also, of course. Making the "goomnut" found by whacking the tree at Goombario's house or "Goomba Village" in Paper Mario is a clearly reference to this fact.
Actually, although their name means "chestnut people", they are based on shiitake mushrooms: http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/nsmb/1/5
Iwata: By the way, is it a coincidence that the Goomba looks like a mushroom?
Tezuka: It's a shiitake mushroom!
Iwata: It's a shiitake? (laughs) So it's not a chestnut?
Tezuka: That's right. (laughs)
Iwata: But leaving that aside (in a serious tone) The Goomba was really the last thing you made?
Tezuka: (laughs)
Iwata: That's really come as quite a shock to me! This is another thing I had no idea about! (laughs)
In SMW there are kuribons, which are more chestnut-like goombas, and goombas hiding in spiky chestnut balls, but the original goomba design is based on shiitake mushrooms.
You can make that go faster. It's always nice to to hum along and be all "Dah dah dah dah dah dah, dah dah *smack* dah dah dah dah dah daaaaaaah"."
I thought the exact same thing.
Which reminds me of some old Squaresoft office photos I have:
You can see the same Vincent design on the desk.
Good to see there's a high quality version available.
This is sooo mid 90's. I love it.
Juice box completes the picture.
And those cigarettes.
Was it mentioned yet that the Four Swords Anniversary freebie that was given out during the Zelda 25th anniversary uses music eerily similar to Mario Picross during the initial Chambers of Insight levels?
Mario Picross...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ocoY6XR53GE#t=67s
Four Swords...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDh2Vkvzigc
*Almost* seems like a higher quality version of the Mario Picross tune and every time I load it up I immediately associate the two out of nowhere. I don't know, maybe not.
Mario Picross...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ocoY6XR53GE#t=67s
Four Swords...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDh2Vkvzigc
*Almost* seems like a higher quality version of the Mario Picross tune and every time I load it up I immediately associate the two out of nowhere. I don't know, maybe not.
http://i.imgur.com/fwYo0FK.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/41Mr3BD.jpg
That's it, I think, unless I managed to lose some over the years.
I demand answers now.
Jaxword, do you seriously believe that is how Magus got a scythe? Or do you just find it crazy that there was a picture of Valentino Suave with a scythe?
DiipuSurotu
Banned
That could really be anyone but I think the guy at the bottom look likes Hiroyuki Ito.
SuperAngelo64
Banned
Not exactly mindblowing, but I realized something about King Dedede.
First of all, he's not really the king of anything. He's kind of a usurper. He just charges in and starts taking whatever he wants and eating whatever he wants. In fact in Japan he's just called "DeDeDe Daio" which is basically "DeDeDe The Great". Could be an emperor, king, whatever. In fact most Kirby media states he's the 'self-proclaimed' king.
But I think he's a warlord. His robes are kind of strange and eastern-looking, but not very Japanese. His 'crown' is more like helmet with a tassel at the top.
All things considered I think he's supposed to be a caricature of a Mongolian Warlord. He's the Genghis Khan of the Kirby Universe.
First of all, he's not really the king of anything. He's kind of a usurper. He just charges in and starts taking whatever he wants and eating whatever he wants. In fact in Japan he's just called "DeDeDe Daio" which is basically "DeDeDe The Great". Could be an emperor, king, whatever. In fact most Kirby media states he's the 'self-proclaimed' king.
But I think he's a warlord. His robes are kind of strange and eastern-looking, but not very Japanese. His 'crown' is more like helmet with a tassel at the top.
All things considered I think he's supposed to be a caricature of a Mongolian Warlord. He's the Genghis Khan of the Kirby Universe.
EightBitNate
Member
Even more mind blowing is DeDeDe is a duck. I think.
SuperAngelo64
Banned
IIRC in the original Japanese manual he was a fat eagle. I don't know what he's supposed to be anymore.
EightBitNate
Member
Why's he got hands then?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yeah he looked more like a penguin to me.
VincitOmnis
Banned
I realized this searching for hidden items in Castlevania 1. When you stitch together all the screens of Castlevania it's form roughly looks like the map you see in the game.
Giant ass image http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/Ridureyu/screenshots/castlevaniafullgamemapempty.png
Credit to this guy for the image and discovering it.
http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,3481.msg67831.html#msg67831
You don't say? The world matches what's shown in the map? Jesus Tap Dancing Christ!
EightBitNate
Member
I think you're right.
GrayFoxPL
Member
Oh fuck! This is new, this is good.
They can play them in the Love Hotels!
Nice, didn't know that.
Zomba13
Member
This. I mean, really he could be a fat bird of any kind but to me he's always been very penguin like.
glad to see Kind Dedede mentioned here. He's just the best
it reminds me of this awesome Gaf post back when he was announced in Brawl
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9992179&postcount=61328
it reminds me of this awesome Gaf post back when he was announced in Brawl
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9992179&postcount=61328
brochiller
Member
Lol that was great. Thank you for that.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
I realized this searching for hidden items in Castlevania 1. When you stitch together all the screens of Castlevania it's form roughly looks like the map you see in the game.
Giant ass image http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/Ridureyu/screenshots/castlevaniafullgamemapempty.png
Credit to this guy for the image and discovering it.
http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,3481.msg67831.html#msg67831
Don't worry man, I got your back on this one, I think it's cool. I didn't realize the game screens followed the map that exactly, I remember thinking it wasn't to any kind of scale at all.
you're welcome. I think it's one of the very best gaming posts ever lol
The pose bit is especially hilarious XD
Totally the latter.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
My favorite King DeDeDe GAF moment was the time Sears uploaded some kind of DeDeDe x Waddle Dee hentai on their online shop.
XANDER CAGE
Member
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Is that actually a beak? Part of me thinks it's just stylized nose + lips.
Maybe he's actually a rabbit and his ears are hidden under his hat? It'd explain the little rabbit-ears symbol he's got.
Maybe he's actually a rabbit and his ears are hidden under his hat? It'd explain the little rabbit-ears symbol he's got.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Well going by the old man glitch if you have PK character as your third, fifth and seventh slots of your player name the rival is one of the battlers you will encounter with that glitch. I think he'll have a glitched team which probably would include a missingno (most trainers via that do because it tries to load their 7th team and most trainers have less*).
*-I kind of want to check now since the rival might have more than 7 teams due to having 3 teams per encounter (one for each starter choice) and using that sprite for most encounters.
There won't be any surfing up to you though.
Spoilers for Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (FE4) and Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (FE5)
As most fans of the series know, FE4 is divided in two generations, the first of which ends on a tragic note with all the characters either dying, getting captured, escaping, or with their whereabouts unknown. The fate of several characters remains unknown even after you finish FE4 and play FE5, which is a mid-quel to FE4.
There is, however, an interesting scene in FE5 that may tell us what happened to a few of these characters. Check this image:
http://i.imgur.com/7HTCt8W.png
This takes place after you beat Chapter 4. The guys in red sprites are all bad guys, and they're in a secret room that went unnoticed by the good guys (this is from the map itself, the secret room is covered by a roof while you normally play the map).
What's interesting about this scene isn't the villains, though, but look at the four statues in the room. One of the villains in here, Veld, has the power to turn people into stone, and as it will be established later in the game, sometimes they turn their enemies to stone and keep them as trophies. This seems to imply these statues are indeed captured enemy soldiers, or, Sigurd's troops from FE4 Gen 1.
The statue on the top left is a female Swordmaster. The only one who fits this is Aira, so it's most likely her, as we never know what happened to her in FE4.
The one on the top right is a dismounted male Mage Knight. The only one that fits this is Azel. Given he is Alvis' young brother (Alvis is one of the main villains in FE4), it makes sense he wouldn't be killed, but they stoned him for whatever reason.
The bottom left one is rather odd. It's a dismounted female Mage Knight, but the sprite fits on Tiltyu (Mage Fighter) and Lachesis (Master Knight). It can't be Tiltyu, since FE4 establishes she dies between gens (Hilda tortured her so much she died of depression), so I guess Lachesis fits. An interview with a designer said that there was supposed to be a map in FE5 where several captured units have to be un-turned to stone, one of them supposedly being Lachesis, so that seems to support this theory.
The bottom right one is hard to figure out since it's a dismounted male cavalier, so a lot of characters fit. It could be Alec, Noish, Lex, or Beowulf.
There is, however, an interesting scene in FE5 that may tell us what happened to a few of these characters. Check this image:
http://i.imgur.com/7HTCt8W.png
This takes place after you beat Chapter 4. The guys in red sprites are all bad guys, and they're in a secret room that went unnoticed by the good guys (this is from the map itself, the secret room is covered by a roof while you normally play the map).
What's interesting about this scene isn't the villains, though, but look at the four statues in the room. One of the villains in here, Veld, has the power to turn people into stone, and as it will be established later in the game, sometimes they turn their enemies to stone and keep them as trophies. This seems to imply these statues are indeed captured enemy soldiers, or, Sigurd's troops from FE4 Gen 1.
The statue on the top left is a female Swordmaster. The only one who fits this is Aira, so it's most likely her, as we never know what happened to her in FE4.
The one on the top right is a dismounted male Mage Knight. The only one that fits this is Azel. Given he is Alvis' young brother (Alvis is one of the main villains in FE4), it makes sense he wouldn't be killed, but they stoned him for whatever reason.
The bottom left one is rather odd. It's a dismounted female Mage Knight, but the sprite fits on Tiltyu (Mage Fighter) and Lachesis (Master Knight). It can't be Tiltyu, since FE4 establishes she dies between gens (Hilda tortured her so much she died of depression), so I guess Lachesis fits. An interview with a designer said that there was supposed to be a map in FE5 where several captured units have to be un-turned to stone, one of them supposedly being Lachesis, so that seems to support this theory.
The bottom right one is hard to figure out since it's a dismounted male cavalier, so a lot of characters fit. It could be Alec, Noish, Lex, or Beowulf.
I am currently collecting a ton of FF trivia.
Here's a neat one, credit to the FFwiki:
She actually has a face and design! By Nomura!
At first I didn't get it... but... WOW!!!!
Great finding, man!
Care to explain ?
Who is this ?
Is it mind blowing that is a Nomura design without a belt ? xD
Not an FF6 fan?
Setzer's dead girlfriend. Looks like they put a bit more detail into her than was indicated in her 20 second appearance.
I should dig up FF6's "what could have been" material...
Setzer's girlfriend Darill from Final Fantasy VI. It looks like they might have thought of making her a playable character, based on that superdeformed artwork.
Nomura designed Setzer, so it makes sense that he'd have desiged Darill too.