Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
That's the Wii U version but there's a version in the linked videos and it happens in the GCN release too.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Videogame facts that blow your mind (SuperMarioBros. SHOCKING SECRET INSIDE p #70)
- Thread starter Chris Michael
- Start date
That's the Wii U version but there's a version in the linked videos and it happens in the GCN release too.
While it's not quite the same, I'd say you'd have to include TP Ganondorf's interaction with the fishing rod as something also relevant.
(I think it's been covered in this thread before, but just in case:
he gets distracted with watching the hook, leaving himself open to a fairly straight attack with the sword
It's not a one-hit kill thing, but it is an unexpected way of making part of the fight significantly easier.
Koji Kondo is excellent at doing subtle theming. I personally don't think the mushroom/flag one is intentional; the mushroom sound is too quick and has fewer notes, arpeggios make for a quick melody, and a rising sound is celebratory by nature.
There's some heavy theming going on in Super Mario 64, though. Secret Slide, Bob-Omb Battlefield, and Cool Cool Mountain (each of which have their music repeated in several levels) all have the same melodic structure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqGuzSlSSIQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmP3UHXYi28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzxHzfvA1sI
After each song's intro, the overall structure goes (mid high mid low) (repeat but lower) (low high low high low high mid)
Not sure if I'm explaining it well but hopefully some people notice the common themes. Not sure if any other songs in the game share the same structure.
EliRosenau
Banned
Cow Mengde
Banned
Cool, good to know it's not a glitch then.
Something I didn't know:
In the Smash Bros games since Melee, Peach can pick up vegetables from the ground with Down+B.
The thing is, what I never knew, that the face of the vegetable determines how much damage it makes. A regular smiling vegetable deals about 5-10%, the rare stitch face about 40%.
There's also a rare chance in Melee that she picks up Bob-Ombs or similar items from the ground.
In the Smash Bros games since Melee, Peach can pick up vegetables from the ground with Down+B.
The thing is, what I never knew, that the face of the vegetable determines how much damage it makes. A regular smiling vegetable deals about 5-10%, the rare stitch face about 40%.
There's also a rare chance in Melee that she picks up Bob-Ombs or similar items from the ground.
Never noticed this but I am hearing the Flintstones song and cannot unhear it now!
fleenstones?!
I truly hope you're serious.
the androgyne
Member
Wonder how many people noticed this? Allow me to ruin it for you!
Optical illusions are at play, so i understand why, but it's funny nonetheless!
Even the circle on the right is slightly larger than the left on the actual!
Optical illusions are at play, so i understand why, but it's funny nonetheless!
Even the circle on the right is slightly larger than the left on the actual!
Maybe this one was already posted, but I noticed it the other day watching Arin (from Game Grumps) play Mega Man X.
In Flame Mammoth's stage, these things fall out of the pipes onto the conveyor belts (the thing on the far left):
I always wondered what these things were. Well, it turns out they are the heads of these, that dragon boss from Launch Octopus's stage:
In Flame Mammoth's stage, these things fall out of the pipes onto the conveyor belts (the thing on the far left):
I always wondered what these things were. Well, it turns out they are the heads of these, that dragon boss from Launch Octopus's stage:
Maybe this one was already posted, but I noticed it the other day watching Arin (from Game Grumps) play Mega Man X.
In Flame Mammoth's stage, these things fall out of the pipes onto the conveyor belts (the thing on the far left):
I always wondered what these things were. Well, it turns out they are the heads of these, that dragon boss from Launch Octopus's stage:
Huh, I always thought the orb on the head was an eyeball, but there's actually an eye right above the mouth. Shocking!
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
What about the guy in Punchout that you can knock out when the camera flash goes off or whatever?
Claude Augario
Member
Maybe this one was already posted, but I noticed it the other day watching Arin (from Game Grumps) play Mega Man X.
In Flame Mammoth's stage, these things fall out of the pipes onto the conveyor belts (the thing on the far left):
I always wondered what these things were. Well, it turns out they are the heads of these, that dragon boss from Launch Octopus's stage:
Well shit.
Played MMX since it launched and never put this together.
dude, totally
Zomba13
Member
Wow. I never knew that. Does it increase friendship or affection or whatever the one that matters is?
Saw this on twitter, can anyone confirm?
It if's true, then wow at the attention to detail.
Just confirmed, only two balls before King Bob-Omb, three after.
That's pretty cool...
I never get the timing of this right ;___;
everyday math
Banned
O_O
I bet it's already been pointed out, but something I noticed the other day...Birdo's eggs in Mario 2 look like the same as the cloud sprites, but not stretched as much.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yqs7M5P-Yl8/maxresdefault.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yqs7M5P-Yl8/maxresdefault.jpg
jimjonjimmy
Member
There is no timing, just start rubbing the touch screen after your Pokemon knocks out another. You may need them to have a high enough affection level through Pokemon Amie.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Oh my god.Saw this on twitter, can anyone confirm?
It if's true, then wow at the attention to detail.
I always wondered why there was a third ball in later stars on that level. I never put it together until now. So who are the other two? Or the ones constantly pouring out of the teleporters?
Saw this on twitter, can anyone confirm?
It if's true, then wow at the attention to detail.
Is Mario 64 ever going to run out of secrets?
ratcliffja
Member
That explanation makes sense. I was wondering why they thought it was even a possibility that it would kill the boss
Saw this on twitter, can anyone confirm?
It if's true, then wow at the attention to detail.
Well that's cool
SpeedBeatz
Member
It's post #70 (though I think it's somewhere in the 60s now from a post or two getting deleted). Someone should probably edit the thread title, really.
Tye The Czar
Member
Can confirm. When the boss appeared, I did exactly that the first time the core revealed itself.
sixteen-bit
Member
rap scallion should be his debut LP
It is the classic "bushes and clouds are pallete swaps in Super Mario Bros" (named "cloudbush") that is even referenced in Mario Kart 7
DiipuSurotu
Banned
That's not really a reference to cloudbush. It's a SMB throwback* stage, of course it's going to use SMB's graphics for the clouds and bushes.
*Was disappointed that MK8 toned down the SMB aesthetics.
Finale Fireworker
Member
I think you're going to have to explain this one.
Massive reach to make the FFXIV box seem less shitty? The color scheme is about all you got going there and it's still just a bad box, lol.
Noctis is Ashe - young royalty from a fallen country all but extinguished by a hostile empire, whose arranged marriage was doomed by imperial intervention, and is now grappling with the choice of using powers beyond their comprehension to retake their homeland at the cost of their humanity.
Or the box art uses the same vague colour scheme.
Finale Fireworker
Member
This is something I've been thinking about for a long time, but didn't think it was worth making an actual thread over. This isn't a mind-blowing fact so much as something I find funny.
These are the lyrics to a song by the teen boy band One Direction that I am 100% sure is about Sonic the Hedgehog. All the themes of friendship and running and gaining speed and staying on the course and Escape from the City... Who you foolin, One Direction?
These are the lyrics to a song by the teen boy band One Direction that I am 100% sure is about Sonic the Hedgehog. All the themes of friendship and running and gaining speed and staying on the course and Escape from the City... Who you foolin, One Direction?
You know, I'm not so sure that HAS been brought up. Anyone know enough about the SMB2 tilemap to go into this? I'm wondering if the egg is made of reused parts from the different BG clouds, because the curves seem to be different.
JediLink
Member
I consider myself a diehard fan of the Ace Attorney series. I'm replaying the original trilogy right now. Pearl's theme is just Turnabout Sisters sped up. I only just realised this.