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[MagiusNecros]

That makes your joke "Second Hand."

Or a double slap

 

[blame space]

They even payed Hasbro for this N64 exclusive.

there's a playstation version and i think a pc version

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

You have to hand it to them.

I feel like there's a pun here, but I can't quite put my finger on it

If you keep trying I'm sure you will nail it.

Maybe I'm losing my touch but is that a pun

I thought of something clever, but I can't seem grab it..

EDIT: Hold up, I think I might have a grip on it!

 

[Reset]

It's not a Nintendo game.

They own the IP.

 

[Sword Familiar]

I thought of something clever, but I can't seem grab it..

EDIT: Hold up, I think I might have a grip on it!

As long as you don't make any backhanded comments about the other puns in the thread I'm sure we're all fine with what you can come up with.

 

[Niel]

This thread hurts.

 

[Emperor Bohe]

Was this posted?

 

[Pikma]

This just proves that Nintendo games are only for the most handcore gamers out there

 

[MisterHero]

They are fighting the hand of God(s).

but in a cute wholesome way

 

[Icyflamez96]

They own the IP.

They own it???


Maybe there's a chance for a new game sometime in the future....


Omg that would be so cool.

 

[Always-honest]

Hands need jobs too.

 

[maxcriden]

Hmm, what's that Mario one second from the bottom-right?

 

[foxuzamaki]

The bigger hands I always saw as battleing god like villians...bigger than life

on the real, I think this is it.

 

[Three]

Hmm, what's that Mario one second from the bottom-right?

I think it's mario 64. In the quicksand level.

Edit: yep
http://www.mariowiki.com/eyerok

 

[maxcriden]

I think it's mario 64. In the quicksand level.

Oh weird. I barely remember that. Thanks man!

 

[neoemonk]

These are all awesome.

But this one gets the slap on the wrist.

I always see these pun chains online, but I've never been very good at them. For some reason though I have a feeling that if I knuckle down I might be able to come up with one.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

 

[bumpkin]

Well, they do say the hand's quicker than the eyes.

 

[EatMyFace]

Hand Fetish is the only thing I can think of.

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

Even Mario Kart DS.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Nintendo has had a hand in sculpting the digital age. They have a magic touch unmatched in gaming and I applaud them for not cracking under pressure and compromising their family friendly image. Some will point fingers and accuse them of being anachronistic in this day and age for not embracing competing consoles or going out on a limb for the mobile market, but those are short term cash grabs and those tactics are not sustainable.

Also they just really like appendages.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

You have to hand it to them.

Damn, so close to first reply!

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Granted, several old Japanese games also had hand bosses, but Nintendo still to this day seems to be particularly fond of either standalone hands, or disembodied head & hands.

(Great puns by the way.)

Some examples:

Image source: iGoogle

Well, two of these are the same boss

You even get a "Smash" power from it.

 

[Fusilli Craig]

Nintendo would benefit from shaking things up a bit.

 

[Dragonoise]

Nintendo would benefit from shaking things up a bit.

Say what you will about the boss design, but you must admit that Nintendo has really got a handle on it.

 

[boxter432]

This thread hurts.

this thread gave me the clap

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Creation/destruction

 

[CaptainGyro]

That pun was weak, you need to be a bit cornea

Hey how about you not be an asshole about it?

Sorry that was uncalled for by me. But sometimes when eye puns are criticized, eyelash out at others.


Wow that was horrible. Iris I could think of a better pun here

 

[Taichu]

My personal favorite Nintendo hand boss...

 

[Fusilli Craig]

Hey how about you not be an asshole about it?

Sorry that was uncalled for by me. But sometimes when eye puns are criticized, eyelash out at others.


Wow that was horrible. Iris I could think of a better pun here

Focus and aqueous (to the) humor.

 

[mazpratim]

Goddamn, this thread

 

[ShinMaruku]

I know for some this thread is more than you can handle.

 

[Radnom]

Serious answer is that it's easy to animate the hands and the head separately, especially in 2D games. With two hands and a head, you can fly the three sprites all around the screen and the brain fills in the 'arm' by itself. If you had arms, you would have to animate them in a whole lot of different positions to connect the hands and the head in all sorts of ways. Large sprites are incredibly difficult to animate fluidly, especially if they have a large range of motion. You also didn't have too much space for textures on those consoles. Most of the time only amazingly well animated games like Metal Slug even attempt to fully animate very large entities.

It translates to 3D pretty well as well, it gives a bit more freedom to the movement of the boss and takes away a large portion of the animation work.

It's similar to why you see a lot of round flying 'vehicle' bosses in platform games, because they can fly around the level and they don't need to animate much of the graphic, usually most of the attacks involve some kind of hatch opening up so they can drop something out the bottom.

One work around is to use 'snake-like' appendages or connections that are made up of a bunch of round sprites, and then keep the chain of images between the two parts. It's very easy to procedurally draw a list of sprites between the two positions. You get this a lot in Contra games and side scrolling shooters for things like large robots or large creatures that have tentacles or appendages that could be anywhere on the screen.

For examples, see these snake monsters:

this Gradius boss's curvy body:

and whatever this thing is:

It's all about trying to find the easiest, cheapest way to animate something big, scary and cool, and still allow it to be diverse and interesting enough to be a good boss fight!

 

[ASIS]

This specific design is handy in creating unique mechanics, seriously I remember most of these encounters because of that.

 

[Dusk Golem]

I was just thinking about this and decided to search if there was a topic about it.

There's even more that haven't been posted yet, the couple at the top of my head:

Stallord from Link's Crossbow Training.

Brobot L-Type from Super Paper Mario.

 

[Clefargle]

Get a grip guys, this isn't funny