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[FantasticMrFoxdie]

If you look closely into Shadow's eyes there is a single purple pixel

I don't blame you. Them 16-bit graphics confused a lot of people back in the day.

This one always got me.

This is actually the number six.

The greatest. Thats hall of fame "cannot unsee" shit right there.

 

[Sayers]

I always saw Mara as a squid wailing in pain in a chariot? Apparently I've been seeing it wrong. What did other people see it as?

 

[Mista Koo]

I always though the nose was a mouth.

I was going to post this. Here's what I found last time:

About Air Tiki it's still debatable, while it's an oni I think it's an octopus face not a monkey's (the word was bolded so you can see the non-obvious view).
But if the Playstation's version box art is anything to go by it's actually an octopus face:

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

in the same vein Ruto's real eyes are on the side of her head

Okay what the fuck.

 

[heidern]

Always thought that was his hair.

Looks like he forgot to wash something out of his hair lol

 

[mattp]

The lines and dots in Lucca's face are not her eyes and a mouth, but her eyeglasses seen from profile.

lol
i think this one wins
i mean, i see it because you explained it but...

 

[gblues]

Now I'm curious on where do you see the Julius Caesar.

Today's literally the first time I didn't see it as a derpy guy with a big schnoz.

 

[Sgblues]

The one I've seen and still does confuse people are pugils in FF11, they appear to have no eyes but they do, just look along their snout, their eyes are right where what looks like nostrils.

Though it doesn't seem to help them much as they detect by sound.

 

[charlequin]

The lines and dots in Lucca's face are not her eyes and a mouth, but her eyeglasses seen from profile.

Okay, most of these I knew before, but this one is horrifying.

 

[Infernostew]

I always saw Mara as a squid wailing in pain in a chariot? Apparently I've been seeing it wrong. What did other people see it as?

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

Today I learned:

Secret of Mana, Watts:

Still don't know...

The first interpretation. Secret of Mana artwork:

 

[Auron_Kale]

I never had any issues with sprites, always saw them as intended.

That said, I really do admire sprite artists from the 8-bit/16-bit era as a lot of those do hold up from the limitations of the hardware back then.

 

[Chatin]

Wow, my mind is blown. I always saw him as black/brown with his face visible. Seeing the sprite art as intended looks so wrong.

 

[GorillaJu]

Wow, my mind is blown. I always saw him as black/brown with his face visible. Seeing the sprite art as intended looks so wrong.

So you thought he has one big black eye?

 

[Chatin]

So you thought he has one big black eye?

It's sprite art. It looked like two dark eyes that they didn't have enough room to move further apart.

 

[Tiops]

I used to think Grahf had a really long face with a stupid talking smiling thingy.

Yeah, this one gave me trouble as a kid. I had to look at the portrait for some time to see what it was supposed to be. I only saw the stupid long face, but after some time I noticed which part was the mask and my mind was blown.

 

[C.Olimar788]

I always used to think that Poliwag's little pink mouth was actually its nose, and its stomach-swirl-thing (actually its organs) was its mouth somehow.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

I don't get the RE6 one. Of course it's a 6. Did anyone ever see anything (giraffe sex jokes aside)?

No problem with Lucca either, always saw that as a goggle.

 

[Secret Fawful]

I feel really stupid but it took me a good five minutes to figure out what this was supposed to be.

 

[Conrad Link]

I've never had any trouble with sprites from memory. All the things posted I saw them as they actually are all along.

I do giggle at the silly logos though like RE6 giraffe blowjob and London Olympics Lisa blowjob. Can't unsee those.

 

[Anustart]

I feel really stupid but it took me a good five minutes to figure out what this was supposed to be.

Jabba the hut?

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

I used to think Grahf had a really long face with a stupid talking smiling thingy.

Oh man, I never saw the long smiley face thing before! His tiny portrait in dialogue boxes, especially on an SD TV, still confused me though. I knew it couldn't possibly be right, but all I saw when I was younger was

It was till I saw more artwork of him outta the game I got his design. Which really I think is pretty cool. Just looked weird cropped.

Anyway, awesome thread.

 

[Talon]

Sprites are the best, guys.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

My mind has been blown. Always wondered why he looked like a dog.

 

[xir]

Today's literally the first time I didn't see it as a derpy guy with a big schnoz.

YOU ARE MY BROTHER! Thanks for the illustration

 

[Creaking]

I always used to think that Poliwag's little pink mouth was actually its nose, and its stomach-swirl-thing (actually its organs) was its mouth somehow.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

I always used to think that Poliwag's little pink mouth was actually its nose, and its stomach-swirl-thing (actually its organs) was its mouth somehow.

Oh god, I actually didn't ever think of it that way. I always thought the swirl was some weird mouth/they had no mouths, since the little pink thing goes away in the other two forms.

 

[Aylinato]

Ah yes the good ole trigger finger messing with people's minds

 

[Anustart]

YOU ARE MY BROTHER! Thanks for the illustration

Illustration does nothing for me. I can't see how it can not be seen as a dragon.

 

[gblues]

Illustration does nothing for me. I can't see how it can not be seen as a dragon.

Sorry I do not MS paint so gud.

 

[Caelus]

People looked at Quote from Cave Story in a profile perspective? That'd make for one ugly character. :/

 

[balgajo]

Never had any of the issues mentioned in the thread, however I did have one from FF6 as well.

For whatever reason, my brain registered Emperor Gestahl as a dog-man for the longest time. I saw a snout and big floppy doggy ears. It wasn't a huge stretch to me, since previous FF games had furry peeps before. It wasn't until I saw artwork of him much later that I was able to un-see my initial take.

I'm dying at this thread....I always saw him as a dog emperor too....lol

 

[Myths]

Only just now? pfft...

 

[Murder. She Wrote]

The one I've seen and still does confuse people are pugils in FF11, they appear to have no eyes but they do, just look along their snout, their eyes are right where what looks like nostrils.

Though it doesn't seem to help them much as they detect by sound.

Oh man I've played this game for years and I never noticed.

 

[Deified Data]

At first I was like "what the heck are you talking about? What's to miss?"

Then I took a closer look...

Mind = blown

 

[Sora_N]

Dammit I can't unsee the error now.

 

[KainXVIII]

Today's literally the first time I didn't see it as a derpy guy with a big schnoz.

 

[Halfmunch]

The one I've seen and still does confuse people are pugils in FF11, they appear to have no eyes but they do, just look along their snout, their eyes are right where what looks like nostrils.

Though it doesn't seem to help them much as they detect by sound.

Oh wow lol, had no idea been playing this game years!
It looks a lot scarier now!

 

[SargerusBR]

I only actually saw the eyeball and jawline in this within the past couple of years and it ruined it forever.

And now you ruined for me too. THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Spoiler

jk

 

[Teknoman]

Picture made my day and I never played this game.

You need to fix that...like asap.

in the same vein Ruto's real eyes are on the side of her head

WHAT. Thats not true...it cant be true. Thats some Junji Ito caliber stuff.

 

[ZServ]

I always used to think that Poliwag's little pink mouth was actually its nose, and its stomach-swirl-thing (actually its organs) was its mouth somehow.

Holy shit this is much cuter now

 

[Macapala]

I used to think Grahf had a really long face with a stupid talking smiling thingy.

This one gave me trouble at first. Once you realise where Grahf's eyes are its quite easy to see how the artist intended it to look.

For those who can't see it, look to the left of the orange/yellow glow (his LEFT eye) and you can see another orange/yellow glow, that's his RIGHT eye. Once you see that its pretty easy to make out the rest of the mask he is wearing.

 

[shink]

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Holy moly I always though it was Metapod's nose.

 

[Pegosaurus]

some of these mistakes are baffling to me. Cave Story and ALTTP are so easy to see

 

[Mono]

 

[Bloodworth]

Yep...

This is 100% what I thought. It's just such a huge part of his face.

 

[sgjackson]

Thought the moustache was a mouth until the 3ds remake.

 

[Chrono Helix]

Reminds me of Q-bee from Darkstalkers. Her human looking eyes are non-functional as her real eyes are the giant insect eyes on her head.

Although in this case it's more of a reverse Q-bee?

 

[matrix-cat]

I saw the giraffe blowjob in the RE6 logo before I recognised it as a 6. I actually have to concentrate to see it as a 6

 

[Timeless]

This is one I always saw as a child. The legs are a side view, so you can see the tip of its left leg. The rest of the left leg is covered by the right leg. [OC]

As I've gotten older,

Spoiler

it's becoming harder and harder to see it.