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[Teggy]

When playing Bayonetta recently, I got a good laugh out of Rodin saying "What are ya buyin'?"

What's the best reference to another game in a completely different series?

 

[Toad.T]

One that stuck with me is hearing Viewtifull Joe whistle the Mario theme during one of his idle animations.

 

[Ecliptor]

Assassin's Creed 2 - It's a-me, Mario!

 

[Messofanego]

Witcher 2

Alice Madness Returns

 

[lazygecko]

Link's Awakening has an easter egg cameo of Will Wright. The house he's in plays music from Nintendo's SNES port of Sim City.

 

[Squishy3]

The Zandatsu at the end of The Wonderful 101.

Also, one of the bosses saying revengeance.

Oh yeah, The Viewtiful Joe easter egg too.

 

[Regiruler]

The Zandatsu at the end of The Wonderful 101.

Also, one of the bosses saying revengeance.

There was another one in Chapter 4 featuring blue.

 

[Banjotanooki]

So here's this giant enemy crab....

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

Jak II X Ratchet and Clank Going Commando.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I'm on mobile so I can't get a pic. But Matt Hazard in the first level basically has a Bootleg Raiden from MGS2, saying how he's going to be the lead of the game now.

 

[sixteen-bit]

When playing Bayonetta recently, I got a good laugh out of Rodin saying "What are ya buyin'?"

What's the best reference to another game in a completely different series?

lol, Bayonetta has a lot of that. I was quite amused at the low percentage chance you'd get the 16 ton weight from Fantasy Zone appear as a torture attack.

 

[SturokBGD]

Bayonetta again... "Welcome to MY Fantasy Zone. Get Ready!"

Sexy and Space Harrier. My two favorite things.

 

[themagicalkitsune]

 

[E_Darkness]

Flock off featherface

 

[bananafactory]

Witcher 2

Oh my hahaha I have never heard about this.

 

[t26]

Samus and link in Mario RPG

 

[JumpJeff84]

Oh my hahaha I have never heard about this.

Me neither, that's pretty funny

 

[akidnamededdy]

Assassin's Creed 2 - It's a-me, Mario!

My favorite.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Best and worst from Chaos Theory (paraphrased)


'Break one of those boxes. Find a crowbar or something.'

'This isn't a videogame'



'Did you play the new Prince of Persia? Its damn good'

 

[mnannola]

That's one doomed space marine.

 

[Weeaboosuke]

Jak II X Ratchet and Clank Going Commando.

Was going to post this.

I absolutely loved seeing these for the first time.

 

[JayEH]

Bayonetta has a couple of good lines from past Kamiya games.

"Flock off, featherface!" in reference to DMC1.

"Dancing's a go go, baby" in reference to "Henshin a go go baby!" in Viewtful Joe.

"Let's rock, baby" in reference to the same line in DMC1.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

"You don't want this to be No More Heroes Forever, do you?"

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

The Last of Us reference in Uncharted 3 that almost spoled the reveal.

The Last Tinker has this:

 

[Bravocado]

The Hadouken upgrade in Mega Man X blew my mind.

 

[Seven Force]

The Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Game is full of at least a hundred random gaming references. My favorite one is actually rather subtle, but neat nonetheless. In one stage of the game, there are wolverine enemies that you fight. The wolverines' means of attack looks like this:

Look familiar yet?

(IIRC, the Wallace DLC actually was the source of some controversy; some of the sprite effects were ripped straight from other games.)

Edit: Aaaaand now I'm just realizing I made a similar post in a similar thread using the exact same links. Deja vu.

 

[Ralemont]

Cole's lines when he greets the player in Dragon Age Inquisition seem random, until you notice they all reference other games and movies.

"He was their enemy the whole time, but she made him forget, so he could change."

Spoiler

KOTOR

"They should have been born together, but instead they were bound by light." -

Spoiler

Beyond Two Souls

"He teaches them to fight with a secret flaw, part of a glorious strategy." -

Spoiler

Jade Empire

 

[jacobeid]

Guacamelee referenced A TON of games. Here are a few that I remember:

1. The powerup statues were essentially Chozo statues.
2. The desert area had a cactus shaped like Cactaur.
3. There was an area heavily inspired by Journey.
4. Some bricks in Santa Luchita are in the shape of Mega Man.
5. There are a ton more in Santa Luchita that I'm forgetting about...Batman v. Bane, Majora's Mask, Mario Bros., Minecraft...

Also Jak & Daxter in The Last of Us.

 

[golduck342]

Flock off featherface

This!

Jak II X Ratchet and Clank Going Commando.

Yeah, I remember there was a quote in Up Your Arsenal, don't remember what it was though.


Also this

 

[Seven Force]

Guacamelee referenced A TON of games. Here are a few that I remember:

1. The powerup statues were essentially Chozo statues.
2. The desert area had a cactus shaped like Cactaur.
3. There was an area heavily inspired by Journey.
4. Some bricks in Santa Luchita are in the shape of Mega Man.
5. There are a ton more in Santa Luchita that I'm forgetting about...Batman v. Bane, Majora's Mask, Mario Bros., Minecraft...

My personal favorite was this trophy:

What a random, but welcomed shout-out.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Dead Rising.

And more a meme at this point but

in MW2

 

[Maligna]

Just came across this my first time playing Guacamelee.

 

[InfiniteCombo]

Assassin's Creed 2 - It's a-me, Mario!

It doesn't end there. In Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, there is an achievement, after completing Sequence 4, called Principessa in Another Castello. I shouldn't even have to explain that reference.

And of course, that Majora's Mask in Link's house in A Link Between Worlds.

 

[GKSilKamina]

The Legend of Zelda ITEM GET! gag in Nier.

 

[Raider745]

The Metal Gear reference from Tales of Symphonia Dawn of The New World.

Snake!!!

 

[KyanMehwulfe]

Totally different tho same pub...

Not entirely different but still a good 'one

 

[Ahnez]

Spoiler

Possible

Resident Evil 2 reference

 

[golduck342]

This!


Yeah, I remember there was a quote in Up Your Arsenal, don't remember what it was though.

Actually it wasn't a quote or in up your arsenal, it was this in going commando

Jak and Daxter dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thrwuKker6Q&t=13s

 

[Messofanego]

Totally different tho same pub...

FF XXVII is going to be amazing, you guys. Just you wait.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

In Phantasy Star IV, when examining various shelves:
- a book titled "Golden Axe, vol. 3"
- a book titled "Run, Hedgehog, Run!"
- a book titled "A Day With Ecco"
- (Chaz) "A Game Gear? Cool!" (or something like that)

I think MGS has posters of Policenauts or Snatcher somewhere?

Witcher 2

HAHAHAHA omg that's awesome.

 

[thefatness16]

I'll add another Bayonetta one, where Luka talks about his past girlfriends. Claire, Trish Silvia, and Ammy.

 

[Rymuth]

Just played Shadow Warrior. The moment Lo Wang picks up his first gun, he says "Well, it's dangerous to go alone so I'll take this."

 

[MetalSlug]

"You don't want this to be No More Heroes Forever, do you?"

Came in to post exactly this.

 

[Vlade]

or

back when enix was a different company

 

[Gentleman Jack]

FF XXVII is going to be amazing, you guys. Just you wait.

2027 is a very generous release date for a series that takes 5 years between single player sequels.

 

[misho8723]

Witcher 2

And what Geralt says is good too: "Hmm.. I guess they'll never learn"
And he receives +1 in the Assassination Attribute

 

[pottuvoi]

Wing Commander 2 ship in Ultima VII, includes a piece of music and story by a farmer.

 

[Kinsei]

The final "boss" of Danganronpa 2 comments on how they're like the final boss of Bayonetta.

Trying to keep this as vague as possible to avoid spoilers.

 

[pantsmith]

The Last of Us: Left Behind features an arcade where you can interact with a Jak X racing cabinet.

The best part is that interacting with it gives you the trophy "Nobodys Perfect"

 

[Lloyd Christmas]

Finding the chainsaw fuel in Zak McKracken, and being told its not fot this game when you try to pick it up.