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Videogame facts that blow your mind (SuperMarioBros. SHOCKING SECRET INSIDE p #70)
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Don't know if this has been mentioned before(sorry if it was) but these two sound kinda similar.
Total Recall theme- http://youtu.be/lsUZ1aIp4OE
R-Type Delta ship select- http://youtu.be/gBhW9QkTwZE
Total Recall theme- http://youtu.be/lsUZ1aIp4OE
R-Type Delta ship select- http://youtu.be/gBhW9QkTwZE
I don't know man. The background of the first level of Scrap Brain Zone looks heavily influenced by Blade Runner. I thinks it's fair to say they were influenced by Vangelis' music as well.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Now I think about there is this song I used to know that was believed to be heavily influnce to a snowboundland in dkc2..really cant remember I know I saw the video on youtube once it was in like antartic or alaska or some shit with huskies pulling a sleigh.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
So, today I finally realized why the main character of Kid Icarus is called Pit.
Palutena's name is a corruption of Pallas Athena, the Greek Goddess who gave humanity the first olive tree.
The seed of an olive is often called a "pit".
Pretty obvious now that I think about it.
Palutena's name is a corruption of Pallas Athena, the Greek Goddess who gave humanity the first olive tree.
The seed of an olive is often called a "pit".
Pretty obvious now that I think about it.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Please stop these musical similarities.
We already have enough of them and most of them are only coincidences anyway.
Nice catch!
Yeah, especially Stickerbrush Symphony!
Vangelis -- Antarctica
This one's undeniable.
Off-topic, but speaking of musical similarities...
Guns N' Roses -- Don't Cry
Metallica -- The Unforgiven II
As I understand it Pit's name is a shortening of "Cupid".
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I think most of you know the PS2 Startup animation.
Did you notice these white towers, some higher than the others? That's not just nice useless eye-candy.
The towers represent games. The more games you play on the PS2, the more towers are added. The longer you play a game, the higher the tower gets.
Sometimes, it erases all towers. I think it happens when you unplug the console.
Edit: It seems that it actually reads data from the memory cards to show the towers.
My god...
Diomedeskun
Member
I thought Palutena came from Pallas Athena, that is, the name taken on by Athena after she slew her childhood friend Pallas, for many years too, but it actually comes from another appellation of hers, parthena, or παρθένα, which is Greek for virgin. She was a virgin goddess in traditional classical mythology (although I seem to recall reading that, like a majority of goddesses, she likely began as a fertility goddess). It's where the term Parthenon comes from. Rendered into Japanese, it's パルテナ, that is pa - ru - te - na. Remember that L and R are not distinguished in Japanese., so you get Palutena.
In other words, she is named after Athena, but it's not the mangled compound of two names that it seems to be, but a proper transliteration of the term into Japanese. It beats calling her Virgin.
It doesn't expand. EatChildren means the health/ammo bar indicate the spread.
honeymustardn
Member
Ok, here's one I just found. It's probably common knowledge, but on the front end of the 3DS, where you have your game previewed (3D model at the top of the screen), if you blow into the microphone, the 3D model will spin around. I've only tested this with Mario Kart 7 so far. Pretty neat.
All the software does something. Some spin faster or jump up or something. Most are just accelerated versions of their idol animation or just a spin or jump.
What? wow that's right! Heh didn't notice that before
bumpkin
Member
Yeah. The more gave saves you have on your memory card(s), the more blocks stack up.
On about the second day after I received my 3DS, I started playing it on the bus. I noticed all the logos spinning around like crazy (due to the bus engine triggering the microphone) and I thought it was some weird glitch that had caused the clock for the menu system to speed up. I figured it out later on, but I was really worried for a moment there.
Oh, in something related, Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword (the DS game) is nigh unplayable in sections if you are on a plane or other loud vehicle. There's some enemies that react to microphone noise by experiencing a knock-back animation. So if there's constant noise, like in a plane, they keep getting knocked back and this can force them out of the arena you are playing in so your attacks can't reach them. When you combine this with the fact you are locked in arenas until you kill all the creatures, it means you are stuck. I actually played the game for the first time on a flight, so I thought the game was horribly broken and it took me a while to go back and try again, which is when I discovered the mechanic as the game was much easier in a normal environment.
While I'm sure it's common knowledge, I've only just discovered that Kirby has always been pink in Japan.
This has shattered my worldview, as Kirby going from white to pink has long been my most hated character redesign ever, and it turns out my preferred incarnation was always a lie the whole time : (
One day we'll find out that he plays Nolan North, and all hell will break loose.
This thread's "oficial" blog now has some competition !
http://didyouknowgaming.com/
here is some of the examples that i don't remember on this thread
http://didyouknowgaming.com/
here is some of the examples that i don't remember on this thread
I think most of you know the PS2 Startup animation.
Did you notice these white towers, some higher than the others? That's not just nice useless eye-candy.
The towers represent games. The more games you play on the PS2, the more towers are added. The longer you play a game, the higher the tower gets.
Sometimes, it erases all towers. I think it happens when you unplug the console.
Edit: It seems that it actually reads data from the memory cards to show the towers.
This is amazing
UnluckyKate
Member
I think most of you know the PS2 Startup animation.
Did you notice these white towers, some higher than the others? That's not just nice useless eye-candy.
The towers represent games. The more games you play on the PS2, the more towers are added. The longer you play a game, the higher the tower gets.
Sometimes, it erases all towers. I think it happens when you unplug the console.
Edit: It seems that it actually reads data from the memory cards to show the towers.
I noticed that something like 10 years ago and I think this statement isn't completely true.
I believe the representation of tower is somehow linked to your saves. More saves more tower. But I don't think all save had timer so I believe more highs means more save per game.
skullomania
Member
it's true...try it!
The number of towers are connected to the Memory card, but it is indeed just one game per tower. As I mentioned it earlier, I started with no towers. Played four games, four towers are added. I also thought that the game I played the longest there also had the highest one, so I got the conclusion that it is tied to how long you play the game. But having the height of towers dependent on the number of saves could actually also be a possibility.
It's from the guy who runs pixelartguild.com by the look of it.
KittenMaster
Member
electroplankton
Banned
it's true...try it!
And I tried to do all amazing levels...
In the Mario All-Stars version, you fight Bowser at the end of World 9-4 in some sort out outdoors castle, but I don't know how true that is to the original (SMBAS did muck around with some BGs in SMB3)
This may have been posted already or just common knowledge.
Being an inferior American and having not grown up with the original music from Sonic CD, it came as quite a shock when I was recently playing Sonic 2 for Game Gear and got to Green Hills Zone and heard this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVKehYLYP-A
It's Toot Toot Sonic Warrior!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3cFn6NneHA
Also, Sonic 2 for Game Gear came out the year before Sonic CD meaning Toot Toot Sonic Warrior isn't the original.
Being an inferior American and having not grown up with the original music from Sonic CD, it came as quite a shock when I was recently playing Sonic 2 for Game Gear and got to Green Hills Zone and heard this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVKehYLYP-A
It's Toot Toot Sonic Warrior!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3cFn6NneHA
Also, Sonic 2 for Game Gear came out the year before Sonic CD meaning Toot Toot Sonic Warrior isn't the original.
Just a little one:
You may have noticed that in Skyward Sword, there are some Boboklins who have these horns to summon other Boboklins. In certain parts of the game, they like to play other short melodies - and one of these just happens to be the ocarina melody from A Link To The Past.
Video with the Boboklin playing the melody (Huge Spoilers, near the end of the game!)
Song from the Flute Boy in AlttP (which is also the ocarina melody).
Nothing big or special, but neat. I think Skyward Sword has a ton of references. And I didn't even notice that they play different melodies.
You may have noticed that in Skyward Sword, there are some Boboklins who have these horns to summon other Boboklins. In certain parts of the game, they like to play other short melodies - and one of these just happens to be the ocarina melody from A Link To The Past.
Video with the Boboklin playing the melody (Huge Spoilers, near the end of the game!)
Song from the Flute Boy in AlttP (which is also the ocarina melody).
Nothing big or special, but neat. I think Skyward Sword has a ton of references. And I didn't even notice that they play different melodies.
Are you sure? It just sounds like a charge.
The Awesomest
Member
I didn't either. I'll need to hear some of these other melodies.
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
Unless you're really, really old...no you didn't. You're probably thinking of the video version of the same game.
Correctomundo
Member
Unless you're really, really old...no you didn't. You're probably thinking of the video version of the same game.
He wouldn't have to be that old. I've played it, and I'm 39. Unless you're one of those that thinks 39 is "old", in which case you can DIAF, but otherwise, it's not inconceivable for someone within a few years of my age to have played it. It was quite common in the 70s. At least as much as I remember seeing the damned thing.
SupraDarky
Member
Schobeleth
Member
I thought the comment was odd too but not because of the time frame and more because I never knew it was released outside of Japan. Though obviously you two guys could have been in Japan in the 70s. Actually that wouldn't surprise me, GAF has all kinds of folks from around the world.
While I'm sure it's common knowledge, I've only just discovered that Kirby has always been pink in Japan.
This has shattered my worldview, as Kirby going from white to pink has long been my most hated character redesign ever, and it turns out my preferred incarnation was always a lie the whole time : (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a86nyE9Ha0U
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