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Videogame facts that blow your mind (SuperMarioBros. SHOCKING SECRET INSIDE p #70)
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Read about that days ago, I'm just too much of a chicken to make new threads.
Did you eat the nugurtDid you know that in the Fallout: New Vegas DLC Lonesome Road you can find a fossilized dog named "Seymour," in an obvious reference to Jurassic Bark, an Emmy-nominated episode of Futurama?
Has anyone else seen this? The fish in Mario 64 can jump! I've played the game dozens of times and never noticed that.
http://youtu.be/vxKdRV1BiQ0
http://youtu.be/vxKdRV1BiQ0
Diablohead
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Better wording would be when mario splashes in and out of a pool of water, a random fish can spawn.
I first thought those schools of fish could jump, this is just a splash sprite randomly being a fish.
I initially thought that you meant the big fish in Tiny Huge Island (or, as the german version likes to say it, Gulliver Goomba, I love that one). But yes, it's just a fish that spawns then you jump out of the water.
I remember reading it somewhere before and I think that it is a lovely detail. There is a lot of stuff I never noticed before in SM64, and I played it so often. Mario coughing in toxic haze or warming his hands in ice levels, butterflies that turn into bombs, stuff like that.
I know! What a horrid misuse of "subliminal"!
Maybe this is nothing big, or even well known already, but here's something I discovered:
A few days ago I was playing Skyward Sword and broke a pot with a fairy in it. What I noticed was how the fairy seemed to be mirroring my movements. If I circled the control stick around quickly, you'd see the fairy circling around rapidly as well (but I think it was in the other direction). Has anyone else come across this? It makes me wonder how it is in other Zelda games.
A few days ago I was playing Skyward Sword and broke a pot with a fairy in it. What I noticed was how the fairy seemed to be mirroring my movements. If I circled the control stick around quickly, you'd see the fairy circling around rapidly as well (but I think it was in the other direction). Has anyone else come across this? It makes me wonder how it is in other Zelda games.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
He meant to say "superliminal." Simple mistake.
Yes there is. In Crystal skull if I'm not mistaken. He gets inside to shelter from a nuclear explosion. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
bengraven
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Actually known this since the early 90s, but it's still really cool.
Crystal Skull isn't an Indiana Jones movie. He plays a completely different character that happens to have the same name. It's not a part of the trilogy.,
You are wrong. There is no Indiana Jones movie with a "crystal skull". I'm so glad the Last Crusade tied up the trilogy nicely.
the joke is the fridge sequence invalidated the whole movie
Did you know that in the Fallout: New Vegas DLC Lonesome Road you can find a fossilized dog named "Seymour," in an obvious reference to Jurassic Bark, an Emmy-nominated episode of Futurama?
There's a whole list of stuff in FNV that's in reference to other things, but iirc this and the fridge are only accessible with the Wild Wasteland trait. Also lets you get an alien pistol (I think?) where the crashed vertibird is, and there's some old ladies in freeside that attack you with rolling pins or something. Don't remember all the specifics, I'm sure they're on the fallout wiki.
As a kid, I'd always assumed that they were named after the company Reznor, which manufactures unit heaters and electric heaters. It made sense to me since they shoot fire, hence they generate heat.
I only came to this conclusion because at the time my dad's company distributed Reznor's products.
Mikey Jr.
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Whoosh.
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Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I don't think anyone ever thought that was just a coincidence...it seemed pretty likely since all the Koopa Kids were named after famous musicians and talk-show hosts, and you had the Boos originally called "Boo-Diddley".
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Funny you said that. That's his great grandfather.
Chet Rippo
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Just Boos. They dropped the Diddley right after SMB3.
Santerestil
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Okay, I'm almost sure this was acknowledged 50 pages before, but there is something I think AmeriGAF don't know: the look of Madison Paige from Heavy Rain was probably borrowed from the Monica Bellucci character in The Stone Council, a 2006 French movie:
You can look the movie trailer, if you are not convinced.
You can look the movie trailer, if you are not convinced.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
When I get a computer capable of running New Vegas (I'm poor and currently only have a very shitty laptop), I'm going to have to go through again with Wild Wasteland.
TheNatural
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I just thought of this, but the horse obstacle course/race in OoT music is almost exactly a remixed version of the Penguin Race in Mario 64:
Lon Lon Ranch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6z4D2EGTUc&feature=related
Penguin Race:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko7RZYBIegA
Lon Lon Ranch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6z4D2EGTUc&feature=related
Penguin Race:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko7RZYBIegA
Similar instruments, but the composition sounds entirely different to me.
They both have a similar 'racing/fast pace' mood, but they are completely different melodies.
Couple of 'facts' from Miyamoto himself...
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/09/24/miyamoto-tezuka-interview.aspx
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/09/24/miyamoto-tezuka-interview.aspx
Miyamoto said:
More info in the link.Miyamoto said:
KO Traveling Hobo
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I thought Mario's last name was Mario.
The source for that is the movie, so it's never really been canon, but the only thing we've had to go on.
KO Traveling Hobo
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Any universe where the Mario Bros movie isn't canon isn't one worth living in.
SuperAngelo64
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Completely different songs. The Penguin Race theme is an arrangement of Bob-Omb Battlefield, so is the Snow Mountain theme.
Warm Machine
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The underwater swimming piece of music in Super Mario Bros. is just a take off of the classical piece, On The Beautiful Blue Danube.
I disagree.
Link both songs because I don't hear it.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Today I learned Final Fantasy XIII was apparently inspired by LOST, explaining the narrative structure where they utilize flashback at the beginning of each chapter in order to advance the story.
And that Sazh and his son therefore are probably meant to be Michael and Walt.
(also both feature an annoying Australian girl)
And that Sazh and his son therefore are probably meant to be Michael and Walt.
(also both feature an annoying Australian girl)
SuperAngelo64
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No.
I thought we had a thread dedicated to all of these musical 'coincidences' so we could shut down all the comments like these faster?
They're both Waltz music, but sound nothing like each other.
brianmcdoogle
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All these music "comparisons" just make me realize that most people are either tone deaf or musically illiterate.
Edit: except whistling. It seems like most people who can whistle have pretty good pitch doing it.
Edit: except whistling. It seems like most people who can whistle have pretty good pitch doing it.
dark_chris
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In one of the campaign levels in Call of Duty: World at War, if you step on certain puddles in correct order, the screen starts to shake and 4 statues rise from the sand saying things (can't really understand it) to you and grant you the Ray Gun (found in the zombies segment of the game).
The Ray Gun is a one hit kill weapon.... and blows up tanks with one trigger
I thought this was so awesome
The Ray Gun is a one hit kill weapon.... and blows up tanks with one trigger
I thought this was so awesome
tauroxd
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No, FFXIII has an annoying Australian girl, Lost has a beatiful and awesome Asutralian girl
I just found this today, apparently a SMB remix plays in the special world of SMW after some time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pOoBxOrYS8
Although I'm sure a lot of you knew that already, I just never stood long enough in the map during play. Pretty sweet remix too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pOoBxOrYS8
Although I'm sure a lot of you knew that already, I just never stood long enough in the map during play. Pretty sweet remix too
Starwolf_UK
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This isn't so much mind blowing but amazing how a glitch can be known in one region and almost completely alien in another.
I'm talking about the Undercover world glitch in Super Mario Bros. No, not the negative worlds but the cartridge swapping one...wait, cartridge swapping? Now you see why you probably didn't hear about it...
But basically it requires SMB and Tennis. Pull SMB out, reset with Tennis in. Number of steps in Tennis=starting world in SMB, thus you can beyond world 8 up to world 256 (yes its all randomly made garbage...).
Theres a youtube video of it here being done on a top-loading NES.
For a better write-up go and more info (more Japanese magazine coverage*) here and (more technical) here.
*-Its kind of neat how world 9 and probably worlds A-D in lost levels were as a result of people seeking secret levels.
I'm talking about the Undercover world glitch in Super Mario Bros. No, not the negative worlds but the cartridge swapping one...wait, cartridge swapping? Now you see why you probably didn't hear about it...
But basically it requires SMB and Tennis. Pull SMB out, reset with Tennis in. Number of steps in Tennis=starting world in SMB, thus you can beyond world 8 up to world 256 (yes its all randomly made garbage...).
Theres a youtube video of it here being done on a top-loading NES.
For a better write-up go and more info (more Japanese magazine coverage*) here and (more technical) here.
*-Its kind of neat how world 9 and probably worlds A-D in lost levels were as a result of people seeking secret levels.
Diablohead
Member
News to me, rather cool.
That really is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Chaz Ashley
Member
Here's a small one: While playing "Layton and the last Specter" I noticed that you can move around the shoe- and briefcase-icons, as long as you don't lift the stylus after tapping them. Don't know if you could already do this in the previous games, but it was new to me.
It's mentioned in the tutorial?
Think it first appeared in that one, I certainly don't remember accidentally moving the icons in previous ones anything like as often as I did there!
Chaz Ashley
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Could be, I didn't pay much attention to the tutorials because I already played the other games. Hope it doesn't get too annoying.
The style is the same, but if you listen to Penguin Race it's just a country'd up version of Bob-Omb Battlefield
The style is the same, but if you listen to Penguin Race it's just a country'd up version of Bob-Omb Battlefield
And based on that, one could be surprised to learn that most songs in that game are just heavy variations on the same general melody. But I think that might've been explained in this thread already in better detail.