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[Ysiadmihi]

This one might be common knowledge but it's something I only realized recently.

in Mario 64, the Slide song and Bob-Omb Battlefield are the same song.

Bob-omb Battlefield: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15jdo7aAKlI

Slide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXKS7_vLUGg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydY4RN6w4Aw&feature=related

I didn't realize they were all variations of the same song for a long time either.

 

[SuperAngelo64]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydY4RN6w4Aw&feature=related

I didn't realize they were all variations of the same song for a long time either.

I was going to put that down too, but for some reason the Snow Mountain song was easier to pick out.

 

[Eteric Rice]

And last one is a spoiler for Mother 3, so I'll just link to it.

http://i43.tinypic.com/xc50fl.jpg

God, if the first two are true... Mind = Blown.

 

[Captain Smoker]

OOOO MMMM GGGG @ Mario Bros. 3 >_>_>_>_> :lol :lol

 

[MNC]

HOLY SHIIIIIIIT AT MARIO THREE. OH MY GOD.

This thread is back on track! The Mother 2 thing has been said some times but it's a nice recap but OMG MARIO 3

 

[Fuu]

Mario 3, sweet Jesus. Mario 2 isn't the only one that never happened anymore.

 

[unreon]

WHAT DID I JUST SEE

MARIO 3 HAHAHAHHAH MIND BLOWN :lol :lol :lol

 

[alistairw]

Holy fuck @ all three.

 

[EatChildren]

And the greatest stage show I've ever seen.

 

[Frencherman]

HOLY CRAP!!! THIS ISN'T THE SAME GAME ANYMORE.

 

[The Hermit]

:lol :lol :lol

This page is all kinds of awesome:

http://i43.tinypic.com/xc50fl.jpg

I love how this guy says "discuss" and the reply is "holy fuck!"

The SMB3 is mind-blowing though...

 

[Wizpig]

http://i42.tinypic.com/2ls865v.jpg

Oh... OH

So Bowser sons don't really exist, that's why they almost never appear in games these days, even if New Mario Bros. Wii is using them again.



^ Actors

And last one is a spoiler for Mother 3, so I'll just link to it.

http://i43.tinypic.com/xc50fl.jpg

Could be, yes.
Baiano19, mark your spoilers.

 

[MNC]

:lol :lol :lol

This page is all kinds of awesome:

http://i43.tinypic.com/xc50fl.jpg

I love how this guy says "discuss" and the reply is "holy fuck!"

The SMB3 is mind-blowing though...

SPOILERRRRRRS

 

[alistairw]

Oh... OH

So Bowser sons don't really exist, that's why they almost never appear in games these days, even if New Mario Bros. Wii is using them again.



^ ActorsCould be, yes.
Baiano19, mark your spoilers.

Mario timeline is splintered. Contact the Zelda guys to come and map it out for us ASAP.

 

[Jocchan]

Mario timeline is splintered. Contact the Zelda guys to come and map it out for us ASAP.

We might need to split the timeline.
Damn, it's a tough choice.

 

[EatChildren]

We might need to split the timeline.
Damn, it's a tough choice.

Which is going to be interesting since at the end of Mario Galaxy

Spoiler

the entire galaxy/universe basically ends and is 'rebourn' back to the point where the game initially left off, as if nothing happened. So then we ask ourselves if past Mario titles happened during the universe events of Galaxy, or post rebirth. Is the end of Galaxy actually BEFORE all Marios?

Oh god.

 

[Philanthropist]

Damn, and I thought Dynamite Headdy was the first game that was actually a stage show.

 

[Wizpig]

Mario timeline is splintered. Contact the Zelda guys to come and map it out for us ASAP.

:lol

EatChildren, Mario Galaxy =

Spoiler

indeed a reboot of the Mario saga

 

[Blutonium]

The power selection menu in Prototype uses practically the same sound that Goldeneye 64 uses when you get hit by bullets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hIKjS1s0Eg (skip to 1:00)



The cruise map in Street Fighter 4 uses the same sound as the rocket launcher from Goldeneye 64

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iK3m0MYInw (skip to 0:38)

Might be some 'Wilhelm-scream' kind of thing that's going on here

 

[m3k]

wow at smb3 being a show... mind blown, again

This thread is amazing, they should put it in a time capsule so that in hundreds of years into the future, people or our alien overlords will understand the puzzles of our time.

Yes that would be quite useful for them.

 

[Metal B]

 

[Vitet]

Oh... OH

So Bowser sons don't really exist, that's why they almost never appear in games these days, even if New Mario Bros. Wii is using them again.



^ ActorsCould be, yes.
Baiano19, mark your spoilers.

And Super Mario World

 

[alistairw]

Aaaagh, you've complicated things even more! Is this before or after the events of Super Maio Land 2? Does this mean that the events of Mario and Luigi 2 didn't take place? WHEN WILL MARIO VISIT SUNKEN HYRULE?!!

 

[glddrgn]

wasn't it pretty clear after finishing the game that smb3 was a play? Or did you guys never finished the game

 

[Jocchan]

Aaaagh, you've complicated things even more! Is this before or after the events of Super Maio Land 2? Does this mean that the events of Mario and Luigi 2 didn't take place? WHEN WILL MARIO VISIT SUNKEN HYRULE?!!

But Smash Bros. Brawl is set centuries after Super Mario Bros. 1! Just look at what happened to world 1-1!!!!!1!one!!!

 

[Eteric Rice]

wasn't it pretty clear after finishing the game that smb3 was a play? Or did you guys never finished the game

No, not really.

Or I just didn't notice. >_>

 

[Brobzoid]

gawd. I never realized SMB3 art style was reminiscent of a theater stage. Nintendo games, for the limited story they have, apparently have a lot of imagery and subtle themes going on...

 

[Soule]

It was so obvious it was a play and yet at the same time it never registered with me fully :lol

I mean the beginning and the end were quite obvious but all throughout the game I didn't really pick up on that stuff and it's all really cool on behalf of the dev team, would've been so easy to just not bother with it

 

[tabsina]

SMB3 fact is interesting.

wasn't it pretty clear after finishing the game that smb3 was a play? Or did you guys never finished the game

other than the curtain going down? if that was it, that had the same impact on me the curtains going up at the start did - did not pick up on it being a play at all... i always thought of it as nintendo showing mario off saying 'he is famous now'.. :lol

gg nintendo, gg

 

[Vitet]

So all the costumes are because of the theater thing? It makes sense...

 

[Eteric Rice]

So all the costumes are because of the theater thing? It makes sense...

Maybe...

God that makes so much sense now...

 

[polyh3dron]

In 1953 a movie was released called The Wages Of Fear, a prototype of the buddy action movie in a way where these 2 pairs of guys take a job of driving 2 nitro glycerin filled trucks along a ridiculously treacherous path in hopes of reaching the destination without being blown to smithereens.

The two main protagonists in the first truck are named MARIO (Right) and LUIGI (Left).

DID I JUST BLOW YOUR MIND

 

[Diablohead]

The Mario 3 thing is really cool but it#s also fairly obvious from the way stages were shown, just like the images explained, but reading it like that with images makes it fully click in my mind.

 

[Aaron Strife]

some people call the NES "ness"

mind = blown

(that Mario 3 thing is super cool btw)

 

[Jocchan]

some people call the NES "ness"

mind = blown

(that Mario 3 thing is super cool btw)

It's because we all love EarthBound.

 

[Atilac]

Anyone notice the mass effect character in the cinematic trailer for star wars the old republic? You see his face when that fish guy gets spin kicked by the sith. Idk the timings

 

[GamerSoul]

Super Mario 3.......all this time....

 

[wRATH2x]

Holy fuck at SMB3. Its like in the back of my mind I always knew just didn't notice.

 

[Lazy vs Crazy]

Mario 3 thing is amazing like wow.

Reading that made me feel stupid for never realizing.

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Not sure why I never caught on to the stage show business. It seems so obvious.

 

[wRATH2x]

:O

So Bowser sons don't really exist, that's why they almost never appear in games these days, even if New Mario Bros. Wii is using them again.

WHAA!!??

 

[Haunted]

Anyone notice the mass effect character in the cinematic trailer for star wars the old republic? You see his face when that fish guy gets spin kicked by the sith. Idk the timings

useless without screens.

 

[Atilac]

useless without screens.

The timings are 2:06 to 2:10
I'm on my iPod, so no screens

 

[Azure Dream]

Falcon JUDGE!

It could be a coincidence, but this thread already has plenty of proof that it wouldn't be the first time something like that happened.

 

[Darklord]

And Super Mario World

If he's called Morton Koopa Jr doesn't that mean Bowsers first name is Morton?

 

[Eteric Rice]

LOL, I made it on Go Nintendo's news page with that pic. :lol

 

[Diablohead]

If he's called Morton Koopa Jr doesn't that mean Bowsers first name is Morton?

You have melted my brain

 

[Azure Dream]

If he's called Morton Koopa Jr doesn't that mean Bowsers first name is Morton?

Their names were puns and references.

Morton's named after Morton Downey Jr., Roy after Roy Orbison I think it was (in reference to his big glasses), and so on. Some were named after Nintendo staff I think, so it's not all celeb references.

 

[koam]

Holy shit at Mario 3, mind totally blown.

 

[Ferrio]

Their names were puns and references.

Morton's named after Morton Downey Jr., Roy after Roy Orbison I think it was (in reference to his big glasses), and so on. Some were named after Nintendo staff I think, so it's not all celeb references.

Named after an actor eh?