Videogame facts that blow your mind (SuperMarioBros. SHOCKING SECRET INSIDE p #70)
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The only resemblance is in the face, and that's if you ignore the boar tusks and elephant nose.
Diomedeskun
Member
The only resemblance is in the face, and that's if you ignore the boar tusks and elephant nose.
The face really only looks similar in the first two pictures if you think that the white part is negative space, not part of its body. I suspect that poster misinterpreted the imiage.
seen on reddit :
Sonic the Hedgehog 1 used shifting time of day from level to level to evoke a feeling of progression.
Should have at least used an outdoors shot for Scrap Brain Zone:
Scrap Brain Zone must take place the next morning or evening, or the city is just really bright and illuminating the clouds.
Professor Beef
Banned
Should have at least used an outdoors shot for Scrap Brain Zone:
Scrap Brain Zone must take place the next morning or evening, or the city is just really bright and illuminating the clouds.
I think it's smog/pollution, since the place has been mechanized for the most part.
TheRedSnifit
Member
I'm pretty sure that if you radio him randomly, he'll eventually tell you that blowing up their food storage causes them to aim less accurately. I do know that he tells you about blowing up ammo dumps:
"Snake, that building next to you is an enemy armory. As you might
have guessed, those armories you sometimes run into are where they
keep their ammo and other stuff. If you take out an armory, the
enemy units in the area will have their ammo supply cut off. And
if they know they're on their last leg, they'll use ammo a little
more sparingly in a gunfight. Bottom line - if you blow up an
armory, the enemy's firepower d ecreases. By destroying an armory,
you can cut off the enemy's supply of ammunition. That should make
your job a lot easier."
Maybe he doesn't say that about their food storage or something.
Haunted
Member
wooooaaahhhhh
I searched the thread and didn't find anything on this, but apparently Croc: Legend of the Gobbos was originally pitched by Argonaut as a Yoshi game and would have been the first 3D platformer, but Nintendo turned them down so they reworked it into a new IP. In an alternate universe we could all be heralding Super Yoshi 64 as one of the greats.
In Infamous 2, if there are any helicopters left when you have the lightning hook power, you can use it on them and melee them in mid air.
Persona 4 Golden:
Persona 4 Golden:
Not sure if this is in the vanilla version. You can find Saki and her brother arguing right when you get to Inaba after the gas station if you look around on the street. Namatame is also seen on certain days, and you can talk to him.
To my eye, it looks like Manus's appearance from Dark Souls's DLC was inspired at least in part by this poor guy.
He's doing better though.
Like how we all think of Croc as one of the greats?
Well, surely with some Nintendo influence it would have turned out better.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
One thing that kind of blew my mind was that Ariel from Legacy of Kain is Walter White's wife!
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
sorry if this has already been posted
jhen mohran from monster hunter 3
wind dragon from breath of fire 4
both capcom games
do you think this was intentional?
Looks like Jhen to me.
whoa, cool!
I can definitely see the influence there.
SuperAngelo64
Banned
Something interesting that is probably a coincidence.
The name "Mario" is of Latin origin and means hammer, it's associated with Mars, the Red planet which in Roman astrology is the fire planet.
The name "Mario" is of Latin origin and means hammer, it's associated with Mars, the Red planet which in Roman astrology is the fire planet.
ShadeGlacier
Neo Member
In Metal Gear Solid 2, on the Tanker there is a cup full of ice. When you shoot it the ice goes in different directions. The mind blowing part is that there is a special algorithm in the game where the closer the ice cubes are, the slower they melt, and vice-versa.
I would believe in this if the artwork had been available at that time.
No you wouldn't
TheRedSnifit
Member
Maybe this is well known amongst fans, but it's still pretty interesting. Behold, the most bizarre, convoluted history of obscure references taken seriously, ever:
In the Wing Commander universe, System Shock is a fictional movie based on a game. In Wing Commander III's Victory Streak manual, there's a movie review of "Hail SHODAN," which describes the events of System Shock:
It even includes a screenshot from the game as part of a movie poster ("poster" above, actual screen below):
Alright, cool. But in Crusader, which is a Wing Commander prequel, System Shock is real. The newsletter included with No Remorse includes an article about the invention of SHODAN:
Yes, that's right: The paper also references a series of movies called "I, Crusader" that are about Crusader. In Crusader.
But that's not all: In System Shock itself, Wing Commander is a game; the player can actually find a minigame version of Wing Commander. And let's not forget Ultima, which Crusador references as a contemporary setting.
In the Wing Commander universe, System Shock is a fictional movie based on a game. In Wing Commander III's Victory Streak manual, there's a movie review of "Hail SHODAN," which describes the events of System Shock:
It even includes a screenshot from the game as part of a movie poster ("poster" above, actual screen below):
Alright, cool. But in Crusader, which is a Wing Commander prequel, System Shock is real. The newsletter included with No Remorse includes an article about the invention of SHODAN:
Yes, that's right: The paper also references a series of movies called "I, Crusader" that are about Crusader. In Crusader.
But that's not all: In System Shock itself, Wing Commander is a game; the player can actually find a minigame version of Wing Commander. And let's not forget Ultima, which Crusador references as a contemporary setting.
Ha ha! Love it.
thehunter01
Banned
Dunno if anybody mentioned already.
But in Super Mario Bros., the bushes are just clouds colored green.
But in Super Mario Bros., the bushes are just clouds colored green.
post 70 is dead though. so not entirely his fault.
edit: oh.. it's written out. then it is ENTIRELY his fault!
thehunter01
Banned
"hides under a rock"
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
In the Japanese version of Zelda II, there is a grave in the town of Saria that reads "Here Lies Loto". Loto is the Japanese name for Erdrick, the hero of Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior. Square responded to this gag by having a tombstone in Final Fantasy read "Here Lies Link", which was then changed to "Here Lies Erdrick" in the English release, and subsequently reverted to "Here Lies Link" in all re-releases.
Cloud/Bushes
Here lies link
Both already posted years ago.
Here´s the blog i was making to keep track of all the secrets mentioned in this thread.
http://shockingvideogamesecrets.wordpress.com/
But a short time after i began the blog that website "Awsome videogame secrets" or something came around and stole all the fun (not saying they took the idea/content from here, but only that they did made such a good job on the same subject i didnt feel pushed to follow with the blog anymore)
Here lies link
Both already posted years ago.
Here´s the blog i was making to keep track of all the secrets mentioned in this thread.
http://shockingvideogamesecrets.wordpress.com/
But a short time after i began the blog that website "Awsome videogame secrets" or something came around and stole all the fun (not saying they took the idea/content from here, but only that they did made such a good job on the same subject i didnt feel pushed to follow with the blog anymore)
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
Now, it's been a while since I first read every page in this thread...but I have kept up, and I don't remember anyone posting "Here Lies Link" or connecting it to "Here Lies Loto" in Zelda II. Not saying they didn't, but I don't remember it, and it's probably not as widely known as cloudbush is by now. I was trying to post something to get things back on track after cloudbush was brought up again.
You are partially right. Although there is a post talking about "here lies link" (here) theres no mention to the connection to the "here lies loto" part, which makes it a nice mention
Im sorry if my reply sounded annoying and bossy (and reading again it really did). I know the thread is huge and its impossible to keep track of everything. I was just making a reminder that the oldest secrets are registred- but i couldnt make a nice reply
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Final Fantasy III, Secret of Mana, and Xenogears all use the same Experience Point table.
Examples:
EXP needed to reach Level 93 in FFIII = 7,898,043. Same as in SoM.
EXP needed to reach Level 11 in Xenogears = 2,870. Same as in SoM.
Examples:
EXP needed to reach Level 93 in FFIII = 7,898,043. Same as in SoM.
EXP needed to reach Level 11 in Xenogears = 2,870. Same as in SoM.
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
Don't sweat it! Yeah, you came across as a little bossy, but I get where you're coming from...this thread is in it a bit of a dry spell, so it is a little annoying to see the thread get bumped for something that was already posted before.
Final Fantasy III, Secret of Mana, and Xenogears all use the same Experience Point table.
Examples:
EXP needed to reach Level 93 in FFIII = 7,898,043. Same as in SoM.
EXP needed to reach Level 11 in Xenogears = 2,870. Same as in SoM.
But why, I wonder?
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Hiromichi Tanaka designed the three games. However, Seiken Densetsu 3 doesn't appear to use the same EXP table (not sure about FFXI and FFXIV 1.0). And of course, Chrono Cross doesn't have EXP at all.
Someone's going to have to explain this. I don't get it.
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
The thing in the foreground of the album Beatles For Sale looks like it could be the front end of Mario's hat:
This is interesting. Are they generated by a formula?
Maybe it was easier to balance the games around the Exp. each monster gives than to redo the whole table.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=38991548&highlight=#post38991548
Maybe the thread should be remade with all the updates in the first post as it's 6 years old now.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I was reading up on Banjo Kazooie stuff today...we've all heard it, y'know, Stop and Swap, but reading up on Project Dream in its initial stage, where it was a massive Legend of Zelda-type RPG with sailing around a huge ocean and visiting various islands, makes me wonder if perhaps it ended up inspiring Wind Waker behind the scenes?
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
It's possible Miyamoto saw the early version of it in 96 or 97 and kept the idea in mind. It did involve pirates, so there's that commonality. Who knows?
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I knew about the basic Dream stuff (Blackeye the pirate), but it wasn't till today I found out how ambitious it was set-up to be, and probably would've been even better than Banjo was.
AtomicShroom
Member
Don't know if that's been posted yet but...
This boss:
Its feet and nose are the exact same sprite, but mirrored. I... I just noticed. :S
This boss:
Its feet and nose are the exact same sprite, but mirrored. I... I just noticed. :S
Nice one.Don't know if that's been posted yet but...
This boss:
Its feet and nose are the exact same sprite, but mirrored. I... I just noticed. :S
Don't know if that's been posted yet but...
This boss:
Its feet and nose are the exact same sprite, but mirrored. I... I just noticed. :S
It's bush/cloud once again... how could I not notice?
Melchiah
Member
Don't know if that's been posted yet but...
This boss:
Its feet and nose are the exact same sprite, but mirrored. I... I just noticed. :S
Reminds me of:
Reminds me of:
It is Obelix from the french-belgian comic Asterix & Obelix.
In the french version of the game, this boss is called Belixo.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Let me guess. You also didn't notice his nose is also his feet?Don't know if that's been posted yet but...
This boss:
Its feet and nose are the exact same sprite, but mirrored. I... I just noticed. :S
Ha, I like that. That's neat.
panama chief
Member
Don't know if that's been posted yet but...
This boss:
Its feet and nose are the exact same sprite, but mirrored. I... I just noticed. :S
double whammy......nice!
Wolf Akela
Member
I just found out that the producer of WarZ also produced Big Rigs (Sergey Titov). Funnily enough, the executable for Big Rigs is named CarZ.exe.