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[mclem]

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

Cloudbush level.

 

[mclem]

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.

That strikes me as somewhat appropriate

 

[Lee N]

The code that Lester uses to enter his laboratory in the beginning of Another World / Out of this World seems to be the first seven notes from the intro to Van Halen's Jump…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNeayv-OTK0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM

 

[Melchiah]

It is Obelix from the french-belgian comic Asterix & Obelix.
In the french version of the game, this boss is called Belixo.

Well, I'll be damned.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Well, I'll be damned.

Huh, apparently the baby penguins in Mario 64 adorably mirror Mario's dive move if he performs it in front of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjTA45JSGFU

 

[canocha]

Huh, apparently the baby penguins in Mario 64 adorably mirror Mario's dive move if he performs it in front of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjTA45JSGFU

Bless Nintendo for these little details!

 

[Htown]

Huh, apparently the baby penguins in Mario 64 adorably mirror Mario's dive move if he performs it in front of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjTA45JSGFU

awww

 

[Peagles]

Apparently I spent way too much time with those baby penguins, lol.

 

[Roto13]

Coolbits guy's adenoids make me want to stab him in the nose.

 

[Mike M]

Coolbits guy's adenoids make me want to stab him in the nose.

What, don't you like popalar and not-so-popalar games?

 

[UncleSporky]

The code that Lester uses to enter his laboratory in the beginning of Another World / Out of this World seems to be the first seven notes from the intro to Van Halen's Jump…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNeayv-OTK0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM

Not really...only the first four.

The exact notes: Lester's keypad vs. Jump.

 

[SuperAngelo64]

What, don't you like popalar and not-so-popalar games?

Fuck me, I laughed. It's not even a fraction as bad as JWittz' cracking voice

 

[big_z]

Huh, apparently the baby penguins in Mario 64 adorably mirror Mario's dive move if he performs it in front of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjTA45JSGFU

I wonder if you can get the baby penguin to dive off the cliff on its own.

 

[Haunted]

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

Nintendo you magnificient motherfuckers.

cloudbush #2

 

[cacildo]

It is Obelix from the french-belgian comic Asterix & Obelix.
In the french version of the game, this boss is called Belixo.

Eheh thats great! I grew up reading asterix

 

[Currygan]

just found this on reddit

Infamous Second Son has a Master Sword(?) cameo. Cool!

 

[Mike M]

just found this on reddit

Infamous Second Son has a Master Sword(?) cameo. Cool!

Errrr... Is there some other Master Sword outside Zelda?

 

[Platy]

Errrr... Is there some other Master Sword outside Zelda?

copyright free reference =P

 

[Jaded Alyx]

A rather vague looking Master Sword.

 

[Celine]

Huh, apparently the baby penguins in Mario 64 adorably mirror Mario's dive move if he performs it in front of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjTA45JSGFU

Dat Nintendo difference.

 

[sn00zer]

just found this on reddit

Infamous Second Son has a Master Sword(?) cameo. Cool!

Id be willing to bet that is a sword from whatever game they are working on next....doesnt look like the master sword, and WAY too elaborate for window dressing

 

[dynamitejim]

Id be willing to bet that is a sword from whatever game they are working on next....doesnt look like the master sword, and WAY too elaborate for window dressing

There's a fake MMO in the game that I'm pretty sure that sword is supposed to be from. You can see the game disc off to the side.

 

[Roto13]

It looks like it could very well be a Zelda reference, even if they didn't just stick the Master Sword in there. It's definitely not the exact same sword, though.

 

[KittenMaster]

just found this on reddit

Infamous Second Son has a Master Sword(?) cameo. Cool!

Infamous: Second Quest

 

[Haunted]

Id be willing to bet that is a sword from whatever game they are working on next....doesnt look like the master sword, and WAY too elaborate for window dressing

One of the attacks in the game uses a version of that sword model and some enemies have these swords equipped, so it's not windowdressing.

It's a section in a nerd's basement with a lot of generic epic fantasy references for a fictional game.

 

[Hasney]

There's a fake MMO in the game that I'm pretty sure that sword is supposed to be from. You can see the game disc off to the side.

Yeah, that's found in his basement and they talk how awesome the sword is later on too.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

just found this on reddit

Infamous Second Son has a Master Sword(?) cameo. Cool!

That doesn't look like the Master Sword to me.

 

[mjontrix]

That doesn't look like the Master Sword to me.

Can't make it too obvious but it does look very similar.

 

[Mike M]

The hilt (or whatever it's called. Cross guard? I dunno) looks kinda but not really like an inverted version of the wings on the Hylian shield

But really, outside that bulge part it's not at all shaped anything like the Master Sword.

 

[KittenMaster]

They probably couldn't get permission to pay heaps of money to use the Master Sword's likeness on a competing console if they wanted, so yeah the individual details are completely different but they somehow manage to as the sum of all parts manage to invoke familiarity without it being a legal nightmare.

 

[Randam]

the hilt is blue, it has to be the master sword.


/sc

 

[Mista Koo]

From Hunter The Vigil book:

Not really a video game fact since the book copied the game. I was kinda hoping it would be the other way around

 

[Platy]

Yoshi New Island is the newest Totaka Song owner !

How to find a a small Totaka Song recap

 

[Jucksalbe]

Soundtrack redeemed?
Kinda funny that he's still doing this.

 

[Yoshi]

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.

No, better than that magnificient game? The same quality at best, which would make it (one of) the best RPG(s) anyway. More ambitious does not mean better though, sadly, it most of the time even means the opposite, because the developers spend so much time on different gameplay mechanics and settings that nothing is polished in the end.

Great find @Yoshi's Island . And I agree that the Infamous sword is probably meant to be a Zelda-reminiscence, not exactly the Master sword, but it has many details that invoke a Zelda-feeling.

 

[Friend of Sonic]

There's actually a really good article on Grantland about the development hell that this movie fell into. Definitely worth the read:

http://grantland.com/features/the-strange-case-super-mario-bros-movie/

This was a great read. I still like the movie for how spectacularly awful and deviating it was from the video game formula, but the question remains-- how do you make an accurate live action Mario Bros? I would have loved to read the first set of scripts, though.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

 

[Randam]

yeah, some context would be nice.

 

[Jucksalbe]

I guess "Fox" is close to "FX"?

 

[Deleted member 74300]

Star Fux?

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

yeah, some context would be nice.

The picture is the context

 

[Deleted member 10571]

just found this on reddit

Infamous Second Son has a Master Sword(?) cameo. Cool!

As others pointed out, it doesn't really look like the real thing, but goddamn I thought this was a photography while browsing this thread. Dat nextgen.

Alright, carry on and sorry for the offtopic.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

(random picture)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=791477

 

[kinn]

Fx as in the FX chip used?

X looks like a tail also?

 

[Towels]

So the secret is Super FX and Star Fox both have an F and X? That's not really well hidden.

Or are we just making up a fact that the FX chip is named is named after the fox? Or making up a fact that the game features a fox because fox has the letters F and X?

You can't just post a photoshopped picture and claim a secret found

 

[SolVanderlyn]

I'm not sure the curtain calls directly relate to the shadows and rigging on platforms and the end of levels, it was all just a bit of flourish IMO. Particularly the end of level blackness, since in the NES version, the plants and platforms in that area were just white outlines. Then in world 8, you got to a level where everything was like that. So the end of level is like Mario journeying into the encroaching darkness from Bowser's kingdom. (It was strange, poor decision on their part to normalize the levels for All-Stars and beyond.)

Shots from here: http://themushroomkingdom.net/smb3_nes2smas.shtml

I mistakenly went to page 70 instead of post 70 - which is the one about the bushes being recolored clouds - but this post blew my mind more. I never saw the end of level/World 8 darkness connection before, and it makes me a little upset that they changed it for All-Stars.

 

[ResidentDante]

The picture is the context

I'm not good at riddles, maybe I'm an idiot, but could you please explain a little further?

 

[Buttonbasher]

I'm not good at riddles, maybe I'm an idiot, but could you please explain a little further?

It's making a connection between the FX in Star Fox, and it using the Super FX chip.

Maybe if the name was SuperFox or something, but for now it seems pretty weak.

 

[Azure Dream]

SolVanderlyn: Glad you found it interesting. Was only an idea, of course.

It's making a connection between the FX in Star Fox, and it using the Super FX chip.

Maybe if the name was SuperFox or something, but for now it seems pretty weak.

I don't think it's that weak. It seems like a name specifically picked based on the technology it was showcasing.

It's not just the FX part.
Super FX
Star Fox

The beginning and end of both words match "Super FX".

It seems like a possibility to me. I mean, one of the following titles was "Stunt Race FX". They were clearly happy to include the chip's name there.

 

[ResidentDante]

It's making a connection between the FX in Star Fox, and it using the Super FX chip.

Maybe if the name was SuperFox or something, but for now it seems pretty weak.

Yeah, I think it is. But then again maybe it has some truth.