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[Haunted]

I have a new one for FF7:

You never really see the projections of the Cetra in the temple of Ancients close up, but if you could:

They resemble very ancient black mages...

Where is that model from and how does the scene (where this model is used) look within the game?

I'm looking for some context here.

 

[linkboy]

Where is that model from and how does the scene (where this model is used) look within the game?

I'm looking for some context here.

They're only in the Temple of the Ancients. You really don't see them up close, since the camera is pulled out in this area.

 

[Tarin02543]

Silent Hill based on Kindergarten Cop. This thread turns better by every page.

 

[Roto13]

So Silent Hill is ruined forever.

 

[Lily]

So Silent Hill is ruined forever.

Kindergarten cop was awesome, so no.

 

[Roto13]

Kindergarten cop was awesome, so no.

Kindergarten Cop was awesome for reasons opposite to why Silent Hill is awesome.

 

[Prime Blue]

The box art of Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon uses concept art that Nintendo created for Zelda in A Link to the Past (as seen in Hyrule Historia, page 143). According to game director Dale DeSharone, Nintendo was specifically tasked with creating the character designs for the box arts of Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon!

 

[XANDER CAGE]

They're only in the Temple of the Ancients. You really don't see them up close, since the camera is pulled out in this area.

Wait, there was swearing in FF7?

 

[Ferrio]

Wait, there was swearing in FF7?

I think it was all "$#%#$%"'ed out in the original *except* for the ending movie. When Cid says "Shit". First game I remember swearing not being censored.

 

[Kalnos]

Wait, there was swearing in FF7?

Uh... yeah.. a lot of it. Pretty suggestive stuff too, AKA. Honeybee Inn.

Oh, you mean uncensored. I see, carry on.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Barrett says something like "Shit. Why aren't you nervous?" to Cloud on the train right after the first mission.

 

[KittenMaster]

Wait, there was swearing in FF7?

Yep, quite a bit of it. They even mix actual swearing and incomprehensible Q*Bert "#*(@FH" garbled gibberish a lot of times.

The swearing got nerfed quite a bit in FF8 but still exists at times.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

I meant uncensored like that. I just remember a bunch of !#%!#@ style stuff.

 

[Professor Beef]

I meant uncensored like that. I just remember a bunch of !#%!#@ style stuff.

Stuff like "fuck" was censored, and the gibberish was also used in comedic fashion. "Shit" was used pretty liberally by Cid, though. I think "bitch" slipped through in one instance as well.

 

[HisshouBuraiKen]

Would you quit acting like a retard and climb?! I mean, post more secrets?!

 

[Melchiah]

Silent Hill contains references to Kindergarten Cop?!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=458539

This is the first time on this thread, when my mind was totally blown.

 

[cacildo]

Can somebody help with reply number 1852?

It seems the picture link is totally wrong, judging by the replies below (its on page 38 of this thread)

 

[Rufus]

Can somebody help with reply number 1852?

It seems the picture link is totally wrong, judging by the replies below (its on page 38 of this thread)

Tinypic recycles URLs after a while, which is why it is banned now. You can see what the URL currently points to if you replace the stars with "tinypic(dot)com". It's - I don't know what.

 

[BocoDragon]

Wait, there was swearing in FF7?

Of course there was... it was, back then, pretty notable IMO.

I also remember some pre-release English screens that showed more instances of "shit", that were $%&%$ in the final version.. It's like they made a last minute attempt to censor the swears...but didn't get them all before it shipped

 

[cacildo]

Tinypic recycles URLs after a while, which is why it is banned now. You can see what the URL currently points to if you replace the stars with "tinypic(dot)com". It's - I don't know what.

Yes, i did that already. I just couldnt understand what were they talking about, considering the replies.

 

[batbeg]

Can somebody help with reply number 1852?

It seems the picture link is totally wrong, judging by the replies below (its on page 38 of this thread)

They were referencing the (dumb) picture talking about how Xbox 360 stole it's name from the PSX line of controllers.

X = X

Box = [ ]

360 = O

 

[cacildo]

They were referencing the (dumb) picture talking about how Xbox 360 stole it's name from the PSX line of controllers.

X = X

Box = [ ]

360 = O

This one, you think?

 

[Clipper]

This one, you think?

Yep, that was the one that started it. One of the early rage comics on GAF too, so early that I thought it actually originated the meme for a while.

 

[skullomania]

As a tribute to the recent Hudson Soft (RIP) news -

BOMBERMAN ACT ZERO was actually a sequel to BOMBER KING (which predates most Bomberman games!!!)

 

[Vally]

Just saw this on tumblr and thought it was interesting... high school logos from the Persona series:



The ones from P3 and P4 are kind of obvious but the one from P2 did blow my mind; at first I thought it was a bit of a stretch, but then I realized the game takes place in Sumaru City and Subaru/Sumaru are both Japanese names for the Pleiades constellation.

 

[$200]

The box art of Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon uses concept art that Nintendo created for Zelda in A Link to the Past (as seen in Hyrule Historia, page 143). According to game director Dale DeSharone, Nintendo was specifically tasked with creating the character designs for the box arts of Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon!

Does that mean that King Harkinian was actually created by Nintendo? Holy Shit if true.

 

[Tizoc]

From FF13-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRRX-aSCQ-U

 

[Octorockin']

The ones from P3 and P4 are kind of obvious but the one from P2 did blow my mind; at first I thought it was a bit of a stretch, but then I realized the game takes place in Sumaru City and Subaru/Sumaru are both Japanese names for the Pleiades constellation.

Whoa, cool find. I wonder if Persona 5 will have something similar.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Just saw this on tumblr and thought it was interesting... high school logos from the Persona series:

http://i.minus.com/jVsdwPMQZvEI5.JPG[IMG]

The ones from P3 and P4 are kind of obvious but the one from P2 did blow my mind; at first I thought it was a bit of a stretch, but then I realized the game takes place in Sumaru City and Subaru/Sumaru are both Japanese names for the Pleiades constellation.[/QUOTE]

What's more mind blowing to me is that it never occurred to me that the Subaru logo had the Pleiades in it.

 

[oracrest]

This thread is so excellent, I subscribed to it.

The real gold is starting at page 1 and marathoning through the whole thread.

 

[Shiggy]

In Pikmin there seem to be a few easter eggs hidden:

Interesting... Some screen places have an hidden name using free look... interesting even more:
The Screen Designer is called Tokihiko Toyoda, and what's wrote on the place? Toyoda... It seems like an easter egg just for the developers (such as the Portal, with the Radio named the guy who made the Sounds)
Images:
*USED FREE LOOK ON DOLPHIN*

There's even more hidden outside of the visible area:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHCP6NcIkfQ&feature=player_embedded


More here:
http://forum.unseen64.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2643&start=90

 

[-BLITZ-]

Don't know if this had been posted, but I'm Playing Splinter Cell Series right now and something familiar was with some voices in Pandora Tomorrow until I remember from where they are coming. For example Grim voice is played by the same person who voiced Valerie Constantine from Far Cry and most of the mercenaries from FC are played by the commandos from Pandora Tomorrow.

Both games released in the same day.

 

[Bomber Bob]

Just saw this on tumblr and thought it was interesting... high school logos from the Persona series:



The ones from P3 and P4 are kind of obvious but the one from P2 did blow my mind; at first I thought it was a bit of a stretch, but then I realized the game takes place in Sumaru City and Subaru/Sumaru are both Japanese names for the Pleiades constellation.

 

[Juicy Bob]

I'm sorry if this is well known, but it's new to me.

The options menu and ending theme in Sonic 2 was sampled from a Japanese pop song.

 

[Berordn]

I'm sorry if this is well known, but it's new to me.

The options menu and ending theme in Sonic 2 was sampled from a Japanese pop song.

Sort of. The band DREAMS COME TRUE composed and owns the rights to the songs in Sonic 1 and 2. SWEET SWEET SWEET was based on the credits theme from Sonic 2, not the other way around.

This is somewhat common knowledge, though.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Sort of. The band DREAMS COME TRUE composed and owns the rights to the songs in Sonic 1 and 2. SWEET SWEET SWEET was based on the credits theme from Sonic 2, not the other way around.

This is somewhat common knowledge, though.

Fair enough. Had a feeling this might be common knowledge, but it blew my mind after all this time!

 

[Myriadis]

In Pikmin there seem to be a few easter eggs hidden:



*PIC*


There's even more hidden outside of the visible area:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHCP6NcIkfQ&feature=player_embedded


More here:
http://forum.unseen64.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2643&start=90

That's quite cool, the free view thing is really a nice tool. I wonder if there are more games that do these things, hiding messages in an area that no TV can show?

 

[Sciz]

Fair enough. Had a feeling this might be common knowledge, but it blew my mind after all this time!

Not the only time they did it, either.

Kusuriyubi no Kesshin
Marry Me

 

[RagnarokX]

Sort of. The band DREAMS COME TRUE composed and owns the rights to the songs in Sonic 1 and 2. SWEET SWEET SWEET was based on the credits theme from Sonic 2, not the other way around.

This is somewhat common knowledge, though.

They also made songs from a bunch of other Sonic 1 and 2 music... Try and find them all!

 

[EmCeeGramr]

This ain't exactly "mindblowing" but it's something that not a lot of people realize.

Link in Ocarina of Time and Link in Majora's Mask do not use the same model:

Majora's Mask Link is much more detailed, he finally has a strap for his sword, his ears and hair are more detailed, his boots aren't as chunky, and he has detail on his tunic. For a game that's well-known for mostly reusing OoT assets, it's actually surprising that there's so many little differences that a lot of people don't notice since the models look so superficially similar.

It's like the anti-cloudbush.



Bonus: They actually bothered to make tiny differences to the Gorons between OoT and MM as well.

 

[Gravijah]

i think i've always subconsciously noticed the bangs being different, but not never really realized.

 

[MNC]

I also like how Link has much more (but very stupid and redundant) jump animations in MM. But, who cartwheel jumps over dangerous gaps!

 

[mysteriousmage09]

This ain't exactly "mindblowing" but it's something that not a lot of people realize.

Link in Ocarina of Time and Link in Majora's Mask do not use the same model:

Majora's Mask Link is much more detailed, he finally has a strap for his sword, his ears and hair are more detailed, his boots aren't as chunky, and he has detail on his tunic. For a game that's well-known for mostly reusing OoT assets, it's actually surprising that there's so many little differences that a lot of people don't notice since the models look so superficially similar.

It's like the anti-cloudbush.



Bonus: They actually bothered to make tiny differences to the Gorons between OoT and MM as well.

N64 Expansion Pak + advances to game engine = profit.

 

[Loofy]

I also like how Link has much more (but very stupid and redundant) jump animations in MM. But, who cartwheel jumps over dangerous gaps!

You gotta remember that this is the same link that already went through 8 dungeons and vanquished ganon. By the time he gets to MM hes pretty fricken badass. Probably the strongest link in the entire series...

 

[rollingstart]

the biggest difference I noticed between OoT and MM back in the day was how much quicker the start menu would open in MM.

 

[Man God]

the art changes are painfully obvious if you play the two games back to back.

 

[Hot Coldman]

MM Link is probably one of the most (ugh) "bad-arse" characters Nintendo ever put in a game. Dude doesn't mess.

 

[KittenMaster]

I always knew that Young Link came off as older and much more refined in MM, but I was never really able to pinpoint why exactly with the exception of him being able to use the Hylian shield like an adult.

Awesome touches that confirm my long time suspicions.

 

[gundamzeta209]

Interesting... Other than the whole starting Dimps thing, I found another interesting quote:

I always thought the Shoryuken was based on this...

http://youtu.be/DrO4YlpKOLA?t=6m36s

it's very similar, but i guess i was wrong.

 

[Brobzoid]

nuffin merciful about uppercutting waterfalls! >:I