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Videogame facts that blow your mind (SuperMarioBros. SHOCKING SECRET INSIDE p #70)
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Diablohead
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it doesn't have to be an exact copy but both are very much like each other.
They're almost nothing alike...
Foreground object to the left in front of a sunset. Wow. Too close to be a coincidence! Googling "sunset sailboat" reveals a bunch of Evangelion copycats as well.
I think most of you know the PS2 Startup animation.
Did you notice these white towers, some higher than the others? That's not just nice useless eye-candy.
The towers represent games. The more games you play on the PS2, the more towers are added. The longer you play a game, the higher the tower gets.
Sometimes, it erases all towers. I think it happens when you unplug the console.
Edit: It seems that it actually reads data from the memory cards to show the towers.
Whaaaat the fuuuck
Genius!
No, it means intentional and very close.
Exactly?
People are saying it can't be because it's not exactly the same.
It's most probably not a reference, but people seem to not understand the term
Haunted
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So many Evangelion references!
That's incredible.I think most of you know the PS2 Startup animation.
Did you notice these white towers, some higher than the others? That's not just nice useless eye-candy.
The towers represent games. The more games you play on the PS2, the more towers are added. The longer you play a game, the higher the tower gets.
Sometimes, it erases all towers. I think it happens when you unplug the console.
Edit: It seems that it actually reads data from the memory cards to show the towers.
On GAF, apparently it did.
Seems like it's possible. Was digging around a little, and found sprites of 8-bit Bowser against a white background. The bracelet parts and so on was white then.
If someone could find some evidence to support this, that would be great, but according to TV Tropes, the black part of Bowser armbands in Super Mario Bros. is actually blank space, because 8-bit sprites back then could only support up to 3 colors.
So the nostril too is a blank space? neat.
Sapphire Dreams
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Here is a little extra trivia;
did you know that Lightning's voice actress has also voiced Lira from Mass Effect ?
And Palutena in Kid Icarus Uprising.
There are only five active voice actors in North America anyway.
And like two in Germany.
Wiz
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Yeah I did, but I don't even remember reading/picking up on it back then.
MrCunningham
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because 8-bit sprites back then could only support up to 3 colors.
4 colours.
The transparency is really just a colour set to a transparent value. Think about it like a 256 colour transparent gif. NES sprites could either display 4 solid colours or 3 colours with one transparency.
But yeah, most likely all the black areas are transparent. It makes sense since Bowser was always displayed on a black background in each castle.
Bomber Bob
Banned
i know right?
4 colours.
The transparency is really just a colour set to a transparent value. Think about it like a 256 colour transparent gif. NES sprites could either display 4 solid colours or 3 colours with one transparency.
But yeah, most likely all the black areas are transparent. It makes sense since Bowser was always displayed on a black background in each castle.
It's so insane how much they did with such limitations. And then you have something like Megaman 3, which looks even better. But I love how Nintendo managed to do it so well with some tricks. It's the reason we have cloudbush and the fact that the tileset in the underground levels is the tileset for the first overworld levels, but just in another palette.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Mind = blown
Jaded Alyx
Member
...........really?
I realised cloudbush and the pallets swap thing when I was seven. It seems so obvious to me.
Franklinator
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And the guy who played Noel was in Spirited Away.
I think I found a piece of music that may have inspired (in part) DKC's Aquatic Ambiance.
Dexter Wansel's "What the World is Coming To".
Especially the part I've linked to, but listen to the whole thing.
Dexter Wansel's "What the World is Coming To".
Especially the part I've linked to, but listen to the whole thing.
Meccanical
Member
And A Goofy Movie
Lord British
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Tizoc
Member
Wait Noel is Max Goofy?
Reposting 'cause I was last on the last page.
Meccanical
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I don't know if it's common knowledge or not but scrap brain zone from Sonic 1 sounds a lot like the ending theme from Blade Runner.
Sonic 1
Blade Runner
Listen to the drums.
Sonic 1
Blade Runner
Listen to the drums.
zephervack
Member
Wow you might be onto something, not only did it remind me of Aquatic Ambiance, but also some other themes in DKC2 and 3.
tkscz
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Not sure if anyone brought this up already but, Paarthurnax from TES V: Skyrim, is played by Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
All these years, countless replays, and I only just noticed that the Half-Life 2 crosshair:
Doesn't just show health and ammo, but also indicates the maximum spread and damage zone of the SMG and Combine AR.
Doesn't just show health and ammo, but also indicates the maximum spread and damage zone of the SMG and Combine AR.
Charles Martinet is also the voice of Lagerfeld in Resonance of Fate. Quite versatile.
All these years, countless replays, and I only just noticed that the Half-Life 2 crosshair:
Doesn't just show health and ammo, but also indicates the maximum spread and damage zone of the SMG and Combine AR.
Isn't this just a mere coincidence?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I'm sorry, but these are gigantic stretches. As usual.