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[Zynx]

38. Former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi owns a majority share of the Seattle Marines baseball team, which is now managed by former Nintendo of America head, Howard Lincoln.

Failed: Research.
It was pushed onto (sold to) Nintendo - now that portion is owned by Nintendo.

Failed: Proofreading
"Marines"?

 

[Shard]

Failed: Research.
It was pushed onto (sold to) Nintendo - now that portion is owned by Nintendo.

Failed: Proofreading
"Marines"?

Well, to be fair, they are British.

 

[ToxicAdam]

102. One of the founding members of EA was a transsexual.



http://www.nndb.com/people/662/000057491/

 

[Eiji]

102. One of the founding members of EA was a transsexual.



http://www.nndb.com/people/662/000057491/

That explains a lot!

lulz

 

[Spin]

25. Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind contains a secret talking crab tucked away on a small island, who’s also a trader.

Where is this crab? I never found him though I knew he existed.

 

[Desiderus]

80. In the US release of Gameboy RPG Final Fantasy Legend II, Nintendo’s censorship guidelines meant that a band of opium smugglers became banana smugglers instead.

Amazing!

 

[Night_Trekker]

25. Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind contains a secret talking crab tucked away on a small island, who’s also a trader.

Where is this crab? I never found him though I knew he existed.

Here you go.

 

[PataHikari]

Holy crap at the Mario 64 one.

Good show TASers, good show.

 

[toneroni]

nice find. Cool article, i wanna see more of this stuff.

 

[tehbear]

10. Bizarre PS2 RPG Metal Saga (unreleased in Europe) features an ending sequence you can access from the introductory cut-scene.

At first I thought I was picking my class... then... GAME OVER.

 

[Extollere]

100. Mega Man is blue thanks to the first format he appeared on – the NES – having a limited, blue-tinted selection of colours to display.

I think this one is wrong. Originally Mega Man was planned to be red. The creator changed his mind after somebody persuaded him to make him blue. The reason was because the NES had a limited red pallet, but featured more shades of blue.

Spoiler

I think...

 

[Alcander]

I think this one is wrong. Originally Mega Man was planned to be red. The creator changed his mind after somebody persuaded him to make him blue. The reason was because the NES had a limited red pallet, but featured more shades of blue.

Spoiler

I think...

quit being a banana smuggler!

 

[Extollere]

quit being a banana smuggler

 

[Miniboss1232]

I think this one is wrong. Originally Mega Man was planned to be red. The creator changed his mind after somebody persuaded him to make him blue. The reason was because the NES had a limited red pallet, but featured more shades of blue.

Spoiler

I think...

I think you're just reading the quote wrong. It's essentially saying what you've said, there they had a "limited" palette, and it was more blue-oriented ("blue-tinted").

 

[InterMoniker]

73. ‘J Allard’ is actually J Allard’s name. It was changed from James Allard.

Just call me J :lol

quit being a banana smuggler

What....

 

[dallow_bg]

Very cool list, with a couple of real surprises.

1-star Mario 64 run? Now *that* I want to see!

It's on youtube.
Running on an emulator with tons of glitches.

Pretty amazing.


Also, Earthbound had a scratch n sniff box right?
Or was it something in the box, I can't remember now and don't want to look for it.

 

[Ogni-XR21]

The soundtrack of Jet Set Radio contains a sample of a german slogan of an advertising campain for cigarettes.

"Wer wird den gleich in die Luft gehen, rauch erst mal eine HB!"

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

It's on youtube.
Running on an emulator with tons of glitches.

Pretty amazing.


Also, Earthbound had a scratch n sniff box right?
Or was it something in the box, I can't remember now and don't want to look for it.

game guide

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

It's on youtube.
Running on an emulator with tons of glitches.

For the lazy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16OEqIzkUcQ

Aside from all of the exploits and insane platforming the thing I'm most impressed by is how fast Mario swims.

 

[mollipen]

As much as I hate stupid lawsuits, she actually had a really good case. She was contacted by Sega for the game, and she refused to be featured in it. Ulala was a complete clone of her, even her name is from the opening of the Groove is in the Heart video.

It was an homage to her, and didn't directly use her, her name, or anything connected with Deee-Lite in order to sell the product. The lawsuit was stupid, and she deserved to lose.

 

[Apharmd Battler]

Thanks for posting the list.

 

[MisterHero]

--Dan Hibiki has the most powerful Hyper Combo in Marvel vs. Capcom 2

--Dan's Premium Sign is also a Hyper Combo Finish

<3 Dan

--David Hayter is a double patriot: He voiced Captain America for the 90s Spider-man cartoons

--apperantly, Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) was the voice of Mario on the CBS Supercade, and the first voice of Mario ever

--Mario, Donkey Kong, and Pauline were originally stand-ins for Popeye, Bluto and Olive Oyle

[/useless knowledge]

 

[kennah]

The average gamer was born in 1974, but didn't bother with 2600, NES, SNES generations?

For a lot of people the Playstation was their first experience with gaming.

 

[Version 3.0]

For a lot of people the Playstation was their first experience with gaming.

Which is damn unfortunate. I personally bought my nephews the older consoles first (starting with the NES) and progressed them onward to the PS2/Gamecube era (with some emulators thrown in when their families got PCs). Now they're 15 and 11. I bought them both Wiis earlier this year.

 

[Night_Trekker]

For a lot of people the Playstation was their first experience with gaming.

I know that this is true, but I cannot imagine getting into gaming with the freaking Playstation. The idea is just depressing (and I say this as someone who loved his Playstation).

 

[Rody]

17. Michael Jackson, in some form or other, has appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Ready 2 Rumble Round 2, Space Channel 5 1 & 2, GTA: Vice City and, obviously, Moonwalker.

What.

 

[psychodoodle]

This was an amusing article, and I bump the thread hoping for more nerdowledge. i know GAF can do it!

“Nintendo” translates as “Leave luck to heaven”.


, crazy

I misread it as "Leave DUCKS to heaven"!...(and then shoot them with your laser guns!)

Which is damn unfortunate. I personally bought my nephews the older consoles first (starting with the NES) and progressed them onward to the PS2/Gamecube era (with some emulators thrown in when their families got PCs). Now they're 15 and 11. I bought them both Wiis earlier this year.

So, you´re now trying to end their gaming habits?

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Wait in what way was micheal jackson in sonic 3?

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

Wait in what way was micheal jackson in sonic 3?

You can hear snippets of his voice in the boss fights, and the Launch Base Zone.

And apparently, the themes for the Ice Cap Zone and the ending credits were MJ compositions.

 

[Jasoco]

"28. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime used to be the senior director of national marketing at Pizza Hut. While there he launched the Bigfoot Pizza and The Big New Yorker."

Man... why can't he go back to Pizza Hut? I miss the Big New Yorker.



Also, on the Sonic 3 Michael Jackson thing. Here's the videos..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbVM-l2Oku4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRtEZ3c3EJM

 

[Rlan]

No, essentially most of the music in Sonic 3 was made by people who make Michael Jackson music, so the rumor goes that Michael was going to be involved but SEGA cut the deal once the charges came about.

It's all explained here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JbVM-l2Oku4

 

[izakq]

5. Unreleased titles in the Oddworld series include The Hand of Odd, Squeek’s Oddysee and SligStorm.

This still makes me sad.

 

[psychodoodle]

More new nerdowledge, less already-answered-in-this-thread stuff!

 

[Jasoco]

No, essentially most of the music in Sonic 3 was made by people who make Michael Jackson music, so the rumor goes that Michael was going to be involved but SEGA cut the deal once the charges came about.

Beat you to the punch.

Also, to clarify:

Carnival Zone = Jam
Ice Cap Zone = Who Is It?
Credits = Stranger in Moscow

 

[Neomoto]

Thanks for posting. I knew some of it but there are a couple of really interesting ones in it. Especially the 1 star Mario 64 run and the youtube link.. holy shit

"Possessing a copy of Manhunt in New Zealand is a criminal offence."
:lol

--Mario, Donkey Kong, and Pauline were originally stand-ins for Popeye, Bluto and Olive Oyle

Seriously? Where can I read more about this?

 

[lastendconductor]

You can hear snippets of his voice in the boss fights, and the Launch Base Zone.

And apparently, the themes for the Ice Cap Zone and the ending credits were MJ compositions.

Well, that certainly explains why that theme has always been my favorite.

 

[MisterHero]

Seriously? Where can I read more about this?

http://www.answers.com/topic/donkey-kong-video-game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye_(video_game)

Not a great source, but that's the fastest affirmation to something I read/heard before.

Basically, Nintendo's rights to use the Popeye characters were in dispute.

Thank goodness we have Mario though.

 

[S-Wind]

For a lot of people the Playstation was their first experience with gaming.

I pity the fools.

 

[mclem]

51. The inflated breast size of Lara Croft was the result of designer Toby Gard accidentally adjusting the model's chest to 150% its intended size and being persuaded by other designers working on the game that the ballooned boobs should stay.

Urban legend.

 

[Joei]

If anyone in here has read anything by British journalist/author Danny Wallace, then you might be familiar with "Join Me," both a book and sort of a. . . cult he started a few years back. Well, he went around a portion of England posting flyers to join him in like a club of nothing (not really nothing but don't feel like explaining). Anyways, I remember reading that a game developer who had in fact joined him (I think) had put some flyers in one of the games that he helped develop. They're actually in the game on walls and stuff saying, "Join Me" and refering back to Danny and his collective. I can't remember the game or developer, and the urge to research this more is fading, so, uh, yeah. . . just, um. . . anyone familiar with Danny Wallace?


EDIT - oh, and the list was pretty cool

 

[Version 3.0]

So, you´re now trying to end their gaming habits?

Har de har har. Actually, it's gotten their parents to play, also. My younger nephew gets to play on their large television now, instead of usually having to use the tiny LCD screen I bought him. And now my big sister plays Guitar Hero as well, and her husband has gotten into my older nephew's PS2 game collection (was playing Burnout last night when I talked to her).

See, Wii brings gaming to the masses!

 

[Neomoto]

http://www.answers.com/topic/donkey-kong-video-game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye_(video_game)

Not a great source, but that's the fastest affirmation to something I read/heard before.

Basically, Nintendo's rights to use the Popeye characters were in dispute.

Thank goodness we have Mario though.

Ah tnx for the link Funny how things go heh.

 

[djtiesto]

There's a voice sample embedded deep within Front Mission (SFC) that, when plays backwards, says "ni**er" in a British accent.