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Video game facts that blow your mind
- Thread starter DiipuSurotu
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Isabelle from Animal Crossing
Her head is also shaped like a bag of bells
I still cant believe I missed that while playing the game x_x
...her head is the same shape as the Switch puppy controller (joycon + grip)... can someone photoshop her eye a little lower?
I disagree. Although a lot of people were (rightly) disappointed that rather than build upon the lore & plot of the genesis games Defender of the Future went in a completely different direction, I think the new plot was still interesting enough, and the game managed to beautifully recreate the sense of mystery and wonder of the older games. Tim Follins DotF soundtrack is also a masterpiece, even more so then Nilsens work on the Sega CD. Some may criticize DotF for being often quite difficult and obtuse, but then again, so are the genesis games. Admittedly, the final act of the game is definitely a disappointment, but this doesn't undermine the 20 hours prior to it. I think everyone who is interested in Ecco not only due to nostalgia should try all three main games rather than limit themselves only to the genesis ones.
Oh damn. This is legit surprising
You were originally going to play as a human in Alien Soldier.
Not really mind blowing, but I got a chuckle after learning Hugo in SF 3rd Strike and Jolly Green Giant have the same prolific voice actor, the late Len Carlson.
Sorry I'm late with these, I just found this thread.
Walls made of bricks? What insane sorcery is this!? :)
(If it wasn't a joke post I admit I don't know what walls you're talking about. You mean the castles at the end of each stage?)
This is amazing, thanks for sharing.
Actually, applying a force (which results in an acceleration) is exactly what gravity does (both in real life and in games), so that method would be unique precisely in that it is applying a force: (g, just upwards instead of downwards), as opposed to jumping which is typically not done by applying a force but rather by instantly changing the object's speed (you want the character to immediately start moving upwards, rather than accelerate upwards over time).
(/pedantic)
Walls made of bricks? What insane sorcery is this!? :)
(If it wasn't a joke post I admit I don't know what walls you're talking about. You mean the castles at the end of each stage?)
This is amazing, thanks for sharing.
Actually, applying a force (which results in an acceleration) is exactly what gravity does (both in real life and in games), so that method would be unique precisely in that it is applying a force: (g, just upwards instead of downwards), as opposed to jumping which is typically not done by applying a force but rather by instantly changing the object's speed (you want the character to immediately start moving upwards, rather than accelerate upwards over time).
(/pedantic)
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Team Chaotix special attack in Sonic Heroes is a music concert :
This is a reference to a scraped idea from the first Sonic game, the game was supposed to have a sound test mode with the sonic band playing, Vector the Crocodile comes from this scraped idea :
Sadly, all the other band members died in a terrible car accident
This is a reference to a scraped idea from the first Sonic game, the game was supposed to have a sound test mode with the sonic band playing, Vector the Crocodile comes from this scraped idea :
Sadly, all the other band members died in a terrible car accident
WHAT?!In Super Mario 64, you can actually use the shell in Jolly Roger Bay like you can in Galaxy. I legitimately did not know this until last week.
What the fuuuuuck.In Super Mario 64, you can actually use the shell in Jolly Roger Bay like you can in Galaxy. I legitimately did not know this until last week.
In Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Professor Oak will give you five Pokeballs if you follow some very specific criteria. Without catching any Pokemon, evolving your starter, buying any Pokeballs at the store, or heading into Viridian Forest, you have to defeat your rival on Route 22 and then head all the way back to Oak for this scene:
Also, in Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal, if you want to toggle Daylight Savings Time on/off, you have to talk to your mom, who will do it for you because she has the instruction booklet. However, if you try to exploit this by doing so at a time that would result in the day of the week changing, this happens:
Cute way around a potentially game-crashing problem, though it also means Mom is doomed to lose that thing for exactly one hour each night. :P
Also, in Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal, if you want to toggle Daylight Savings Time on/off, you have to talk to your mom, who will do it for you because she has the instruction booklet. However, if you try to exploit this by doing so at a time that would result in the day of the week changing, this happens:
Cute way around a potentially game-crashing problem, though it also means Mom is doomed to lose that thing for exactly one hour each night. :P
This is a reference to a scraped idea from the first Sonic game, the game was supposed to have a sound test mode with the sonic band playing, Vector the Crocodile comes from this scraped idea :
Sadly, all the other band members died in a terrible car accident
Yes, yes! But I think it's a hen? I can see it already. Sonic Mania 2 & Hen.
In Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Professor Oak will give you five Pokeballs if you follow some very specific criteria. Without catching any Pokemon, evolving your starter, buying any Pokeballs at the store, or heading into Viridian Forest, you have to defeat your rival on Route 22 and then head all the way back to Oak for this scene:
Also, in Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal, if you want to toggle Daylight Savings Time on/off, you have to talk to your mom, who will do it for you because she has the instruction booklet. However, if you try to exploit this by doing so at a time that would result in the day of the week changing, this happens:
Cute way around a potentially game-crashing problem, though it also means Mom is doomed to lose that thing for exactly one hour each night. :P
Jesus...
Mega Man X's family was as followed:
Dr. Thomas Light (Creator and Father)
Mega Man, Cut Man, Bomb Man, Guts Man, Elec Man, Ice Man, Bomb Man, Plug Man, Hornet Man, Jewel Man, Galaxy Man, Concrete Man, Magma Man, and Tornado Man (Older Brothers)
Proto Man (Oldest Brother)
Roll and Splash Woman (Sisters)
Rush, Beat, and Tempo (Pets)
Also, X is 5'3 as well as opposed to his best friend and partner Zero, who's 5'9. =D
Dr. Thomas Light (Creator and Father)
Mega Man, Cut Man, Bomb Man, Guts Man, Elec Man, Ice Man, Bomb Man, Plug Man, Hornet Man, Jewel Man, Galaxy Man, Concrete Man, Magma Man, and Tornado Man (Older Brothers)
Proto Man (Oldest Brother)
Roll and Splash Woman (Sisters)
Rush, Beat, and Tempo (Pets)
Also, X is 5'3 as well as opposed to his best friend and partner Zero, who's 5'9. =D
City under flying fortress in final (before epilogue) story mission in Wolfenstein 2 is prerendered video.
The launch of original Xbox in Japan was torpedoed by the fact that at the same day ToHeart 2 X-Rated was released, which was a PC version of older dating sim, with eroge scenes added in. The pictures with huge crowds and long lines for eroge contrased with barely anyone for Xbox launch were hilarious :D
How could anyone play this game and miss this?In Super Mario 64, you can actually use the shell in Jolly Roger Bay like you can in Galaxy. I legitimately did not know this until last week.
I'm shocked.
Oh damn, i never knew that this is awesome!Secret of Evermore has a special bit for people who put their name in as "FUCK". And it's the only swear word that triggers it.
Wait what? No way!I posted this in the old thread but might as well bring it back here for a new era.
Quistis wears pants over shoes not knee high boots. It's nothing major but I know a lot of people who mistake her as wearing knee high boots.
However, PS3 Slims can't play PS2 games. What pisses me off the most about this is that if you put a PS2 disc in it says 'This console cannot play PS2 software'. So it recognises that it's a PS2 game but refuses to let you play it. :/ Since working PS2 controllers are so hard to come by, this means that all my games are collecting dust.
If this was to reduce the wear and tear on the disc reading laser, then I can understand it.
A good fact related to that is how Crash Bandicoot 1 streamed textures in such a way that he game was constantly reading from the disc, and it was reading to a level that was way beyond Sony's limit for what they would allow to be published.
that's probably because of the fact that one of the earlier PS3 models was backwards compatible with PS2 games, it was hardware based so they took it out in order to drop the systems price since that wasn't the best time for the PS3
the system being able to identity PS2 games is probably just a leftover
kid me somehow did this most of the time so i always had ingrained in my head that you always get 5 free pokeballs in the start every gen and was surprised when people kept saying "well, except in gen I"
These are the original/very early Inkling designs before they got their iconic humanoid look.
Early Squid Sisters (Callie & Marie) designs trying different outfits and styles. (current ones are there too!)
Very early Squid Sisters designs.
I do truly wonder tho, if the Squid Sisters are in any way based or inspired on/by the Mario Brothers a bit? They truly feel like female versions of them in another world. I know they are cousins but still :P
Edit: the first and last pic blows my mind ofcourse those Squid Sisters designs are totally different:P and those original Inkling designs truly do look funny in a way glad we got the human like ones with the squid form as a cool swim/run mechanic.
By the way the names Callie & Marie are a pun of Calimari squid rings (food), wich in Splatoon 2's story Marie actually realises.
Inklings also seem to eat Squid Rings wich make them either be cannibals or maybe they just eat their cut of tentacles from haircuts wich probably just regrow or regenerate.
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I thought everyone knew this lol, pretty sure I did that on my first time ever playing the level back in 96. Fuck I'm old.
it's a bird looking at it's reflection
saw this on reddit
Oh god. OH GOD!
I remember back when Chrono Trigger came out, there were game genie codes that would activate unused music such as Battle 2 and Singing Mountain if you triggered a certain part of the game.
Holy shit, thats what that was? I actually stopped playing the game back then because it creeped me out way too much.
Thats pretty cool. I was admiring the view on that, never noticed
Holy shit, thats what that was? I actually stopped playing the game back then because it creeped me out way too much.
Thats pretty cool. I was admiring the view on that, never noticed
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But it's kinda true: https://www.theatlantic.com/interna...-encounters-for-a-woman-and-a-dolphin/372606/
I forget the exact specifics (I think it's if you hit the flagman in both races of arcade mode?) the driver will be lifting his own head instead of a trophy at the end.
It took one designer (Caroline Miousse) two years to build the Notre Dame in AC Unity:
https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/31/7132587/assassins-creed-unity-paris
That took up 80% of her time.
https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/31/7132587/assassins-creed-unity-paris
That took up 80% of her time.
That these big balls are not its eye balls its eye balls are the small dots underneath it
This is more of an easter egg than a mind-blowing fact, but if you go to the official Overwatch website and entered the Konami code on the keyboard, something amusing will happen.
D.va fans will love it :D
Toby Fox hid a meta narrative in Undertale within the game files. People have pieced together a backstory for some of the characters that led to some major events.
I was stunned. Playing with a narrative medium that way and finding new ways to tell stories inspires me.
I was stunned. Playing with a narrative medium that way and finding new ways to tell stories inspires me.
By reusing assets from Xenoblade Chronicles X which took 5 years to make (which is notorious for lacking the same narrative focus as 1) Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was finished in just 2 years.
Same with Mass Effect 2 and 3 and IIRC, Ratchet 3. A lot of 2s and 3s in a series have shorter development cycles becaues the technology, basic mechanics and assets have been made.
Yesterday, a commenter on one of my YouTube videos pointed out that the shooter minigame event in WarioWare is a reskinned version of Solar Striker for Game Boy. I had no idea.
Here's WarioWare footage (not mine) with a time-skip to the relevant sequence: https://youtu.be/YSh1BXg20TA?t=42m22s
Here's WarioWare footage (not mine) with a time-skip to the relevant sequence: https://youtu.be/YSh1BXg20TA?t=42m22s
Wait, people didn't know this?? HOW DID YOU GET AROUND SWIMMING LIKE A SLOW DIPSHIT! You GOTTA use the shell!
