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During the game's first case "Turnabout Memories", defense attorney Marvin Grossberg makes several references to his hemorrhoids acting up, with one being that they are "doing the Harlem Shake". While the English localization of the game wrote in several pop culture references and memes that were popular at the time of its release in 2007, this reference to the Harlem Shake was not a reference to the 2013 viral dance since it did not exist yet, but was actually a reference to the pre-existing Harlem Shake dance that first originated in New York City in 1981. However, according to the official Ace Attorney series timeline, Trials and Tribulations takes place in 2019, and in the events of that game, the Turnabout Memories case takes place five years beforehand in 2014, which is coincidentally one year after the Harlem Shake meme went viral. This makes it plausible for unaware players to assume that Grossberg is referencing the viral dance in the time when it was relevant, unintentionally predicting the meme's popularity and ostensibly inflating the number of meme references in the English script.
Alternatively, the German translation of the game instead has Grossberg say his hemorrhoids are doing "den Ententanz", also known as the Chicken Dance, another fad dance originating from Switzerland in the 1950's.
Alternatively, the German translation of the game instead has Grossberg say his hemorrhoids are doing "den Ententanz", also known as the Chicken Dance, another fad dance originating from Switzerland in the 1950's.
Turnabout Memories (English) in-game footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0yB6txqsa8#t=2160
Turnabout Memories (German) in-game footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6bdrsQiSRQ#t=1148
Scans of official Ace Attorney timeline as taken from the book "Gyakuten Taizen 2001-2016" (Turnabout Encyclopedia 2001-2016):
https://aceattorney.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:DeeSeF256/Gyakuten_Taizen_2001-2016_Brief_Rundown
Harlem Shake 2013 meme Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Shake_(meme)
Harlem Shake 1981 dance Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_shake_(dance)
Chicken Dance Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0yB6txqsa8#t=2160
Turnabout Memories (German) in-game footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6bdrsQiSRQ#t=1148
Scans of official Ace Attorney timeline as taken from the book "Gyakuten Taizen 2001-2016" (Turnabout Encyclopedia 2001-2016):
https://aceattorney.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:DeeSeF256/Gyakuten_Taizen_2001-2016_Brief_Rundown
Harlem Shake 2013 meme Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Shake_(meme)
Harlem Shake 1981 dance Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_shake_(dance)
Chicken Dance Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Dance
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In the area beside The Watermill, there is a tree with a small low-poly representation of a Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle attached to it. This pairs well with a bit of cut content recently found within the game's code for the same area, where Ico could have gained a secret weapon that took the form of an Insect Net.
How these two elements could have come together remains unknown, but it was likely part of a reference to Ico's voice actor, Kazuhiro Shindō, and his prior role as 'Boku' in the first installment of the Boku no Natsuyasumi series.
Boku no Natsuyasumi had an extensive bug-catching and beetle fighting system. These features reappearing in ICO were potentially meant to be an elaborate reference, playing on the idea that Kazuhiro Shindō is once again voicing a young boy, who might refer to himself with the first-person pronoun 'boku', if he were to speak Japanese.
How these two elements could have come together remains unknown, but it was likely part of a reference to Ico's voice actor, Kazuhiro Shindō, and his prior role as 'Boku' in the first installment of the Boku no Natsuyasumi series.
Boku no Natsuyasumi had an extensive bug-catching and beetle fighting system. These features reappearing in ICO were potentially meant to be an elaborate reference, playing on the idea that Kazuhiro Shindō is once again voicing a young boy, who might refer to himself with the first-person pronoun 'boku', if he were to speak Japanese.
This video displays both the Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle and the wireframe of the unused Insect Net weapon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkyGF-8bSsg
The credits for both ICO and Boku No Nastuyasumi show that both protagonists' voice actors have the same name. I have highlighted both names in a combined screenshot attached.
ICO credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqL1OIvveN8#t=240
Boku no Natsuyasumi credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu3bOtajQLs#t=41058
Additionally, Kazuhiro Shindō's Japanese Wikipedia article confirms his video game roles. Providing evidence that he really was the voice of both characters:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/進藤一宏#ゲーム
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkyGF-8bSsg
The credits for both ICO and Boku No Nastuyasumi show that both protagonists' voice actors have the same name. I have highlighted both names in a combined screenshot attached.
ICO credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqL1OIvveN8#t=240
Boku no Natsuyasumi credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu3bOtajQLs#t=41058
Additionally, Kazuhiro Shindō's Japanese Wikipedia article confirms his video game roles. Providing evidence that he really was the voice of both characters:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/進藤一宏#ゲーム
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Alex Kidd: High-Tech World revolves around Alex going to a new Sega arcade called "High-Tech World", which seems to be a strange and arguably counter-intuitive product placement for Sega's Hi-Tech Land arcades that only existed in Japan and have a slightly different name from the one given in the game. The game was originally released in Japan as Anmitsu Hime, and revolved around finding a cake shop instead of an arcade, meaning that the audience that could actually have a Hi-Tech Land in close proximity would not be able to play the game under normal means.
The Sega Retro article for Hi-Tech Land (https://segaretro.org/Hi-Tech_Land_Sega) claims the name to have originated after High Tech World's release in 1989, but the wiki itself has two contradicting pieces of evidence:
1990 flyer showing a listing for a Hi-Tech Land arcade that opened in 1978 (page 5):
https://segaretro.org/images/9/9b/SegaEnJoint_JP_Flyer.pdf
A photograph of a Hi-Tech Land in Sapporo, Japan, dated to 1987, with the name visible:
https://segaretro.org/File:HiTechLandSega_Japan_Kotoni_1987.jpg
Longplay of Alex Kidd: High-Tech World:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDMNEBv-4Hw
Longplay of Anmitsu Hime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13UH4tUFZ38
1990 flyer showing a listing for a Hi-Tech Land arcade that opened in 1978 (page 5):
https://segaretro.org/images/9/9b/SegaEnJoint_JP_Flyer.pdf
A photograph of a Hi-Tech Land in Sapporo, Japan, dated to 1987, with the name visible:
https://segaretro.org/File:HiTechLandSega_Japan_Kotoni_1987.jpg
Longplay of Alex Kidd: High-Tech World:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDMNEBv-4Hw
Longplay of Anmitsu Hime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13UH4tUFZ38
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Despite being marketed as one of the two-games-in-one packs that were popular on the Game Boy Advance, neither game included in Looney Tunes Double Pack was ever released separately. The game's copyright information before the title screen lists both of the included games as separate copyrighted entities, meaning they may have been intended to be released as separate, more expansive titles at some point.
Looney Tunes Double Pack longplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT7RXGDnyZ0
Giant Bomb review:
https://www.giantbomb.com/looney-tunes-double-pack/3030-39633/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT7RXGDnyZ0
Giant Bomb review:
https://www.giantbomb.com/looney-tunes-double-pack/3030-39633/
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One of Star Fox Command's new characters is Dash Bowman, the grandson of Andross who, ironically enough, is a pilot in the Cornerian Defense Force and also an admirer of the Star Fox team.
In the Japanese version of the game, his first name is アッシュ (Asshu), or Ash, which is more in line with the naming conventions of his relatives, Andross and Andrew Oikonny, whose names also start with "A". It's possible that his surname, Bowman, is a reference to the character of David Bowman, the protagonist of the film "2001: A Space Odyssey", though this is unconfirmed.
In the Japanese version of the game, his first name is アッシュ (Asshu), or Ash, which is more in line with the naming conventions of his relatives, Andross and Andrew Oikonny, whose names also start with "A". It's possible that his surname, Bowman, is a reference to the character of David Bowman, the protagonist of the film "2001: A Space Odyssey", though this is unconfirmed.
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During his victory animation, Double D will toss his sock hat in the air, revealing his hair, seemingly answering a popular mystery from the Ed, Edd, n' Eddy cartoon. However, this should not be considered canon to the show, as Double D's head was intentionally never officially revealed on the show. The game was possibly made by a separate group in Cartoon Network’s American division, while the show was produced by a.k.a. Cartoon in Canada.
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According to Suikosource user JiN88, the Japanese demo of Suikoden II contains two debug/testing rooms.
The first test room claims to be in Radat Town, despite seeming to be in Kyaro Town. The room contains various warping and unfinished textures, out-of-place objects like barrels, and two non-functioning Warp points. Of the warp points, one can be found down near a river and loads nothing, while the other can be found near a bridge with an Anita NPC and some invisible objects. While this test room seems to be empty, except for one small area featuring several invisible objects, a pushable tree that you can talk to, and a row of NPCs that can be pushed, but cannot be interacted with without crashing the game. There are also two Gabocha NPCs, one of which can warp you back to somewhere else in the test room, while the other has some dialogue and acts like a shopkeeper. Finishing the conversation with the shopkeeper Gabocha will cause the game to crash. Interacting with any Anita NPC will cause the game to crash.
The second test room contains several repeating groups of Anita, Gengen, and Old Man NPCs in a sort of army formation. The name of this second debug room is "神様の村" which means "Village of God"/"God's village". Talking to the Anita and Gengen NPC groups will have them say a single line of dialogue (the Anitas however will have no text), and once finished will cause the game to try and load something, which results in the game crashing. It's thought that they would try to warp you somewhere with a cutscene. Raww Le Klueze, global admin of the Suikosource forums, has translated this room's dialogue as such:
This latter piece of dialogue might be a reference to the song "Nice Hot Water", a 1966 song in the "Nihon no Uta" Japanese local song series that was famously covered by the Japanese comedy rock band The Drifters. The first line before the hyphen is the same as the song, and the second line after the hyphen is almost the same as the song.
The first test room claims to be in Radat Town, despite seeming to be in Kyaro Town. The room contains various warping and unfinished textures, out-of-place objects like barrels, and two non-functioning Warp points. Of the warp points, one can be found down near a river and loads nothing, while the other can be found near a bridge with an Anita NPC and some invisible objects. While this test room seems to be empty, except for one small area featuring several invisible objects, a pushable tree that you can talk to, and a row of NPCs that can be pushed, but cannot be interacted with without crashing the game. There are also two Gabocha NPCs, one of which can warp you back to somewhere else in the test room, while the other has some dialogue and acts like a shopkeeper. Finishing the conversation with the shopkeeper Gabocha will cause the game to crash. Interacting with any Anita NPC will cause the game to crash.
The second test room contains several repeating groups of Anita, Gengen, and Old Man NPCs in a sort of army formation. The name of this second debug room is "神様の村" which means "Village of God"/"God's village". Talking to the Anita and Gengen NPC groups will have them say a single line of dialogue (the Anitas however will have no text), and once finished will cause the game to try and load something, which results in the game crashing. It's thought that they would try to warp you somewhere with a cutscene. Raww Le Klueze, global admin of the Suikosource forums, has translated this room's dialogue as such:
"The Gengens each say:
• "I am the sound change god"
• "I am the sound test god"
• "I am the window change god"
• "I am the unit change god" (for this phrase, he uses the same word as Apple does when you rearrange war units)
Some of what the Old Man says follows the same format "I am the god of !" in the middle row
Library, Suggestion box, Restaurant, Cooking Battles, Guardian Deity and Peeping...? (He also laughs after that one. Bath scenes maybe?)
Top says "The detective god is here!"
Bottom "Fishing god here!" "I'm the god of tablets" (same word as the plates found in the Sindar ruins, presumably tests that?)
Last one on the bottom I don't know, he just seems to be making noise cause it just says BABANBABANBANBAN - HAAPIBANONO."
• "I am the sound change god"
• "I am the sound test god"
• "I am the window change god"
• "I am the unit change god" (for this phrase, he uses the same word as Apple does when you rearrange war units)
Some of what the Old Man says follows the same format "I am the god of !" in the middle row
Library, Suggestion box, Restaurant, Cooking Battles, Guardian Deity and Peeping...? (He also laughs after that one. Bath scenes maybe?)
Top says "The detective god is here!"
Bottom "Fishing god here!" "I'm the god of tablets" (same word as the plates found in the Sindar ruins, presumably tests that?)
Last one on the bottom I don't know, he just seems to be making noise cause it just says BABANBABANBANBAN - HAAPIBANONO."
This latter piece of dialogue might be a reference to the song "Nice Hot Water", a 1966 song in the "Nihon no Uta" Japanese local song series that was famously covered by the Japanese comedy rock band The Drifters. The first line before the hyphen is the same as the song, and the second line after the hyphen is almost the same as the song.
Suikosource thread:
https://www.suikosource.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=14842
Second test room images:
https://imgur.com/CMtRBJw
https://imgur.com/YUxf3iF
Translated rows of dialogue in second test room (pertinent to Raww Le Klueze's translation):
https://imgur.com/P4ekv1T
First debug/testing room (the second debug/testing room covered in the above three Imgur links are in the attached image):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3sSmi2G2Y8
The Drifters - Nice Hot Water (Vivanon Rock):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzXnucKfHEE
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/いい湯だな
https://www.suikosource.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=14842
Second test room images:
https://imgur.com/CMtRBJw
https://imgur.com/YUxf3iF
Translated rows of dialogue in second test room (pertinent to Raww Le Klueze's translation):
https://imgur.com/P4ekv1T
First debug/testing room (the second debug/testing room covered in the above three Imgur links are in the attached image):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3sSmi2G2Y8
The Drifters - Nice Hot Water (Vivanon Rock):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzXnucKfHEE
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/いい湯だな
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In a developer interview published in the March 1999 issue of DenGeki PlayStation magazine, it was revealed that Rowd, a character who betrayed the Unicorn Youth Brigade of the Highland Kingdom, was the older brother of the little blind girl in Kyaro Town who disappears near the end of the game, and his motivation for his betrayal was to save more money to cure her blindless. When talking to the girl in Kyaro Town, she states that her big brother plans to use his riches to hire a famous doctor in the Toran Republic (who is suspected to be Liukan, a character from Suikoden who briefly appears in this game) to perform the operation. During the interview, programmer Akiyoshi Ohta also stated that there was originally going to be a battle against Rowd where he would die, but this was cut because "his little sister was too cute to do it."
Developer interview:
https://shmuplations.com/suikodenii/
Suikoden II - Blind girl in Kyaro Town:
https://youtu.be/rOVU8vDJHco?t=106
https://shmuplations.com/suikodenii/
Suikoden II - Blind girl in Kyaro Town:
https://youtu.be/rOVU8vDJHco?t=106
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Despite being featured on the cover of the "Extra Large" version, Donkey is absent in both versions of the game. In fact, the only elements from the movies that appear are Shrek, a brief mention of Fiona, his swamp, and the Magic Mirror, leading some to speculate whether or not this game was originally meant to be a licensed Shrek game.
Franchise: Five Nights at Freddy's
subdirectory_arrow_right Chuck E. Cheese (Franchise)
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Throughout October 2023, children's entertainment restaurant Chuck E. Cheese held a promotion titled "Five Nights of Fun", coinciding with the release of a movie based on Five Nights at Freddy's, a horror game franchise inspired by Chuck E. Cheese and littered with references to the company's history. The marketing for FNOF directly pastiches the poster for the FNAF movie and refers to the purple-furred character Mr. Munch as a "purple guy", referencing the overarching villain of the game series.
Despite the obvious parody, an alleged internal document was posted online by a former employee, who had left Chuck E. Cheese days prior to the promotion coming under scrutiny, informing employees that they should feign ignorance of FNAF during the promotion if asked by children or their parents. One example of terminology provided is:
SAY THIS
Oh, is there a movie coming out...? That's news to me! We're celebrating Five Nights of Fun in a row this October!
NOT THIS
Yeah, they wanted to combat that idea of that people think that we are like that place they have in the movie... so they did this
Despite the obvious parody, an alleged internal document was posted online by a former employee, who had left Chuck E. Cheese days prior to the promotion coming under scrutiny, informing employees that they should feign ignorance of FNAF during the promotion if asked by children or their parents. One example of terminology provided is:
SAY THIS
Oh, is there a movie coming out...? That's news to me! We're celebrating Five Nights of Fun in a row this October!
NOT THIS
Yeah, they wanted to combat that idea of that people think that we are like that place they have in the movie... so they did this
Article detailing promotion:
https://nichegamer.com/chuck-e-cheese-announces-five-nights-of-fun-in-anticipation-of-fnaf-movie/
Original tweet of alleged internal document by former employee:
https://twitter.com/SEGASONICDRVEIN/status/1709914517440692239
https://nichegamer.com/chuck-e-cheese-announces-five-nights-of-fun-in-anticipation-of-fnaf-movie/
Original tweet of alleged internal document by former employee:
https://twitter.com/SEGASONICDRVEIN/status/1709914517440692239
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The game features an unused sixth hidden tape called "Herd of Mouth with Wooly the Sheep" that can only be accessed by exploiting the game. However, the tape is entirely comprised of Wooly sitting at a table while occasionally making minor gestures for ten minutes, suggesting that the tape was added purely to mess with exploiters.
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In 2016, a post was uploaded to Tumblr responding to a post claiming that "there is nothing wrong with Yoshi" by jokingly accusing Yoshi of committing tax fraud, which would become a running gag within Nintendo fan circles, and eventually a meme in 2018 with the bait-and-switch YouTube account SiIvaGunner posting soundtracks from a fake Yoshi Commits Tax Fraud game.
It would be discovered after the meme's peak of popularity that in 2011's Fortune Street, Yoshi is the only character in the game who asks to be exempt from paying taxes when a tax office is built. This means that while Yoshi is not guilty of committing tax fraud, he does attempt to commit tax evasion.
In October 2019, the Nintendo Versus eSports account posted a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate highlight tournament featuring Yoshi, and titled it "This Yoshi is no fraud", seemingly in reference to the meme.
The meme of Yoshi evading his taxes would also inspire the Turnip Boy series of games.
It would be discovered after the meme's peak of popularity that in 2011's Fortune Street, Yoshi is the only character in the game who asks to be exempt from paying taxes when a tax office is built. This means that while Yoshi is not guilty of committing tax fraud, he does attempt to commit tax evasion.
In October 2019, the Nintendo Versus eSports account posted a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate highlight tournament featuring Yoshi, and titled it "This Yoshi is no fraud", seemingly in reference to the meme.
The meme of Yoshi evading his taxes would also inspire the Turnip Boy series of games.
Fortune Street - Yoshi attempts to commit tax evasion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvTGj_fe1Dg?t=253
https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1085320705095413762
Nintendo Versus meme reference:
https://twitter.com/nintendovs/status/1094295916993892352
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion Kotaku article:
https://kotaku.com/that-s-one-way-to-dodge-nintendo-s-lawyers-1847160279
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvTGj_fe1Dg?t=253
https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1085320705095413762
Nintendo Versus meme reference:
https://twitter.com/nintendovs/status/1094295916993892352
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion Kotaku article:
https://kotaku.com/that-s-one-way-to-dodge-nintendo-s-lawyers-1847160279
Franchise: Donkey Kong
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Although King K. Rool's motivation for stealing Donkey Kong's banana hoard has never been officially confirmed, two theories have been brought up by former Rare employee Leigh Loveday: either K. Rool steals them because he likes bananas, or he wants Donkey Kong to starve to death so that K. Rool can occupy his treehouse.
The former theory is backed up by the instruction manual for Donkey Kong Country stating that the Kremlings steal the bananas for their rich nutritional value in potassium and Vitamin A, and by artwork drawn by Steve Mayles on Playtonic Games's Twitter page, which shows K. Rool sitting next to Gruntilda from Banjo-Kazooie on a pile of bananas while reading a book titled "101 Banana Recipes."
The latter theory is only supported by the game DK: Jungle Climber where K. Rool mentions how much he despises bananas.
The former theory is backed up by the instruction manual for Donkey Kong Country stating that the Kremlings steal the bananas for their rich nutritional value in potassium and Vitamin A, and by artwork drawn by Steve Mayles on Playtonic Games's Twitter page, which shows K. Rool sitting next to Gruntilda from Banjo-Kazooie on a pile of bananas while reading a book titled "101 Banana Recipes."
The latter theory is only supported by the game DK: Jungle Climber where K. Rool mentions how much he despises bananas.
Rare Scribes - August 25th, 1999:
http://web.archive.org/web/20020805184158/rareware.com/the_site/talk_to_us/scribes/aug25_99/aug25_99.html
Steve Mayles King K. Rool artwork:
https://twitter.com/PlaytonicGames/status/940942452902547456
Donkey Kong Country - SNES Manual:
https://archive.org/details/DonkeyKongCountryManualSNESManual/page/n1/mode/2up
DK: Jungle Climber - King K. Rool final boss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMZjndIr7aM
http://web.archive.org/web/20020805184158/rareware.com/the_site/talk_to_us/scribes/aug25_99/aug25_99.html
Steve Mayles King K. Rool artwork:
https://twitter.com/PlaytonicGames/status/940942452902547456
Donkey Kong Country - SNES Manual:
https://archive.org/details/DonkeyKongCountryManualSNESManual/page/n1/mode/2up
DK: Jungle Climber - King K. Rool final boss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMZjndIr7aM
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An uncredited Charles Martinet voices a few of the characters in this game, including Gex. Fans believe the likely reasons for being uncredited was the game's crude humor and the similarities of some characters' voices to Luigi, as Nintendo likely wouldn't appreciate hearing crass dialogue coming from Charles' Luigi voice in a non family-friendly Xbox game.
subdirectory_arrow_right Conker: Live & Reloaded (Game)
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A promotional e-mail from Conker the Squirrel in 2004 to promote the release of Conker: Live & Reloaded has him talking about his career. When talking about his first appearance in 1997’s Diddy Kong Racing, he states:
On May 18, 2012, a Q&A on the Rare Mini-Scribes answered a question about what their beloved characters do when their not in a new game, to which they responded "Where do the characters go between games? Well, they’re all off having crazy adventures too expensive and asset-heavy to adapt into game form … Except for Bumper the badger, who’s in jail."
On October 6, 2021, Rare's official Twitter account provided another update in response to this piece of trivia being headlined on the Super Mario Wiki, stating that Bumper is currently on parole and is "superficially sorry for all those bad things he did."
"Things were different back then, you know, I was different - it goes without saying that you wouldn't catch me hanging out with any of those freaks these days. Last I heard at least one of 'em was in jail, anyway."
On May 18, 2012, a Q&A on the Rare Mini-Scribes answered a question about what their beloved characters do when their not in a new game, to which they responded "Where do the characters go between games? Well, they’re all off having crazy adventures too expensive and asset-heavy to adapt into game form … Except for Bumper the badger, who’s in jail."
On October 6, 2021, Rare's official Twitter account provided another update in response to this piece of trivia being headlined on the Super Mario Wiki, stating that Bumper is currently on parole and is "superficially sorry for all those bad things he did."
Promotional e-mail:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080804094926/http://www.the-nextlevel.com/feature/conkers-public-address/
Rare Scribes - May 18th, 2012:
https://www.raregamer.co.uk/scribes-may-18th-2012/
Rare tweet:
https://twitter.com/RareLtd/status/1445797744640208896
https://web.archive.org/web/20080804094926/http://www.the-nextlevel.com/feature/conkers-public-address/
Rare Scribes - May 18th, 2012:
https://www.raregamer.co.uk/scribes-may-18th-2012/
Rare tweet:
https://twitter.com/RareLtd/status/1445797744640208896
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The concept of the Google Chrome dinosaur minigame is a play on the ubiquity of the Internet in modern society, suggesting that being without it is like being teleported to the Stone Age.
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During development of the game, Peppino was stated to be a war veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Following the release of the game, this character trait would be retconned by the game's creator McPig, who suggested that he probably merely imagined his participation in conflict.
Official Pizza Tower artwork showcasing Peppino's post-traumatic stress disorder:
https://twitter.com/PizzaTowergame/status/1554011686910263296
McPig retcon statements:
https://twitter.com/PizzaTowerFact/status/1626813800333643776
https://twitter.com/PizzaTowerFact/status/1630045878072246275
https://twitter.com/PizzaTowergame/status/1554011686910263296
McPig retcon statements:
https://twitter.com/PizzaTowerFact/status/1626813800333643776
https://twitter.com/PizzaTowerFact/status/1630045878072246275
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In the Future Redeemed DLC story scenario, the frequencies of the radio in Chapter 5 reference the release years of every Xeno series game.
• 98: Xenogears
• 02: Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
• 04: Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
• 06: Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
• 10: Xenoblade Chronicles
• 15: Xenoblade Chronicles X
• 17: Xenoblade Chronicles 2
• 22: Xenoblade Chronicles 3
There's also a red needle that's almost evenly between 98 and 02, which could be referencing Monolith Soft's founding on October 1st, 1999.
• 98: Xenogears
• 02: Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
• 04: Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
• 06: Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
• 10: Xenoblade Chronicles
• 15: Xenoblade Chronicles X
• 17: Xenoblade Chronicles 2
• 22: Xenoblade Chronicles 3
There's also a red needle that's almost evenly between 98 and 02, which could be referencing Monolith Soft's founding on October 1st, 1999.
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On September 8, 2022, the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II died, starting a national mourning period of ten days. In that time, rumors began to circulate that Nintendo had postponed a planned Nintendo Direct in response to the news. On September 12, the Direct was formally revealed to air worldwide the next day, although it was not livestreamed in the UK. Instead, it was published as an on-demand video on Nintendo UK's YouTube channel at a later time. This Direct featured the full title reveal for the then-untitled Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, revealing the game's subtitle to be "Tears of the Kingdom". This lead to even more speculation that the poor timing of this subtitle being the name of one of Nintendo's most anticipated games at the time coinciding with the Queen's death was what resulted in the Direct being delayed, rather than doing so purely out of respect. It wouldn't be until October 3 for Nintendo UK to begin their own promotion of the game, long after the mourning period ended.
Business Insider article:
https://www.insider.com/nintendo-cancels-uk-livestream-reveals-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-2022-9
Rumors article:
https://earlygame.com/gaming/nintendo-direct-delayed-because-of-queens-death/
On-demand video release tweet:
https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1569326012156059649
Nintendo UK promotion article:
https://www.gamesradar.com/almost-a-month-late-nintendo-uk-finally-acknowledges-tears-of-the-kingdom/
https://www.insider.com/nintendo-cancels-uk-livestream-reveals-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-2022-9
Rumors article:
https://earlygame.com/gaming/nintendo-direct-delayed-because-of-queens-death/
On-demand video release tweet:
https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1569326012156059649
Nintendo UK promotion article:
https://www.gamesradar.com/almost-a-month-late-nintendo-uk-finally-acknowledges-tears-of-the-kingdom/