Trivia Browser

Tagsarrow_right

Platformsarrow_right

Yearsarrow_right

Genresarrow_right

Collectionsarrow_right

Franchisesarrow_right

Companiesarrow_right

Platform Exclusive Can Include Any Selections

Sort

Submission Date arrow_drop_down Votes

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004)

▲

▼

The Ocarina of Wind's tune is the same as the Warp Whistle from Super Mario Bros. 3 and the Recorder from the original The Legend of Zelda.

sell

person RayMonkay calendar_month March 19, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)

▲

▼

Several of the Koopa Kids' names are parodies of various musical celebrities, most of whom were popular at the time of SMB3's production.

- Iggy Koopa is named after American rock singer Iggy Pop.
- Lemmy Koopa takes his name from Lemmy Kilmister, a British heavy metal artist best known from his work in the band Motörhead.
- Ludwig Von Koopa is named after 19th Century composer Ludwig van Beethoven, and shares his wild hairstyle.
- Morton Koopa Jr. is named after American pop and country singer Morton Downey Jr., now perhaps best known for his self-titled talk show. Morton Koopa Jr. also has a white face with a black star over his left eye, the trademark makeup of guitarist Paul Stanley from KISS.
- Roy Koopa is named after Roy Orbison, and both wear horn-rimmed sunglasses.
- Wendy O. Koopa is named after Wendy O. Williams, an American punk singer.

It's unclear who Larry Koopa is supposed to be based on, but he could be based on Larry Mullen Jr, the drummer for the band U2.

sell

person ummwat calendar_month March 19, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Paper Mario (2000)

▲

▼

Waiting an additional 10 seconds after the jingle that plays on chapter title cards will cause a complete version of the Super Mario Bros. theme song to start playing.

sell

person ecylisis calendar_month March 19, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Franchise: Pokémon

▲

▼

The name of Ghetsis, the main antagonist of Pokemon Black and White and their sequels, actually originates from his battle theme. His Japanese name, G-Cis, comes from the musical notes G and C#, which are the notes the timpani are tuned to in his battle theme. Ghetsis, his name in the English localizations, is a mistranslation. His last name, Harmonia, is Latin for "harmony", another musical term.

sell

person ProfessionalJDub calendar_month March 17, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994)

▲

▼

If you wait roughly 47 minutes on Sonic the Hedgehog 3's file select screen, the music changes. It's not fully known if this is an Easter egg or just a glitch.

sell

person Zackee calendar_month March 17, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)

▲

▼

When the player is inside Richard's villa, waiting around for two and a half minutes will trigger an instance of the famous Totaka's Song.

Totaka's Song is a small ditty that composer Kazumi Totaka likes to hide in many of works, including Mario Paint, Yoshi's Story, Luigi's Mansion, and most famously, the Animal Crossing series.

sell

person CzarDragon calendar_month March 17, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Super Mario 3D Land (2011)

▲

▼

World 5-2 is designed in a Legend of Zelda format, using a top-down view, lots of rooms, and no stompable enemies. Also, if you light all of the torches in a certain room using a Fire Flower, a secret door opens and a Zelda sound effect is heard. The level was designed in honor of LoZ's 25th anniversary, hinted at by the level number: "5-2" is "25" backwards.

sell

person WiiWizard calendar_month March 16, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Silent Hill: Downpour (2012)

▲

▼

If the player puts money in the jukebox at the Devil's Pitstop diner, it will play the original Silent Hill theme song heard in the opening FMV of the original game. This is also the song that DJ Ricks plays when he and Murphy meet.

sell

person Xannidel calendar_month March 16, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Mario Kart 64 (1996)

▲

▼

Letting the music on the results screen loop 64 times (roughly 50 minutes) causes the music to change, playing an alternate hidden version of the "results" theme.

sell

person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 15, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)

▲

▼

Lord Crump's theme has the sound of Pac-Man (Atari 2600) dying mixed into it.

sell

person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 15, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

LittleBigPlanet (2008)

▲

▼

A song in the game got it recalled from store shelves. The song was in Arabic, and contained lyrics from the Qu-ran. The song is called 'Tapha Niang', and the lyrics are (when translated to English):

Every soul shall have the taste of death, all that is on Earth will perish.

The song is still in the game, but the lyrics were cut out.

sell

person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 14, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

WarioWare: Touched! (2004)

▲

▼

Playing Ashley's music on the record turntable fast enough will speak the words "I have granted kids to hell!" However, in Nintendo Power issue 193, Nintendo stated that it was an accident, and the words come out like that due to the turntable skipping over parts of the song, and only playing certain pieces of the track.

sell

person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 14, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)

subdirectory_arrow_right The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (Game)

This trivia has been marked as "Not Safe for Work".
It may not be appropriate for all visitors and definitely isn't appropriate for work or school environments.
Click here to unhide it.

▲

▼

When Link sprinkles Magic Powder or uses a Mystery Seed on a Buzz Blob, it will transform into an enemy called a Cukeman who Link can talk to and hear several short phrases. Each localization of the game features completely unique Cukemen phrases, often making vague references to real-life people or things.

In the Japanese release, the Cukeman's dialogue string is a series of catchphrases that ends with "…That concludes this collection of R-Moto-isms. It has absolutely nothing to do with the game!"
"R-Moto" is most likely a nickname for the game's character designer Masanao Arimoto, suggesting that the Cukeman's dialogue originally consisted of phrases he commonly used during development.

In the English release, this dialogue is changed, causing the Cukeman to say nonsensical phrases like the stereotypical Jamaican greeting "Hey Mon!", as well as "It can display millions of polygons!" immediately followed by "I definitely need it, as soon as possible!".
These last two lines are most likely a reference to the Nintendo 64 which was in early development stages at the time of the game's release.

In the original German release, the Cukemen will say more suggestive or vulgar phrases courtesy of Nintendo of Europe localization translator Claude Moyse. Two of the phrases include "Gib Mir Deinen Saft, Ich Geb'Dir Meinen" which translated from German to English means "Give me your juice, I'll give you mine.", as well as "Nie Ohne Kondom!" which translates to "Not without a condom!"
The "Gib Mir Deinen Saft, Ich Geb'Dir Meinen" line is most likely a direct reference to the 1992 song "Saft" by German hip-hop group Die Fantastischen Vier, of which that line is its hook, and peaked at #19 on the German singles chart the year prior to Link's Awakening's release. Because the song openly promotes the sexual exchange of bodily fluids, the "Nie Ohne Kondom!" line was presumably added by Moyse to jokingly riff off it while promoting safe sex to older players.
The Link's Awakening DX release in Germany removed these references and phrases and instead changed them to in-game hints.

In the French release, the dialogue is changed once again to more nonsensical phrases before ending the dialogue string with "Lots of kisses from Kyoto! VERO". This last line features the name "VERO" and a unique heart sprite tacked on at the end as a signature, most likely from the localizer of this dialogue.

sell

person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 14, 2013

comment Comment (0) | Source

arrow_right

The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Link%27s_Awakening_(Game_Boy)/Version_Differences#Cukeman_Dialogue

Original DidYouKnowGaming post:
http://didyouknowgaming.com/post/26291135666/links-awakening

Secret of Evermore (1995)

▲

▼

The soundtrack was composed by Jeremy Soule. While in Highschool, he played a lot of games and felt that soundtracks "lacked drama and intensity." He composed a demo to showcase what he believed music should sound like in games, and showed it to Square. They hired him as an in-house composer, and set him to work on Secret of Evermore as his first game.

The soundtrack was released on CD with 29 tracks, 8 of which were arranged versions of the in-game soundtrack. It was released as a pre-order bonus for the game.

sell

person Dazz calendar_month March 8, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Final Fantasy X (2001)

▲

▼

Final Fantasy X was the first core Final Fantasy title that wasn't entirely composed by Nobuo Uematsu. The score was also created by Masashi Hamauzu and Junya Nakano.

sell

person Dazz calendar_month March 8, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Rock n' Roll Racing (1993)

▲

▼

Blizzard decided at the last minute to include licensed classic rock songs in the soundtrack, a rarity when the game was released. Of course at the time, these had to be remade in a chiptune style.
The track listings for the game are:
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Henry Mancini - The Peter Gunn Theme
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Golden Earring - Radar Love (Genesis version only)
Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild
George Thorogood - Bad to the Bone

sell

person Dazz calendar_month March 7, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Astro Boy: Omega Factor (2003)

▲

▼

The music that plays in the last scene of the game is the same music that plays in the last cutscene in Gunstar Heroes, also developed by Treasure.

sell

person Gors calendar_month March 4, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)

▲

▼

If the player names their character "ZELDA" in all capital letters ("LOLO" in the French release; "ぜるだ" in the Japanese release) they are treated to a salsa remix of the game's main theme. This could also be a nod to the original The Legend of Zelda on the NES, where entering the name "ZELDA" on the second save slot results in the game starting on the second quest immediately.

sell

person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 1, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Franchise: Animal Crossing

▲

▼

K.K. Slider is based on the game's sound designer Kazumi Totaka. K.K. Slider's Japanese name "Totakeke" is taken from the fact that in Japan, last names are written first, so it would be Totaka Kazumi. That can be shortened to "Totaka K" very similar to "Totakeke". Totaka has also hidden music in every Animal Crossing game, and at least twelve other games. People now search for the hidden music in his games, which is known as "Totaka's Song".

sell

person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 28, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Franchise: PaRappa the Rapper

▲

▼

Dred Foxx, who voices Parappa, rapped the lyrics for "Unknown from M.E." (Knuckles' Theme) in Sonic Adventure.

sell

person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 25, 2013

comment Comment (0) | link Source

Trivia Browser

Advertisement

Trending Games

Our Network

Social Links

Theme

Advertisement