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Post by The Qu on Oct 30, 2010 22:54:52 GMT -5
Not exactly a cameo, but an interesting bit nevertheless. We all know that Mario Vs. Donkey Kong was the finished version of a beta called Donkey Kong Plus. There is a song from the OST called, you guessed it, Donkey Kong Plus.
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Post by The Qu on Oct 29, 2010 17:33:14 GMT -5
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Post by The Qu on Oct 29, 2010 14:07:49 GMT -5
Etrian Oddysee
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Post by The Qu on Oct 28, 2010 23:54:50 GMT -5
Not sure where else to post this, but Takeshi Shudo, one of the primary anime writers of the original series and creator of Lugia, passed away today at the age of 51. Source
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Post by The Qu on Oct 28, 2010 11:29:43 GMT -5
Gallade's French name actually does break down into Gallant Blade, so it's interesting you said that, Kirbychu.
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Post by The Qu on Oct 28, 2010 4:43:00 GMT -5
Dang. That's what I get for typing at 5AM. I think I was going for something about the gender thing, but that's covered in the text, isn't it?
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Post by The Qu on Oct 28, 2010 4:02:24 GMT -5
My bro checked out a book on weapons from his school library, and the sections on Hoplites interested me enough to check out Gallade's inspiration, which I know of but not much: #475 Gallade Gallade is an interesting Pokemon in many ways. In addition to being one of the few split line Pokemon, it was one of the first split line Pokemon to be based on gender, tied with Burmy's two evolutions. It is also the only split evolution line to be an addition after the Pokemon it splits from were introduced. Excluding Eevee, for obvious reasons. It is also somewhat interesting for what is likely its origin. Rather than the psychic/paper doll origins of its female relatives, it seems to be based on soldiers from the Greco-Roman era. Most obviously, its head bears a striking resemblance to the Roman helmets worn by Gladiators called Murmillo helmets. Murmillo were also a type of Gladiator, named for their helmet. It looked like a sort of fish, according to them. Murmillo, like most Gladiators wore arm guards and wielded short swords. After all, the Romans were the ones who created the gladius hispaniensis, more commonly referred to as the Gladius, which became the first widely used sword. Roman Legionaries used the Gladius as their primary weapon, whereas previous soldiers had used the sword as a secondary weapon, if at all. Murmillo class gladiators also wore arm guards, called vambraces. Gallade's arms may be a combination of that and the sword. Indeed, the word gladiator means swordsman, stemming from the word gladius. And since Gallade is likely a reference to Gladiator, this means that, in a very very roundabout way, Gallade is named after swordsmen. Fitting, considering the amount of blade based moves it can learn. Another possible inspiration was the Greek Hoplite. Hoplites were citizen soldiers in ancient Greece that served as infantry. The most iconic feature of the Hoplites was the Corinthian Helmet, perhaps the most famous helmet of the ancient world. The Corinthian, named for the city-state Corinth and not the pillar type, features cheek guards that come all the way down to the neck and a nose guard to protect the, well, nose. Horsehair crests were often put on top of the helmet, making it look like the famous Roman Centurion helmet that never actually existed as such. The stylization on Gallade's head vaguely resembles the Corinthian's face, with the green serving as the sides and cheek guards and the light blue as the nose guard. Hoplites used spears as their predominant weapon, however, and were not skilled swordsman, so the helmet is likely the inspiration for Gallade's head and not much more. There are a few different theories regarding Gallade's name. Most obviously, it is probably a play on gladiator, my opinion on it. Considering two of its relatives, Raltz and Gardevoir, have musical based names, it could also be based on ballade, the French word for ballad. Some of its other foreign names- such as the German Galagladi- outright reference the gladiator aspect. If you're curious, Galagladi is a combination of Galan, meaning worshiper, and gladiator. Overall, Gallade is an interesting Pokemon for a bunch of reasons, as I spent the past four paragraphs discussing! Its inspiration coming from swordsmen from the Classical World make it that much more appealing to me.
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Post by The Qu on Oct 28, 2010 0:20:20 GMT -5
Playing Devil May Cry. Also picked up Shadow of the Colossus for ten bucks at K-Mart. That was hella lucky- it usually goes for at least twenty dollars used.
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Post by The Qu on Oct 25, 2010 17:17:40 GMT -5
I think it would be safest to list it as a general Nintendo cameo- but, the same guys who coded MOTHER coded Pokemon Blue/Red, so it would make sense the other way as well.
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Post by The Qu on Oct 24, 2010 18:45:27 GMT -5
So far my research has yielded this link: glitchcity.info/wiki/index.php/NINTENIt gives you a way to replicate the thing yourself, assuming you have a GBC Gameshark- and if you don't, someone here does. EDIT: Using Visualboy Advance, an emulator, I can confirm that yes, this does indeed work.
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Post by The Qu on Oct 24, 2010 15:18:58 GMT -5
Darkside Chronicles. Pretty good so far- just beat the RE2 scenario. Also bought Devil May Cry for $4.36.
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Post by The Qu on Oct 24, 2010 13:20:09 GMT -5
Somebody on a message board I frequent posted it. God alone knows where he got it.
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Post by The Qu on Oct 24, 2010 11:54:09 GMT -5
Good point. Supposedly its still in the data, though, and can be brought up by hacking. I'll try to find some extra stuff on it for you.
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Post by The Qu on Oct 24, 2010 8:59:33 GMT -5
Maybe fake, maybe not.
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Post by The Qu on Oct 24, 2010 7:46:43 GMT -5
Speaking of Ness (from another topic), are you going to count beta cameos, Fry? Because the default names in the Red/Blue beta in English were Ninten and.... Sony.
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