Cameos & References

[Wildcat]

TrustTheFungus said:

Famicom Disk
G & W
Love Tester
Bowsr Match Box
Mario Paint Tube(Blue)
Hanafuda Card box
Peach's Crown
Remembered Old Buddy(AKA, R.O.B.)
Gyro Spinners(Blue, Red, Yellow, and Green)
Nintendo 64 Pencil
Growshroom(only name and description. There might have been a poison mushroom also.)
GameCube D-Pad
GameCube Control Stick

There's a good start. There's some more as well. I'll have to look at my Pikmin 2 list to figure them out.

fryguy - I can attempt to take digital camera shots of them for the site, if you'd like. I can't promise when (homework, school, girlfriend, etc.), but I will get around to it when I get the time. ^^

[Fryguy64]

Thanks for the offer, but in my experience digital camera shots usually look a bit naff, despite the best efforts of the cameraman. I will probably only accept TV Card screenshots, as at least then you get a nice clean image.

[CrapIAmNotLoggedInTTF]

Fryguy64 said:

TTF - That's an excellent list. Can you expand on a couple of them for me? I need to know what the Mario Paint Tube is, what game the Game & Watch is, and can you expand at all on the Growshroom? If you have the game, the actual descriptions would be fantastic.

Sure can!
Let's see...I'll do it like this:

(My name for it)What it looks like
(Pikmin's name for it)Olimar's Journal-
Sale's Pitch
(Some things may be left out if I don't think it's important, but if you want everything I can do it later)

(Fungus)It's a brown mushroom, I don't think it resembles anything from the Mario series, but maybe you can think of something
(Anti-Hiccup Fungus)What a shocking taste!
I suppose young people like Louie might find it tasty, but the flavor is to intense for me!-
One bite of this and the suprisingly earthy flavor will send those hiccups packing! Older Individuals with a history of heart conditions should devour this with caution!

(Poison Mushroom)Red Mushroom with yellow around the edges.
(Toxic Toadstool)This dubious morsel doesn't look like it would be very agreeable with my innards. However, I bet Louie would try a bite.-
This poisonous mushroom is so malicious I cannot even bear to look at it. This fatal fungus overflows with venow and is perilous indeed...

(Super Mushroom)Brown Mushroom. It's more puffy than the other two.
(Growshroom)According to the ship's analysis, you'll grow into a giant if you eat one of these. -
Eat one of these and you'll grow twice your size!

(Gyroid)Looks similiar to the Gyroids in Animal Crossing.
(Gyroid Bust)My son tells me this type of figurine is all the rage with the kids.-
This looks exactly like the gyroids that have become so popular on Planet Hocotate. It's pitiful expression in loved by Hocotate youth.

(Mario Paint Tube)A tube of blue paint that says "Mario Paints" on it. It's about half empty
(Decorative Goo)

(Mario Paint Crayon)A pink crayon the says "Mario Paints" on it. It been used almost down to the paper.
(Master's Instrument)

(Nintendo 64 Pencil) A penicl that has been sharpened down on both sides to only show the words "Nintendo 64."
(Implement of Toil)

(Bowser Match Box) A match box with only one match. It has Bowser on the front, and says "TEL. 555-TROOPAS" on the side. There's a banner under Bowser, but I can't see what it says...
(Flame of Tomorrow)

(Dog Locket)A locket with a picture of a dog. This one I've been curious about for awhile. I knew that Miyamoto mentioned getting a dog in an interview not to long ago and I wondered if this was a picture of it.
(Time Capsule)

(Peach's Crown)A crown with two blue oval gems on the sides, one red oval gem on the front, and one red rectangle gem on the back. Just like Peach's.
(Unspeakable Wonder)

(Wobbelina)It looks just like the doll Wobblelina in Animal Crossing. The one that wobbled when you touched it. I'm not sure if this is a cameo or not.
(Extreme Persperator)

(Hanafuda Card Box)Just like Nintendos
(Talisman of Life)

(Game & Watch) Ok! It's Ball! It says in the top right corner. Yay!
(Dream Architech)

(NES D-Pad) I was wrong. It's for the NES.
(Stone of Glory)This is a peculiar object. Just looking at it fills me with a powerful sense of nostalgia.-
This odd rock is completely filled with nostalgia. None can dispute the magical powers of this stone. Can the day when this rock rules the entire universe be far away?

(GCN Control Stick)
(Glee Spinner)

(Famicom Disk)Yellow, says Nintendo on it, Japanese writing...
(Cosmic Archive)

(R.O.B.)Just his head.
(Remember Old Buddy)It looks like a component to a huge mechanical doll. It looks just like a part from a robot in a cartoon I use to watch as a kid. How Nostalgic! This futuristic machine has made me feel like I've traveled back in time!

(Gyro Spinners)I guess there's 5. Red, yellow, blue, green, and white. They are five seperate treasures.
(Fond Gyro Block)Red
(Memorable Gyro Block)Yellow
(Favorite Gyro Block)Blue
(Lost Gyro Block)Green
(Treasured Gyro Block)White

(Love Tester)It says Love Tester on it.
(Prototype Detector)

[Fryguy64]

That's awesome! If you do find the time to write out all the journal entries/sales pitches, then that would be the best thing ever (and you will, of course, be entirely credited on the cameos page for the game).

And I've seen a screenshot of the Famicom Disk game, and worked out that it's Nazo no Murasamejou. Thanks for checking the Game & Watch as well.

[TrustTheFungus]

(Growshroom)According to the ship's analysis, you'll grow into a giant if you eat one of these. I'd like to field-test one of these babies. I wonder what would happen if I fed one to a purple Pikmin...-
Eat one of these and you'll grow twice your normal size! Perfect for skinny beings unable to pack any girth!

(Gyroid Bust)My son tells me this type of figurine is all the rage with the kids. The strangest things amuse kids! When I was a kid we were lucky if we were able to even talk about figurines!
PS:When I found this figurine, it had been placed so that it was prtected by a wall of flame. My research isn't complete, but I think it may have been a shine of some kind.-
This looks exactly like the gyroids that have become so popular on Planet Hocotate. It's pitiful expression in loved by Hocotate youth.

(Decorative Goo)
With the assistance of Blue Pikmin, we found a canister of paint today. I used it to give the ship a fresh coat of paint. But did it thank me? Noooo. As a space pilot I've always treated my ship as a trusted companion(Even if it is a smart alec). Yet that snobbish ship has the gall to complain about the color! There's no pleasing it! Forget this...I'm going to bed.-
Everyone enjoys decorating in favorite hues, but it is vital to utilize new colors every now and then. This tube of goo will certianly help you discover a new you.


I'll finish the rest later. I promised someone I'd to the movies with them tonight. =/ I'll probably just edit this post, so look right here.

[The Almighty Narf]

There's a Gyroid in it? Wow! I didn't expect any Animal Crossing referances to be in Pikmin 2... though I really shouldn't be surprised.

[Fryguy64]

Hey, TTF, don't rush on my behalf.

[Daniel Firpo]

Hi there. First-time poster here, just wanted to say that I'm a huge fan of this site and really appreciate what you've done, as a total Nintendo fan </token first-time poster ass-kissing>

Anyways, I just finished finished Pikmin 2 about a week or two ago, and if my memory isn't screwed up, I coulda swore that the Cosmic Archive was the Famicom Disk for Kid Icarus. I looked at the Japanese writing on the Disk, and it REALLY looked a lot like the title for Kid Icarus:

www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/fmk3/palutena/index.html

Could someone verify if the Disk really is Kid Icarus?

[Fryguy64]

It's definitely Nazo no Murasamejou, unless they changed it for the US release. Though why they'd do that I couldn't say.

Edit And here's my proof:


This is the screenshot of the disk as I've seen it.


And these are images of the disks for Nazo no Murasame Jou (left) and Palutena no Kagame (right). Definitely Nazo.

[Daniel Firpo]

CRAP!

I must've confused the two titles when I was looking at the the site for Famicom Mini Series 3 O.o;;

[Fryguy64]

Heh, don't you worry about it. It's quite easy to do if you don't immediately recognise the kanji. When I first saw the Pikmin 2 screenshot above I thought it might be Palutena no Kagame at first as well.

[Wildcat]

Fryguy64 said:

Thanks for the offer, but in my experience digital camera shots usually look a bit naff, despite the best efforts of the cameraman. I will probably only accept TV Card screenshots, as at least then you get a nice clean image.

Heh, I wish I read this before I did it. ^^; They seem alright to me - I posted this up so you can look at it.

members.tripod.com/jf.wildcat/id860.htm

If you think they're okay, I'll send you what I took. I don't have them all, sadly, but I do have some.

[Fryguy64]

It looks quite good for a digital camera shot, but it still looks like a digital camera shot. Therein lies the problem.

Still, that doesn't mean you can't contribute loads towards Pikmin 2's cameos page with all the stuff you must have collected for the photos

[Hiker of Games]

Well, how about this Fryguy. I can grab the images of the cameo-esque treasures. But I'll be limited to what you see of them in the Ship's Log, which is not as good as what you'd get if you played the game over and got shots of them in the field.

And I have a Capture Card... I should be able to get some pretty good shots. Below is one I took a while back of ROB, though I had some text about it because I was pwning a certain duo-ROB owning friend of mine.

[Fryguy64]

Hey, that would be awesomeness! And much appreciated. Shots about that size would be excellent in JPG - preferably a high resolution (same as that one above, really).

Bonzai! And if you want to do any other shots for any other games... y'know... I'm not stopping you