Swedol
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Post by Swedol on Aug 3, 2008 16:05:28 GMT -5
About the brown and white Mario I would say that's more likely to be a reference to an early 1900s worker rather than spike.
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Post by The Qu on Aug 3, 2008 17:08:41 GMT -5
In Melee, he was used in a King Kong pastiche event to simulate a 1933 worker. But that's like saying white Peach was supposed to be Nurse Peach, only without the game precedence.
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Post by The Qu on Aug 7, 2008 0:28:52 GMT -5
Sorry to double post. Link's MElee red costume also doubles as the Shield spell from Zelda 2. In the Adventures of Link event where you fight Shadow Link, the player plays as Link in a red tunic. Since the only tunic variation in AoL is the Shield spell, the costume is used to simulate that. Could Bowser's third costume be in reference to Boom Boom? Compare: (Sorry, only sprite I can find:) item.slide.com/r/1/112/i/7niJwzv55D8hOzDHPUn7d5Ay-_7uY1kc/They're both tan skinned with brownish-red shells. The only thing I can't explain is the yellow hair.  There's official art that shows off the similarities between skin color of the two. Granted, Bowser's looks more realistic but that's par for the course with Smash Bowser. |
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Post by Swedol on Aug 7, 2008 4:50:32 GMT -5
I would say that the Red Nana is a reference to...Santa Claus.
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Post by The Qu on Aug 7, 2008 23:34:52 GMT -5
I really don't see that, Swedol. It's not really the same shade of red, Santa is like Coca Cola red, and Nana's red is lighter. Sonic's golden rings could be from Silver the Hedgehog:  They're missing the Tron-esque blue lines, but 3D shots of his bracelets show that the line is an indentation. Can't find a good shot of it though. I'm more inclined to think they're rings, but this would make sense too. EDIT: farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/2532829659_8f86064019.jpg?v=0A perfect example, the bracelet on the right (his left) looks almost exactly like Sonic's rings. |
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Post by Dasher Misire on Aug 8, 2008 1:04:20 GMT -5
Hey, it does.
Maybe the other gloves are nods to gloves and bracelets of supporting characters in other games?
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Post by The Qu on Aug 8, 2008 1:20:19 GMT -5
Hey, it does. Maybe the other gloves are nods to gloves and bracelets of supporting characters in other games? I'm looking into it, and it shouldn't take to long since there's only a few dozen official sonic characters. So far, the only thing I've found remotely interesting is that Sonic's green rings look like Knuckles' socks: sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Knuckles2006.pngBizarre, huh? Also, the black ones look like Charmy's cuffs: sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Sonicchannel_charmy.pngI very much doubt these were intentional. EDIT: After some light research, I can say I don't think any of the others are based off of other characters. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Aug 8, 2008 3:36:14 GMT -5
So just the Silver reference? I like that explanation  |
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Post by Swedol on Aug 8, 2008 11:07:03 GMT -5
I hope Luigis orange don't refer to this  |
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Post by TV Eye on Aug 8, 2008 12:40:21 GMT -5
Swiidol, sometimes I think you're on drugs  Why do you say you hope it doesn't refer to that, it looks pretty spot on to me! |
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Post by The Qu on Aug 8, 2008 14:21:45 GMT -5
It's not the Japanese cover art, however. Fry will shoot it down. It does look like it though.
Fry, if you don't mind me asking, why'd you take down the Fire Luigi from SMB3 suggestion for it when you revamped the OP? I don't think it was that big of a leap.
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Post by Swedol on Aug 8, 2008 14:57:05 GMT -5
Swiidol, sometimes I think you're on drugs Why do you say you hope it doesn't refer to that, it looks pretty spot on to me! Here's the reasons: 1. It's an American Box art 2. It's Mario on the box art 3. It's not a main Mario game. |
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Post by TV Eye on Aug 8, 2008 17:08:38 GMT -5
Here's the reasons: 1. It's an American Box art So...it's the sprite. It's not like it's drawn by American's, the sprite was made in Japan...  2. It's Mario on the box art Well then, let's take out Luigi's Waluigi costume. Luigi's never worn it.3. It's not a main Mario game. Like that matters to Smash Bros.My responses are in red. |
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Post by Manspeed on Aug 8, 2008 19:35:23 GMT -5
Well, at any rate it's more likely than Flip's Balloon Fight idea. (Sorry Flip, no offense).
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Post by The Qu on Aug 8, 2008 19:56:12 GMT -5
Thing is, the Pinball cover sprite isn't the ingame sprite. Pinball uses Donkey Kong's sprite. So, like all American covers, it was probably made here.
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