Cameos on the NES (and Arcade / G&W)

[Deezer]

Jan 6, 2010 23:58:16 GMT -5 The Qu said:

Not to mention the famous "I'm playing Super Mario Bros. 7" line, with another kid saying, "I'm still on 3..."

I'm pretty sure it's the same kid.

[Fryguy64]

Yeah, it's one kid who says "Have you played Super Mario Bros. 7, I'm still stuck on Super Mario 3" or something. Ne'er mind

[Fryguy64]

Just read this on a NES endings FAQ:

TO THE EARTH (Nintendo)
-There are only 4 Missions in this game. When you finish Mission 4, To The Earth, you get a couple of ending screens followed by a congratulations screen from Nester the Magnificent.

Another Nester cameo? Seems so...

[Fryguy64]

Don't know how I missed that last post at the time! Thanks Megabyte! A Dragon Quest reference in a Mother game is always welcome

[MEGAߥTE]

Credit goes to Deezer for that one. We dug it out of the TMK archives.

[MEGAߥTE]

The PlayChoice-10 BIOS has Mario.

[Da Robot]

Interesting interview about Yoshio Sakamoto's early NES days, working on games like Wreaking Crew and Gumshoe and working with Gunpei Yokoi.


Talking about WC

Wired.com: I think it did. At that point, you were using Mario and Luigi as characters in the same. Did you have to go and ask Miyamoto if it was OK to use them?

Sakamoto: Originally, the Wrecking Crew character wasn’t Mario. He was just a guy with no moustache, wearing overalls. I was in a different department, but Mr. Miyamoto came along and said, “You know, you should probably just use Mario. He’s really easy to draw, and people recognize him.” So it was actually Mr. Miyamoto who pushed that.


Gumshoe talk.

Wired.com: Gumshoe was kind of weird. How did you come up with that one?

Sakamoto: Well, I remember that Mr. Yokoi had come to me saying that he really wanted to design a light gun game. And I had this initial idea of making a ball jump when you shot it with a gun. And so he asked me to flesh that out. I created something, and tried it, and it turned out to not really be that much fun. But we decided that if you could keep shooting things as the main control scheme, this could be perhaps something very interesting.

So we had this old man who was running down the street, shooting things like a bottle, and it’s not so much that you’re shooting it, but you’re telling it, “Jump!” This had changed quite a bit from Mr. Yokoi’s original idea, but it had turned into something very interesting.

At the same time, I didn’t even have permission from him, but I decided to make the character look a little like Mr. Yokoi. When he first saw it, he was very surprised: “What have you done here?”


(Yes I know what Mr Stevenson and Yokoi look like, but still it's interesting).

[Fryguy64]

Haha, that's excellent right there. It's good to have some background details about Gumshoe at last! It's one of those games that was too early to get any coverage, and too non-Japan to get any further coverage by NCL.

Totally don't see the resemblance with Gunpei Yokoi though. Maybe he had a beard and big glasses back in the early 80's?

[ReyVGM]

Here are some better pics of that Samus cameo from Famicom Wars

[Fryguy64]

Brilliant! Thanks Rey! I take it the heads are just transferred onto the same body for those sequences?

[ReyVGM]

Yes, they just replaced the head. Some of the CO's bodies are fatter though.

Another note, the bottom CO is called Goemon, but I don't think it's referencing Konami's Goemon though.

[MEGAߥTE]

Kirby's Adventure intro is based on the Kirby's Dream Land Japanese commercial. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAGDHpNiyZU

[Fryguy64]

Wow! That's cool.

Was anyone else grateful to Kirby for spitting the kid across the universe?

[parrothead]

Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally
Mario & Luigi appear on the boxart driving the Monster (but do not appear in game).

Mario plays the role of the vehicle's driver, while Luigi serves as his navigator. Although both brothers are shown prominently on the game's cover, they hardly appear during the game, except when they get off their vehicle to repair it.

To prove it, click here.

[Fryguy64]

Ahem. Having played the game, having cleared the game, I can confirm that the two characters that appear in game bear absolutely no resemblance to Mario or Luigi. If I'm not going to credit the NES Golf dude, I'm not going to credit these two generic sprites.

They also get out and face the camera at the end of the rally. If you were expecting Mario and Luigi, you're going to be very disappointed.