Post by Nester the Lark on Aug 20, 2020 9:30:51 GMT -5
It's not too unusual for Nintendo games and series to reference each other (we have this entire section of the forum dedicated to that), but it's a lot less common for Nintendo games to make overt pop culture references. However, I was able to think of four examples, and I was wondering if you guys might know of any more.
And just to make a distinction, I'm talking about specific references, and not simply things being influenced by what's popular at the time (like, for example, the similarities of the Metroid series to the Alien movies, the Katina level in Star Fox 64 resembling the climax of the movie Independence Day, or Link in Ocarina of Time supposedly being based on Leonardo DiCaprio).
Here are the examples I came up with:
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE - The character Barry Goodman is an otaku who was previously a guitarist in an American heavy metal band called Gigadeth. This is a very loose reference to Marty Friedman, former guitarist of the band Megadeth, who has been living in Japan since 2003.
Xenoblade Chronicles - I've mentioned this on Twitter, but there's an achievement in the game called "Truly Outrageous," which you earn for equipping gems in all eight possible slots on a single character. This seems to be a really random reference to the '80s cartoon series Jem and its theme song "Truly Outrageous."
I'm curious to know if this is the same in the Japanese version, but I feel like it might've been something Nintendo of Europe added on their own. (Was Jem popular in the UK?)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - There's a bartender and member of The Resistance in Hyrule Castle Town named Telma, and she has a cat named Louise. Telma and Louise seem to be a reference to the title characters in the 1991 film Thelma & Louise.
Kid Icarus - There's a type of enemy named Phil that circles around another enemy named Collin. It seems to be a reference to singer/songwriter Phil Collins. Fry actually made a thread that pointed this out back in 2011.
Can you guys think of any more?
And just to make a distinction, I'm talking about specific references, and not simply things being influenced by what's popular at the time (like, for example, the similarities of the Metroid series to the Alien movies, the Katina level in Star Fox 64 resembling the climax of the movie Independence Day, or Link in Ocarina of Time supposedly being based on Leonardo DiCaprio).
Here are the examples I came up with:
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE - The character Barry Goodman is an otaku who was previously a guitarist in an American heavy metal band called Gigadeth. This is a very loose reference to Marty Friedman, former guitarist of the band Megadeth, who has been living in Japan since 2003.
Xenoblade Chronicles - I've mentioned this on Twitter, but there's an achievement in the game called "Truly Outrageous," which you earn for equipping gems in all eight possible slots on a single character. This seems to be a really random reference to the '80s cartoon series Jem and its theme song "Truly Outrageous."
I'm curious to know if this is the same in the Japanese version, but I feel like it might've been something Nintendo of Europe added on their own. (Was Jem popular in the UK?)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - There's a bartender and member of The Resistance in Hyrule Castle Town named Telma, and she has a cat named Louise. Telma and Louise seem to be a reference to the title characters in the 1991 film Thelma & Louise.
Kid Icarus - There's a type of enemy named Phil that circles around another enemy named Collin. It seems to be a reference to singer/songwriter Phil Collins. Fry actually made a thread that pointed this out back in 2011.
Can you guys think of any more?
