The little known Vidya gaem facts thread.

[Chris]

Here's a fact:

The Duke Nukem Forever demo sucks.

You say that as you change your avatar to DNF. Tsk tsk.

 

[Jay]

Just because I wasn't impressed with the demo it doesn't mean I'll stop liking Duke Nukem. Even if the full game sucks, I'm a Duketard for life. Like any real fan would be.

 

[Casey]

What I heard about Doki Doki Challenge was that the original Super Mario Bro 2 was deemed too hard for Americans, so they took the game Doki Doki Challenge, inserted Mario and his pals, and called it Mario 2.

 

[Logan]

yap that's correct.

 

[Logan]

Did you know a lot of old Mega Man characters are named after musical items/themes/bands/etc since the original "theme" of the game was fast paced Rock and Roll?

Rock (Mega Man's name) and his sister Roll
Rush his dog
Beat his bird
Tango his cat
Blues (Proto Man's japanese name) his "brother"
Bass and Treble

 

[Casey]

Also, Mario 2 was a dream, and Mario 3 was a stage play that Mario wrote about his adventures in Mario 1. Mario 1 was the only REAL adventure that Mario went on in the tri-series.

 

[Logan]

Then came SMW and it was proclaimed "The Bomb Diggs"

 

[Casey]

I never beat SMB!


Go ahead! Lynch me now!

 

[SuperAfroBoy]

But did you beat SMW? Also, to elaborate on SMB2 a little more, Shigeru Miyamoto was actually involved with Doki Doki Panic, while he wasn't involved with the original SMB2. So while it may not have been a "mario" game originally, to Miyamoto it was likely a spiritual successor.

 

[BaZaRiaH]

due to the word ninja being banned in europe for being apparently too violent the following games had their names changed

ninja gaiden > shadow warriors
teenage mutant ninja turtles > hero turtles
shadow of the ninja > blue shadow

also other games had name changes and even graphical changes

contra > probotector
super c > probotector 2: return of the evil forces
river city ransom > street gangs

this trend of renaming even occurred in the snes days with contra 3 which become super probotector: alien rebels

 

[Casey]

But did you beat SMW?

I beat SMB 1-3


I DIDN'T beat SMW.

 

[Logan]

WTF LYNCH HER

 

[Logan]

http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/super...21044/c-1#10374492282508559748467990338216775

 

[Casey]

I know I know!

I didn't get my own super nintendo until much later in the game for me, and by the time I got it, N64 was out!

In fact, I only got my own because I "borrowed" it from my ex-boyfriend when I was 14 (who STILL asks me about it when we bump into each other).