One of my favorite things about games is cameos and references. So I am going to list my favorites. I try to avoid games that basically refer all the time such as Ace Attorney franchise, Kid icarus uprising or fantasy life (There are just too many references for their own good)(you can put them however) So mostly going to put cameos or other minor references. Also no smash bros orany other crossover game
- one of my favorite cameos happens in a Mario RPG. In Mario and Luigi:superstar saga if you go to the Yoshi Theather you can see various movie posters including a poster of Starfy. Tjis is the first outside japan apperance Starfy had
- densetsu no stafy 3 has three memorable things. Apart from the introduction of Starly and being the most bittersweet game in the franchise there is a Wario cameo. Wario appears in the 6th level and assists Starfy
- as I said Fantasy life has too many references for its own good but there is just one that stands out. Go to the drysand desert and click on the cactus "the cactus says all the water belongs to me". It could be a reference for the all the bases belong to us meme. (Seriously this made me lol
- the professor Layton series doesnt have many cameos but one reference stands out. In the first three games there is a NPC called Stachenfarschen. Ge is a short fat man with a huge mustache,wearinf a red shirt and blue overalls and is obsessed with Mushrooms. He could be a reference to Mario himself
- In one of the Inazuma eleven games Layton makes a cameo. It makes sense,considering both franchises are handheld Level 5 games
I already love this topic! I had no idea about the cactus in Fantasy Life.
- Mario RPG has Link and Samus both napping in beds at various points. Samus even mentioned Mother Brain.
- Donkey Kong Country 2 has a Killer Instinct character poster (Thunder) in Monkey Museum. Rare's fighting game is Killer Instinct so they had their own cameo! The GBA version of the original Donkey Kong Country had Sabrewulf's head mounted on the wall.
- Link's Awakening had a Yoshi Doll which started a trading side quest similar to the one in Mario and Luigi Dream Team.
I love the Dreamland 3 Metroid cameo. Ice Kirby even kills them similar to needing an Ice Beam in the Metroid games to kill them.
- The River Twygz in SPM is based off of The River Styx in Greek Mythology. Both are rivers that must be crossed in the afterlife which is the Underwhere in SPM's case. The Underchomp is based off of the three-headed dog Cerberus who guards the underworld. The entire chapter involving the Underwhere/Overthere resembles The Divine Comedy.
Also is it possible to include (possibly) unintended similarities becaise I have two ones in my mind (other being the obvious one and the dimilaritied between Layton vs aa and FL)
So I noticed that fantasy life has some references to Layton franchise. Laura wears a cap similar to Luke. There is also the whole apple princess thing
In kid icarus uprising there is the space pirate ship. From where have i heRd thst before. Metroid
Also the ( second)newest mario antagonist Antasma is a reference mess. He is obviously based on vampires but he also has similarities with all the main Mario and Luigi villains. He is also slightly similar to Nightmare wizard from thw Kirby franchise and shares a few (possibly unintenional) similarities with Ogura,the main villain of Densetsu no Stafy franchise
Kid Icarus has an enemy that looks like THE metroid. Viridi even lampshades this
Yeah...if he returns he needs to stand on his own. Also one of the reasons I am dissapointed with dt is the fact Tas is similar to Ogura...because DNS 3 spoilers Ogura had the best character arc any major Nintendo villain has had
It"s funny that you posted this because i was heavily discussing about that with Rainvainz.
I've noticed that Antasma's artworks were varying widly which led me to believe that he was made a reference mess to turn him into a "Red herring" in order to make the Bowser's betrayal scene a bit better (Antasma's look a mixture of all previous villains thus peoples would be surprised when Bowser would betray him and take the final boss's spot)
If he come back, it would be likely probable that the references would toned down if not removed to signal for the DT players that Antasma is now perfectly capable of becoming the main antagonist and final boss.
Actually i'm always watching most of threads, i just doesn't answer most of them:P
But no matter what other peoples say, i'll keep continuing to say it, "if there is one mario rpg villain which should have been treated better, it's Antasma"
M&L villains can come back, Fawful and the Shroobs proved it and Antasma is the only new antagonist in DT with some importance, the rest are either bosses made for the games or Bowser & his minions, so it kind of boost his chances of returning.
I also remember saying something about Fawful, that he was both themed after laugher and in technology, in SSS we got the laugher part, in BiS we got the technology part, Tas is nightmare/vampire thing, thus in DT we had the nightmare part and in the next game we would see the vampire part.
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In all honestly I think there is. Tas could get more ...uniqueness personality idk?
And also tbh during DNS 1/2 I liked Ogura but dns 3 made me love him (showed him in a more symphatetic way . His story arcs end is just cherry tipping )
Personally i still hope the reason Alpha Dream made him explode was not to kill him but to get rid of his "Red herring" form and bring him back into a new unique form (probably throught some bullshit reason like he took this form to cheat death or something like that)
His personality could be developped it's true, there is already bits which could be develop him into a full blown villain with tragic elements not unlike Ogura or Count Bleck.
Then there is also the SPM nod idea in which he, being originally a bat would manage to take on a new humanoid form to survive not unlike Nastasia (who was also once a bat).
Or when i'm bored (notice most of my posts are around the images and video threads, i also post quite a lot of music in my PM with Rainvainz)
It's even more possible because after being defeated, Fawful came back with a slight redesign and new clothes, so i could see Antasma coming back with new clothes and redesign like him.
M&L need a tragic villain, Antasma could be that cool villain who do evil for a reason rather than being a Card carrying villain who only do evil for the sake of evil.
I just mentioned in PM that I was a sucker for tragic villains too. I love them. Mario and Luigi has never had a tragic villain. They already had the funny and serious villains, so tragic is next.