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Snagrio

I've thought about this from time to time for a while. It seems like a lot of Nintendo characters have rather big noses. Just off the top of my head, there's the Mario brothers (and their anti-hero counterparts), Olimar and his fellow Hocotatians, Mr. Saturn, Mr. Game & Watch, Yoshi, Ganondorf in OoT, and others that I can't remember at the moment. I just find it strange...

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Eel

Depending on their shape and color big noses can be comical.
They can also be evil.
They can also make a character feel old and wise.

Big noses for everyone!

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Hokori

Natu, Xatu, Nosepass, Probopass, Wario, waluigi. I think its the same case as anime eyes, being how anime eyes were based off of Disney and Mickey mouse has a big nose as well and of course Pinocchio

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Happy_Mask

Wait, that's what you notice?
This was a boss in Zelda Twighlight princess.
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Snagrio

Happy_Mask wrote:

Wait, that's what you notice?
This was a boss in Zelda Twighlight princess.
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Looks more like an eyeball, or something worse that I won't say...

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i hate ganondorf for his nose in OoT. the game is cool but i always think "damn that charakter looks just stupid"

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Happy_Mask

WingedFish wrote:

Happy_Mask wrote:

Wait, that's what you notice?
This was a boss in Zelda Twighlight princess.
Untitled

Looks more like an eyeball, or something worse that I won't say...

Yes, Eyeball spiders are much worse than just plain old eyeballs. (that's what you meant right? )

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Snagrio

Happy_Mask wrote:

WingedFish wrote:

Happy_Mask wrote:

Wait, that's what you notice?
This was a boss in Zelda Twighlight princess.
Untitled

Looks more like an eyeball, or something worse that I won't say...

Yes, Eyeball spiders are much worse than just plain old eyeballs. (that's what you meant right? )

Yes, but at first glace it also looked like a certain, other body part...

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KingDunsparce

No nosy nose will ever know

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Hokori

^those things that metroids have in their head that's red and there's 3 of them?

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theblackdragon

WingedFish wrote:

Yes, but at first glace it also looked like a certain, other body part...

i was unaware that beach balls were body parts

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In my opinion a big nose makes it easier to draw a character, so I don't have any complaints.

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theblackdragon

in all honesty, though, a nose can really make or break a character. they can add humor or strength depending on how they're drawn; tiny or nondescript noses can make a character plain or pretty, and that's not always what people want, i don't think. Could you imagine Mario with a turned-up little ski-slope nose like the princess has? with that big mustache of his, it'd look like some kind of kid in a plumber costume. or Ganondorf without his now-characteristic beak? That nose of his makes him look powerful and hawk-like, as if he'd tear into you as soon as look at you. Slap a pretty nose on him and he stands to lose his aura of strength; you'd be left staring at his huge mouth and wondering why his face all doesn't fit together anymore.

that said, Nibelilt is probably the closest to the real reason why so many iconic characters have big noses; they're just easier to draw. :3

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I remember in one of the Iwata Asks segments, they said that they were originally giving Link a button nose for Ocarina of Time, until the wife of one of the artists thought it looked kiddy. And then it was changed to the longer design, for +10 manliness

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Snagrio

Just for the record I never said that I didn't like the big nose thing, I just think it's odd that so many characters have them. But like @DestinyMan and @theblackdragon said, they do suit their owners very well.

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