One of the delights of retro Nintendo games is in discovering their secrets, little snippets of interesting features that can only be spotted with close attention. Hunting 'easter eggs' is a major part of retro gaming.
A current series on the Did You Know Gaming channel is looking to reveal intriguing details on all of the main series Mario games; always a popular subject. Some of these facts are pretty well known, but a few have been new to us — we're sure some of you already know them all, so please understand.
Learning about these quirky features or surprising cross-overs and references is always fun, so below you can see the first two parts of this video series; the first part was posted a couple of weeks ago, with part two arriving recently. They cover Super Mario Bros. right up to a few initial facts for Super Mario 64.
Let us know what you think, and share any cool easter eggs that have been missed out in the videos.
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COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOl.
People always say the warp whistle/OOT one but it's actually from the original Zelda game (whirlwind included).
I'm kinda confused why DYKG is doing this considering there are already a LOT of other channels that cover the exact same thing but far more in depth.
Just for the record, I think this guy's definition of "easter eggs" is really poor.
The majority of these videos is TRIVIA, not actual easter eggs.
@RupeeClock
Yeah, my issue is that DYKG's main videos att more indepth than this one. (Also my personal bias against cadicarus...)
Are you guys ever gonna do this?
Fantastic some great info.
I'm actually really enjoying this series so far! A fair few things I never knew before!
@TysonOfTime Why do you have a bias against Caddicarus? Not accusing or anything, just curious!
@drewb0203 I totally agree.
Wow. Droppin knowledge up in here!
That was so nice! Shame modern games couldn't be covered.
@GloverMist
Oh, it's just because I dislike his content. I tried getting into his videos, but they just weren't for me I guess. I just want to acknowledge that I feel that bias has some bearing on my opinion of these videos.
I don't understand why people think this is a good format.
Could just be a list by game and particular trick then linked to a 10 or 20 second video showing just that part.
Wart appears in Zelda Link's Awakening. He's called 'Mamu', which is apparently Wart's Japanese name..
Cool, but I was already watching this. Hope to see ya'll cover more videos like this!
@unrandomsam
Because doing it that way would be a big mess and clutter up their channel along with peoples' subscription feeds. This is a two part series (so far), so you would just have what would have been 5-10min. videos broken up into 20-30 or so 10-20sec. ones. They're not all just "tricks" either. Doing it your way doesn't make sense from a practicality stand point.
Theres also the entertainment aspect, so its the difference between, say, watching the discovery and reading the magazine.
I didn't know that Super Mario world had the Mario theme!!!!!!
Its so damm cool that they found facts like these!!!!!!!!!!
A few interesting facts there, although any of us long term Nintendo fans knew them all already, right?
Interesting point about the Chain Chomps originally being intended for Legend Of Zelda as one was featured in Zelda: Link's Awakening for Game Boy (with much more obvious references to it being like a dog) and the Super Mario Bros 2 end boss Wart also made a cameo in Link's Awakening under his original Japanese name of 'Mamu', whilst some other Super Mario Bros 2 enemies like Pokeys also appear at certain points. (Wart isn't an enemy in Link's Awakening though).
Interesting stuff. But I agree its more trivia then easter-eggs.
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