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Monday, March 21, 2011

I'm probably slow, but...

Okay, so I might be the last person in the world to notice the similarity between The Legend of Zelda's recorder and Super Mario Bros. 3 whistle, but today I finally realized that they are the same basic item.



Despite their small differences in appearance, they both play the same tune, and they both summon a whirlwind that transports the character to a different location.  But like I said before, I might be the slowest person in the world (betting Captain Obvious and Slowpoke beat me as well), but I thought I'd share this bit of info for other slow gamers out there.

22 comments:

  1. whoa holy shit, your right! i never noticed this.
    poetry

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  2. In super mario world the clouds are the same as the bushs!!

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  3. They made the whistle in SM3 as a tongue-in-cheek joke from Zelda. The programmers said "MAGIC WHISTLE!" and they all groaned...

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  4. Slow/fast gamin is awesome!kEEP EM COMING!

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  5. Yeah, thats a bit mind-blowing XD

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  6. blew my mind, didn't know that!

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  7. Haha, youre really slow on that

    But theyre both Nintendo, so np :)

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  8. It could mean that Mario world and Zelda world are one and the same, just different parts of their history.

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  9. I guess it makes sense. Back then when memory was very limited you tend to reuse a lot of code. In that vein, in Mario Bros. the trees in the background are just clouds painted a different color.

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  10. The Rod of Seasons in Oracle of Seasons look like the kings' scepters in SMB 3.

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  11. Haha I don't think you're slow, I didn't know that either!

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  12. Wow... seriously you never noticed that?? i liked the fact that both items carried the same tune and properties in both games, made me think that the flutes in those worlds was mystic.

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  13. Didn't blow my mind, but still interesting. Hmm...

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  14. lol never noticed that before, interesting.

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