Have you ever come across video game trivia that sounds like total bullshit to you?
I don't mean those rumors that elementary school kids tell, for example about how to catch a Mew, that can be objectively disproven.
I'm talking about the "facts" from development internals that they constantly repeat on websites when they talk about these games.
Let me present you two examples:
There are various sources who claim that Mega Man is blue specifically because the NES color palette has more shades of blue than for any other color.
Whenever I hear this, I think to myself: Either that's some stupid misinformation that someone started to spread and now everybody parrots it. Or, if the statement actually comes from the developers, then I'm asking myself if they just make up stuff out of thin air.
Firstly, there are just as many shades of green in the NES palette. (What was the original color of Mega Man supposed to be anyway if it wasn't for the palette? Pink? Yeah, sure. Why do I suspect that Mega Man had been blue anyway?)
Secondly: The Mega Man sprite consists of two shades of blue. Two. So, it doesn't matter at all.
So, what's with this piece of information? Why do they say it?
Then there's another one: Mario's design, based on hardware limitations.
I get the part about giving him an overall and a mustache to distinguish his arms and face respectively. But what about this whole "We gave him a cap because we couldn't animate the hair" bullshit? Why would they have to animate the hair anyway? Did they intend to give Mario a huge mane? They didn't even animate Princess Toadstool's hair in "Super Mario Bros. 2", so why are we supposed to believe that hair animation would have been a requirement at all?
Do you have any explanation for the two or do you maybe have other examples about trivia that makes you thik that they're just talking bullshit?
I don't mean those rumors that elementary school kids tell, for example about how to catch a Mew, that can be objectively disproven.
I'm talking about the "facts" from development internals that they constantly repeat on websites when they talk about these games.
Let me present you two examples:
There are various sources who claim that Mega Man is blue specifically because the NES color palette has more shades of blue than for any other color.
Whenever I hear this, I think to myself: Either that's some stupid misinformation that someone started to spread and now everybody parrots it. Or, if the statement actually comes from the developers, then I'm asking myself if they just make up stuff out of thin air.
Firstly, there are just as many shades of green in the NES palette. (What was the original color of Mega Man supposed to be anyway if it wasn't for the palette? Pink? Yeah, sure. Why do I suspect that Mega Man had been blue anyway?)
Secondly: The Mega Man sprite consists of two shades of blue. Two. So, it doesn't matter at all.
So, what's with this piece of information? Why do they say it?
Then there's another one: Mario's design, based on hardware limitations.
I get the part about giving him an overall and a mustache to distinguish his arms and face respectively. But what about this whole "We gave him a cap because we couldn't animate the hair" bullshit? Why would they have to animate the hair anyway? Did they intend to give Mario a huge mane? They didn't even animate Princess Toadstool's hair in "Super Mario Bros. 2", so why are we supposed to believe that hair animation would have been a requirement at all?
Do you have any explanation for the two or do you maybe have other examples about trivia that makes you thik that they're just talking bullshit?