joshf
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Post by joshf on Mar 4, 2007 14:42:34 GMT -5
Wanted to say that the fish characters are based on the fish of the same name (in Japanese at least.) Mambo and Samba are sort of puns. マンボウ (manbou) = Ocean Sunfish マンボ (manbo) = Mambo (dance) サンバ (sanba) = Samba (dance) ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%82%A6I became interested in aquatic animals after playing Darius too much.  |
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Post by emilio on Mar 5, 2007 8:00:19 GMT -5
Nice, so that's why there's a sunfish named Mambo even in Link's Awakening.
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Post by joshf on Mar 5, 2007 9:18:41 GMT -5
Really? I've seen this particular fish in a bunch of Japanese games. There's a game called Space Manbow (spelled "manbou" in Japanese) where you control a ship that looks like an ocean sunfish. Fun fact: These things are fucking huge! bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/mola_mola.jpg |
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Post by Malroth on Mar 5, 2007 22:53:02 GMT -5
Holy...! I didn't realize they were *that* big!
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Post by Shinigami on Mar 6, 2007 15:57:52 GMT -5
They look like normal small fish that have been proportunately increased in size.
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Post by joshf on Mar 6, 2007 22:28:21 GMT -5
 According to Wikipedia the largest size recorded was three meters long! I agree they do look like small fish for some reason, maybe the roundness. It's so unique, it's what got me interested in aquatic animals after seeing them in Darius. |
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Post by Shellshock on Mar 7, 2007 11:17:23 GMT -5
Shellshocking Fun Fact: Fish never stop growing during their lifetime, except when contained in smaller enclosures. Then they adapt their size to it.
Fish like the Manbou eventually grow so big that they suddenly have no natural predators. I don't remember reading about the Manbou, but from the looks of it it seems like another prehistoric fish that has managed to survive until present day.
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Post by Shinigami on Mar 7, 2007 12:38:43 GMT -5
I don't know, a pod of Orcas might still go after them.
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Mar 7, 2007 12:46:44 GMT -5
For those of you who'd beg to differ:  |
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Post by joshf on Mar 7, 2007 18:06:25 GMT -5
Speaking of badass sea creatures:  |
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Post by ReyVGM on Mar 8, 2007 2:10:28 GMT -5
That is... awesome...
I've always loved obscure and unusual sea creatures.
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Post by ReyVGM on Mar 8, 2007 2:11:52 GMT -5
By the way, there is a Pachinko version of Gokujyou Parodius if that's of importance.
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Post by Malroth on Mar 9, 2007 18:49:55 GMT -5
So, planning on being a marine biologist, Joshf?
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Post by Shellshock on Mar 10, 2007 12:19:59 GMT -5
Speaking of badass sea creatures: Yeah.... I'm gonna say that's a Photoshopfish.... |
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Post by joshf on Mar 10, 2007 21:43:08 GMT -5
Type "giant jellyfish" into Google and you'll see a bunch of them.
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