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Post by Discoalucard on Jun 3, 2012 21:15:11 GMT -5
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Post by Vokkan on Jun 4, 2012 4:39:36 GMT -5
God I need this game! ;D
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Post by apachacha on Jun 4, 2012 6:10:31 GMT -5
Hey that looks ni-
*notices swastika board*
Oh......
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on Jun 4, 2012 8:04:56 GMT -5
I couldn't see the wood for the trees. You meant this image:  I can't see the screen you're referring to - could it in fact be a manji? (Scroll down in the link) Zelda on the NES has one too. Also, random Googling implies this is also available on Android. I think. |
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Post by derboo on Jun 4, 2012 8:44:47 GMT -5
The manji goes the other way round. But anyway, the typical Japanese impression would be somewhere between "hey, an inverted manji!" and "hey, some emblem of some army that fought some war somewhere at the other end of the world! I heard they had really cool uniforms..."
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Post by Narushima on Jun 4, 2012 12:06:38 GMT -5
[quote author=admin board=recent thread=9226 post=221848 time=1338776111[...]giant walking asses.[/quote]
Fying! that's even better.
About the swastika, that isn't one, actually, and it isn't a manji either. It's another symbol that was used in Northern India for a long time as a sign of luck.
Some British soldiers stationed there when it was a colony brought it back with them and painted it on or above their house's door, as they saw it in India.
And weirdly enough, the Aryans were an ethnic group from that same region.
So basically, nothing to do with Hitler.
Edit: mmh, the Playstation version seems to have been ported to Android, indeed. Well, I can't do a thing about it, I don't have any device running it!
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Post by apachacha on Jun 4, 2012 16:10:48 GMT -5
The manji goes the other way round. But anyway, the typical Japanese impression would be somewhere between "hey, an inverted manji!" and "hey, some emblem of some army that fought some war somewhere at the other end of the world! I heard they had really cool uniforms..." The latter part is a bit weird though, considering.....you know....the thing that lead to the thing that eventualy blew up two whole cities in Japan ? |
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Post by mondobelmondo on Jun 5, 2012 7:26:04 GMT -5
The manji goes the other way round. But anyway, the typical Japanese impression would be somewhere between "hey, an inverted manji!" and "hey, some emblem of some army that fought some war somewhere at the other end of the world! I heard they had really cool uniforms..." I know WW2 seems like ancient history, but lest we forget which side Japan was allied with,...  |
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Post by Discoalucard on Jun 5, 2012 11:55:16 GMT -5
Edit: mmh, the Playstation version seems to have been ported to Android, indeed. Well, I can't do a thing about it, I don't have any device running it! I grabbed it, it's free too. Doesn't support Xperia Play controls so it's touch screen only, and pretty sluggish. Plus it seems to crash a lot. I haven't played the other versions but it looks pretty similar to the PlayStation version. I THINK the death animations may be new because they're different from the pics you have. I got attacked by the walking ass and his, uh, explusion was green, so that's a little less gross. Is it possible to take pictures of Android software like you can on the iOS? |
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Post by Narushima on Jun 5, 2012 13:55:00 GMT -5
On both the wonderswan and Playstation versions, you can face different directions as often as you want before pressing the button to take a step in that direction; that way you can always check where the monsters will go once you move. And it looks like the touch-screen version only allows direct movement, but I may be wrong.
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Post by apachacha on Jun 5, 2012 14:19:02 GMT -5
I could only find the Wonderswan version and aim to test it out myself.
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Post by Narushima on Jun 5, 2012 17:47:40 GMT -5
I think I prefer the WS version, myself. It's nicer when the scrolling is not hiding a monster or two. And the b&w has a certain charm.
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Post by Scylla on Jun 5, 2012 20:33:24 GMT -5
Great article. I appreciate how well-researched it is, what with the explanation of the title and info about the artists and such. It seems like most people who bring up this game don't have a clue about the title.
The board that looks like a manji probably isn't the best choice for a screen shot comparison, though. Westerners never seem to learn that there is more history behind that kind of symbol than just the swastika. I knew a guy online many years ago that actually got hate mail for putting up a Zelda screen shot on his web site.
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Post by Narushima on Jun 6, 2012 12:16:20 GMT -5
The board that looks like a manji probably isn't the best choice for a screen shot comparison, though. I know, but I felt a bit cheeky. Plus if they've used it in the game it's more for the symmetry of it than anything else. |
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Post by KeeperBvK on Jun 7, 2012 1:42:19 GMT -5
About the swastika, that isn't one, actually, and it isn't a manji either. It's another symbol that was used in Northern India for a long time as a sign of luck. Some British soldiers stationed there when it was a colony brought it back with them and painted it on or above their house's door, as they saw it in India. And weirdly enough, the Aryans were an ethnic group from that same region. So basically, nothing to do with Hitler. It sure is a swastika AND a manji. Sure, it's gotten nothing to do with Hitler, but both the Nazis and the Japanese took the symbol straight from India, where it's called suasti (see the resemblance to swastika?), so it's all basically the same, just used differently and named differently, but still taken from the very same source. |
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