Comments on: The Origins of Video Game Character Names http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/29454 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: NotThatGuy http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/29454/comment-page-1#comment-160657 NotThatGuy Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:48:44 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=29454#comment-160657 Which part, the elbow? I bet it's the elbow. Which part, the elbow? I bet it’s the elbow.

]]> By: Nihil http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/29454/comment-page-1#comment-160531 Nihil Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:02:05 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=29454#comment-160531 The Japanese word for peach is a also Japanese slang for a certain female body part. The Japanese word for peach is a also Japanese slang for a certain female body part.

]]> By: buschap http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/29454/comment-page-1#comment-160451 buschap Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:59:09 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=29454#comment-160451 I don't know about Mega Man. His arm cannon seems to switch from left to right depending on the game (link to a box art gallery in my name). While he was holding a gun in his left hand in the box art for the first two NES games, I can't see those as being canon, as he doesn't use a gun, his arm is the gun. Entertainingly, Link is only left handed in the NES Zelda 75% of the time. Since the side view sprite is just flipped for when he is facing left or right, sometimes he's left-handed and sometimes right-handed. But yes, he is canonically left-handed. I don’t know about Mega Man. His arm cannon seems to switch from left to right depending on the game (link to a box art gallery in my name). While he was holding a gun in his left hand in the box art for the first two NES games, I can’t see those as being canon, as he doesn’t use a gun, his arm is the gun.

Entertainingly, Link is only left handed in the NES Zelda 75% of the time. Since the side view sprite is just flipped for when he is facing left or right, sometimes he’s left-handed and sometimes right-handed. But yes, he is canonically left-handed.

]]> By: Tonberry2k http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/29454/comment-page-1#comment-160443 Tonberry2k Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:33:44 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=29454#comment-160443 Ah, you seem to forget Megaman, who is also left-handed. Ah, you seem to forget Megaman, who is also left-handed.

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