"Didja know that the Shine Spark in Metroid was based on Getter Robo G's attack of the same name" is a Doki Doki Panic-tier piece of trivia that everyone knows, but what no one seems to talk about that I just discovered myself is that Link's Sword Beam comes from one of Voltes V's attacks?????? - ThreadSky

charmaycry.bsky.social • 111 days ago

"Didja know that the Shine Spark in Metroid was based on Getter Robo G's attack of the same name" is a Doki Doki Panic-tier piece of trivia that everyone knows, but what no one seems to talk about that I just discovered myself is that Link's Sword Beam comes from one of Voltes V's attacks??????

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powerfulhag.bsky.social•111 days ago

Volt Tackle, the name of a move in Pokemon, in JP is Volteccer, which is a reference to Tekkaman's voltekka

charmaycry.bsky.social•111 days ago

Even better! That's a reference to one of Pulseman's attacks, which was originally a reference to Tekkaman's attack!

powerfulhag.bsky.social•111 days ago

yeah i left that out because it's a bit confusing in one post

meanwhile the new tv show has a group called the Rising Volteccers so the dub was like "uhhh Rising...Volt Tacklers..."

charmaycry.bsky.social•111 days ago

Lol, always funny when an old translation choice comes back to bite the translators in the ass in a completely unforeseeable way

powerfulhag.bsky.social•111 days ago

same thing happened with pokeballs, they changed hyperball to ultraball back in the day (this is why ultraballs have a H on them) then years later when ultraballs were introduced to catch Ultra Beasts the loc had to go with 'beast balls'

blackblossombobo.bsky.social•111 days ago

Yea that middle step is very important
...And responsible for me making this image

volticexe.bsky.social•111 days ago

Fun Fact: They still have shitty Electric Physical Moves! Every Physical Move above Thunder Punch (which is only 75BP & very limited) is either Self Damaging (Wild Charge, Supercell Slam, etc.) or an Exclusive/Super-Limited Move! (Zing Zap, Bolt Beak, Fusion Bolt, Plasma Fists, Aura Wheel, etc.)

volticexe.bsky.social•111 days ago

Also Fun Fact: Volt Tackle is FUCKING BOTH & you STILL don't use, but not bc of either of those reasons; its bc NO ONE USES PHYSICAL PIKACHU/RAICHU.

reapthegirlwind.bsky.social•111 days ago

absolutely delighted by the number of people learning about the shinespark bit while i learn the voltes one

fixedrandomness.bsky.social•111 days ago

I'm still out here wondering if iconic pokemon move Signal Beam is a Mightgaine reference because it's also called that in Japanese down to the same Katakana

charmaycry.bsky.social•111 days ago

OH SHIT

pixeldoesthings.bsky.social•111 days ago

i'm still fucking thinking about how the death egg robo's little fucking Thing it does is from the Scopedog

charmaycry.bsky.social•111 days ago

ccharmanderk.bsky.social•111 days ago

Everything in modern Japanese media either come from Ultraman or some fuckin kids robot cartoon from the 1970s, I'm convinced there is no fuckin in-between.

midknightnyran.bsky.social•111 days ago

many things in those "kids robot cartoon from the 1970s" themselves come from Ultraman

because all things in time are cyclical

ccharmanderk.bsky.social•111 days ago

"Wait, it's ALL Ultraman?"

"Always has been."

planeswalkure.bsky.social•111 days ago

It just hit me that the current Yugioh protagonist is an alien who's 8.88 million countrymen are able to live in a shrunken spaceship

Kind of like the Baltans spaceship in their very first appearance in Ultraman

DAMN IT

planeswalkure.bsky.social•111 days ago

You start on the internet with Jojo reference, and if you care about art of anime and manga, eventually you're going to have to upgrade your otaku card to Ultraman

nexelionbuster.bsky.social•111 days ago

Oh like Daitarn 3 calling its sword a "zanber" and Nanoha and Crossbone Gundam running with it

hakethkotb.bsky.social•111 days ago

Well TIL two things

volticexe.bsky.social•111 days ago

That Shine Spark one is NOT Doki Doki Tier, its genuinely the first time I've ever heard it.

charmaycry.bsky.social•111 days ago

Well... now ya know!

volticexe.bsky.social•111 days ago

I do! That is genuinely really cool to learn.

marcievania.bsky.social•111 days ago

i didnt know the shinespark thing ..

charmaycry.bsky.social•111 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/charmaycry.bsky.social/post/3ldflpaehp222

charmaycry.bsky.social•111 days ago

"I didn't know the Shine Spark thing" this is a certified Feldspar Comic Moment

charmaycry.bsky.social•111 days ago

Look when you become even slightly initiated in mecha fandom you will invariably have someone tell you about how Metroid's Shine Spark came from Getter G's Shine Spark with the cadence of that one Scott Pilgrim scene, it's the mecha fandom's version of that fun fact

fm-synth.bsky.social•111 days ago

Hey did you know that um.

That. Th. Uh.

Shit. *looks at a smudged pen memo on its paw* oh god.

Mario 2 is, actually the lost levels and, we didn't get it until Super Mario All-Stars, and that like Sauron pouring all his malice into the One Ring, Shigeru Miyamoto did that for Mario 2 & that's why

endlessconfusion.bsky.social•111 days ago

Me and my friends call these "Nigel Uno tier facts" because the one fun fact that kept getting brought up in this exact sense was "Did you know Joseph Joestar and Nigel Uno share the same VA?"

oceanblue-art.bsky.social•111 days ago

*walks into GameStop*
*makes aggressive eye contact with the cashier*
"Hey girl, did you know that uh"
*spaghetti spills out of pocket*
"Oh God I was just trying to tell you about how Shoji Kawamori, creator of Macross, also designed the G1 Transformers and now there's spaghetti everywhere"

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