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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ2-PICH0Ls
Basically you have to get this pig (that you would normally kill) to follow you through most of a zone to reach this grass patch (that looks like every other grass patch) so he can start chewing at it and uncover the mighty Pickaxe. One of the most garbage weapons in Darks Souls 2. No way anyone could have figured this out on their own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZRAqAJJgq4
Check out the stupidly obscure powerup trick at 2:20. Crouch on a specific mushroom, receive godly power. Too bad the game itself is complete inscrutable garbage, otherwise this would be useful.
Not sure about how "obscure" that Athena secret is. I mean, it is in the first issue of Nintendo Power after all. ;)
https://youtu.be/3_xrYZo6eJA?t=244
^ Go to timestamp 4:04
Of all my times having replayed this game, I've just learned of this like 3 days ago from this video. To summarize; on several explore-able locations in the game, if you stand still in very specific locations, you can hear strange sounds.
I meant more obscure to figure out on your own, otherwise the only games getting listed are like the 2 Atari games where recently it was found devs hiding their initials somewhere. Or that new Mortal Kombat code finally found after all these years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tripredacus
The light sabre in Ico. I doubt I'd have found it alone.
You can play the arcade version of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back on the GameCube. You just need to enter these two codes into Rogue Squadron 3 and you'll find the arcade cabinet on the deck of the Death Star.
!H!F?HXS KOOLSTUF
Never attempted these myself, but how about the "true" endings in the later Five Nights At Freddy's games, where you need to basically simulate breaking the game?
https://youtu.be/TZjAKjHNJTc
Panzer Dragoon Saga has a handful of obscure Easter Eggs. It's been so long since I last played it I can't remember the one...
Isn't there a baby dragon that you can get to follow you around? I see it in some videos, but haven't found info on how you get it.
Level 7 of the original Super Mario Bros. where you have to run off certain ledges in a particular order. I remember when I played it new and I figured my game was broken because the level just went on and on until time ran out. I never played it again after that. Years later I learned how to finish the level, but it still made no sense to me. I understand there are puzzles, but was I supposed to just stumble upon this obscure pattern? Did I miss a clue earlier in the game that would have alerted me to this pattern? I know there are warp zones to get to the end, but this level just pissed me off.
There is. You get the Baby Dragon by going into the Shelcoof later in the game. Then, you can take the Baby Dragon into the Forest? and the Baby Dragon and your Dragon combine to allow him to morph into the dragons from past Panzer Dragoon games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prince Talmit
That was a freaking fantastic game, one of the best I've ever played. It's a shame it's so rare, and a pain to emulate.
I thought with the ledges in SMB there is a chime when you go the right way so it is possible to figure out. I could be wrong though, it's been a long time since I played it and last time I played the game was to get my 4 year old introduced to the concept of the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by redsox2013
Pretty sure there aren't any hints. There is enough time to just try all combinations, but you also need to realize that the level goes like that for starters (also, two castles are like this if I recall correctly, ugh).
I loved the Cloud trick in Sonic CD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-U1kl0HSlU
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Originally Posted by xelement5x
Just want to chime in on this. I think the castles start this at world 5, only the first time you encounter it, there are only two paths to choose from. There's a chance that you'll accidentally guess the right path the first time through (and therefore miss the puzzle completely), but even if you don't, it shouldn't really take too long to figure out what the game is asking you to do. And that is the clue for the castle that gives you multiple sections of three paths. It's annoying, but I'm not sure that it's all that obtuse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sik
Nintendo added the chime to the Mario Allstars version
So many obscure secrets in Disney's Aladdin on the Genesis I could talk about. It has become my routine since the mid 90s to speedrun through all of them multiple times a year.
Could you expound on this? I'd be interested to know what kind of secrets lie in the game, as I think its one of the best platformers on Genesis.
In 2017, not sure how many are still considered "secrets" and how many are already common knowledge. But I would probably have to play through it to show it off. I'm talking about hidden shops, lives, gems, genie heads, hearts and apples. Also hoping that it is common knowledge where all the bonus stages Apu heads can be found (and also how to beat them). Also included are special ways to jump higher, where to land, how to speed up, seemingly impossible enemies to kill, etc.
A lot of it has become a jumble of memorization for me; so, like I said, it's difficult to distinguish by now what others don't yet know about the game (or may have forgotten).
Perhaps the best way to do this is to pick a level and I can walk you through it. Each level has techniques and secrets most people still don't utilize.
In that case, I pretty much figured those things out that I see many not utilize either. Like how to jump higher off poles and such be probably number one issue I see others not be able to figure out when playing.
No, not just the poles. Those are a necessity to be able to get the Apu bonus level heads. So that's more common knowledge, like I mentioned. I'm talking about doing the same thing with camels.
Other than that, the most important ones are where to find secret lives and hidden shops.