History ShoutOut / Nintendo

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* ''[[VideoGame/AdvanceWars Advance Wars: Dual Strike]]'' introduced tag powers, a few of which were named after songs and musicians. For instance, Jake and Rachel get "[[Music/{{REM}} Orange Crush]]" for theirs, Olaf and Grit get "Music/SnowPatrol", while Lash and Hawke get the decidedly cheeky "[[Music/BillyIdol Rebel Yell]]".
* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' is chock full of references to other Nintendo games. The one for the [=GameCube=] (i.e. the first one released outside of Japan) had a ''Pokémon Pikachu'' villagers would sometimes request from other villagers, as well as items like the previously mentioned Arwing, a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Master Sword]], and a hidden set of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''-themed furniture. Not to mention that the game borrowed some sound effects from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', like the familiar coin sound representing Bells, the game's currency. The same sound would also play when hitting rocks with money hidden in them, which would change to the 1-Up sound effect as the amount of money increased. ''Wild World'' for the DS added even more, like a Triforce and more hidden items, like a [[VideoGame/FZero Blue Falcon]], VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}, and a Franchise/{{Metroid}}. Both games also have a blue bench with the Nintendo logo, with it being hidden in the original and being an ordinary item at Tom Nook's store in Wild World.

** All three iterations of ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' have a frog villager named Jeremiah, a reference to the Three Dog Night song "Joy to the World".
** Lots of ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' characters make specific references to ''Zelda'', for some reason. "Perky" type girls in ''Wild World'' will sometimes tell you how they traveled to a nameless "far-off land," where they met "a [[{{Bishonen}} cute boy]] with green clothes and a Magic Boomerang." In the original, the sailor Gulliver talks about one of his various girlfriends, who allegedly lives in Hyrule. Hyrulian Loach, anyone?
** In ''City Folk'' you can get Midna's Mask and wear it.

* ''VideoGame/RingFitAdventure'' has World 14, which is an homage to ''VideoGame/SilentHill''. It's shrouded in a thick fog and one NPC even mirrors Harry's famous line "Have you seen a little girl..?" in reference to her own missing daughter.

** Occasionally in the SNES version of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'', you can enter Wrinkly's Save Cave and find Wrinkly Kong playing a UsefulNotes/Nintendo64. The music in the background when this happens is an arrangement of the music that plays inside Peach's castle in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.

* ''Mario'' characters are drawn on the walls on Wuhu Island in ''VideoGame/WiiFit Plus''. In the Jogging Plus game you have to remember which one you passed. The ocean liner docked off Wuhu Island? As revealed in ''VideoGame/WiiSportsResort'', it's called the Queen Peach. And in ''Sports Resort'''s Island Flyover game, there's the sound of someone in the Hill Village playing ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' on the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]].

* 9-Volt and 18-Volt's stages in the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series have many references to old Creator/{{Nintendo}} games, including some obscure ones like ''Mario Clash'' for the UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy.

** The N-ZAP 85 and 89 weapons are [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES Zappers]]; they're colored grey and orange, respectively, referencing how the Zapper was recolored orange in 1989 as an effort to make it less realistic. Sheldon mentions that the latter weapon was changed to orange for "legal reasons".

* A traditional ShoutOut in the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series is Kirby donning [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link's cap]] when copying the Sword ability, even in [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa the anime]]. In addition, his [[KillerYoyo yo-yo]] ability could be a ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/EarthBound''. Not to mention that one item you can find in Great Cave Offensive is a Mr. Saturn. Also, the Great Cave Offensive is chockfull of shout outs, including: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros A Mario coin and green shell]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} a Screwball]], [[Literature/{{Cinderella}} a glass slipper]], [[VideoGame/MarioAndWario a bucket with an M (or W) on it]], [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon's helmet]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda the Master Sword, a shield and the triforce]], and [[Franchise/DonkeyKong Kong's Barrel]]. And his "Fighter" form wears a [[Franchise/StreetFighter red headband]]. Especially true in ''Super Star'', where he actually can do a {{Shoryuken}} and in ''Squeak Squad'' and ''Triple Deluxe'', where he can pull off a Hadouken. (In ''Triple Deluxe'', this can even be done by performing the classic quarter-circle-forward + B motion.)

** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' takes it a step further- whenever a character grabs a [[InvincibilityPowerup star]], they turn into a giant 8-bit version of themselves that rampages across the screen. Inversely, another powerup gives you a small team of 8-bit versions of yourself that surround you and help defeat enemies, though they rarely last long. Also, the Underchomp battle plays like a ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' battle (but may also be a reference to ''VideoGame/EarthBound''), the Pits of 100 Trials resemble a ''Game & Watch'' display, and the Mansion Patrol minigame is a fairly obvious reference to ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion''. And [[BodyHorror Mimi]] and her {{Transformation Sequence}}s appear to be shout-outs to both ''Film/TheExorcist'' and ''Film/TheThing1982''.

** The game has references to several ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' elements, considering Squaresoft helped make the game. Culex, a BonusBoss, has a battle theme, victory theme, and prelude all in the style of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''.

** During an intermission after a round in the fight against the BonusBoss of the Wii game, [[spoiler:Donkey Kong]], Doc Louis jokingly tells Mac that he (Louis) can call his plumber if he (Mac) is having problems. This is a reference to Mario, who was a plumber and used to antagonize with [[spoiler:Donkey Kong]] in the past.

* A traditional ShoutOut in the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series is Kirby donning [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link's cap]] when copying the Sword ability, even in [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa the anime]]. In addition, his [[KillerYoyo yo-yo]] ability could be a ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/EarthBound''. Not to mention that one item you can find in Great Cave Offensive is a Mr. Saturn. Also, the Great Cave Offensive is chockfull of shout outs, including: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros A Mario coin and green shell]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} a Screwball]], [[Literature/{{Cinderella}} a glass slipper]], [[VideoGame/MarioAndWario a bucket with an M (or W) on it]], [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon's helmet]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda the Master Sword, a shield and the triforce]], and [[Franchise/DonkeyKong Kong's Barrel]]. And his "Fighter" form wears a [[Franchise/StreetFighter red headband]]. Especially true in ''Super Star'', where he actually can do a {{Shoryuken}} and in ''Squeak Squad'' and ''Triple Deluxe'', where he can pull off a Hadouken. (In ''Triple Deluxe'', this can even be done by performing the classic quarter-circle-forward + B motion.) And in the credits of Kirby Superstar you can see Kirby wear a [[Franchise/MegaMan met helmet]].

** The Warp Whistle item plays the same musical notes as the Recorder in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', and it also summons a tornado that carries the player character elsewhere the same as the Recorder does. A redone version of the tune can be heard on the title screen of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.

** One of the items Link gets to use in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'' is a [[WhipItGood whip]]. Upon closer examination, it has a snake motif, rather like the rope snake of VideoGame/Mother3.

* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' is chock full of references to other Nintendo games. The one for the [=GameCube=] (i.e. the first one released outside of Japan) had a ''Pokémon Pikachu'' villagers would sometimes request from other villagers, as well as items like the previously mentioned Arwing, a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Master Sword]], and a hidden set of Franchise/SuperMarioBros-themed furniture. Not to mention that the game borrowed some sound effects from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', like the familiar coin sound representing Bells, the game's currency. The same sound would also play when hitting rocks with money hidden in them, which would change to the 1-Up sound effect as the amount of money increased. ''Wild World'' for the DS added even more, like a Triforce and more hidden items, like a [[VideoGame/FZero Blue Falcon]], VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}, and a Franchise/{{Metroid}}. Both games also have a blue bench with the Nintendo logo, with it being hidden in the original and being an ordinary item at Tom Nook's store in Wild World.

* A traditional ShoutOut in the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series is Kirby donning [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Link's cap]] when copying the Sword ability, even in [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa the anime]]. In addition, his [[KillerYoyo yo-yo]] ability could be a ShoutOut to ''Videogame/EarthBound''. Not to mention that one item you can find in Great Cave Offensive is a Mr. Saturn. Also, the Great Cave Offensive is chockfull of shout outs, including: [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros A Mario coin and green shell]], [[Videogame/{{Metroid}} a Screwball]], [[Literature/{{Cinderella}} a glass slipper]], [[Videogame/MarioAndWario a bucket with an M (or W) on it]], [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon's helmet]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda the Master Sword, a shield and the triforce]], and [[Franchise/DonkeyKong Kong's Barrel]]. And his "Fighter" form wears a [[Videogame/StreetFighter red headband]]. Especially true in ''Super Star'', where he actually can do a {{Shoryuken}} and in ''Squeak Squad'' and ''Triple Deluxe'', where he can pull off a Hadouken. (In ''Triple Deluxe'', this can even be done by performing the classic quarter-circle-forward + B motion.) And in the credits of Kirby Superstar you can see Kirby wear a [[VideoGame/MegaMan met helmet]].
* In ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'', one of the level objectives is to defeat a bunch of ''Metroids''[[note]]with Kirby's ice attack, naturally[[/note]]. Samus herself rewards you with a heart star for doing so. She even takes off her helmet for '[[HundredPercentCompletion 100% completion]]'.

** Occasionally in the SNES version of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'', you can enter Wrinkly's Save Cave and find Wrinkly Kong playing a UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}}. The music in the background when this happens is an arrangement of the music that plays inside Peach's castle in ''Videogame/SuperMario64''.

* ''Mario'' characters are drawn on the walls on Wuhu Island in ''VideoGame/WiiFit Plus''. In the Jogging Plus game you have to remember which one you passed. The ocean liner docked off Wuhu Island? As revealed in ''VideoGame/WiiSportsResort'', it's called the Queen Peach. And in ''Sports Resort'''s Island Flyover game, there's the sound of someone in the Hill Village playing ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' on the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]].

** One of the items Link gets to use in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'' is a [[WhipItGood whip]]. Upon closer examination, it has a snake motif, rather like the rope snake of VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}.
** ''Zelda'' games often contain numerous shoutouts to each other, for example, in ''Majora's Mask'', the various members of the Indigo-Gos are playing musical themes from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' in their rooms.

** The Loftwings were modeled after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wufAdZoxpcg shoebill birds]]. Also, Link's Loftwing shares the colors of the [[{{VideoGame/Kirby}} Dyna Blade]].

** When Link initially meets Thunder Dragon, he thinks his name is boring and due to hanging out with robots too long, half-jokingly wants to call him [[RobotNames LD-Link-16.]] Fittingly enough, if you count [[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle Of Ages and Oracle Of Seasons]] as two seperate games, this Link is indeed the 16th.
** Skipper's room contains a portrait which [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-VifGciaWE recreates an iconic scene from]] Creator/JamesCameron's ''{{Film/Titanic 1997}}''.
* ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''

** Starbeans Cafe is a play on Starbucks, obviously. Olimar (who dubs Mario "Marlio") and his VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}, [[VideoGame/SuperMetroid Samus]], Link, Wario (who calls himself a guest star), [[VideoGame/StarFox Fox, Peppy and Slippy]], and even an ''VideoGame/ExciteBike'' racer were planned to appear and give the Mario Bros. useful items. The items were still used in-game, but the names were changed. Although the VideoGameRemake didn't revive this concept, it does make the Great Force/Triforce connection even more explicit--it was redesigned slightly to more closely resemble the Triforce's appearance from ''Ocarina of Time'' on, and it even plays the series' "item get" fanfare when you obtain it.

** There's also a small mechanical planetoid in the Buoy Base Galaxy that looks like a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokeball]]. Also, at some point during the Space Junk Galaxy, Mario lands on [[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Olimar's ship]].

** The Warp Whistle item plays the same musical notes as the Recorder in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', and it also summons a tornado that carries the player character elsewhere the same as the Recorder does. A redone version of the tune can be heard on the title screen of ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
** In the English version only, at the end of the game, Princess Peach says, "Thank you. But our Princess is in another castle!...Just kidding! Ha ha ha! Bye bye." This refers to "Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!" from the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''.

** The game has a shout out towards a lives count glitch that appeared in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''. If your lives exceed 999, your lives count reads as a crown and a random symbol. There's also a BrutalBonusLevel in Special World 8, which is dubbed World 8-Crown.

** Luigi playing with the teleporters brings to mind the TV advertisement for ''Videogame/{{Portal 2}}''.

** The game has the Pipe Vault area, a one-block-wide underground area reminiscent of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''' underground stages, complete with their music and pipes containing Piranha Plants. And then there's the curtained alcove in Booster Tower, where Mario will transform into his eight-bit self for a few seconds. In addition, there are a couple of easy-to-miss cameos made by [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] and [[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Samus]].

* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' has multiple references to the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' series of films. Most obviously, the recurring boss Ridley, who shares a name with Creator/RidleyScott, director of the original ''Film/{{Alien}}'' and the Metroid egg seen at the end of ''Metroid 2'' and the start of ''Super Metroid'' uncannily resembles a facehugger egg sac.
* The ''Star Fox'' series seems to have a number of reciprocal Shout Outs in relation to ''VideoGame/FZero''. For starters, Fox [=McCloud=] and Falco Lombardi may have ''originally'' been Shout Outs, being an anthropomorphic ''Golden Fox'' and ''Blue Falcon'' respectively. Then, James [=McCloud=] (outfit and all, but in non-anthropomorphic human form) became a character in the ''F-Zero'' series starting with ''F-Zero X''. Then ''Star Fox Command'' references ''F-Zero'' yet again, [[spoiler:where one of its nine possible MultipleEndings has Fox and Falco becoming racers in a high-speed racing league called G-Zero.]]

** In ''Star Fox 64'', shortly after you enter Meteo's WarpZone, you'll be treated to several waves of bee/butterfly-like enemies that fly in formations very reminiscent of ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}''. You get bonuses if you can nail them all.

* ''VideoGame/WarioLand: Shake It!'' has a level called "Wreck Train"--the music of this level has a shout to ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.

** Pearl can comment that Humpback Pump Track is "straight up sloppy!", causing Marina to react "[[Film/MeanGirls Are you STILL trying to make 'sloppy' happen? It's not gonna happen.]]"

* In the Super Nintendo video game adaptation of ''Film/DennisTheMenace'', in the sewer level, Dennis fights [[FranchiseTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles ninja turtles]].

** One of the Sunken Scrolls depicts two Octarians in the style of [[Literature/TheBible Adam and Eve]], said to be "''Literature/ParadiseLost'' by [[Creator/{{Michelangelo}} Octolangelo]]".

* ''VideoGame/MarioParty 8'' has a ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' reference. During Bowser's Warped Orbit, if a player lands on a [[InterfaceScrew Reversal Space]], Bowser mentions doing "the crime warp". On the same board, if the item shop is having a sale they mention that "[[Music/{{ACDC}} We're selling dirty deeds. Dirt cheap!]]"
* ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' has a shout out towards a lives count glitch that appeared in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''. If your lives exceed 999, your lives count reads as a crown and a random symbol. There's also a BrutalBonusLevel in Special World 8, which is dubbed World 8-Crown.

** All of the Shifty Station layout names are puns of popular book series titles ("[[Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie Windmill House on the Pearlie]]", "[[Literature/{{Goosebumps}} Goosponge]]", "[[Literature/TheHungerGames The Bunker Games]]", etc.).

* ''Nintendo'' games heavily cross-reference each other, ranging from a [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld Yoshi]] doll in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' to [[VideoGame/StarFox Arwings]] as furniture in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'':

* ''Nintendo'' games heavily reference each other, ranging from a [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld Yoshi]] doll in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' to [[VideoGame/StarFox Arwings]] as furniture in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''.

* ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' reference in ''VideoGame/MarioParty 8'': During Bowser's Warped Orbit, if a player lands on a [[InterfaceScrew Reversal Space]], Bowser mentions doing "the crime warp". On the same board, if the item shop is having a sale they mention that "[[Music/{{ACDC}} We're selling dirty deeds. Dirt cheap!]]"

* ''[[VideoGame/AdvanceWars Advance Wars: Dual Strike]]'' introduced tag powers, a couple of which were named after these. Jake and Rachael get "[[ProductPlacement Orange Crush]]" for theirs, while Lash and Hawke get the decidedly cheeky "[[Music/BillyIdol Rebel Yell]]" for theirs.

** Even the anime ''Anime/FZeroLegendOfFalcon' has O'Donnell being referenced as James's deceased friend.

** The opening scene has nods to ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'' and ''Film/{{Tron}}''.

* ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' reference in ''VideoGame/MarioParty 8'': During Bowser's Warped Orbit, if a player lands on a [[InterfaceScrew Reversal Space]], Bowser mentions doing "the crime warp". On the same board, if the item shop is having a sale they mention that "[[Music/ACDC We're selling dirty deeds. Dirt cheap!]]"

* ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' reference in ''VideoGame/MarioParty 8'': During Bowser's Warped Orbit, if a player lands on a [[InterfaceScrew Reversal Space]], Bowser mentions doing "the crime warp". On the same board, if the item shop is having a sale they mention that "We're selling dirty deeds. Dirt cheap!"