No argument that that's better than the current picture.
But I don't really love it. I wish the thing looked more like a normal manta ray.
Suggestion is way too dark
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Those are real flying fish (as opposed to fake ones?), though technically they glide.
EDIT: I'm so confused as to what the trope is... what is this trope?
Suggestion: Wind Fish
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edited 3rd Mar '12 3:03:56 PM by Jicragg
The trope is "aquatic animal is inexplicably able to swim through air as if it were water."
Do gliders count?
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No, because that's not inexplicable.
The Wind Fish is a good example, though. My own suggestion is dark because the game in question has a night mode; I'll see if I can find a non-night shot.
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Right, then the real life ones aren't examples.
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@3: That's because Quest For Glory's Mantrays are generally nocturnal. (Only after hitting 3,000 exp. or so do they start to appear during the day.)
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OK
The image is still too dark though
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In uffish thought
It's too small; I can't see what is going on, or if it's above/below water.
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...There's a forest in the background. Like, visible trees and vines and a canopy. I think it's pretty clear that it's above water.
Not getting into the fact that the player's in a ship with a visibly firing engine, either.
edited 3rd Mar '12 11:49:51 PM by Enlong
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A pocketful of saudade.
That looks like a forest to me.
...A submerged forest.
The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.
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Final Fantasy's Flying fish enemies would be good... X-2's macalania was the most blatant but for the life of me GIS is failing me.
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A pocketful of saudade.
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Where is the "seafood" part there?
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The whale.
It might be better with a less undead looking whale, though.
edited 4th Mar '12 5:13:46 AM by Feather7603
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Dragon Quest IX's flying whale looks worse >< [1]
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Despite the name, the trope isn't actually about seafood, it's about sea creatures.
I like that flying whale that Catalogue posted.
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Post 15: Considering that Macalania is a place... I'm guessing you're referring to the monsters from there: Haizhes (well... it's a thing really), Dinictuses and Tentacles (I'm not searching that) are the fish ones.
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Yeah the enemies there... Also the beaches in Final Fantasy VIII (the same flying fish enemies appear in Lost Odyssey.) I can think of plenty of examples just can't find an image.
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Are there any good pics of the flying piranhas from Piranha II: The Spawning?
Yeah, the other issue with the Macalania Woods is that they are rather dark
, which could easily be a problem.
Haven't played FFVIII yet, so no comment.
Well, it's rather blurry, but I think this is either an image of real-life fish, or a photoshopped image of real-life fish with wings tacked on. For some reason the caption is a quote from The Wizard Of Oz.
None of that, however, is at all relevant to the trope at hand. The trope is about regular fish (or other aquatic animals) being found unmodified in a non-aquatic environment, where they fly for no reason. It's not about fish in the sea, it's not about mutant fish with wings, and it's certainly not about winged monkeys.
A sample replacement is the manta ray
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