Wreck-It Ralph

So what? He's TuRBo after all!

I'm not into creepypasta, but... Turbo creepypasta basically writes itself.

I thought everybody remembered the horror that was TurboTime 64!

("Oh, you mean the one for Commodore 64?")

Turbo would be pretty safe hiding in Mario Kart 64 under the guise of Toad. One of a mostly identical race so a displaced Toad wouldn't make much of a difference, the red and white color scheme, Toad's declarations of "I'm the Best!" and being one of the fastest characters in the game. Of course Toad would be Turbotastic

@Alex: Yeah, my name (nickname actually, in Real Life too) is pronounced See-ho. No jokes about spotting hookers now, OK?

And speaking of crossovers: I've been watching a Let's Play of Hyperdimension Neptunia on Youtube and- Ohmygod is this FUNNY!! The puns, the shameless fanservice, and the videogame references!! I can feel a Neptunia/WIR crossover forming in my mind. Be afraid, be very afraid...

Wait, what if the church where Felix and Calhoun got married wasn't a Christian one? What if the deities worshipped were, say, the Neptunia characters?

The church was most likely in Hero's Duty, a game that, as far as the audience knows, makes no indication as to the religion the town around it worships. Heck, there isn't a lot of information we're given about if there even is a town around that area! It could be a secret test base in the desert for all we know. I suppose they simply sought out a church in a nearby town and had the wedding there. So we can just settle on it being a Christian place of worship.

If you notice, that's the same church where Calhoune's previous wedding was held!

I know it's the same one; however, I think that, whatever the religion, the church is located near the tower in Hero's Duty. If you remember, gaming once taught us that beautiful churches can even be found in the bleakest cities, as a sign of hope... a ray of light among stormy clouds, if you will.

A breeding ground for filthy cultists and undead monstrosities...

This isn't Warhammer, man. Leave some room for hope. And I know I'm saying this while also being one of two guys here who came up with the idea that Calhoun is the final boss of Hero's Duty.

I'm with Max on this one. If anyone asks me what's my Pet-Peeve Trope, one of the answers I can give is "True Art Is Angsty". Everything seems to have to be angsty, nowadays. Which is not how entertainment is supposed to be.

Hear, hear!

And that's an interesting idea, except the Goddesses rule over Console Worlds, not arcade machines. Of course the wedding could happen *after* the characters have met...

Yeah, even for me, that was just pointlessly dark. Just because there's an endless war against matter-eating bugs doesn't mean it's some Elder God's plaything.

edited 7th Jan '13 6:36:26 PM by maxwellelvis

But, but, Churches are always fronts for evil organizations!
Two decades of video games wouldn't lie to me, would they...?

No, no, churches are where you go to have curses broken and have your defeated characters brought back to life.

And also, appropriately enough, for weddings.

edited 8th Jan '13 8:01:56 AM by RyanStoppable

Holy crow, imagine this Shout-Out:

During the wedding at the end of the movie, referencing Super Mario RPG, Mario rushes in and accidentally kisses Ralph on the nose. Ya hear me, Rich Moore? Ask for the rights and add that joke as an extra scene in the DVD release, pronto!

edited 8th Jan '13 9:02:28 AM by AlexSora89

Have I mentioned John's Arcade yet? It's a great Youtube channel for learning about the old arcade games that inspired the first act of Wreck-It Ralph, especially if you haven't seen the movie yet and need to hype yourself up. The latest video reminded me of one of the arrangements they made at the end of Wreck-It Ralph: John's Q*Bert cabinet is now home to an unreleased version of Q*Bert that contains a new character and a new bonus level and is generally more exciting to an old pro at the game.

Oh yeah, I think I saw that channel a few days back. Very informative and fun to watch. Would recommend.

Nice one, Baggy. Gotta check it out in due course.

Warning - off-topic extravaganza coming through I've still gotta recover from the evening I've just spent. First, on the way to the Krav Maga lesson, my girlfriend casually drops the bomb that made today's gaming news (I shudder at what Nintendolife's gonna be like today...), then we're given our roles for this year's KM exhibition; given my unflattering part in last year's exhibition (the moves we made had me getting beaten up, then I had to pick up the fake weapons scattered around by my companions... yeah), tonight we found out I'll have to play a more badass role - namely, I gotta defend my gf from a mugging*

I mostly posted the off-topic thing for Sijo, who seems to be interested on my Krav Maga course.

edited 8th Jan '13 5:08:39 PM by AlexSora89

Has anyone ever thought about how floating words appear for the people inside the games? There's Q*bertese, which makes those pictographic word balloons appear wherever it's spoken, but we also know that Quarter Alert makes "I'm gonna wreck it!" pop up regardless of whether Wreck-It Ralph is present to say it. What would happen if someone stood on a ladder on that spot so that the word balloon intersected them as it appeared?

For the other games, Sugar Rush had "Go!", and the stages of the baking mini-game, and those little floating hearts maybe? And even Hero's Duty had point values pop out, although I'm not sure if they were seen "behind the screen" at that point. If we need another Roger Rabbit comparison, I hear the original book of Roger Rabbit was based around this, where the cartoons were silent comic strip characters that produced word balloons others had to read, like Spider-Man on The Electric Company.

I think that one is more of a case of Painting the Medium, only In-Universe (yeah, very meta). Although the "I'm gonna wreck it!" one is more of a subtle way to show Ralph's Designated Villain status (Q*Bert's speech bubbles pop up only when he talks, which makes sense). Speech bubbles like that remind me of the "HELP!" found in various Super Mario Bros games.

What of WILL HELP YOU!?

Wait WHAT NEW POKEMON GAME??? (Not even kidding, this is my first time hearing about it!!) I haven't even finished Pokemon Black 2 yet!!

Also, sorry to hear about your KM misadventure, Alex. Better luck next time!

Well then you best hurry up, because Pokemon's sixth generation hits the 3DS this October.

Yep, new Pokémon games. Hurry up and finish what you feel you've still got to do in Unova! ;-) As for KM, I was actually enthusiastic about my new role - I don't care for last year's misadventure.

Back on topic... uh, sorry for going off-topic, people. Then again, the fact we're often reminded of gaming speaks volumes of the movie's quality, and of its faithfulness to the medium!

So much speculation on what that X and Y are for...

KM demo this year: You lucky bastard!

What does it take for the speech bubbles to pop up, as with Q*Bert?