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What game or scene in a game took you the longest time before you understood the meaning behind it? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by Filo_Guy@alien.top to c/gaming@level-up.zone

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When I was young and had a super nintendo I loved playing Super Mario RPG.

I'm playing the remake and I'm at the scene after defeating Valentina. Mallow goes into the castle and Mario was left standing outside.

Back then I didn't know why Mario pulled out an umbrella and it rained. I just realised after 20 years of playing the original that Mario knew it was going to rain because whenever Mallow cries it rains; Mario knew that Mallow would get all emotional when meeting his parents for the first time.

Blew my mind.

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[–] Crash4654@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (12 children)

You don't wanna know how long it took for me to realize diagon alley in Harry Potter was a pun on diagonally.

What's sadder is it took me two weeks after that to make the connection to nocturne alley to nocturnally.

[–] doubleapowpow@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Idk if its a pun or a play on words, because nothing is diagonal, horizontal, or nocturnal in any of these alleys. Its always seemed like Rowling trying to be creative but giving up after the initial idea, but then keeping the names, and its always irked me more than it should.

Its like naming a bar The Candy Bar but having no association with sweets.

[–] IrNinjaBob@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Knockturn alley was where the dark arts shops were. What would the dark arts be if not nocturnal?

And Diagonal Alley runs diagonally between an existing block in London.

Okay I made that last part up, but it could be true enough.

[–] Knoke1@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah I can kinda see that but I’m not familiar with alleys in London enough to know if any run diagonal. If not then it’s like a “wonky wizard alley that’s different from muggles alley” thing.

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