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Posted on 05-27-15 02:38:11 AM (last edited by foxtribe at 05-27-15 02:38:53 AM) Link | Quote
Hi all, I have no idea if this is really the right place to talk about this or not, and if it isn't, just let me know and I'll delete this post.

I was playing through Pikmin for like the... billionth time today, and I played it for about an hour and then took a break. When I came back to play it again and started it up, the opening sound was completely different and SUPER creepy. Usually when you boot it up, the Nintendo logo in red pops up, with the sound of a Pikmin. I'm used to it always being the same so I wasn't paying too much attention when it started up this time with a white Nintendo logo and a very creepy, deep, Japanese man's voice saying "WEE-UU" in bad quality. I kind of just sat there for a second, then I started babbling to my sister about what I heard and how I was probably hearing it wrong. I restarted the Wii, and it played again like normal.

So I looked this up, sure I wasn't going to find anything and that I was just hearing things, and I totally found the opening that I saw!

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z22toL6jg90)

This video claims that it is the "beta japanese" opening, yet I'm playing my US mass-produced game disk. Has anyone else ever had this happen, or perhaps found that sound clip in the files? I have never, ever heard of this and I'm very curious why it was in my game. It's very creepypasta-y hahaha.
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Posted on 05-27-15 09:22:27 AM (last edited by Hiccup at 05-27-15 09:25:38 AM) Link | Quote
It is probably just an easter egg, to be honest. At least one other game has had a "creepy" Nintendo sound (Luigi's Mansion). There are some records of other Nintendo screen easter eggs here: http://www.pikminwiki.com/Easter_egg#Nintendo_logo

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