I still struggle to see Emperor Gestahl correctly
Instead of taking a proper lunch break away from my computer today, I got caught up in this funny, nostalgicNeoGAF threadabout “sprites that look like things they’re not supposed to.”
Older games allowed and even encouraged us to use our imaginations to bring their lo-fidelity worlds and characters to life and, sometimes, what we saw clashed with the artists’ intent.
The biggest offender for me is the dark wizard Agahnim fromA Link to the Past, illustrated above, but I’ll to admit to thinking for years that Bullet Bills inSuper Mario Bros.had grins, not arms.
The most entertaining example, though, has got to be the old sprite for Hitmonchan:
Sprites that look like things they’re not supposed to[NeoGAF]
