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The Top 10 Turtles in a Nintendo Game [top ten]
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I like turtles! That’s no surprise to most of the members here, but few probably know the extent to which turtles were involved in the lives of myself and my family. Turtles were pretty much always a huge part of my childhood as far back as I can remember, and at one point we owned something like 30 of them at once! Some of the turtles that we owned were probably not quite legal, as we often got hand-me-downs from friends of the family who found a turtle in the wild, took it home to keep as a pet, realized they had no idea what they were doing, and passed it on to the only people in their circle that might know what to do with wild turtles, my turtle-loving family. So yeah, between the ones we bought and the ones that were given to us, we ended up with a lot of turtles. I can tell you many stories about growing up with turtles as well. Ah, the memories! Our turtle races were a thing of legend. Our summer outdoor turtle habitats were probably great fun for our turtles, even if one of our turtles did escape only to be found with a chewed up shell months later by a neighbor of ours and returned… just to escape again. And our turtle carnivals were um, well, probably not as appreciated by the turtles themselves as they were by us. We were kids, we made a few questionable decisions. But we generally took good care of our turtles. “Hey Zero”, you might be thinking, “if you were such a turtle aficionado, how come you don’t even know that you’re using the word turtle to refer to tortoises? Also why are you so gosh darned handsome?” Oh man you got me there. To the first part I say: Differences exist in usage of the common terms turtle, tortoise, and terrapin, depending on the variety of English being used; usage is inconsistent and contradictory. These terms are common names and do not reflect precise biological or taxonomic distinctions.To the second part, I say thanks. Before we get to it, I have a single rule for this list: only one entry per franchise. Now let’s roll. Welcome to the top 10 turtles in a Nintendo game! A picture of some turtles I took once. Because turtles are awesome.
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03/08/16, 23:35 Edited: 04/11/16, 21:19
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Tortimer – Animal Crossing Series |
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Whew, so far we have had a ton of “bad” (or in one case generally neutral but still willing to attack you) turtles in a row, time for a friendly one! In most Animal Crossing games, Tortimer is the mayor of the town, except for New Leaf where Tortimer has retired and YOU become the mayor. While he is generally a happy enough guy, if you talk to him you can learn about his backstory, which includes a wife he once had whom, as far as we can gather, tragically died and left Tortimer a widower. Great, now I am depressing myself. Talk to the villagers and you will hear all kinds of rumours about him, both good and bad. Who really knows what lurks in the heart of Tortimer?! I can’t say for sure, but he’s been kind enough to me, so I won’t believe the mean things some of those animals say about him. He’s no Iggy though. Iggy is the best.
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Koopa Troopa (+ variations) – Super Mario Series |
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Perhaps the earliest memory I have of a turtle in a video game is the Koopa Troopa from the original Super Mario Bros., and Nintendo designed it right, creating not just another enemy to stomp on, but one that you could use strategically by knocking its shell off and using it to attack other enemies. This kind of brilliant design is what helped propel Super Mario Bros. to classic status. Of course, there were other variations of the Koopa Troopa in Super Mario Bros., including the Paratroopas, Spineys and Hammer Bros., and the concept was expanded upon in future games to give us Dry Bones, Spikes, Boom Booms, Chargin’ Chucks, Magikoopas, Super Koopas, Rocky Wrenches, and many more! Furthermore one of my favorite characters in the Mario games, Koops from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, is a Koopa Troopa. Few games have done as much with the turtle as the Super Mario series has. After all of these years, still one of the best baddies!
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03/08/16, 23:35 Edited: 04/11/16, 21:19 |
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@ZeroYeah, I think the series loses something after it moves off the SNES. Upon replaying X4, it's not bad (I might give it an 8 on a good day), but there's definitely an exponential loss in quality from X3 onward. Draw a parabola moving downward and that's how I think the X games have fared sequentially: X1 _____X2 __________X3 ______________X4 ________________X5 _________________X6 |
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