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[S2] Ep. 16 - Video Game Bodies: “Throwing Hands”
Nintendo video games tend to promote simplicity and relative innocence, making the games produced by the company easy to consume and highly marketable. However, it is worth noting that from the various entities faced across Nintendo games, there is a strange trend that shows a number of characters/monsters (usually enemies) having disembodied hands or actual, villainous, sentient hands. Why is that? And considering the primary demographic of Nintendo games, why would a motif this bizarre (at best) and grotesque (at worst) be a mainstay in designs? Join The Lab’s researching duo best known for typos and bad jokes through this investigation on hand-based/related characters in Nintendo franchises.
Timestamps:
00:36 - The Issue at Hand
11:15 - "Hands On" Scenarios
15:20 - Hands of Terror (Legend of Zelda)
45:31 - Give Me a Hand (Mario)
55:55 - A Handful (Pokémon)
1:40:33 - Handling a Conclusion
Links/Resources:
The Legend of Zelda
- Bongo Bongo (Pictured in Thumbnail)
- Floormaster
- Dead Hand
- Stallord
- Gohma
- Captain Keeta
- Reddit Hyrule Map
Mario
- Knucklotec
- Eyerok
- Stairface Ogre
Pokémon
- Generation V Pokedex
- Generation VI Pokedex
- Generation VII Pokedex
Aonuma, Eiji. The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, translated by Michael Gombos et al. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books, 2013.
Kayama, Naoyuki et al. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Creating a Champion, translated by Keaton C. White. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books, 2018.
“Pokédex: All 482+8 Pokémon & Post-Story Guide – Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version.” Edited by Lawrence Neves. Prima Games, 2006.
Sao, Akinori, Ginko Tatsumi, and Chisato Mikane. The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia, translated by Keaton C. White. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books, 2018.
Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia - The Official Guide. Translated by William Flanagan and Zack Davisson. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books, 2015.
(Creator's Note: Some content in this episode deals with religions and myths in the real world; all research discussing such information is explained and described solely from a scholarly perspective. Apologies for the audio cuts (which were due to technical difficulties). We do not claim ownership over the products, sources, and images that come from the discussed game; images have been taken from our own copies of the game and are solely being used for entertainment purposes.)
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By ARKNintendo video games tend to promote simplicity and relative innocence, making the games produced by the company easy to consume and highly marketable. However, it is worth noting that from the various entities faced across Nintendo games, there is a strange trend that shows a number of characters/monsters (usually enemies) having disembodied hands or actual, villainous, sentient hands. Why is that? And considering the primary demographic of Nintendo games, why would a motif this bizarre (at best) and grotesque (at worst) be a mainstay in designs? Join The Lab’s researching duo best known for typos and bad jokes through this investigation on hand-based/related characters in Nintendo franchises.
Timestamps:
00:36 - The Issue at Hand
11:15 - "Hands On" Scenarios
15:20 - Hands of Terror (Legend of Zelda)
45:31 - Give Me a Hand (Mario)
55:55 - A Handful (Pokémon)
1:40:33 - Handling a Conclusion
Links/Resources:
The Legend of Zelda
- Bongo Bongo (Pictured in Thumbnail)
- Floormaster
- Dead Hand
- Stallord
- Gohma
- Captain Keeta
- Reddit Hyrule Map
Mario
- Knucklotec
- Eyerok
- Stairface Ogre
Pokémon
- Generation V Pokedex
- Generation VI Pokedex
- Generation VII Pokedex
Aonuma, Eiji. The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, translated by Michael Gombos et al. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books, 2013.
Kayama, Naoyuki et al. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Creating a Champion, translated by Keaton C. White. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books, 2018.
“Pokédex: All 482+8 Pokémon & Post-Story Guide – Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version.” Edited by Lawrence Neves. Prima Games, 2006.
Sao, Akinori, Ginko Tatsumi, and Chisato Mikane. The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia, translated by Keaton C. White. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books, 2018.
Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia - The Official Guide. Translated by William Flanagan and Zack Davisson. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books, 2015.
(Creator's Note: Some content in this episode deals with religions and myths in the real world; all research discussing such information is explained and described solely from a scholarly perspective. Apologies for the audio cuts (which were due to technical difficulties). We do not claim ownership over the products, sources, and images that come from the discussed game; images have been taken from our own copies of the game and are solely being used for entertainment purposes.)