Rain
Comic 253 - Rain Delay 11
Author Notes:
"This Party's Boopin"
Not really a joke, as much as an excuse to use some of the fake game titles I've come up with over the past year and a half or so for this comic. About half of them were, however, made up exclusively for this strip (ironically, making Rudy's comment very accurate).
I should add that I will be extremely impressed if anyone can figure out every last one (and the origin of the title, for that matter). Many of the parodies are based (largely, albeit not entirely) on my own old Super Nintendo collection which consisted of both very mainstream and very obscure titles. Hint: A thesaurus might help in some cases.
"(Fe)mail"
This may actually be my least favorite Rain Delay to date. The joke - intended to play on Chanel's discomfort around boys - comes off a lot more mean on paper than it sounded in my head. To go a little further, that meanness just seems out of a character for her. She's not really mean.
But I've doomed myself to two 4koma shorts per Rain Delay, and I had no other (good) ideas, so I stuck with it. I guess I probably shouldn't be so hung up on whether or not these non-canon strips are in character though. Especially considering other Rain Delays have featured everything from Maria giving Rain a death threat, to Puddle being a (particularly skilled) gamer, to Emily controlling the passage of time.
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1. Super Mario World
2. Super Mario Kart
3. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
4. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
5. Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, and 3
6. Chrono Trigger (?)
7. Mega Man
8. Harvest Moon
9. ?
10. ?
11. ?
12. Earthbound
13. Earthworm Jim
14. ?
15. ?
16. Breath of Fire 1 and 2
17. Jurassic Park
18. ?
19. Street Fighter II
20. Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
21. ?
22. Star Fox
Everything that you've guessed is correct so far. Nicely done. ^_^
and 9 super obscure game "Illusions of Gia" great game
15: Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
These totally threw me at first, but these are actually my favorite RPGs I think.
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Donkey Kong Country 1 2 and 3
Chrono Trigger
Mega Man
Harvest Moon
Final Fantasy 2 and 3
Illusion of Gaia
Kirby Super Star
Earthbound
Earthworm Jim
Lufia & the Fortress of Doom
Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals
Breath of Fire 1 and 2
Jurassic Park
The Jungle Book??
Street Fighter 2
Might Morphin Power Rangers
Super Metroid?? Inspector Gadget???
Star Fox
If so, then you, madam, have won so many internets.
It is indeed. I love me some Game Groomps. XD
2. Super Mario Kart (BetweenARock)
3. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (BetweenARock)
4. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (BetweenARock)
5. Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, and 3 (BetweenARock)
6. Chrono Trigger (BetweenARock)
7. Mega Man 7 (BetweenARock)
8. Harvest Moon (BetweenARock)
9. Final Fantasy 2 & 3 (j-eagle1222012)
10. Illusion of Gaia (j-eagle1222012)
11. Kirby Super Star (Faelyn)
12. Earthbound (BetweenARock)
13. Earthworm Jim (BetweenARock)
14. Lufia & the Fortress of Doom (Guest)
15. Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals (Guest)
16. Breath of Fire 1 and 2 (BetweenARock)
17. Jurassic Park (BetweenARock)
18. The 7th Saga (Lex-Kat)
19. Street Fighter II (BetweenARock)
20. Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (BetweenARock)
21. Paladin's Quest, Cyber Spin, or Robotrek ?? (Lex-Kat?)
22. Star Fox (BetweenARock)
Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
Donkey Kong Country 1, 2 and 3
Chrono Trigger
Mega Man 7
Harvest Moon
Final Fantasy 2 and 3
Illusion of Gaia
Kirby Super Star
Earthbound
Earthworm Jim
Lufia & The Fortress of Doom
Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals
Breath of Fire 1 and 2
Jurassic Park
The 7th Saga
Street Fighter II
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Robotrek
Star Fox
or maybe it's just a massive coincedence.
Super Mario World/Kart/RPG (I want to say the RPG was Legend of the Seven Crystals, but crystals aren't really connected to suns, so I'm guessing I'm off on that one.
Zelda:LTTP
Donkey Kong Country 1-3
not sure, but I hope it's Chrono Trigger
Mega Man 7, which I wouldn't have come up with on my own as a SNES title; my only real contact with the series was X3
Harvest Moon
Final Fantasy 2 & 3 (aka IV and VI)
I keep coming up with Secret of Mana, but I don't think that's right, or [something] of Gaia, but I don't know what the something would be
no idea
Earthbound?
Earthworm Jim
Lufia 1 and 2, I think? The name that's trying to come out is Lugia, but I know that's a Pokemon.
Breath of Fire 1 & 2
Jurassic Park
no idea, although I have a feeling I'll see someone else's answer and go "oh, right! that!"
Street Fighter 2
The formatting of the name suggests Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, but the connection between "power rangers" and "stalwart soldiers" feels tenuous
no idea
Starfox
So that's 18 of 22 lines where I have at least an answer, even if I'm not all that confident in it. Not bad for me.