What the hell is up with birds in video games?

[rbudrick]

real life birds aren't that innocent either
http://www.fabioifc.com/fabio/fab_news.html

I mean for god sakes they attacked the guy from iron sword 2

HAH! Too funny....awesome post.

My buddy's cat, when it was a kitten, attacked a bluejay. Now, this cat is almost 17 and will still to this day attack ANYTHING....except bluejays. After he killed the bluejay, a shitload of them came out of the woodwork and beat the living hell out of him....wouldn't let him escape...he'd run and they'd bomb from the other direction. When he sees bluejays now, he runs in fear.

When my brother was a kid, and being a jackass as all kids do, he shot a bluejay with a BB or pellet gun or something....dunno if he killed it. Soon after, a bunch of them were circling our back deck where he was standing, and starting to dive bomb.....he got the fuck out of there before anything could happen.

Don't fuck with birds. Especially if you are a videogame character, a cat, or my brother.

-Rob

[Veepa]

Also the koopa troopas in the first Super Mario Bros. sure did look alot like birds... it was a perfect disguise.. lay low during the first platformer.. then.. pounce. It was all thought out so perfectly.... Who's behind this?!

[pragmatic insanester]

there are actually fish near the coast of japan's isles that have caused fatalities from their odd habit of leaping out of the water. they also have a sharp protrusion from their faces.

[Queen Of The Felines]

Don't forget the deadly condor crap from "Crazy Climber."

Kristine

[Veepa]

they also have a sharp protrusion from their faces.

At first when I read that I thought it said "a sharp prostitution from their faces" and then I thought... that can't be right. So I reread it and sure enough...

[pragmatic insanester]

when our ocean dwellers do prostitute, it smells like chicken but tastes like fish.

[Veepa]

when our ocean dwellers do prostitute, it smells like chicken but tastes like fish.

That made about as much sense as attempting to make love to a waffle iron..... .....Sigh... what a night that was..

[Teo]

when our ocean dwellers do prostitute, it smells like chicken but tastes like fish.

Doorknob elephant trousers a waffle donkey?

[Tron 2.0]

I was playing Ninja Gaiden for NES earlier, and I asked myself: "Which one of these enemies is the most annoying?" Even though there are several extremely annoying wacked out Ninjas and dogs(I guess they're dogs), the answer was obvious. The birds! But it's not only this game that these birds annoy.. It's basically every platformer from '87-'96. I really don't get it. I've taken strolls through a forest, and I've seen birds.. they don't challenge innocent strangers to fight to the death! So why did video games paint such a bad picture of birds? Maybe every game ever designed after Super Mario Brothers was actually designed to be based on Hitchcock's The Birds, but at the last minute they lose the film rights or something, and in a panic they change all of the graphics.... but they leave the birds. Ooorr.... Maybe soon after Duck Hunt was released, bird activists(they exist!) demanded they remove the game from the shelves... but instead the bird activists made a secret deal with every game developer to compensate for the killing of ducks.. The birds get their revenge.. and then some. And this way the kids wouldn't go out shooting birds... they'd fear them.

Not only are the birds incredibly annoying.. they're incredibly unrealistic. Imagine you're walking, and a bird decides that you're gonna die. So, he swoops down at you.. and just uh.. kind of.. crashes in to you. All you have to do is grab it and twist it's neck! It could crash onto you all day,.. you wouldn't die! Trust me! Try it out some time. Plus it's weight surely wouldn't obstruct your jump.. if say.. you're jumping from one platform to another... it wouldn't send you plummeting down.. uh... down.. ..So where exactly do you go if you fall down one of those holes in Super Mario Brothers? Hell? Nevermind.. that's a whole other pointless rant...

I guess what I'm trying to say is... uh... leave me alone.

That's like asking how come those, Crows in RE can kill ya x_x

[Sotenga]

Ooooh... this topic struck a nerve upon me. Birds in video games... well, they are, so to speak, "TEH SUCK!!1!" But you know what else I hate? Bats. Ever since Mountain King for the 2600, bats have been real pricks to deal with. Hell, even dragons and wyverns can be real pains to deal with. Here's my rule; "If it's winged, it SUCKS." Remember that one.

[Arcade Antics]

"Do these chickens have large talons?"

"Son, I don't understand a word you just said."

Flicky = awesome.
Joust = awesome.
Birds = awesome.

Here's a noodle scratcher though: Karateka (etc).

In Karateka, you have to fight a vulture. Now, the vulture in Karate game / movie thing isn't new, Karateka just borrowed it from the old standby chopsocky flicks. BUT... vultures are lazy scavengers. A vulture wouldn't chase down a young deer, let alone attack a man. If there was a sidewalk buffet more than 100 yards away, they probably wouldn't even bother to go that far.

And yes, blue jays are NOTORIOUS for kicking ass when they need to. Do not taunt the blue jay. Do not upset the blue jay. Do not look directly at the blue jay.

[Ed Oscuro]

Ooooh... this topic struck a nerve upon me. Birds in video games... well, they are, so to speak, "TEH SUCK!!1!" But you know what else I hate? Bats. Ever since Mountain King for the 2600, bats have been real pricks to deal with. Hell, even dragons and wyverns can be real pains to deal with. Here's my rule; "If it's winged, it SUCKS." Remember that one.

Tell me about it. Two of the most dangerous enemies in Castlevania: Belmont's Revenge are the BIRDS and the BATS, if you don't know how to deal with them - actually, the bats are worse since they're unpredictable and in some places you have to pass above or below them, and all you can do is have a plan how to dodge them until they're at your level...

Oh, but I love Blue Jays. When I was a kid my first favorite baseball team was the Blue Jays, for no reason in particular. I can see some jays ...well, maybe not right now, but if I look for them...hmm, there's one right now, STOMPING CHICKADEES AND RUINING THEIR SHIT. Typical!

I recently saw a hummingbird, though, and took some pictures. Don't know of any nasty hummingbirds in a game yet :D

[Rikimaru]

See below post for owies!

You'd never think a double post would happen to you!

[Rikimaru]

"Duck! Bird!" "Duck Bird? Where? *Slam!*

[Ed Oscuro]

We've all seen it by now, but thanks

[GamerNerd]

Speaking of ducks, I shot down a record 256 ducks playing Duck Hunt 7 years ago. By the way, The photo where Fabio got hit in the nose by one of thise things speaks the truth.

[Rikimaru]

We've all seen it by now, but thanks

[Ed Oscuro]

Thank you for enhancing my webternet experience! Now, please go lie under that rock some more

[Rikimaru]

Thank you for enhancing my webternet experience! Now, please go lie under that rock some more

Sheer Comedy. Coming from one who decides that he doesn't need to make good on the DP trades forum deals with other members because he is "having a rough spot in his life". The "webternet experience" isn't real, I don't have to be respectful and courteous to others!! Grow up.

[Ed Oscuro]

I accept my faults, correct them, and don't aim for the groin. Sorry you decided to take this seriously.