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Yet Another Obscure Reference in Star Fox - Pyramid Bases


Robert Monroe

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So in 64, we see the base of operations around Katina is for whatever reason a weird pyramid looking thing.

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And we were content to just accept that as weird and/or Nintendo 64 jankiness. But then I was watching me some Legend of the Galactic Heroes last night (a really super cool space war anime you all should try and watch) and I fuckin' noticed THIS

 

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GODDAMMIT IS THAT NOT THE KATINA PYRAMID OR AM I JUST GOING NUTS

It LOOKS the same, complete with the South American styled flat tops and weird nondescript lines going around it meant to imply floors or windows or some shit, hell the damn thing is also a military base on an arid/dry/desert like planet which more or less fits Katina's bill. I'm almost certain it has to be a reference, if so much other obscure weirdness in Star Fox is. Its kind of amazing how much this series is built off of homage to classic scifi anime.

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That's a pretty cool find, LotGH was a massively influential work, so it's not surprising to see some influence in Star Fox. 

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