Mario Tennis Open boxart retains 'Koopa' scoreboard

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Mario Tennis Open boxart retains 'Koopa' scoreboard

Postby robometal cowboy » 04 May 2012 14:06

Mario Tennis Open boxart retains 'Koopa' scoreboard
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Either Nintendo never caught on...or they didn't care! The scoreboard in the back of the final Mario Tennis Open boxart indeed lists Koopa instead of Bowser. Not a big deal by any means, but a fun bit of trivia for fans.

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Re: Mario Tennis Open boxart retains 'Koopa' scoreboard

Postby MasterofMonster » 04 May 2012 14:07

Well, he is King Bowser Koopa, so, it's alright. ^^
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Postby OmicronTurtle » 04 May 2012 14:11

And enter conspiracist's in 3....2.....1....
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Postby zeeroid » 04 May 2012 14:16

Revelaitory!
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Postby Elfteiroh » 04 May 2012 14:45

I prefer it like that. It's always fun for geeks like me to have trivia like this to know! :D
If only more games could have errors/leftovers like this, I would be very happy indeed. :P
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Re: Mario Tennis Open boxart retains 'Koopa' scoreboard

Postby Cape_Mario » 04 May 2012 15:20

Maybe its because I just woke up but I can't see what your talking about.
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Postby HammerGalladeBro » 04 May 2012 16:33

Well, at least it doesn‘t have a IGN watermark. ;)
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Postby Autosaver » 04 May 2012 17:09

@Cape_Mario
On the scoreboard - Koopa is listed instead of Bowser, retaining the name from the Japanese game.
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Re: Mario Tennis Open boxart retains 'Koopa' scoreboard

Postby WarioT » 05 May 2012 03:52

Elfteiroh wrote:I prefer it like that. It's always fun for geeks like me to have trivia like this to know! :D
If only more games could have errors/leftovers like this, I would be very happy indeed. :P


Capcom has quite a few
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Postby Swedish_Otaku » 05 May 2012 11:01

It's his last name so...
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Postby Yoshikun » 05 May 2012 11:32

Maybe it's because he's called Koopa in japan...?
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Re: Mario Tennis Open boxart retains 'Koopa' scoreboard

Postby Autosaver » 05 May 2012 11:37

Yoshikun wrote:Maybe it's because he's called Koopa in japan...?

He is. Koopa is usually used in Japanese releases of Mario games.
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Re: Mario Tennis Open boxart retains 'Koopa' scoreboard

Postby Elfteiroh » 05 May 2012 22:18

WarioT wrote:
Elfteiroh wrote:I prefer it like that. It's always fun for geeks like me to have trivia like this to know! :D
If only more games could have errors/leftovers like this, I would be very happy indeed. :P


Capcom has quite a few

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