The single for the Pikmin trailer song, "Ai no Uta" outsold the game.

But, to turn this into an actual topic, discuss othersuch delicious, tasty ironies in gaming. And please, do not mention The Forbidden Spawn of Atari. You know the one I'm talking about. We all do.

Here's a good one...when MCR got into Guitar Hero II on the 360, everyone said they were emo and had no right being in a Guitar Hero game. And after the DLC was first released, people insisted that RO and HMX release original songs that were not on GH1...the very first pack they released of original songs was an MCR pack.

This is a bit more person specific, but here we go. I suck at first person shooters, but I was playing Halo 3 with my friend's, Matt and Eric. Matt is amazing, and Eric is quite good. Well, we were playing a full muliplayer match (you know, all 16 people), Swrods, i think it was, and this one guy kept trash talking. He ended up with, no joke, 0 kills. None. I suck, and I still had about 9. In gheneral, Trash talkers suck big time. That's ironic (sorry for the story).

MGS3

Col. 'Thunderbolt' Volgin: Who's afraid of a little thunder?
(Lighting bolt hits Volgin, blowing up the Shagohod and killing him.)
Snake: Fried by a bolt of lighting. A fitting end. (Turns back to making out with hot spy chick).

thebobmaster:
Here's a good one...when MCR got into Guitar Hero II on the 360, everyone said they were emo and had no right being in a Guitar Hero game. And after the DLC was first released, people insisted that RO and HMX release original songs that were not on GH1...the very first pack they released of original songs was an MCR pack.

I'm afraid I have little to no idea what the acronyms (I assume) refer to in your post... I guess GH1 is Guitar Hero?

neems:

thebobmaster:
Here's a good one...when MCR got into Guitar Hero II on the 360, everyone said they were emo and had no right being in a Guitar Hero game. And after the DLC was first released, people insisted that RO and HMX release original songs that were not on GH1...the very first pack they released of original songs was an MCR pack.

I'm afraid I have little to no idea what the acronyms (I assume) refer to in your post... I guess GH1 is Guitar Hero?

MCR = My Chemical Romance
GH# = Guitar Hero #
RO = Red Octane (Developer)
HMX = Harmonix (Developer)
DLC = Downloadable Content.

(DMC FANBOY, at least One and Three anyway) Getting impaled by a sword in DMC1 then getting killed by a muppet with a flick knife

Fondant:
MGS3

Col. 'Thunderbolt' Volgin: Who's afraid of a little thunder?
(Lighting bolt hits Volgin, blowing up the Shagohod and killing him.)
Snake: Fried by a bolt of lighting. A fitting end. (Turns back to making out with hot spy chick).

Even better since Volgin kept repeating "Kuwabara, Kuwabara" every time it started to rain before that point.
"Kuwabara, Kuwabara" being a japanese chant to ward off lightning. The ONE time he doesn't say it... ZZZZAP!

How about the Irony achievement in BioShock? Yeah, I know, I didn't exactly search hard for this one, but I don't really care.

Halo 3

On the second to last level (hell), when you finally save Cortana, Master Chief says," I was thinking of shooting my way out, just to mix things up a little." That struck me as a little stupid, since throughout the entire game you basically shoot your way out of every situation.
If it was said in a game with more tactical gameplay, it would have been more appropriate.

Is that Irony? Iono.

That's sarcasm.

There really was a cake and the companion cube was there at the end of portal.

Woman: "What's Final Fantasy?"
Man: "It's that movie based on that video game."
Woman: "Oh, I don't want to see a movie based on a game. Let's go see Tomb Raider."

Guitar Hero is a sony exclusive, and yet people seem to think it was exclusive to the Xbox.

More a biting irony than anything.

Also, Microsoft is standing in the way of the cure for Alzheimers, and yet are viewed as being more "better" than Sony.

And if anyone wants to challenge this, I'd advise you look into something called folding@home.

Tinq:
Woman: "What's Final Fantasy?"
Man: "It's that movie based on that video game."
Woman: "Oh, I don't want to see a movie based on a game. Let's go see Tomb Raider."

Please tell me that never happened.

Tinq:
Woman: "What's Final Fantasy?"
Man: "It's that movie based on that video game."
Woman: "Oh, I don't want to see a movie based on a game. Let's go see Tomb Raider."

*facepalm*

I think Metal Mario in Super Smash brothers is Ironic :D

Wait...

Seriously though, I reckon the whole Resident Evil concept of

> Fight once in a life time plague virus infected city.
> Never ever likely to experience this again.
> Travel to your next town and realise that yes, it has been virused and taken over.
> Have every single attempt at exposing/uncovering the reason result in a 'nuclear meltdown' in a city which doesn't even have a nuclear power plant.
> Despite trying to expose it to the world, never actually meeting another one of the virus survivor protoganists from the previous games.

And the above all completing a vicious zombie filled survival game, earning the ability to complete the vicious zombie filled game once again, perhaps with the addition of more powerful weapons, removing the whole point of 'survival'.

I find the Final Fantasy sequels ironic. After all if the first was the Final then how in the world are more being made?

Fire Daemon:
I find the Final Fantasy sequels ironic. After all if the first was the Final then how in the world are more being made?

Money leeching, although they usually give us times of fun with it.
I don't know if you said that without knowing the original story behind the making of Final Fantasy or not but I'll make it brief to not occupy time. Square was in a financial rump, nearly entering bankruptcy so they fetched the story telling Hironobu Sakaguchi. In tribute to the situation they were in, they decided to call what could be their last game Final Fantasy.

Of course that never happened and before I'd just think that it was called that since it was kinda like the final fantastical adventure of the characters in each game's independent world. That is, until FF X-2 came along and screwed the whole thing for me.

To lamely keep in track, mentioning the "Samus is a chick" revelation was a big bomb dropped to all the testosterone male gamers who fought only they deserved to appear in games.

Also, I recall a wonderful moment in GTA San Andreias I saw where the guy tried to jump off the highest mountain he could find with his car until he finally does the jump and proceeds to get run over by a passing airplane, killing him before he could reach his lunatic status of crazy man jumping off mountain.

Man! GEMS got banned?! Bummer.

How's this (I know I am not the only one either) I can play GH songs on a real guitar, but not past medium in the game.

monodiabloloco:
Man! GEMS got banned?! Bummer.

How's this (I know I am not the only one either) I can play GH songs on a real guitar, but not past medium in the game.

Slash can't beat himself in-game.

Jawless:
I think Metal Mario in Super Smash brothers is Ironic :D

Wait...

Seriously though, I reckon the whole Resident Evil concept of

> Fight once in a life time plague virus infected city.
> Never ever likely to experience this again.
> Travel to your next town and realise that yes, it has been virused and taken over.
> Have every single attempt at exposing/uncovering the reason result in a 'nuclear meltdown' in a city which doesn't even have a nuclear power plant.
> Despite trying to expose it to the world, never actually meeting another one of the virus survivor protoganists from the previous games.

And the above all completing a vicious zombie filled survival game, earning the ability to complete the vicious zombie filled game once again, perhaps with the addition of more powerful weapons, removing the whole point of 'survival'.

*NOT IRONY*
My soul hurts.

If I must revive this thread...
That players of Rock band could travel to and play in Australia on the game a full year before the game itself could (Or should I say chose to) do that.

This would be great if it was true: Marcus Fenix is gay, or Master Chief, so funny for Marcus Fenix=god painintheasses on live.

Reaperman Wompa:
This would be great if it was true: Marcus Fenix is gay, or Master Chief, so funny for Marcus Fenix=god painintheasses on live.

What?

nilcypher:

Reaperman Wompa:
This would be great if it was true: Marcus Fenix is gay, or Master Chief, so funny for Marcus Fenix=god painintheasses on live.

What?

He's a Blood Angel, don't ask...

Nilcypher: if the designers added to the story by making them gay, the legions of people who idealize them would in most cases be emasculated which i think would be hilarious, for instance i've heard people say they would kill to be like marcus fenix, then make fun of gay people. I could point this out to them for days, really annoying them. i'd think it was funny

And wat does liking The Blood Angels have to do with anything? i liked the armour more than other chapters, and i think some of the others look vaguely racist.

Reaperman Wompa:
Nilcypher: if the designers added to the story by making them gay, the legions of people who idealize them would in most cases be emasculated which i think would be hilarious, for instance i've heard people say they would kill to be like marcus fenix, then make fun of gay people. I could point this out to them for days, really annoying them. i'd think it was funny

And wat does liking The Blood Angels have to do with anything? i liked the armour more than other chapters, and i think some of the others look vaguely racist.

Oh, I actually understand what you're saying now. Huzzah!

Divinegon:

Fire Daemon:
I find the Final Fantasy sequels ironic. After all if the first was the Final then how in the world are more being made?

Money leeching, although they usually give us times of fun with it.
I don't know if you said that without knowing the original story behind the making of Final Fantasy or not but I'll make it brief to not occupy time. Square was in a financial rump, nearly entering bankruptcy so they fetched the story telling Hironobu Sakaguchi. In tribute to the situation they were in, they decided to call what could be their last game Final Fantasy.

Of course that never happened and before I'd just think that it was called that since it was kinda like the final fantastical adventure of the characters in each game's independent world. That is, until FF X-2 came along and screwed the whole thing for me.

I believe I speak for everyone when I say all FF games after 10 (X) became mainstream material, unfitting for us true fans.

(First off, I am a huge MGS fan)

In MGS4 when Naomi tells Snake

"If you won't be a prisoner to fate...Then go, fufill your destiny."

...WTFHAX!

This would be great if it was true: Marcus Fenix is gay, or Master Chief, so funny for Marcus Fenix=god painintheasses on live.

AFAIK, the Master Chief is asexual or something. His sexual urges have been dulled or something similar.

RAKtheUndead:

This would be great if it was true: Marcus Fenix is gay, or Master Chief, so funny for Marcus Fenix=god painintheasses on live.

AFAIK, the Master Chief is asexual or something. His sexual urges have been dulled or something similar.

Ouch, life sux for a spartan.

I don't know if this counts:
But my friend was playing GTA4 and had low health, he was driving around looking for food to heal him. He found a cluckin' bell and he LITERALLY said:
"ah! A cluckin' bell, just my luck!"
He then got out of the car and was run over and killed by a 4x4.

Struck me as pretty ironic.

Dan or Sam Houser's car getting stolen. I'm just waiting for this to happen so I can chuckle at the irony.

Also Jack Thompson getting murdered by an Amish person would such sweet, delicious irony.