Po's Poem - True Gamemasters Always Try the Review Mode
Dec 15, 2016 20:17:12 GMT -5
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Post by Michael Jones on Dec 15, 2016 20:17:12 GMT -5
So in case we haven't had enough of them over the years, this is another thread about Po's Poem. I've realized a few things over the past while that I honestly can't remember if we've ever discussed here, so I figured that I would just dump them all in one place for those who may find them interesting
A few months ago I came across this thread on GameFaqs which piqued my curiosity. I discovered that Po will only announce the names of his Poem if you play the game on Review Mode, and that the final text box where he says them is cut off from his conversation if you are playing through the game normally. There are absolutely no other conditions which factor into whether or not he tells you the names, you can die as many times as you want or take as long as you wish to reach him in Review Mode and he will always say the names, just as he will never say them in Normal Mode regardless of what you do.
So while I found this rather interesting, I thought that maybe it had been discovered before so I never bothered mentioning it here. Although it wasn't until I noticed an interesting bit of text at the bottom of Page 11 of the instruction booklet that I figured maybe it was worth bringing up:
Thus the man in Chapter 6's question of "Are you a Game Master?" is indicating that only someone who has played Review Mode could know the names! I'm probably extremely late to the party and the only person in the universe who didn't realize this, or perhaps we had this conversation years ago and I just totally forgot, but regardless I thought I would compile all of this information into one place in case someone else out there was ever curious what was up with Po's Poem. Now the only question that remains is if there's some way that hasn't been discovered yet which allows you to actually enter the name into the game and unlock the super secret 9th Chapter! (probably not )
Also, when asked the question by the man it is interesting to note that with the spaces provided the first word of the answer appears to have only five letters. Are we to assume then that in the end Po decided to name his poem "Climb Up The Mountain"? As the other title wouldn't fit due to "Splash" being six letters long!
A few months ago I came across this thread on GameFaqs which piqued my curiosity. I discovered that Po will only announce the names of his Poem if you play the game on Review Mode, and that the final text box where he says them is cut off from his conversation if you are playing through the game normally. There are absolutely no other conditions which factor into whether or not he tells you the names, you can die as many times as you want or take as long as you wish to reach him in Review Mode and he will always say the names, just as he will never say them in Normal Mode regardless of what you do.
So while I found this rather interesting, I thought that maybe it had been discovered before so I never bothered mentioning it here. Although it wasn't until I noticed an interesting bit of text at the bottom of Page 11 of the instruction booklet that I figured maybe it was worth bringing up:
Thus the man in Chapter 6's question of "Are you a Game Master?" is indicating that only someone who has played Review Mode could know the names! I'm probably extremely late to the party and the only person in the universe who didn't realize this, or perhaps we had this conversation years ago and I just totally forgot, but regardless I thought I would compile all of this information into one place in case someone else out there was ever curious what was up with Po's Poem. Now the only question that remains is if there's some way that hasn't been discovered yet which allows you to actually enter the name into the game and unlock the super secret 9th Chapter! (probably not )
Also, when asked the question by the man it is interesting to note that with the spaces provided the first word of the answer appears to have only five letters. Are we to assume then that in the end Po decided to name his poem "Climb Up The Mountain"? As the other title wouldn't fit due to "Splash" being six letters long!