{"id":24001,"date":"2024-01-12T00:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T00:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24001"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:11:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:11:45","slug":"top-video-game-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/12\/top-video-game-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Video Game Elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With Super Mario Bros. Wonder being recently released, everyone is talking about the new power-up that turns Mario into an elephant!\u00a0 I didn\u2019t realize Mario was such a University of Alabama fan!\u00a0 He DOES wear red all the time, though!\u00a0 Roll Tide, Mario, Roll Tide!\u00a0 Anyway, Elephant Mario isn\u2019t the ONLY elephant in video games, so I thought I\u2019d talk about my other top video game elephants.\u00a0 So let\u2019s stomp our feet and trumpet our nose! These aren\u2019t in any particular order or anything, though.<\/p>\n

But first I would like to talk a little bit about Super Mario Bros. Wonder, because I want to!\u00a0 Everyone has been raving about it, and I have to say that after playing it myself, it\u2019s probably the best 2D Mario game since Super Mario World and Yoshi\u2019s Island.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think it\u2019s BETTER than those games, but it\u2019s sure good.\u00a0 The New Super Mario Bros series was good, too, but they lacked imagination.\u00a0 When I played New Super Mario Bros. on the DS, I thought to myself, \u201cThis is neat that they are returning to 2D, but it\u2019s not doing anything better than Super Mario World did.\u201d\u00a0 And I don\u2019t want to discredit the Mario Maker games either, those are just their own thing, I think.<\/p>\n

I think what helps Wonder out is how much new stuff there is.\u00a0 There are tons of new enemies, probably the most new ones I\u2019ve seen since Super Mario World.\u00a0 And the new elements like badges that give you special skills when you wear them, and the Wonder Flower mechanic really makes this one feel \u201cnew.\u201d\u00a0 A lot of people have been raving about all the new animations, and they really are something.\u00a0 Just as an example, before you stomp a Goomba, now they look up at you when you jump above them, and right before you land on them, their eyes widen and their mouth opens in terror as they face imminent death from you stomping them!\u00a0 And that\u2019s just one example.\u00a0 Anyway, if I had to describe Super Mario Bros. Wonder in just two words, it would be \u201clively,\u201d and \u201cimaginative.\u201d\u00a0 Only main problem is it doesn\u2019t last long enough.\u00a0 I beat it in less than a week!\u00a0 OK enough of that, now let\u2019s talk about some other video game elephants.<\/p>\n

Ellie from Donkey Kong Country 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

The DKC games had animal friends you could ride on, and most were just a one trick pony with one purpose.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong, they were still cool.\u00a0 But for example, the rhino could just ram things in front, the ostrich could go fast, the swordfish could swim well, etc.\u00a0 But Ellie the elephant from the third game was more versatile and could suck in barrels from a long distance and hold them with her trunk, and suck in water from lakes, rivers, and even waterfalls, and then spray it out, just like Elephant Mario does.\u00a0 There\u2019s even one level where you play as her in a dark abandoned mill, and there\u2019s mice everywhere.\u00a0 If she sees them in the light, she runs away.\u00a0 So you have to figure out how to make her not see the mice.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit jarring when you lose control of her, but it\u2019s still a clever level.\u00a0 DKC3 is a special game to me because it\u2019s the first \u2018big\u2019 game I reviewed at The Dallas Morning News back in the day.<\/p>\n

Phan Phan from Kirby<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a midboss that\u2019s an elephant with just two legs that\u2019ll throw you around with its trunk. \u00a0When you inhale it, you\u2019ll get the \u201cThrow\u201d ability.<\/p>\n

Phanpy from Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phanpy is a cute little elephant Pok\u00e9mon from Gold and Silver I believe.\u00a0 Phanphy\u2019s evolved form looks like a cross between an elephant and a tire!\u00a0 There may be other elephant Pok\u00e9mon by now, but since there\u2019s so many of them now I can\u2019t keep up!<\/p>\n

Shantae\u2019s Elephant form<\/strong><\/p>\n

Half-Genie Shantae can dance to turn into different animals in her games that give her special abilities.\u00a0 Turning into an elephant does what you think it would do.\u00a0 Makes her heavy and can dash through certain walls.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good thing she doesn\u2019t do lap dances (sorry that was bad).<\/p>\n

Flame Mammoth from Mega Man X<\/strong><\/p>\n

This robot boss hurls oil from his trunk and then shoots fire.\u00a0 If the fire hits the oil, it\u2019ll flare up.\u00a0 And if you use Boomer Kuwanger\u2019s blade boomerang weapon on him, it\u2019ll cut off his trunk!\u00a0 Does anyone else think Flame Mammoth looks like that robot elephant from The Great Space Coaster?\u00a0 Anyone remember that show?\u00a0 No?<\/p>\n

Taj from Diddy Kong Racing<\/strong><\/p>\n

A magical genie elephant that can change your kart into a raft or plane when you talk to him.\u00a0 Diddy Kong Racing was a pretty neat game and rivaled Mario Kart in some areas.<\/p>\n

Yono and the Celestial Elephants<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an indie game on the Switch.\u00a0 You play as a cute little elephant as you travel through 2D isometric worlds doing elephant stuff and solving Zelda style puzzles.\u00a0 It looks adorable and I really wanted to review it, but I wasn\u2019t able to.\u00a0 But as I was writing this, I checked on the Nintendo eShop and the game was on sale for 80 percent off at only 4 bucks so I picked it up.\u00a0 I hope I get to play it soon!<\/p>\n

Tembo the Badass Elephant<\/strong><\/p>\n

I heard about this game a while back from a YouTube channel I watch.\u00a0 You play as a tough but cartoony elephant in military garb and bash through stuff in this 2D platformer.\u00a0 It\u2019s also made by GameFreak, who are known for other titles like Drill Dozer and a little game series you might\u2019ve heard of called Pok\u00e9mon!\u00a0 It\u2019s not available on Switch, though.\u00a0 I checked the PS Store and it\u2019s 15 bucks, so I may wait a bit to download that one.<\/p>\n

Tia from Animal Crossing<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are lots of elephant neighbors you can have in Animal Crossing.\u00a0 Some are gray, some are pink, but some are bit more imaginative.\u00a0 Like one that looks like a circus elephant and one that looks like a woolly mammoth.\u00a0 But my favorite is one whose head is shaped like a teapot, and her name is Tia.\u00a0 Get it?<\/p>\n

Vah Ruto Elephant Guardian from Breath of the Wild<\/strong><\/p>\n

In lieu of dungeons in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, they have these giant animal robots that you climb inside.\u00a0 One of them is an elephant and can spray gallons of water from its trunk.\u00a0 In the Hyrule Warriors game you can even control it!\u00a0 I wonder where all those giant animal robots went off to in Tears of the Kingdom?\u00a0 Maybe the Power Rangers borrowed them?\u00a0 Oh wouldn\u2019t it have been cool if you could\u2019ve combined all the animal robots for one final battle with Ganon?<\/p>\n

Killer Elephant Gang from Steambot Chronicles<\/strong><\/p>\n

This last one really isn\u2019t an elephant, but a cool elephant related instance.\u00a0 Steambot Chronicles was a PS2 underrated gem.\u00a0 It was like a Grand Theft Auto styled game, except it was set in an industrial revolution style setting.\u00a0 And instead of driving around Model T cars, everyone used steam powered bipedal mechs!\u00a0 There was so much you could do in that game.\u00a0 You could battle mechs or use them as delivery vehicles.\u00a0 You could furnish your own apartment and even play a musical instrument on a street corner for quick cash.\u00a0 In Japan the game was called Bumpy Trot, which I think is hilarious.\u00a0 There was going to be a PS3 sequel, but unfortunately the company who made that game, Irem, went out of business.<\/p>\n

Anyway, in the game there is an evil gang called the Killer Elephants, and they have a giant mech that looks like a robot elephant.\u00a0 When you walk around their hideout, you can view a bookshelf and read a children\u2019s book in it about an elephant.\u00a0 The elephant in the book is named Raroo.\u00a0 Longtime 1up.com veterans may remember a blogger named Mister Raroo.\u00a0 Well it turns out that the English translator for Steambot Chronicles also blogged on 1up.com, so I don\u2019t think that was a coincidence.\u00a0 Definitely an obscure \u201cDid You Know Gaming\u201d kind of thing.<\/p>\n

Anyway, those are all the cool video game elephants I can think of.\u00a0 Let me know if you can think of more in the comments section, and tell me your favorite elephants, too!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Super Mario Bros. Wonder being recently released, everyone is talking about the new power-up that turns Mario into an elephant!\u00a0 I didn\u2019t realize Mario was such a University of Alabama fan!\u00a0 He DOES wear red all the time, though!\u00a0 Roll Tide, Mario, Roll Tide!\u00a0 Anyway, Elephant Mario isn\u2019t the ONLY elephant in video games, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24001"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24042,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24001\/revisions\/24042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}