So the mystery figure from the Crescent Moon Village background has a story?

[CM30]

Wow, didn't know about this:

https://www.marioboards.com/index.php?topic=38903.0

Apparently the old man in the paintings of Crescent Moon Village actually has a backstory! As quoted from the topic above:

This man is referred to as mister "Isamu", who may be named by the real navy admiral "Isamu Takeshida". It's written in the book that mister Isamu is remembered in [Crescent Moon] village for commanding a navy force against the evil pirates. These pirates and their shipmates tried to expand their empire and to steal all the coins and glittering jewels from the once peaceful village.

The war-torn village almost fell under this threat, however they were defeated by admiral Isamu. A hundred years later, all that remains of these invaders are ghosts and zombies of their past selves, which remain to guard the village's remaining treasures.

Apparently the Colonel Sanders style figure is a reference to a real world admiral from the Russo-Japanese war called Isamu Takeshida, who actually looks a lot like the picture:

Apparently he defended the village from attacking pirates in game, which then (long after the village was abandoned) caused their restless souls to hang around the place, desperately 'defending' the treasure they stole hundreds of years ago. It's an interesting story, and one the game barely hints at all.

So yeah, what do you think? Are you happy Nintendo included this tiny bit of backstory in one of the Japanese strategy guides for the game?

And what other secrets do you think other Wario Land 4 levels hold?

 

[Glowsquid]

Wario has the deepest lore

 

[Ninja_Cat]

That explains that annoying Pirate ghost who won't ever leave my poor Keyzer alone.

 

[Just a Wario Fan]

Interesting backstory, but honestly the man in the painting doesn't look like the real-life admiral, nor col. Sanders. The hairstyle and moustache don't mach with the photograph.
But I still like that there is actually a backstory to what happened to Crescent Moon Village. It has always been one of the strangest levels of the game, and this story makes the village even more haunting.

 

[JS Shantae]

Wow. I'd have never guessed.

Actually pretty impressive

 

[Glowsquid]

Wow. I'd have never guessed.

Actually pretty impressive

Since this didn't have the desired effect, I'll just come out and say all of this was completely made up by @Shokora at my prompting to bait Supper Mario Broth since we noticed them getting material from the mariowiki forum. Of course now that Supper Mario Broth include the sources in their posts, we have no reason to trick them.

 

[Magma]

Since this didn't have the desired effect, I'll just come out and say all of this was completely made up by @Shokora at my prompting to bait Supper Mario Broth since we noticed them getting material from the mariowiki forum. Of course now that Supper Mario Broth include the sources in their posts, we have no reason to trick them.

Heh heh, so trying to pull an intentional "Rudy the Clown" sort of thing this time. It still amuses me to no end how the Mario Wiki is treated as some sort of authority. I mean it's well organized and all but certainly not infallible.

 

[JS Shantae]

Since this didn't have the desired effect, I'll just come out and say all of this was completely made up by @Shokora at my prompting to bait Supper Mario Broth since we noticed them getting material from the mariowiki forum. Of course now that Supper Mario Broth include the sources in their posts, we have no reason to trick them.

Ah. Well then, nicely done!