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| | Kappa (mythical creature) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A status ailment in the computer role-playing game Final Fantasy VI transformed the affected player character into a kappa; however, the word "kappa" was replaced with the word "imp" for the English language localization of the game. | | | Kappa appear in a number of video games, many of which have appeared in localized form in the West. | | | Some descriptions say their faces are apelike, while others show them with beaked visages more like those of tortoises or with duck beaks. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_(mythical_creature)
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| | Kappa is a mythical creature - Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums |
| | kappa is supposed to be a 'water demon'...imp is supposed to be like a small 'playful' version of a giant flying demon. | | | So that "green duck" (Pfff...) can really be considered mythical... | | | From drowning children to teaching them how to use Gau's abilities on the Veldt. |
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http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=39674
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| | One creature we put in the game was a well-known Japanese creature called the "Kappa" (pronounced kind of like "cop-ah"). | | | Japanese people are going to be very aware of these kinds of small details for creatures originating from their country. | | | Although it's familiar to the Japanese, it's a little too unfamiliar for our understanding of what a monster is. We wouldn't see any nostalgia in it at all. |
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http://boards.powergamers.net/viewthread.php?tid=16336
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| | Chinese 691/Japanese 691 |
| | You see that there is a subject heading for Kappa (water goblin), but also that you might be better off doing a slightly broader search for Folklore Japan. | | | If you do a keyword search on "kappa" you will come across lots of "noise" (irrelevant citations), so you can try limiting the search to language=Japanese. | | | Sometimes the easiest way to begin searching the library catalog is by doing a keyword search, particularly if you know what the word is in Japanese or Chinese but not in English. |
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http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/easian/clsguides/grad691.html
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| | Shijin (Shishin) - Four legendary Chinese creatures protecting the four directions |
| | In Japan, the term "Suzaku" is translated as "Red Bird" or "Red Chinese Phoenix." In both Japan and China, the symbolism of the red bird seems to be identical to or merged with that of the mythological Ho-oo (Phoenix). | | | In Japan, the tiger is sometimes confused with the mythological Chinese Ch'i-lin (Qilin), which is rendered Kirin in Japan. | | | In any case, the four animals are much more prevalent in artwork in China than in Japan, although in Japan one can still find groupings of the four creatures. |
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http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/ssu-ling.shtml
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| | Big in Japan- Instant Culture |
| | He is then forced to go back in the water as Kappas cannot survive without this water on their head. | | | To survive such a situation it is said that if you meet a Kappa you should bow. | | | There are many cuter, more cartoony versions seen nowadays in merchandise, books, commercials, etc. |
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http://members.fortunecity.com/sdehaven/instant.html
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| | dandan.: diary of a sushi helper (1) |
| | TV series, which is a Japanese adaptation of the Chinese "Journey to the West" story). | | | He was persistent, though, and as I couldn't see what he was pointing at, I went around the bar to see. | | | Kappa is a mythical creature that appears in Japanese folk-tales (it also appears in Monkey! |
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http://www.design-kompany.com/dandan/archives/2005/07/diary_of_a_sush_1.html
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| | MTG Salvation - Article - Understanding Kamigawa |
| | kappa: In Japanese folklore, kappa are mischievous water imps. | | | oni: In Japanese folklore, oni are creatures similar to ogres and demons. | | | Meanwhile, the other three races are based on actual animals. |
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http://www.mtgsalvation.com/article/121/understanding-kamigawa
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| | Beasts Of Myth And Legend quiz -- free game |
| | A couple of these creatures dropped by Confucius mom's house when he was born. | | | Beasts Of Myth And Legend quiz -- free game | | | One look at this creature and you would turn to stone and it ain't the Basilisk. |
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http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=14523&origin=
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| | What's In a Name? -- The Guide to Harry Potter Name Etymology |
| | In Japan it is called Kirin, and in China Ki-lin. | | | The patterns they leave in fields are what we muggles call Crop Circles. | | | This creature's name is probably a play on "disguise", which is to conceal one's identity. |
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http://www.theninemuses.net/hp/fb.html
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| | Harry Potter Fan Zone Dictionary |
| | The pieces squirt a stinky substance into other players' faces when they lose a point. | | | Say Point me to make your wand function as a compass. | | | Trophy awarded to the Hogwarts house with the most points at the end of the year. |
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http://www.harrypotterfanzone.com/?ID=info/dictionary
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| | PEACHY GIRL AND LEO interview KOOPA TROOPA |
| | Koopa: Probably a play on the word “Kappa”, which is the name of a mythical Japanese creature. | | | You noticed that in Mario Kart games, green shells went in a straight line, while red shells actually turn. | | | Oh, and did you know that before Super Mario Bros, we were named “Shell Creepers”? |
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http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk29/lk29-1635.html
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| | Pokémon Sunday Discussion Thread |
| | You know, the green japanese water demon thing with a small bowl on it's head filled with water. | | | It's often mistaken for the Japanese monster, Kappa." | | | If the bowl is emptied, the kappa dies. |
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http://www.pokemasters.net/forums/index.php?topic=31467.75
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| | blindmouse sketchblog |
| | The Baku is a Chinese mythical creature which eats nightmares and has a head something between an elephant and a tapir. | | | So I started out with this goblin-like sketch. | | | The first thing I locked onto was the japanese Kappa who steals memories to fill his hollow head. |
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http://blindmouse.blogspot.com
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| | read my blog or the giant pandas will eat you.: 病院(hospital), tanuki and kappa |
| | traditionally in japanese folklore, a kappa is a child-sized creature with webbed hands and feet who tries to drown people in pools. | | | This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar. | | | a tanuki is a sort of raccoon like creature who has the power to shapeshift into a human. |
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http://raeamber.blogspot.com/2005/10/hospital-tanuki-and-kappa.html
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| | Facts about kappa mythical creature |
| | A human may escape them by exploting its one weakness - its viltalilty is drawn from a saucer-like deppresion in its head, which must remain filled with water. | | | The water will spill and the kappa will be defeated. | | | If one offers a polite and ceremonious bow, the kappa will be obligated to return it. |
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http://www.supercrawler.com/Facts/kappa__mythical_creature_.html
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| | So much food, so little stomach space. |
| | It turns out that it's a japanese mythical creature that lives in water. | | | It was said to eat people and play tricks on them also, and one way you could save yourself from being eaten was to give them cucumber. | | | That's also where they got the name for the cucumber sushi called kappa maki, or something like that. |
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http://homepage.mac.com/moonarts/iblog/B1494374113/C1027388592/E361943458
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| | Game Trivia for Harvest Moon: Back to Nature |
| | In fact, the Kappa is actually a part of Japanese folk-lore. | | | However, there is more to this creature than a simple, made-up character. | | | It is a mythical creature that resembles a duck, and supposedly loves cucumbers. |
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http://www.mobygames.com/game/playstation/harvest-moon-back-to-nature/trivia
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| | kappa - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "kappa" is defined. | | | kappa : Hutchinson's Dictionary of Difficult Words [home, info] | | | kappa : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] |
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http://www.onelook.com/?w=kappa
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| | NTSC-uk.com Forums - Mythical Beasts - The Tanuki |
| | Inspired by the previous thread on the Kappa, another mythical Japanese creature, I bring you - the Tanuki!!! | | | I can't remember what it was called though. | | | Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to draw your attention towards one of the most messed-up mythical creatures the world has ever seen. |
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http://ntsc-uk.domino.org/showthread.php?t=40467
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| | Koopa - GameFactSheet |
| | The word "koopa" is most likely a play on the word "kappa", the name of a mythical Japanese creature. | | | He could also poison enemies and knock out almost all creatures using his Crusher attack and with his Bowser Crash attack, a gigantic Mecha Koopa appears, leaving the enemies scattering in horror! | | | He can't see without them, which comes into particular handiness when he's trying to break your legs with an iron! |
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http://www.gamefactsheet.com/topics/Koopa
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| | The Independent (London, England): Reviews: Theatre: How to lose friends and alienate people; EYES OF THE KAPPA GATE ... |
| | AS I entered the Gate Theatre, a small Japanese girl in a pink fleecy jacket was throwing herself on to a hillock covered with white fake fur, giggling, and rolling off it to rise and fall again. | | | This winsome creature was representing a kappa, a mythical creature that is a lot less cute than she looks, as the stories in this piece, devised by the actors and director Simon Cox, reveal. | | | Reviews: Theatre: How to lose friends and alienate people; EYES OF THE KAPPA GATE THEATRE LONDON.(Features) |
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http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:84382953&refid=holomed_1
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| | creatures |
| | If it is empty, he is weak and easy to capture. | | | If this so called "Kappa" is fake, you had better click here! | | | If they hear another creature coming by their homes, they stick out their snouts and....CHOMP! |
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http://www.floresville.isd.tenet.edu/elementary/fes/special/gtkidpages/greekmyth/creatures.htm
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| | AikiWeb Aikido Forums - Ki Power! |
| | As far as the use of the term "ki" in everyday Japanese language, here's something I wrote up a while back: | | | The next mythical creature/beast/ghost on the list happens to be "rokurokubi," which made me think of my ex-wife... | | | Scroll down and you'll find some info on the creature; including interesting tidbits such as "Kappa are known for dragging people into the water and pulling out their livers through their anuses." |
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http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/printthread.php?t=8515
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| | Ground of Heaven |
| | Even though the venerable constellation star-figures have been bypassed, each one overlaid with the sign that originally followed it, these archaic "pictures in the sky" retain and maintain an influence and power, not only in the symbolic, "mythic" areas of our lives, but in a physical way as well. | | | Immediately east of the Archer/Centaur is the small, boomerang-shaped sky figure Capricornus. | | | To a surprising degree, the outer frame, shape, and condition of our physical bodies, and the enveloping myths that we enact in each lifetime, are derived from these primordial figures; they represent the personal incarnational drama each of us enacts, every day, in each lifetime. |
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http://pw1.netcom.com/~ye-stars/tmacons.htm
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| | Ultimatt's Xanga Site |
| | I play more tuba this semester than I have in the past 3 semesters combined. | | | Kappa is going well...I hope to be a full fledged brother soon, even if I do too much band. | | | Dave broke his toe, but it's better now. |
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http://www.xanga.com/Ultimatt
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| | WisCon: The Gathering of the Feminist Science Fiction Community |
| | ***HIROMI GOTO'S NOVEL _The Kappa Child_ WINS 2001 TIPTREE AWARD! | | | "THE KAPPA CHILD is a most delightful, joyfully original book. | | | A hopeful tale of healing through the mysterious agency of a mythical creature transplanted from its Japanese home to the prairies of Canada, The Kappa Child is a worthy winner of the Tiptree Award." |
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http://www.sf3.org/wiscon/26/ecube/ecube4.html
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| | Mythical beast |
| | As such, the boundries between what is recognised in human culture as being a mythological and existant creature have been subject to the limitations of human perception. | | | This book contains descriptions of 120 mythical beasts from folklore and literature. | | | Conversely, some creatures once believed to be mythological have been found in recent times, such as the giant squid. |
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http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/lookup/encyclopedia/my/Mythical_creature.html
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| | Facts about kappa |
| | Kappa (Κ κ) is the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 20. | | | The upper-case letter Κ is used as a symbol for: | | | In mathematics, the Kappa Curve is named after this letter; the tangents of this curve were first calculated by Barrow (17th Century). |
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http://www.supercrawler.com/Facts/kappa.html
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| | Kappa Beach |
| | Kappa Kappa Gamma is technically organized as a fraternity, but since it admits only women it is often called as a sorority. | | | Κ or κ, the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet: see Kappa (letter). | | | Kappa Kappa Gamma is also referred to as "KKG" and "KAPPA" |
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http://www.artistbooking.com/trips/118/kappa-beach.html
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| | Creatures, The : Hommage |
| | Find the latest book, movie, music and gaming titles at deep discounts. | | | Come to the Creatures Jungle for a huge amount of downloads, addons and resources for your Creatures game. | | | This is an entry about an artificial life computer program series. |
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| | index93a |
| | Kappa is known as an imaginary monster commonly, but some people believe that it is really an unknown animal, and there are eyewitnesses and so-called mummies of kappa around the Japan". | | | In it she claims that "Hibagon" is a Japanese for "Kappa" and goes on to say: "Japan: Encounters with 'ogres' of ancient times on Mt. Ryuo in Hibayama Mountains range of Hiroshima, described the same as North American bigfoot-like creatures are also reported on nearby Japanese islands. | | | Note: "Kappa" and "Mu-Jimi" are alternate names, same meaning". |
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http://user.bahnhof.se/~wizard/cryptoworld/index93a.html
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| | Animal Crossing References FAQ - IGN FAQs |
| | If you've met Kapp'n in the game, you'll understand the significance of this. | | | This is a reference to the fact that frogs' legs are eaten in many places. | | | This is a reference to the will-o-wisp, a mythical creature that is like a blue flame. |
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http://faqs.ign.com/articles/376/376325p1.html
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| | Kappabashi-dori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Though its name is unrelated to the mythical kappa, the homophony is often used. | | | Origin of the name kappa (raincoat / mythical monster)-bashi (bridge) | | | This page was last modified 08:39, 20 April 2006. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappabashi-dori
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| | HP Beyond The Veil |
| | Kappa- water-dwellers, they look like scaly monkeys with webbed hands, they strangle those who wade into their ponds | | | Bubotuers- a thick, black, giant slug-like plant tatmust be squeezed to collect pus used for potions and spells | | | Unicorn- a horse-like creature with a horn coming out of its head, it you are near death and you drink its silvery blood it will keep you alive for a limited time... |
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http://www.hpbeyondtheveil.com/creatures.html
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| | MuggleNet Four Fearsome Creatures - by Rachael Johnson |
| | The Kappa: This creature dwells in the rivers of Japan. | | | The Sphinx, Cerberus (Fluffy), the Redcap, and the Kappa will each have a summary of their original myths as well as a description of their appearance. | | | To younger readers, and maybe to even for older readers with whom Hp is the only fantasy they’ve made contact with, they may not know the references to several myths. |
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http://www.mugglenet.com/editorials/theburrow/rachaelj02.shtml
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| | Hibagon |
| | Other local names for the Hibagon include Kappa (also the name of a Japanese mythical creature) and Mu-Jimi. | | | Sightings of a Bigfoot like creature are also reported in the Japanese islands, specially in the Hibayama mountains in Hiroshima. | | | When she could turn up no written descriptions of the find, she turned to other scientists for help, touching off a worldwide wave of interest in the creature that would come to be called the "coelacanth," long thought to be extinct, and now celebrated as one of the world's oldest species. |
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http://www.occultopedia.com/h/hibagon.htm
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| | Kappa : eCorporations |
| | One stop shopping for all your sporting goods from sports apparel to camping gear. | | | Visit eBay Sports, the world's online sports store. | | | Great deals and amazing selection on Kappa Sports items. |
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http://www.ecorpscanada.ca/?Top=Kappa
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| | BehindTheLyrics: Shonen Knife - Jackalope Lyrics |
| | Telling me the story of this mythical creature. | | | I just got a post card of an unknown creature. | | | I just got a phone call from the far away future. |
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http://behindthelyrics.net/browse/s/Shonen_Knife/Jackalope
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| | Xanth.is |
| | dedicated to the "kappa" a mythical creature often referred to in cartoons as well as observed Pokemon and Titanic floats at the more traditional of festivals. |
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http://langavitleysa.blogspot.com/2003_03_23_langavitleysa_archive.html
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| | Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Japan's beer turns turtle - even in the land of Ninja |
| | A sake brand-named Kappa is made by the owners of this brew pub, which has a gallery of art devoted to the creature. | | | The brew pub's interior is almost church-like, though it has a bustling clientele for its barbeque and beer I tasted an Alt that was a little fruity, thin and spritzy for the style. | | | There are some Belgian-Oriental notes to the food (beef stew in beer, with Chinese vegetables, for example). |
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http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-000003.html
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| | ILENN News |
| | If you do a little research, you'll find that kappa are associated with some pretty nasty legends. | | | Their favorite food is cucumbers, which is apparently why cucumber rolls are called "kappa maki." Long ago, parents would sometimes carve their child's name into a cucumber and toss the vegetable into water in an attempt to prevent kappa fr... | | | For example, they drag people into the water and eat them. |
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http://www.ilenn.com/alpha4/morenews.php?chn=55&theOffset=0
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| | TMK Mario in Japan Super Mario World |
| | This symbol was also present in the English version. | | | The code to re-enter beaten castles (press L + R buttons simultaneously) works for the English and European (PAL) versions, but not the Japanese version. | | | Notice the similarities between the bottom part of the mountain and the Kappa's head. |
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http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/smw_j-e.shtml
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