Top 10 Video Game Easter Eggs of Other Video Games

[@noodleboyn6367]

What about "it's a me Mario" from Assassins Creed 2

[@TheKrustaceox]

+Neil Taylor I felt like the honorable mentions were best and more memorable than the whole list.

[@Juneur]

That's not really an easter egg it's just like one piece of dialogue that wasn't meant to reference mario

[@noodleboyn6367]

Of course it was a reference.Way emphasises on the itsa me.

[@Marth_Shepard]

+darude - sandstorm How is it not a reference to mario?

[@Juneur]

+Marth Shepard Mario is a common name in Italy.

[@i_Lupercalia_i]

"But this game also has references to games like Destiny and the Last of Us, showing it's really out to honour the greats" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Destiny, you're funny Watchmojo.

[@PatThomson89]

+TimberWolf257 As much as its not the best game, its is successful and a well polished shooter. No matter how shit the rpg mechanics are

[@i_Lupercalia_i]

Patrick Thomson That doesn't make a game great. I don't see people nominating Call of Duty for awards for having well polished gameplay and being successful, in fact the opposite is true.

[@PatThomson89]

Call of duty was nominated when it first became the game it is now, then it just rinsed and repeated for about a decade. Whereas destiny mixed in a variety of mechanics not all were great, but it made a successful fun game. I didn't buy the expansions but I enjoyed the vanilla

[@i_Lupercalia_i]

Patrick Thomson It rinsed and repeated because it's a popular formula. Trust me, if Destiny does the same thing people will despise it just as much. People don't like games that do the same thing (except if it's Nintendo but I digress).

[@PatThomson89]

Yeah if destiny doesn't change it will like any franchise. However from what I have seen the dlc has evolved it in more then a decade of cod has evolved it

[@theboulder3278]

In Metal Gear Solid 4 you can unlock an Altair costume for Snake, and in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood you can unlock Raiden's costume from MGS4.

[@RelativelyRetroDon]

The Bayonetta easter egg was probably my favorite...especially the first time I discovered it. Such a great game btw!

[@Miumiu0404]

Nintendo is truly beloved by so many developers. Their influence in gaming is undeniably huge.

[@douggalent4858]

Sneaking Qbert into The Ethereal Void in Ultima Underworld 2 is my favorite easter egg.

[@addictedartist4416]

Just when I thought you missed the stanley parable it was number one! :D One of the most iconic games ever! :)

[@coltsfan354]

number nine, by your own rules, shouldn't be on this list. Watch_Dogs is technically thought to be in the same universe as Assassin's Creed, as there's that easter egg, as well as a few others such as the father and son overheard playing one of the Assassin's Creed games, and a few other NPC being marked as assassins or templars. The easter eggs are also returned as you can find the dates in both Watch_Dogs and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag line up, and his death is part of the story in AC4, with emails talking about it in game. I get what you're going with, and sorry for the nerd out, but since it's a shared universe, by your own rules, it shouldn't count.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

That's a common fan theory, but not confirmed to be canon but Ubisoft.

[@eduardosalinasgarza8066]

+coltsfan354 even if it's the same universe, they're diferent franchises

[@sperrin]

+coltsfan354 Their rules do not say they can't be games in the same universe. The rule was it can't be a reference in the same franchise. Watchdogs and Assassin's Creed may be in the same universe...but they are different franchises.

[@Overhail3]

+Steve Perrin actually that's a cross over because your killing a templar instead of seeing it and killing him also affects the game he's from so it still doesn't count by their rules

[@theillegaltaco6]

cough cough game theory cough cough

[@hoodieninja_7203]

Star Fox Zero is still in development, and even so, the easter egg does not exist due to their involvement. The CEO of Platinum is just a really huge Star Fox fan and has wanted to work on the series for a while.

[@McDuffin]

"That's one doomed space marine!" Ya blew it.

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[@FearlessLeader2001]

the watch dogs one is actually in the same universe as AC, and Pierce is part of the Assassin order. Watch the game theory.

[@skerllyfulgencio4036]

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[@PepPep718]

+Sukki Blue game theory is not cannon

[@hypernouva874]

if you do the anju and kafei quest and look through the mask to the curiosity shop and look right and then down you can find a rob figure and I thought it was pretty cool

[@hypernouva874]

+hypernova hypernova and it was in majoras mask

[@chelforo]

Gordon Freeman in STALKER

[@politrzysta]

+chelforo Gordon Freeman in Mad Max :) Also, Fallout 1's water chip and ET cartridges in Wasteland 2.

[@TkIMeElmo]

Gordon Freeman in Gordon Freeman.

[@mohamud60]

Hell no the best Half life easter egg is in Mad Max where it shows gordon freemans dead body with a 3 next to his severed arm hold a crowbar

[@alessandrogomez9702]

What? Where? Guess I'll have to replat once again Stalker

[@thefuckerman-ghostgamer-li3311]

chelforo that's not the same Freeman. It's just an Easter egg.

[@BanjoKazooietheNintendofan]

This video proves that even the industry as more respect than the community!

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

That's how it works. People doing the same work? respect. Fans who don't even have a rudimentary grasp of the profession? bitch and moan.

[@BanjoKazooietheNintendofan]

ajmrowland Fucking exactly

[@battalionleader7]

Don't forget you can have mine craft heads, outfits and a special mine craft gun in borderlands 2.

[@NARKISDUDE]

you got almost 10,100 videos! that's insane!

[@BillyMartin4Life]

So it's over 9,000? Lol

[@NARKISDUDE]

Kevin Gonzalez haha the force of Goku is strong with you, young Kevin.

[@pablosanchez5824]

+Kevin Gonzalez this kid...

[@SoulDevoured]

That makes like 50,000 some hours of content if their videos average 10 minutes long. Could be wrong tho.

[@yugijak]

I had never heard that line by Jeanne for that secret. AMAZING!

[@jaitlyfamily1484]

Their is also a Mario reference in AC 2 where Mario says "It's me a Mario" but the bigger one I think is AC B where when you go to save Catarina the princess smarkes "Saving princesses from castles now are we?" and an achievement "Princess in another castle"

[@stupidthehedgehog3266]

4:50: You've got an enemy on your tail! Use the brake! Use bombs wisely! Use the boost to get through!

[@GoldenLombaxGirl]

I remember seeing a Mario pipe in Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time Funny thing is Orvus is voiced by Charles Martinet, who voices Mario.

[@jordanholloman8248]

I was thinking the same thing. Also in the old ratchet and clank games on ps2, they reference Jak and Daxter so I'm just surprised none of those made the list.

[@mrjacob0101]

+Jordan Holloman because that games are considered shit by new gamers

[@yamigekusu]

Gaplus- In the first parsec, fly straight up, and do nothing. Wait for the enemies to get in formation. When all of them have assembled, you will see a shooting star. Shoot the enemy that is the second from left on the bottom row. You will see the Special flag from the Rally-X series somewhere on the screen (it gives you an extra life)

[@4242miska]

the whole Borderlands franchise is an easter egg like seriously from lotr to pink floyd to excalibur(the sword) and even whole dlc's based on other franchises for example one of the head hunter dlc's where you are part of the hunger games? the games are amazing dude

[@slashingkatie7872]

Rare games tend to have fun cameos. In Banjo Tooie, in Bottles house there's a Jet Force Gemini poster and one of his kids has a DK plush.

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[@CryptoJordanVR]

WAHOO! My list item suggestion made the list! I'm the one who went on WatchMojo.com and suggested the Assassins Creed easter egg from The Witcher 2 for the list. AND IT MADE IT! YES!!

[@usakoutada4903]

World of Warcraft has a lot of Easter Eggs about other videogames: - The plants vs. zombies quest. - Larion and Muigi en Un'Goro - Linken in Un'Goro - Big Daddy and the little girl And plenty more that I don't remember right now.

[@brucejohnson6589]

In the Amiga-RPG Ambermoon you can open a portal in a tower. The main character from the game Lionheart appears and can be part of your party.

[@5persondude]

wasnt there an Arwing enemy in Ocarina of Time? i know it is only accessible with cheats or an Emulator, but it still has AI and functions for the most part

[@000ZeroDelta]

Yeah, and its pretty fun but its a leftover debug asset and therefore a glitch, not an easter egg :(

[@5persondude]

000ZeroDelta ah, i see

[@P3T3R2012]

Top 10 Stanley Parable endings!

[@TheNinjaDC]

No Moonlight Blade? It makes it in every From Software game.

[@spongebobfan190]

In Fallout 3, there were easter eggs from the game Snatcher, which I won't say because it would kinda spoil Snatcher for those who haven't played it yet, and I recommend you play it first and see if you spot it.

[@JediRevanMunro]

Serious Sam II reference to Duke Nukem in the swamp level, Max Payne reference to Soldier of Fortune, Duke Nuke The Manhatan Project reference to Max Payne, X-Men Origin: Wolverine reference to Portal (cake) and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (sword), Hitnam 2 Silent Assassin reference to Lara Croft in level Basement Killing, Star Trek Elite Force II reference to Super Mario

[@Procrastinator57]

Tomb raider reference in Shadow warrior. PacMan reference in Doom II

[@Dakobra_]

Sets the rule of excluding crossovers and references to other games in the same franchise, has the 9th entry be a crossover. That's WatchMojo!

[@Dw7freak]

I'd say the Dragon Quest/Zelda reference in the original Final Fantasy. In the elven village, there's a gravestone that read different depending of the version. In the original, it reads, "Here lies Loto/Erdrick." which references Dragon Quest's legendary hero. In the GBA port, the grave reads, "Here lies Link.", referencing Zelda.

[@permeus2nd]

2:04 i (and a hell of a lot of other gamers apparently) really wish they had done more with this link between the two games, i mean it was literally a gift wrapped opportunity to expand the AC games into the modern world and beyond but nop, well we can hope that your is still a chance for it in later games.

[@DartLuke]

Hydralisk in WC3. Warcraft reference in Lost Vikings 2. Mention of CityOS(WatchDogs) in AC4. It is looks like WD and AC are in same univerce. HL reference in Portal

[@dustinkopperman2928]

I like all the Easter eggs in video game in their franchises on TV especially on video games like borderlands 2

[@julekmeister]

Oh, there are oh so many easter eggs of another games. In Warcraft 3 you can find a trapped hydralisk from Starcraft. Also in this game one of the undead units responds to being selected "My life for Aiur... uh, I mean The Scourge" - Aiur being the Protos' homeworld from Starcraft.

[@Mangaguy69]

I liked the easter egg in Far cry 4 referencing to skyrim you find a dead guy with bucket over his head and a arrow in his knee... classic

[@jennyluisenbrain6331]

another one from majoras mask was the second row of your inventory if you had all masks. the order was fox-bird-hare-toat-pig, which represents all the members star fox-team had up until that point: fox/james-falco-peppy-slippy-pigmar

[@jotabeas22]

4:40 that would be more enjoyable than the actual COD game. Worth it.

[@IkeFanBoy64]

This brings up a question If an Easter egg references a game from another company, do they need licensing (Like if Borderlands 3 has an easter egg referencing The Sims, does Gearbox need licensing/confirmation from EA?)

[@waji9566]

in uncharted at the bar there is a newspaper about the zombies from the last of us. and in the last of us ellie starts to whistle the uncharted tune once she gets bored after a while of no action

[@veegs23]

Shadow warrior remake had lots of references to the studio's other games and also other games as well.

[@Geobardi]

The first easter egg of this kind i can remember is Sonic lying down in a beach in the game Soleil, an rpg for the Sega Mega Drive.

[@Tenchi10]

I am now planning to buy The Stanley Parable thanks to this video. Looks hilariously fun. Then again, very impressionable when it comes to interesting games that either look fun or terribly bad. :)

[@nintyfan1991]

Bayonetta dressed as Fox McCloud. (pukes like Brian Griffin) I preferred it when Hwoarang and Steve Fox did in Tekken Tag 2 on Wii U where Tekken characters can dress as Nintendo characters (more fitting than Platinum doing Star Fox, Namco would help with Smash 4), which you missed.

[@natem.3336]

What about those little Pip-Boy games in Fallout 4? Missile Command, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, and Pitfall are in there! There's also a text-based RPG.

[@jaydensmith4805]

the burning baby is a refreance to the inceadbles when the baby suit is shown being burned by the short lady

[@mikesitzler1106]

Can you do Top 10 movie references in video games?

[@nyxxydosee1729]

What about the Notched Pickaxe from Skyrim or the Destiny poster from Halo 3: ODST?

[@Lajos_Kelemen]

How can I never notice that Final Fantasy poster in Deus Ex: HR? I was in Sarif Industries a thousand frickin' times!

[@Highretrogamelord]

Oh man, I hoped to see the Pac-Man level from Wolfenstein 3D. Maybe it doesn't count, because it is a secret level?

[@samsonb.6572]

The Box room from The Talos Principle needs to be on here. Or the "Man on the moon"

[@LetsSewIt]

Crash Bandicoot on Uncharted 4 should top the list though if this list were never made before, considering now it's being extremely popular

[@sovietNIKOLAI1911]

What about the Rachet and clank Easter eggs in Jak 2. They had a bunch of posters of them around the city and also a gun corse themed after them. Considering they were rival games I thought it was pretty cool.

[@mirkecWii]

#9 You forgot to mention that in black flag they say that olivier went missing,stating that aden killed him meaning that the games are in the same universe (there are other easter eggs too)

[@gluttony38]

I think, for what I know, my best is the Assassin's Creed reference in The Witcher 2, soon one from jump in trash or car from Dying Light in another game ?

[@DOHARKsmash]

out or curiosity did you guys ever bring up all the Mario characters in frames in hyrule castle??

[@orange-gd4io]

On the legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time, Talon and Ingo look like Mario and Luigi. Also, in the castle, if you look in one of the windows, there is a Mario picture from Mario 64. Malon's neclace also has a Bowzer face on it.

[@GaelicCelt1990]

Not only was there a Wolfenstein 3D level in Doom 2: Hell on Earth, but there was a Pacman level in Wolfenstein 3D.

[@noirkuro4903]

What about the Psychonauts eatser egg in Alice: the madness returns, where in the queen's castle level you can find a hidden area where you see a skeleton of Raz (Psychonauts protagonist) sitting on the throne. This is a great easter egg since Psychonauts is about jumping into peoples minds and that is what wonderland is in the game.

[@ArmaBiologica35]

A GTA map in a wall from Max Payne 3.

[@Tyg-trippyyounggod]

Can you do too 10 video gam series we don't want to end?

[@asmodeus58XX]

Kid Icarus Uprising? Also Ratchet and Clank: a Crack in Time. "Plumbers are supposed to fix pipes, not jump wily-nily into them"

[@maija238]

+Jonathan BarSela And the fact that Ratchet had a picture of Jak & Daxter in his apartment on Endako and on a billboard on Damosel in the second game. Ratchet & Clank also made an appearance on a billboard in Haven City in Jak 2, and I'm surprised that despite the popularity between the two of them, neither of them got an honorable mention at least. All this Nintendo bullshit probably got in the way of that

[@highviewarts]

What about Destiny in Halo ODST

[@rudybernal78]

that was before the game was made

[@anthonymckenna8355]

+Rudy bernal (bеtrayеd) Thats what makes it so good. And they had started production, which is why Bungie put it in.

[@marcusblixenkrone-mller7169]

Altair's outfit in MGS4 or Big Boss performing a leap of faith in Peacewalker

[@kervingavidia2688]

What about the TFK logo on the cars in Battlefield Hardline its a reference to NFS Carbon

[@BootlegDubProd]

James McCloud in F-Zero GX

[@7wrenchbench]

7:27 What's the name of the song in the background?

[@nicholsjoshua15]

In BioShock 2 - Minerva's Den you get to play the first video game ever, X versus O.

[@learning2bcivil]

In the Ghostbusters game from 2009 the player character can play the arcade game Qbert.

[@qumquathedgehog9439]

I'm surprised the Castlevania 2/Braid easter egg from Dust wasn't even mentioned.

[@ErnestoCifer]

Number 9 isn't just an easter egg. It connects the two games' universes

[@Gnagniel]

You forgot the OTHER Mario easter egg in Dying Light: Vaulting off an enemy and doing a drop kill on them with a wrench gets you the Italian Plumber achievement.

[@aaronjackson8204]

What about Kirby Super Star Ultra? When you fight King Dee Dee Dee in a wrestling ring, you can find Mario, Lugi, Peach, and Wario on the ends of the ring cheering in the crowd.

[@kman1893]

9. isn't a reference, WD and AC are in the same universe.

[@mongoose2040]

There's a funny Duke Nukem Easter egg in Serious Sam II. You can find a hanging blonde haired, sun glasses wearing skeleton with a rocket up the rear. Sam even quips that he looks "like he's been waiting forever."!

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[@Zeonic_Newtype]

What about the Mutant tree from Fallout in Dark Souls?And the Metal Gear Series as so much easter eggs!

[@mirkecWii]

#9 You forgot to mention that in black flag they say that olivier went missing,stating that aden killed him meaning that the games are in the same universe

[@TehBlackNinjaProductions]

Was hoping that would be Number 1.

[@punishercastle5487]

The two assassins creed Easter eggs are awesome

[@RicardoLaurindo]

Also, in Assassin's Creed Black Flag, Melanie will tell the employee that Olivier has gone missing :D

[@Jojojordonian]

Those NES games in the first animal crossing were pretty cool

[@TalaIsDarker]

Played it once the stanley game, and was so great

[@sporclefan]

I thought you weren't doing references within the same franchise, but then the Resident Evil line happened

[@mateuszbielecki1551]

You forgot to mention Plants vs Zombies easter egg in Dying Light. You said about some minor easter eggs but didn't mention the whole location of Plants vs Zombies backyard where plants kill zombies with buckets on their heads using freeze grenades and stuff like that.

[@Skulletor]

What about RAGE with the Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake secret rooms?

[@Synthgamer]

If this is updated they should put in the Fallout 4 game tapes, Red Menace, Atomic Command, Pipfall, Zeta Invader, and Grognak.

[@ginaramos1195]

Freaking LOVE that star fox Easter egg!!

[@TheMDXtremeReal]

Other than Portal and Minecraft you can also go to the Half Life 2 world in Stanley Parable ( I think it was in the demo version )

[@unkeptmoss3285]

Seriously... nothing from Metal Gear??? You guys are just like konami... always hating on poor kojima.

[@Thebuttmuncha]

+UnkeptMoss328 I was thinking about the MGS level in Ape Escape and vice versa, not even honorable mentions :/

[@unkeptmoss3285]

buttmuncha Yeah, and in Snake Eater, when Naked Snake is given his mission he asks: _Can't Sam or Gabe do it?_ a reference to splinter cell and syphon filter; other stealth franchises. Also in MGS there is a poster for Policenauts on a wall in Shadow Moses; another Kojima game.

[@DarkshadowXD63]

+UnkeptMoss328 I found that easter egg long ago and I didn't get the joke cause I didn't know who they were until later on especially Sam Fisher

[@seraphzhen-zhen7591]

+UnkeptMoss328 Go watch Playstation access' top 7's you wont be dissapointed

[@unkeptmoss3285]

Seraph Zhen-Zhen I watch them as well. Rob is one of the few people on youtube who actually knows something about videogames.

[@faiintsmile8563]

Not a fan of minecraft whatsoever, but the easter egg in Borderlands 2 was awesome on every level.

[@Theolppoman]

The best one is in Saints Row 4. There is a whole mission, dedicated to Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. It was hilarious!

[@ginlemon126]

And the newspaper from the café in Uncharted 3? The one with the reference on The Last of Us? :(

[@rndmpinkiepie64]

my heart is sore. Bayonetta 2 should have been for PS4/Xbox One. not the crappy Wii U

[@steverogers7102]

u should hav included the quantum break easter egg where u get to see a person playing alan wake on her pc, well thats for promotion purposes as both are from remedy studios

[@jpsailorallaboardmatey461]

They put the mario mask in majora's mask, in ocarina of time in the room where you first meet Zelda, you can see pics of like 3 mario characters. I'm sure most know that but still haha

[@austinpercival783]

What about a video on throwback levels? Like shadow Moses in MGS4 or the Throwback Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 2?

[@TheDuckClock]

+Austin Percival They said no references from within the same franchises.