The real reason of "4-8-08"

Did Pixel put his child's birth date in the game?

  • YES

    Votes: 6 40.0%
  • yeah, sure!

    Votes: 3 20.0%
  • it's possible

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • what the-

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • NO

    Votes: 2 13.3%
  • you're dumb

    Votes: 3 20.0%

  • Total voters
    15
  • Poll closed .
Feb 26, 2018 at 6:25 PM
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Okay, so I was thinking about this the other day, and I thought that I should share with you guys what "Wife bor child, 4-8-08" means.

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Okay, when you go to the Waterway cabin WITHOUT curly, the computer will display the message, "Wife bor child, 4-8-08".

Now, I think that anyone could figure out that maybe Pixel put his child's birth date in the game, but, --oh no-- the game was released in 2004. So he COULDN'T put his child's birth date in when it was in 2008, or so everyone thought..

BUT HE COULD

In Japan they have dates backwards from ours.

So it really means, "Wife bor child, 08-8-4"

August 8, 2004.

Cave Story was released on December 20, 2004.

Perfectly possible.

Tell me if you think I figured it out in the poll and in the comments!
 
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Feb 26, 2018 at 6:29 PM
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Okay, so I was thinking about this the other day, and I thought that I should share with you guys what "Wife bor child, 4-8-08" means.

--SPOILERS!--

(snip)
You know, there's a proper spoiler tag. This:
Code:
[spoiler=Spoiler Title]
Spoiler contents!
[/spoiler]
...becomes this:
Spoiler contents!
Also, pretty sure nobody was debating this.
 
Feb 26, 2018 at 6:43 PM
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You know, there's a proper spoiler tag. This:
Code:
[spoiler=Spoiler Title]
Spoiler contents!
[/spoiler]
...becomes this:
Spoiler contents!
Also, pretty sure nobody was debating this.

I have been seeing recent threads about this.

Like, "Unlockable character!" "Random numbers!" And silly stuff like that.
 
Feb 26, 2018 at 6:53 PM
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Feb 26, 2018 at 7:05 PM
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Cave story has no unlockable characters bar curly mode.

Yeah, I know. I was quoting another post that thought there might be one.
 
Mar 2, 2018 at 2:18 AM
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ive never seen that before

i thought i remember seeing somewhere in the labryinth or something though that it says something like "studio pixel this is all for now" and then some date i dont know what it was about
its only in the code stuff though i dont think you can read it anywhere
 
Mar 2, 2018 at 2:40 AM
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ive never seen that before

i thought i remember seeing somewhere in the labryinth or something though that it says something like "studio pixel this is all for now" and then some date i dont know what it was about
its only in the code stuff though i dont think you can read it anywhere
You may be referring to some of the unused stuff pixel put in. For example, Debug Cat on the balcony. There's probably more.
 
Mar 2, 2018 at 2:41 AM
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You may be referring to some of the unused stuff pixel put in. For example, Debug Cat on the balcony. There's probably more.
yeah like the beast fang but i remember seeing something when i was trying to edit stuff i dont think it had any plan related to the game
 
Mar 2, 2018 at 4:47 PM
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The number is his child's birthday. The computer is most likely pixel breaking into the fourth wall.
 
Mar 2, 2018 at 8:37 PM
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yeah like the beast fang but i remember seeing something when i was trying to edit stuff i dont think it had any plan related to the game
That's just stuff Pixel left behind for the testers: if you check the OuterWall's script for instance, you'll find one where he says he'll finish the last area later. It's just stuff that was translated but clearly it didn't serve a purpose other than for the testers.
 
Mar 2, 2018 at 10:35 PM
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That's just stuff Pixel left behind for the testers: if you check the OuterWall's script for instance, you'll find one where he says he'll finish the last area later. It's just stuff that was translated but clearly it didn't serve a purpose other than for the testers.
what did the pixel guy use to make the game
 
Mar 3, 2018 at 3:30 PM
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To further clarify: Japan's date format is year-month-day.
 
Mar 3, 2018 at 10:57 PM
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To further clarify: Japan's date format is year-month-day.
I always thought that was interesting the way other countries do that sort of thing; culture-wise or not. I remember doing Spanish in Junior High and being confused originally at the date of 8/12/14 being done as 12/8/14; not Japanese date format but was odd initially.
 
Mar 5, 2018 at 12:51 AM
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The number is his child's birthday. The computer is most likely pixel breaking into the fourth wall.

Um, yeah, that is just pretty much exactly what I said.


Hey guys, I have some exiting news!

I looked into this further, and I found out that this was confirmed by Pixel in an interview!

Here is a video that confirmed it, as well as other sources:


Callooh! Callay! I chortle in my joy.

'Twas brillig and th--

Oops.:oops:

:D:D:D:mahin::mahin::orangebell::chin::debug:
 
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