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** Asking for Super Mario Bros. 4 to be made will lead irked fans to point out that ''it already exists''—only it was called ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' in the US.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'':
** The page name/image refers to the [[Big Bad]] Ganondorf, a.k.a. Ganon (explicitly said so in the third game's manual), who is [[Common Knowledge|commonly believed]] to have gotten an additional "N" in ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' but no other official sources. The reality is more complicated. "Gannon" was used in every Japanese game up until ''Triforce of the Gods'' (that is, ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'') at the very least, and was the official romanization up until that point. This can be seen in ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Zelda II the Adventure of Link]]'s'' intro text and game over screen, and TotG's end credits, where it refers to "Gannon's Tower". Whether due to a simple error or a deliberate choice, the American manual of the original game favored the spelling Ganon, and beginning with Zelda II, the American localizers explicitly went out of their way to change the spelling in-game, giving the appearance that the original three-N form was a simple misspelling, rather than an artifact of the Japanese version.
** Claiming that there is only one Link, that the games were released in chronological order, etc., is liable to get you laughed out of any timeline forum. Likewise is redirecting anyone with a timeline question to the Gametrailers timeline.
** The "Tetra"force theory, which is [[Sailor Earth|the theory that there are four pieces to the Triforce]], recieves quite a bitlot of hate.
** [[I Am Not Shazam|Call Link "Zelda" around any LoZ fan and prepare to get yelled at.]]
** For your own safety, don't call ''Zelda'' an [[RPG]]. It's an Action-Adventure Game.
** [[Vindicated by History|It's become a serious crime]] to refer to ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]]'' as [[Animation Age Ghetto|kiddy]] in certain fan groups. {{spoiler|Link stabbing Ganondorf through the head and the prime evidence of the split timeline may be a big contribution to this}}
** Don't call Link an "elf" in front of a Zelda fan unless you want to be slapped upside your face for being a complete [[Noob|n00b]]. You'lland also probably get a [[Wall of Text|huge speech]] about how Link is ''not'' an elf, but rather a Hylian, the main race in the games.
*** According to pretty much every non-human entity in those games, Hylians are humans. Presumably the ears are just long.
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'':
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** Related, there was a ''big'' uproar in the time leading up to ''Devil May Cry 4'' about whether or not Vergil, Dante's brother {{spoiler|and Nelo Angelo was dead}} after the events of the first game. The enemy data files in 4 put the rumors of his {{spoiler|survival to rest '''hard''', saying that the Bianco Angelo}} enemies were actually created ''by using pieces of {{spoiler|his corpse}}''.
* Gamers have a tendency to ''flip out'' at people (especially journalists) who get the name of the their favorite console wrong, like when people refer to the [[Nintendo DS]] as the "[[Game Boy]] DS."
* Go to the ''[[Escape Velocity|EV:Nova]]'' webboard and ask about the "Vellos", "Velos","Vell-Os", or god forbid the "Vell'Os", and somebody is sure to point out that they are called the "Vell-os".
* This trope can go either way, in that Pyramid Head (debuting in ''[[Silent Hill 2]]'') has been seen in other games and the movie. Some rabid fans say that this is ''not'' okay, Pyramid Head to them is only a representation of James' psyche. However, other fans view him as a God of Silent Hill.
* In ''[[Metroid]]'' fandom, calling Samus [[I Am Not Shazam|"Metroid"]] or even, god forbid, saying "I love Metroid, '''[[Samus Is a Girl|he's]]''' so cool in these games" is considered a horrible crime.
** [[Samus Is a Girl]], and thinking she's a he is considered very, ''very'' bad.
* ''[[Kirby]]'':
** Go onto a forum and say "[[Kirby|Meta-Knight]]", "MetaKnight" or "Metaknight" is your favorite character. You will not hear the end of it. They'll say, "His name is '''Meta Knight''', damn it! The Meta-Knights are the group of swordsmen he leads and Metaknight doesn't exist! RAHHHHH, IT MATTERS! YOU'RE NOT A REAL FAN!!"
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** Kirby's [[Pink Means Feminine|pink color]] and [[Cross-Dressing Voices|female voice actor]] betterhave notmade make yousome [[Viewer Gender Confusion|think he's a girl.]] HeHowever, he's always been called a "he" in English localizations and he's gender-neutral in Japan.
** It's "Dream Land" (two words). Not "Dreamland" (one word). It's a common mistake, even on [[This Very Wiki]], but you should spell it right just to be safe.
** Call [[Kirby Star Allies|Morpho Knight]] is ''not'' a prototype design of Meta Knight and just wait until you're corrected. The concept art of Morpho Knight is dated [[Newer Than They Think|2004]], 11 years after the release of Meta Knight's debut game ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'', and [[Non-Standard Character Design|it doesn't even fit in with early '90s Kirby artworks]]. The reason for this misconception [[Poor Communication Kills|is that it's placed in Meta Knight's section in a 20th anniversary artbook]], and it's even been [https://www.ndw.jp/kirby_04/ confirmed] that the artwork was meant for the [[What Could Have Been|cancelled GCN game]] (not ''Air Ride'').
* [[Star Fox]] is the name of the mercenary unit where Fox McCloud works. [[I Am Not Shazam|It is ''not'' his name.]] This misconception isn't helped by the fact that Andross seemingly uses this name to refer to Fox at the end of ''[[Star Fox 64]].'' (Andross was actually talking about the team in general, but in context it looks like he's just addressing Fox).
* Spelling Jak's name with an added ''c'' or Daxter with an ''e'' is a [[Berserk Button]] for many ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' fans. If you're lucky, they'll facepalm and point out your mistake. If not, they'll eat you alive.
* When someone looks at some piece of ''[[Touhou]]'' fanart and asks "What anime is this?" flames are to be expected.
* Never mention the "Giygas fetus theory" on anany ''[[EarthBound]]'' forum. Youor you ''will'' get banned (temporarily, at least) temporarily banned.
* The main character of ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' is Pit. Saying his name is Icarus will get you laughed out of any Nintendo forum.
 
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