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[[File:mitsukniR_konami_shoutout_4202.png|link=Mitsumete Knight|frame|Can you recognize all [[Konami]] characters present in this Purikura sequence of this [[Mitsumete Knight|Konami game]]?<ref>Counter-clockwise : [[Ganbare Goemon|Goemon]] ; [[Gradius|Moai Head]] ; [[Tokimeki Memorial|Shiori Fujisaki, and Saki Nijino]] ; [[Twinbee]] ; [[Parodius|Takosuke, and Koitsu]] ; [[Azure Dreams|Kewne]] ; [[Ganbare Goemon|Ebisumaru]] ; [[Twinbee|Madoka]] ; [[Live Powerful Pro Baseball|Powerpro-kun]] ; [[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night|Alucard]] ; [[Suikoden|Tir McDohl]] ; and [[Gradius|Vic Viper]]. And, as an extra subtle [[Shout-Out]], the things Goemon, Alucard and Tir are riding are the arcs of [[Logo Joke|the Konami Logo]].</ref>]]

 

** ''[[BlazBlue/Shout Out|Blaz Blue]]''

* ''[[Halo (series)/Shout Out|Halo]]''

* ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy/Shout Out|I Wanna Be the Guy]]''

* ''[[Jets N Guns/Shout Out|Jets N Guns]]''

* ''[[Pokémon/Shout-Out|Pokémon]]''

* ''[[Portal (series)/Shout Out|Portal]]''

* ''[[Resident Evil/Shout Out|Resident Evil]]''

** ''[[Resident Evil 5/Shout Out|Resident Evil 5]]''

* ''[[Rock Man 4 Minus Infinity/Shout Out|Rock Man 4 Minus Infinity]]''

* ''[[RuneScape/Shout Out|Runescape]]''

* ''[[The Sims/Shout-Out|The Sims]]''

* ''[[Skullgirls/Shout Out|Skullgirls]]''

* ''[[StarCraft/Shout Out|Starcraft]]''

* ''[[Super Cosplay War Ultra/Shout Out|Super Cosplay War Ultra]]''

* ''[[Team Fortress 2/Shout Out|Team Fortress 2]]''

* In the visual novel ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' (a game arguably already full of shoutouts to old legends and myths), there are skits that you earn depending how many "Bad Ends" you receive. The second of which features [[Tsundere|Rin Tohsaka]] and [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Sakura Matou]], two of the game's heroines, in a rather blatant [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Touhou]] series, complete with danmaku patterns and parodies of the Spell Card activations.

* Every single game in Namco's [[Tales (series)]] have shout outs to each other (with the exception of ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'', which is the first game and therefore has nothing to shout out to). In ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'', various other Tales characters are Bonus Bosses; in another Tales game, a character has a Mieu keychain (Mieu is the cute annoying creature from ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''); in ''[[Tales of Destiny]]'', the character Klarth from ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' makes a cameo; and so on. A fan favorite is the Indignation spell which has appeared in every game in the franchise, with nearly the same casting incantation. The first scene where Indignation appears (the intro to ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'') can be replicated almost exactly in ''[[Tales of Eternia]]'' if you know when and where.

** In ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'', Cress can equip a set of ten items from ''[[The Tower of Druaga]]'' to receive the title "Gilgamesh." The same title and a similar set of items exist for Zelos Wilder in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''.

* ''[[Wario Land]]: Shake It!'' has a level call "Wreck Train"—the music of this level seems to have a shout to [[Indiana Jones]].

** Playing "I Am the Walrus" leads to a shout out to the sequence with the song in the ''[[Magical Mystery Tour]]'' film.

* Speaking of [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]], you can find a [[Yellow Submarine]] in Ricco Harbor from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''.

* ''[[Jade Empire]]'' has a shout out to ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', another of Bioware's games. In ''Jade Empire'', the recruiter at the arena remarks something along the lines of "you are indeed mysterious, stranger." In ''KOTOR'', Mysterious Stranger was the codename given to the player character when (s)he participates in the Duel Ring.

* ''Knights of the Old Republic'' has a few of its own. The most obvious one is Bastila, who is a slightly more developed version of Aribeth from [[Neverwinter Nights|an earlier BioWare game]].

* In ''[[The 7th Guest]]'', Stauf's "welcome to my house" speech seems to be a reference to ''The Legend of Hell House''.

* There is one in the trophy list in ''[[Arcana Heart]] 3'' to, of all things, ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'''s ''Celebrity Jeopardy!'' skits. Using four different sword techniques in a single match while playing as Kamui will net you a trophy called "That's 'S' Words, Mr. Connery!"

* The ''[[Re-Volt]]'' RC car driving game has two tracks called [[Boyz N the Hood|"Toys in the Hood"]], set in peaceful suburbs.

* ''[[DEFCON]]'' is largely inspired by the [[The Big Board|NORAD screens]] in ''[[WarGames]]'', so scrolling text in the lobby screen includes the list of games from the movie ("FALKEN'S MAZE, BLACK JACK, GIN RUMMY...THEATERWIDE BIOTOXIC AND CHEMICAL WARFARE, GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR") and "How about a nice game of chess?"

** The [[Seven Deadly Sins|Wrath]] boss walks around the room dropping bombs, just like ''[[Bomberman]]''. The layout of its room even has hard blocks that can't be blasted.

* In ''[[Minecraft]]'', there is a surprising amount of shout-outs, from the the title screen that gives references by the dozen to placing a picture of king graham.

* In "Super Mario 3D Land", In World 5-2, you see Mario from a topview. If you have a fire flower, sometime in the level, you can light 4 torches, and the familiar "Zelda" jingle that plays whenever you solve a puzzle. In fact, Zelda is turning 25 this year, (2011) another (possibly coincidental) reference to the Zelda series, by means that it's World 5-2, backwards = World 2-5, or 25!

* ''[[Asterix]] at the Olympic Games'' has a cutscene where Asterix knocks out a Roman with a headbutt. For a brief moment, the background changes to a soccer field and a referee raises a red card. It's an obvious reference to the infamous incident involving Zinedine Zidane at the 2006 World Cup Final, and may be also a nod to the cameo of Zidane himself in the movie.