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Pole’s Big Adventure’s Big Penis Joke
Not all mushrooms in Pole's Big Adventure are deadly . One of them has beneficial effects for Pole... sort of. Early in the fourth level, right before you face jumping ninjas, Pole can grab a mushroom. Eat it, and, well, I…
Pole’s Big Adventure: Sega’s Gag Game
siliconera.com — Pole's Big Adventure plays like a bare bones NES game. You control a cowboy and shoot poachers... that only attack by attempting to run into Pole. Sega's WiiWare game takes a dose of inspiration from Super Mario Brothers especially because…  ... (more) Pole’s Big Adventure: Sega’s Gag Game
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SEGA Finally Brings Boners To WiiWare [Maximum Risky]
Kotaku — ... tongue-planted-firmly in cheek send-up of retro side-scrolling Famicom games, brings long overdue mushroom dick jokes to the Nintendo Wii. As game site Siliconera explains, in the game's fifth level, Pole is able to grab a mushroom and eat a mushroom that causes only a very selective part of him to grow. The writing in the above screen ("mokkori") translates to the equivalent of "schwing." See, they don't call it Pole's Big Adventure for nothing. Oh ho ho! Pole’s Big Adventure’s Big Penis Joke [Siliconera] ...

Pole's Big Adventure will have you casting your rod for days
Destructoid — ... Siliconera posted about the quirky title recently, also mentioning that it plays a lot like an old Famicom game and has intentional slowdown and misplaced sprites. For a person who didn't grow up with old games, that probably sounds like a huge headache, but to me it sounds both hilarious and incredible. ...

Media: Pole's Big Adventure - In the Jungle, and in His Pants
Kombo.com — ... slang for a male's penis." However, there had been no evidence that this was anything more than pure speculation... until now, that is. Not all mushrooms in Pole's Big Adventure are deadly. One of them has beneficial effects for Pole… sort of. Early in the fifth level, right before you face jumping ninjas, Pole can grab a mushroom. Eat it, and, well, I think the picture explains it all. Pole's Big Adventure wasn't given a CERO B rating and sexual content warning without reason. -- Siliconera We've noted before how the game just likes to mess with you whenever it can, but ...

Pole’s Big Adventure - crude jokes and NES homages
GoNintendo — ... of it being a bit more on the adult side. As you can see from the image above, Pole has quite a different reaction when he collects in-game mushrooms. Steering the humor back to an ‘all-ages’ approach, PBA attacks your senses with homages to the NES. While the game features 8-bit graphics, there are also some other tips of the hat to the old-school days of gaming. For example, the game will start messing with sprites from time to time, and even add in artificial slow-down as you play. Link This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 at 1:38 pm and is filed under ...

Pole's Big... Adventure! (And Other Things)
GayGamer.net — ... indeed! The game is centered around gimmicky and silly content, like game slowdowns, intentional sprite glitching and just general wackyness. You know, all that stuff that used to make you scream and throw your sharp edged NES controller at a wall, only after nearly deflating your lungs blowing at the end of that favorite cartridge. Now, my question is this: Will be see this game in the US? I certainly hope so, but I doubt that Pole's pole will survive the trip. Pole's Big Adventure's Big Penis Joke [Siliconera] ...

Pole’s Big Adventure playthrough video, part 2. This...
Tiny Cartridge — > > Pole’s Big Adventure playthrough video, part 2. This amusing game, out today in Japan, seems to draw inspiration from stuff like I Wanna Be the Guy and Jinseiowatta no Daibouken, in that it inverts expected game tropes for humorous (and punishing) effect. Speaking of humorous effects, Siliconera has the exclusive on a dick joke found in the game. See also: Part 1 ...

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