Important, choose wisely.
First of all I want to thank everyone for the kind words; I'm happy that most of you liked my drawings and that the puzzle was fun. Thank you, really ^^
Edit: added a hint list. I won't give any more hints, unless a lot of people have problems with a specific character.
Obviously I will still accept feedback (from the solvers) on possible better answers than the ones I've chosen or if you want to report any mistake or criticism, feel free to share.
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Hints summary
1st part
2nd part
Additional hints
Others
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>>>>> SOLUTIONS <<<<<
1st of all, I wanna thank everyone again! For participating and for the kind words most of you have spent about my drawings. It was a good boost to morale.
2nd of all, I wish you all Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! Congratz to the winners ;)
3rd of all, here are the solutions! Answers in italic were added after the puzzle started thanks to solvers feedback.
Part 1 | 1st Source chararacter | 2nd Source chararacter | Possible answers |
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Q1-01 | IO Interactive, Hitman series, Agent 47 | Bioware, SW: KOTOR, HK-47 | Agent HK-47, Agent HK47 |
Q1-02 | Marvel, Comics/Movies, Black Widow | Blizzard, Overwatch, Widowmaker | Black Widowmaker |
Q1-03 | Nintendo, Super Mario bros/Luigi's mansion/ecc., Luigi | Capcom, Street Fighter series, Chun-Li | Chun Luigi, Chun Ligi, Chun Lui, Chun-Luigi, Chun-Ligi, Chun-Lui |
Q1-04 | Gearbox Software, Borderlands, Claptrap | Marvel, Comics/Movies, Captain America | Claptrap America, Claptain America, Claptraptain America, plus “Cl4p” variants |
Q1-05 | Game Freak, 1st gen pokemon, Electabuzz | Pixar, Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear | Electabuzz Lightyear |
Q1-06 | Marvel, Comics/Movie, Elektra | Santa Monica Studio, God of War, Kratos | Elektratos, Eletkratos, Elekratos, Elektkratos, Elekkratos |
Q1-07 | CD Project Red, The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia | Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | Geraltair, Geraltair of Rivia, Geraltair Ibn-La'Ahad, Geraltaïr, Geraltaïr of Rivia, Geraltaïr Ibn-La'Ahad |
Q1-08 | Marvel, Comics/Movies, Hawkeye | Edmund McMillen, The Binding of Isaac, Isaac | Hawkisaac, Hawkeyesaac |
Q1-09 | Marvel, Comics/Movies, Iron Man | Ubisoft, Rayman series, Rayman | Iron Rayman, Rayron Man, Rayronman |
Q1-10 | Charles Perrault, fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood | Marvel, Comics/Movies, Ghost Rider | Little Red Ghost Riding Hood, Little Red Ghost Rider Hood, Little Ghost Red Riding Hood, Little Ghost Red Rider Hood, Little Ghost Riding Hood, Little Ghost Rider Hood, Red Ghost Riding Hood, Red Ghost Rider Hood, Ghost Red Riding Hood, Ghost Red Rider Hood |
Q1-11 | Nintendo, Super Mario franchise, Mario | Capcom, Street Fighter series, Ryu | Maryu |
Q1-12 | Disney, Mickey Mouse | Nintendo, Super Mario franchise, Bowser | Mickey Mowser, Mickey Bowser, Mickey Mouser, Mickey Bouser |
Q1-13 | Disney, The Lion King, Pumbaa | Nintendo, Super Mario franchise, Goomba | Poomba, Pumba, Gumbaa, Goombaa |
Q1-14 | Marvel, Comics/Movies, The Hulk | Dungeons&Dragons, bestiary, Umber Hulk | The Umber Hulk, The Incredible Umber Hulk |
Q1-15 | Marvel, Comics/Movies, Thor | Blizzard, Diablo series, Tyrael | Thorael |
Part 2 | 1st Source character | 2nd Source character | Possible answers |
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Q2-01 | Irrational Games, Bioshock series, Big Daddy | Nintendo, Donkey Kong franchise, Diddy Kong | Big Daddy Kong, Big Diddy Kong |
Q2-02 | Square Enix, FF series, Flan | Capcom, Monster Hunter, Anjanath | Flanjanath |
Q2-03 | Naughty Dog, Crash Bandicoot series, Crash Bandicoot | DC Comics, Comics/Movies/TV shows, The Flash | Flash Bandicoot, Clash Bandicoot, Frash Bandicoot, The Crash, The Clash, The Frash |
Q2-04 | Blizzard, Overwatch, Genji | Capcom, Resident Evil franchise, Jill Valentine | Genjill Valentine |
Q2-05 | Midway Games, Mortal Kombat franchise, Goro | Valve, Half-life series, Gordon Freeman | Gorodon Freeman, Goron Freeman, Goro Freeman |
Q2-06 | Blizzard, Starcraft series, Hydralisk | Nintendo, The Legend of Zelda series, Link | Hydralink |
Q2-07 | Blizzard, Starcraft series, Jim Raynor | Moon Studios, Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori | Raynori, Jim Raynori |
Q2-08 | Square Enix, FFX, Lulu | Game Freak, 4th gen pokemon, Lucario | Lulucario |
Q2-09 | Hanna-Barbera, '60 cartoon, Magilla Gorilla | Tomoyuki Tanaka, Movies/etc., Godzilla | Magilla Godzilla |
Q2-10 | Akira Toriyama, Dragonball franchise, Majin Buu | J.R.R.Tolkien, LOTR franchise, Balrog | Majin Buulrog, Majin Baalrog, Majin Balrog, Majin Bulrog |
Q2-11 | LucasArts, Grim Fandango, Manny Calavera | Core Desing, Tomb Raider franchise, Lara Croft | Manny Calavera croft, Manny Cavelara Croft, Manny Laravera, Manny Calaravera, Manny Croftavera, Larry Croftavera, Calavera Croft |
Q2-12 | Game Freak, 1st gen pokemon, Marowak | Square Enix, FFX, Wakka | Marowakka |
Q2-13 | Naughty Dog, Crash Bandicoot series, Dr. N. Cortex | Galep, Tex comics, Tex Willer | Dr. N. Cortex Willer, Dr. Cortex Willer, Cortex Willer, Doctor Neo Periwinkle Cortex Willer, Neo Cortex Willer |
Q2-14 | SEGA, Sonic franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog | Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear series, Solid Snake | Sonic Snake, Sonic the Snake |
Q2-15 | Square Enix, FF series, Tonberry | Capcom, Monster Hunter, Barroth | Tonbarroth, Tonberryth, Tonbarryth, Tonberroth, Barrotonberry |
Q2-16 | Game Freak, 1st gen pokemon, Venusaur | Square Enix, FFX, Auron | Venusauron |
Hints explanation:
ITH hints:
green: Luigi's clothes color
red: Mario's clothes color
pluto: Mickey Mouse's dog
timon: Pumbaa's pal
sniper: Widowmaker's “class”
archangel: Tyrael's former nature
fanservice: Lulu's lore
auroch: Wakka's blitzball team
unsent: Auron's secret
-9999 HP: Tonberry's typical damage dealt
fulgur: Anjanath's subspecies
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It would be great if in this post a couple of examples of possible "outcomes" would be provided (not solutions, just examples of what could an answer would look like) :-)
By the way, wonderful drawings indeed! Gratz!
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Thank you!
The poll anwers in the OP are an exaple:
let's say you have tomato and potato as source characters, the possible names for the merged one would be pomato or totato.
edit: other examples with animal names
"panda" + "pangolin" = "pandolin"; "tiger" + "viper" = "tiper" or "viger" (you substituted one letter);
"horse" + "sea lion" = "horsea lion"; "otter" + "termite" = "ottermite" (you overlapped the ending of one name with the beginning of the other one; most of them are like this);
"bald eagle" + "beagle" = "bald beagle" (you added one letter of the 2nd name into the 1st)
"chimpanzee" + "zebra" = "chimpanzeebra" or "chimpanzebra" (you added/dropped a letter);
"badger" + "giraffe" = "badgeraffe" or "badgiraffe" (very evil giraffe; another letter substitution).
It's actually hard to make them fit in a single category.
I can't think of other examples at the moment, sorry.
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Thanks a lot for the cool examples, it helped a lot and I hope it helped many others as well!
Keep up the good work!
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Bump for solved part 1!!
I'll come back later for part 2
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Guessed some, but your drawings highlighted my lack of knowledge regarding console exclusives. Still quite impressed with your drawing skills, especially for figuring out how to combine two different characters. Nice idea. Good luck on persevering with your drawings!
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Solved them both! (and learnt a couple of things in the process ^_^)
Thanks for an awesome puzzle and GA!!!
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What a great puzzle. I figured out all the characters, but getting the combined names is hard.
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Can get a hint on question 1 of part 1, I really dont know who is the carachter from BioWare.
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Thanks, I actually have the game but still havent played it
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Do you maybe have a hint on the combination? I know they have a common part, but i cant seem to find the combination. I get it if you dont want to give too many hints.
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Ugh, on part 1 I only have question 2 left and I'm fairly sure on the two characters but no name works. And I'm usually pretty good on these things.
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I guess spookypannkaka might be thinking of another Marvel character. I was stuck on that one for a while because of this. :P
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Yeah, I'm wondering if I have the characters right to begin with, I'm not into either of those franchises. Blizzard + sniper hint + the thing on her head leads me to one character and the other one should be obvious, but I'm not linking the outfit to either of the characters. Hm.
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I have tried every possible combination under the laws of our universe. That thing has no name.
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I'll add on to this, I got it with your hint but wouldn't have had a clue without it. The first name of one character ends with the same letter as the other's first name starts with, so my first thought was (firstname1firstname2 surname2) if you understand what I'm talking about. Could maybe be an option?
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Question 10 of the first one is killing me D:
I think I've tried every combination, but I'm starting to doubt if I'm using the right name for the Charles Perrault character... wikipedia tells me that in English there are several variations of it. It's easier in Spanish, there's only one :P
Great drawings, by the way! You're very skilled.
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Yep, I was stuck on that one for ages and tried no less than 15 name combinations. Maybe DogOnSG could add a couple of alternative acceptable answers.
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For her I referred to the title of her wikipedia page (the English one). I'm not a native English speaker myself, but I think that's her most common name. Just add what's missing from the name of the other character, considering the words with the same root interchangeable.
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I am so confused, I still dont get it. I tried literally every combination I think. I also included the full name like on Wikipedia, but still nothing.
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Finished part 1.
Part 2 Question 2 has me stumped. I think I figured out the Capcom part, but I have no idea what the Square Enix part could be.
Also Q11, even with the hint you gave Lunaedge, I can't find two matching syllables for the life of me.
Finished part 2
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Hey there!
I was planning on making a cakeday puzzle like I did last year, but let's say I'm a bit late for that, so it's gonna be a Xmas puzzle! It will last untill the 25th.
Skippable premise:
I used to draw a lot as a child and some people used to say I had potential, but while growing up, for reasons I still don't totally comprehend, I've stopped drawing altogether. Only recently I started drawing again from time to time, when I feel like it.
What you'll see here is not perfect, I lack practice and technical knowledge, most of all when it comes down to draw human faces or coloring, but I think it's decent overall. If you find some color choice odd, consider that I'm colorblind (if the light is not optimal, I have problems descerning light green from yellow and some shades of brown from red) and that my scanner darkened the colors a bit for some reason. Anyway I'm open to any sort of criticism.
Puzzle content:
you'll see a series of drawings portraying different characters. Each character is the result of other two "famous" characters merged together (let's call them "source characters" from now on). The source characters are from videogames, comics, books, TV shows and/or movies (but almost all of them ended up in videogames anyway).
You have to:
That's it. I hope it is nothing too weird/hard/nonsensical/stupid for you. If it's the case, I'll try to help a bit depending on the number of solvers.
I had to divide them into two batches because ITH has a 20 questions cap; there's a total of 31 characters (15+16).
The prize for solving the 1st part is a train with my HB leftovers from the last few months (some of them are region locked, sorry for that);
the prize for solving the 2nd part is Disco Elysium.
You have access to both parts right away:
1st part [ENDED]
2nd part [ENDED]
Enjoy!
>>>>> SOLUTIONS <<<<<
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