Video Games
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Island DS featured baby versions of Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Wario, Donkey Kong and Bowser.
- Baby Pokémon are young, pre-evolved versions of other Pokémon (usually those introduced in an earlier generation), usually only obtainable by breeding. This concept originated in the second generation. Examples include Pichu evolving into Pikachu, and Igglybuff becoming Jigglypuff. This concept was inspired by the younger versions of cartoon characters phenomenon. The original Pokémon often have multiple levels of "evolution" (for example, the "fire type" starter Pokémon from the first generation games had a young, childlike version named Charmander, which was followed by the adolescent Charmeleon, and later the fully-grown Charizard).
- Jak's younger self (known as Mar) appeared in Jak II and Jak III.
- Dr. Neo Cortex's younger identies appeared on Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (as a baby along with a baby version of Dr. Nefarious Tropy fighting over Uka Uka) and Crash Twinsanity (as a 5-year old along with kindergarten versions of his comrades).
- Classic Sonic is a younger-looking reincarnation of Sonic the Hedgehog's original appearance from the early 1990s, and appears in the video game Sonic Generations, which celebrates the series' 20th anniversary.
Read more about this topic: Younger And Junior Versions Of Cartoon Characters
Famous quotes related to video games:
“It is among the ranks of school-age children, those six- to twelve-year-olds who once avidly filled their free moments with childhood play, that the greatest change is evident. In the place of traditional, sometimes ancient childhood games that were still popular a generation ago, in the place of fantasy and make- believe play . . . today’s children have substituted television viewing and, most recently, video games.”
—Marie Winn (20th century)
“I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)