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Out of the blue...
Look at the sky there. That's real sky, not from a video game. Our grans would say there is enough blue there to make a sailor a new suit. Or something. Oh, you think that's weird? Well, you should see video game sky. The stuff that comes out of that puts the madness of old people's sayings to shame.
A cow (Earthworm Jim)
In fairness, you've only got yourself to blame for this one, as right near the start of the game, you're given a situation that can only end with a cow being launched into space. Brilliantly, though, you've probably more or less forgotten about it by the end of the game, where said bovine missile crashes back down to terra firma, squashing the lovely lady you've been trying to reach and preventing the obligatory kiss for the hero from happening.
Tetrominos (Tetris)
There are a load of tetrominos falling from the sky and we have to arrange them into lines. But here's a question: Where are they coming from? They never stop, do they? So there must be something up there just above the screen throwing shapes at us. Is it dragon poo? It must be dragon poo. Aaaaaaand now you'll never look at Tetris the same way again. Sorry about that.
The moon (Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
Ah, see this is what happens when the world fails at Tetris. Not really, of course--it's the scary moon from Majora's Mask, which threatens to crash into Clock Town. And it actually does, too, or at least it does if you suck at Zelda. There's no denying it is a very strange object to have fall from the sky. Especially when it's looking at us all funny.
A balloon TV (Animal Crossing)
If only real life was like Animal Crossing. Imagine it: Someone, somewhere, carefully wrapping up pieces of rare furniture and attaching it to balloons, before setting them loose into the sky where they will travel inexorably until someone shoots them down with a catapult. Our prized balloon TV literally fell out of the sky (because we shot it down).
Sweets, hearts and radioactive snow (Christmas NiGHTS)
The Saturn's internal clock allowed Sonic Team to have a lot of fun hiding away time-activated secrets. Not least the various items you could find falling from the sky instead of the usual snow. Crescent moons, stars, gems, hearts and this rather lovely candy rain all make an appearance. But set your Saturn's clock to Dec 31, 2099 and you get purple snow. Like a nuclear winter. Chilling...
Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
So Sora is falling from the sky. That's OK, we can appreciate the intro is very surreal and most likely a dream that he's having. But that's not the weird part. He stands there, looking skyward at this falling figure, then realises he himself is starting to fall. He does so as a concerned Kairi looks down at him. He keeps falling, down through the sky... which is where you realise you're looking at the same thing you just saw from the ground. It's the same Sora.
Master Chief (Halo 3)
Right, let's get this straight. That massive orange fireball up there of Old Testament proportions is Master Chief. Just Master Chief. No rocket ship or escape pod. He's just ejected from that while still entering the atmosphere and is now blazing through the sky on all kinds of fire. He then smashes into the ground so hard he leaves a small crater. And somehow he lives through this?
What have you seen?
Yeah, you know what we've gone and done. We haven't mentioned *that* thing that fell out of the sky in *that* game. Well, we're sorry. But that's OK, because you can tell us what it is in the comments and we'll read it and be like 'wow, we really should have included that thing'. And you'll feel smug. But that can't happen if you don't tell us, so do.
