Tsuyu Series: A Tribute to Frogs in Video Games

I can't believe how many posts I've done on the rainy season in Japan! I started off with just a post on the rainy season and how the Japanese deal with it, which led to Japanese symbolism for the rainy season, which led to Japanese symbolism in video games. We segwayed into the realm of hydrangeas, and now were back again with video games.

But this time I'm going to keep it simple.

For this post I'm going pay a tribute to frogs in video games.

I hope you like it! :-)

 In Super Mario RPG, Mallow the cloud *thinks* he's a frog.

 When he is told by his adoptive father, Frogfucius, that he is not a frog, he cries.

And when he cries, it rains. Coincidence?

 In Mario 3, Mario wears a frog suit. That counts, right?

In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, you encounter many frogs.

One frog in particular swallows you whole, and you have to fight to get out.

Yoshi and Baby Mario vs. Prince Froggy's uvula.

The frogs from Super Mario 2: Yoshi's Island have a cameo in

Tetris Attack, a Yoshi's Island-themed puzzle game.

 In Zelda: A Link to the Past, Link helps a frog,

who turns out to be a sword-smith.

In Zelda: Link's Awakening, Mamu the frog, teaches link the Song of Life.

 In Zelda: Ocarina of Time, link helps the Fabulous Five Froggish Tenors.

 Frog from Chrono Trigger.

 One of the first enemies Megaman encounters in Bubbleman's stage (Megaman 2)
is a mechanical frog.

One of the main bosses in Megaman 4 is Toad Man.

 Jason and his frog, from Blaster Master.

In Ironsword: Wizards and Warriors 2, one of the quests

is to find a golden fly for a gi-normous frog prince.

Kirby helps a momma frog find her baby.

 Nohoho is a character from the Puyo Puyo puzzle game series.
He uses technique where he stacks Puyos to one side.

In Samurai Shodown 2, Genjuro has an amphibian admirer.

In Samurai Shodown 3, Kyoshiro sends his frog after you.