

This sequence of button pressing is the well known cheat code known as the Konami Code which is useable in games like Contra and Castlevania. While opening up the realm into the game’s code, King Candy is shown using a large NES controller to enter the button combination shown above. In a flashback confession from Sour Bill (King Candy’s henchman) Ralph learns that King Candy gained access to the game’s programming and turned Vanellope into a glitch by disrupting her code, thereby locking up everyone’s former memory of her. In the latter half of the movie, Ralph learns the truth behind why Vanellope von Schweetz, AKA “The Glitch”, really is a glitch. This lesson seems reminiscent of the morals and life lessons given in the ending segments of the cartoon Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. He has one spoken line of dialogue when appearing on a display monitor, issuing a friendly reminder that if a person dies outside his or her own game they will be gone forever. Sonic makes numerous cameos in the movie, mainly appearing with other characters in the background of Game Central Station. Sonic Says “If you leave your game, you’ll need to remember this: If you die outside your own game, you won’t regenerate, ever!” Here are some maybe not so obvious references that made their way into “Wreck-it Ralph”.

One thing that I was doing that I’m sure many other gamer fans were too was keeping an eye out for the many allusions and references to other video games that made their way into the movie.

I personally enjoyed the visuals of the movie, I thought it had a really nice plot, and its definitely going to be one of my favorites. If you weren't paying close attention, you may have missed some of these more obscure references in Wreck-It Ralph.Ĭall me late to the party, but after 3 attempts, I finally got a chance to view Disney’s “ Wreck-it Ralph” in its last week in theaters.
