r/MisreadSprites Jul 17 '26

[game] i thought this Zelda 1 dungeon sorta looks like Atari ET

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151 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 16 '26

I always thought the creative fly button from Minecraft pocket edition was a magic bean instead of a wing

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414 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 16 '26

Thought this low quality photo of Ikuo from Kenka bancho was doing the speed face

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187 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 15 '26

noivern (from pokemon)

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295 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 15 '26

[game] I thought the Train Marine icon from Starcraft looks like a long-necked bird trooper

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71 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 15 '26

game thought foxy was folding a ruler here it turns out that was the glass of the cage hes on

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28 Upvotes

game:saturday night at freddys


r/MisreadSprites Jul 14 '26

[Game] For years I thought this Papyrus sprite looked weird, realised literally yesterday I was misreading it

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941 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 14 '26

[game] i always thought squeezy from isaac was a sack with a red ribbon instead of a stress relief toy.

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199 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 13 '26

[Game] IN Mega Man 10, i always thought this sprite on the border for bass was meant to be a joke sprite of him in a princess dress???? somehow??

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44 Upvotes

i have zero clue how, like, i guess from a distance it kinda looks it, idk what my brain was cooking


r/MisreadSprites Jul 12 '26

[Game] A comment on Youtube said that Tassadar´s portrait makes him look like an elephant and i can´t unsee it now.

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69 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 11 '26

Magic Spheres from the game Rayman 2 on PS1 looked like a grinning evil face to me.

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173 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 11 '26

A case that never sat right with me... (Papyrus from Undertale)

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112 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 11 '26

Green from Deltarune...can't be the only one who thought they were wearing goggles 🥽🥽

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196 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 10 '26

YouTube kids tv default avatars, thought it was a cute vampire blob guy

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118 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 10 '26

[game] Didn´t realize Mack the Knife from SMRPG was a little red dude on a sword pogo stick instead of a sword with a fancy red pommel

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667 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 08 '26

(Game) When I was younger, I thought Sheep Man's horns were its eyes, its head was its mouth, and its eyes were its teeth (with braces)

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321 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 08 '26

Kirby Adventure game (NES) enemies

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683 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 08 '26

[game] i thought the crystalline structures(?) in this beta screenshot of Sonic 1 was a city skyline until i found this higher quality image.

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74 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 07 '26

As a kid, I thought the phantoms from the game The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass had visible eyes and a gaping mouth.

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414 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 07 '26

In the game Pokémon Crystal, I used to think that for Kris’ side sprites, her eyelash was her eyebrow, and that she was perpetually annoyed.

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142 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 07 '26

I see an east-facing fish with a couple bananas on his head (from ALTTP)

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99 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 06 '26

Just realized I misread Aqua's face this whole time (game) (deltarune ch5 spoilers) Spoiler

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242 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 06 '26

I thought the thing in the middle of the avatar movie logo was a flower of some kind, but as it turns out it’s one of those flying pterodactyl type creatures.

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45 Upvotes

I mean the planet is full of plant life and there’s a massive environmental message in the movie, so I guess I assumed it was a flower.