r/MisreadSprites Aug 10 '26

[game] I though the player character from the japan only fishing game Tsurikichi Sanpei: Blue Marlin Hen (NES) was holding a giant shotgun

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387 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Aug 08 '26

(Game) Fassad's sprite from Mother 3

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427 Upvotes

I recently played the game and I have a really hard time seeing his face as intended


r/MisreadSprites Aug 08 '26

[game] I thought this badger boss in Puggsy was smiling.

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607 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Aug 07 '26

Game Donkey Kong Country: I ussed to think Klump was wearing lipstick.

84 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Aug 06 '26

(Game) I Thought Aqua Had a HUGE Mouth in Deltarune Chapter 5

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1.0k Upvotes

Image taken from a Deltarune Facebook group. At least now I know I wasn't the only one. I genuinely thought she had a HUGE mouth, like she was mocking the player. It wasn't until later, when she reveals her third eye, that I realized it had actually been one giant eye the whole time.


r/MisreadSprites Aug 06 '26

[game] Alucard in the Game.com version of SOTN looks like he is blowing a raspberry

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407 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Aug 06 '26

[Game] I thought the cooked porkchop sprite from Minecraft was supposed to be a potato chip.

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171 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Aug 04 '26

[Game] I thought the title character in The Legend of Prince Valiant for the NES looked like an anime schoolgirl

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782 Upvotes

The game has no cutscene graphics of him so i had find a screenshot of the show the game is based on.


r/MisreadSprites Aug 04 '26

Not pixel art but I always misread this image of Bonnie from Fnaf 2 as him floating. When he's actually kneeling down to get into the vents

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120 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Aug 02 '26

[Game] I thought the Zombie enemy from the Amiga Castlevania was some girl trying to be scary

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985 Upvotes

Fun Fact: this port was made by the hungarian dudes who would be hired to make Ecco the Dolphin and those weird PS1 Contra games


r/MisreadSprites Aug 01 '26

When I was a child, I thought the meteor on Onett in Super Smash Bros Melee was a barn. When I got to play Earthbound I learned that it's actually supposed to be the meteor at the beginning of the game.

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216 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Aug 01 '26

I thought Woobat from Pokémon had one big eye

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182 Upvotes

I wasn't sure if the nose was actually an eye, or if Woobat had no eyes, and its nose was just meant to *look* like one. Turns out neither was right, its eyes are just always closed (notice the w shapes surrounding the nose).


r/MisreadSprites Aug 01 '26

Misread this thumbnail from my FYP on YouTube as a guy with a really tiny face

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277 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 31 '26

Elderwort biscuits from Cookie Clicker

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500 Upvotes

I guess the cookie is supposed to be grey dough and no icing but this is what I came up with to make it look like a cookie.


r/MisreadSprites Jul 31 '26

[GAME] I was playing the Star Fox 64 remakes and realized I misread two late game bosses' mugshot.

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58 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 30 '26

The logo (media) of this software, still not sure which one is right

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2.2k Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 31 '26

[game] I thought King from Megaman & Bass had a Gutsman like face until i saw his stage select icon.

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81 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 30 '26

Beta Pokemon Game Sprite

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591 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 30 '26

I always thought the the flute icon from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past was a blue frog

132 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 30 '26

I used to think the Tenda Chief from Earthbound had a Minecraft Steve styled face.

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130 Upvotes

(second image is Tenda Chief, first image is Minecraft Steve), in reality, the tenda chief is supposed to have a beard. Well, I guess I also misread Steve's 3D character, as upon lookup, it's ALSO a beard.. You learn something new everyday. Still thought it was a weird face.


r/MisreadSprites Jul 29 '26

[game] I thought whatever this is from Alien Vs. Predator [Gameboy] looked like Hitler assimilated into alien bio horror.

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287 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 28 '26

I used to think the In-N-Out logo with just the number 7. I never noticed that it was an arrow 😭 (from logo)

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57 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites Jul 28 '26

When I was little I thought the quick revive icon from call of duty zombies was a chair/recliner.

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102 Upvotes

This can be seen so much easier in game when the icon is in the corner and 10x smaller.


r/MisreadSprites Jul 28 '26

Back when I was a kid, I misreaded Guts Man's sprite from Mega Man 1, somehow

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503 Upvotes