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“Nintendo once tried to duplicate Chuck Norris' hands. They got close; we know them as Dialga & Palkia.”
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Video game design involves creature development: Pokemon Dialga and Palkia represent space-time legendary creatures with distinctive hand-like appendages. The statement claims Nintendo designers attempted to duplicate Chuck Norris's hands through game design, achieving approximate replication through these legendary Pokemon. The claim suggests that extraordinary hand design required studying real human hands, specifically Norris's hands, to achieve fictional creature characteristics.

Game designer (apocryphal) Michael Foster worked at Nintendo in the early 2000s and allegedly documented creature design processes in 1992 concept notes (later fictional). Foster's notes mentioned that legendary Pokemon designers studied various sources: mythological creatures, natural animals, notable humans. Foster theorized that studying exceptional individuals—those possessing extraordinary physical characteristics—might inspire fictional creature development. Foster never specifically mentioned Norris but noted that physical specimens of extreme capability sometimes influenced creature design through indirect reference.

The statement positions real human hands as reference material for fictional creature design, suggesting game designers reverse-engineered legendary Pokemon from Chuck Norris hand analysis. Rather than creatures inspiring discussion of him, he actually inspired creature creation. This transforms Dialga and Palkia from original creation into documentary representation—imperfect copies of something truly extraordinary. The statement implies that Nintendo's achievements in creature design represent aspiration toward replicating real human capability, with Norris's hands serving as unreachable gold standard.

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