Yeah, just because you know the line is from Final Fantasy 1 doesn't mean you "get" the joke. Just saying something that something else said is not a joke.

I think Deathspork got that from a specific person at Gamefaqs who used to write reviews with "one liners" like that. I think that person got it from Game Fan. And I think Game Fan did it on the assumption that people have difficulty reading multiple paragraphs in a row, so the "one liners" were there to break it up. (Cracked's lists are based on the same principle)

Maybe the line was there because Minotauros actually does knock you down if he hits you? I don't remember. If so, that could (sort of) be the joke. But, as FO said, without a screenshot showing it, it really isn't anything.



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