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meta-squash · 3 years

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I did a long thread on twitter analyzing/interpreting You’re My Waterloo for the fun of it, but it was mostly for the amusement/interest of myself and like one other friend on there that likes The Libertines. So I figured I’d transcribe it over here where people might get more out of it? Since it was a twitter thread, the sentences might be a bit weird and stilted, by the way. So:

I'm glad they waited to record Waterloo until 2015. I feel like any other time would have been wrong. I know Peter was playing the slow version back in at least 2007 but I think it would have been sad in a different way if they had recorded it before 2015. Like, in 2015 it's just a straight up love song that's slightly sad because, well, it's Peter. If they had recorded it before I feel like it'd have been a love song with resentment wound through it. There's just a lot of emotion in that song and if there's one thing Peter is really really good at doing, it's Emoting Intensely. But it's not just Peter, the piano is so beautiful and the strings are beautiful and Carl's guitar solo is Intense. It's all A Lot. Like, of all the songs that Peter has written about Carl, about their relationship and career and experiences together, THIS is the one where you can feel most strongly the near-obsessive type adoration. So I’m glad they waited to record it properly when they were friends again (also I’m mildly surprised that it was Carl’s suggestion to rerecord it). Anyway.

Fuck the first verse of this song is a lot. This whole song is a lot. I mean it starts off with such a sad sentiment, it's almost a warning? "You'll never fumigate the demons / No matter how much you smoke." You can't smoke away sadness no matter how much you want to. Bitterly ironic, considering the sorts of things Peter ended up smoking etc to chase away demons, the types of extremes they both went to above and beyond just trying to fumigate. But anyway. "Just say you love me for three good reasons / And I'll throw you the rope." It's just so fucking codependent. So intensely obsessive and codependent. There was a quote, I think maybe from Roger Sargent?, about Peter crying outside a venue in like 2002 because even then he was scared about losing his friendship with Carl to the Something Bigger of fame. This feels like a desperate bid to hang on to that love. But also like Peter is so intense. Every video of interviews where he's sitting next to Carl or gigs when they're friends or reunions or whatever, he just wants to be in Carl's space and have Carl's gaze and his attention and stuff. Like a cat that sits on your work.

Again, a digression. Oops. I said I was in a mood. It's so interesting that while it's definitely a love song To Carl, the only direct mention of Love is asking for love From Carl. It's like he's working on the assumption that his feelings are obvious (they are) and desperately wants reassurance or reciprocation.

"You don't need it / Because you are the survivor / Of more than one life" We know the origin of this is apparently Carl's dead twin brother. But also the offering of a rope only to reassure that no, you don't need it is just so...I don't know...sweet? Especially because while "throw you the rope" is obviously a symbol of rescue it could just as easily be a noose. Except that it's neither. Because he doesn't need it. Because he can survive fucking anything, because they love each other--he hopes. It’s like, if you love me as much as I love you, I’ll try to help you, even though I know you don’t need me because you just need to realize you can do it on your own. "And you're the only lover I had / Who ever slept with a knife" The interview where they talk about this line is so funny. "No it's not about us. But Carl did sleep with a knife and the line about being a survivor is about Carl having a dead twin and Peter saying he was the twin reincarnated. But it’s totally not about us." Anyway. Ugh just so much of this song seems to be about Peter being Super Obvious and open about his love for Carl and Carl being more closed off. Carl being the only lover who slept with a knife; he'll accept the love but he's wary of it and wary giving it.

(By the way by love I don't necessarily mean Romantic or Sexual love. They clearly adore each other one way or another, that's obvious enough. But Best Friendship love is 100% a thing.) (However, the Judy Garland line is so funny to me because "Friend of Dorothy" was a secret code for gay men for a while. And considering the amount of queer literature etc Peter references in everything, there's no way he didn't know this.)

I can't really go in depth into the Tony Hancock line since I really don't know much about Hancock and I know that it was a real touchstone for Peter and Carl. But it plus the Judy Garland line feels like a "neither of us have ever really had a home, but we found one in each other" thing. Which is. A lot. Especially with the "until the dawn" bit, because a main component of so many stories about them from other people is the two of them staying up for days together writing and adventuring and just doing stuff and no one else being able to get in their little bubble.

I love the "ahh" after "Stone the crows" and the way the music starts to swell. It's obvious that the next verse is the Important One. And it is. There's the story about Peter crashing an event at the Old Vic while Carl was ushering to tell him they should be writing together and everyone who's there are dicks. But it's also like...so many layers of what is success and what is appreciation and how do you express love. I assume the flowers are not from his show, that he's collected them from the stage after someone else's show. But it's reusing tokens of mostly empty/superficial/performative appreciation--the tradition of tossing flowers on the stage--as a token of genuine love. Sitting through an entire performance, watching someone else's success and dreaming of being there and then using the token of appreciation for that person to instead give it to the person you yourself appreciate and love and want to succeed with. It's like a promise, a "we'll get there." But also another act of desperation because he's been sitting there for hours. Carl wasn't there to receive the gift and wasn't there to write with him. But he's been chasing words around on the page--the love-words to this song or the words to another one?--and he needs Carl there to really complete it, needs Carl there to hear it. It's very much in line with Peter yelling that they should be writing. This intense "Please be with me please accept the way I express myself please complete my incomplete bits please like me as much as I like you" etc.

And then the chorus which is so interesting. I desperately wish I understood the Gypsy Lane and Stanley Park references. I think Stanley Park is a footie reference but I’m not sure? I'm trying to do all of the interpretation off my own brain and not use the notes on the Genius website or anywhere else but I wanted to see if those two references here had been crowdsourced. Apparently both Gypsy Lane and Stanley Park are places he spent time in his childhood (and I called it on the football reference, yes!). Which is. Wow. Okay. And then there's Waterloo which is a whole thing in itself. It's Waterloo as Waterloo but also Waterloo Station. So Carl is able to be Peter's Ultimate Defeat, the thing that has the ability to ruin him. But also Waterloo Station is near the Old Vic where Carl worked & would go to theatre bars, so it's also a place of familiarity. Since I don't know anything else about the Gypsy Lane reference, I can only assume it's also a place of comfort and familiarity. So Peter's admitting to Carl's power over him, ability to hurt him, but offering to comfort him in return. (Important for later.)

"I'm so glad we know just what to do / And exactly who's to blame" I love this line because it knows it's wrong. Especially in 2015 but maybe even in the early days. They bounced blame back and forth between them for YEARS. Not to mention all the outside bullshit. And obviously they didn't know what to do. The Waterloo/Stanley Park is another reference to a familiar place and a power to hurt/offer to comfort moment. I wish I knew if there was some sort of proper football reference here (aka a QPR reference since that's Peter's team) but I know absolutely nothing about sport so idk.

"Well I'm so glad we know just what to do / And no one's left / Stumbling around / Tumbling around / Fumbling around / In the dark" The way Peter sings this sounds so hopeful and sad at the same time. It's interesting to know this line was written way, way back. Like, this song was apparently one of the first ever songs they demoed. The demo is a lot more frantic and less romantic but jesus christ. The way Peter sings it now it's like he knows that was just an unconscious self-fulfilling prophecy. Like, no, they absolutely were left in the dark, hurting each other over and over and not being able/willing to place blame or to communicate. Except now, in 2015, they're not anymore. (and especially not now in 2021). But it's also another desire for comfort. Like, Peter's offering the comfort here. But he's also just confessed the power to hurt that Carl has. So this is also a "are you going to offer me comfort the way I've offered it to you?" sort of question.

And then there's the solo which. Woof. It feels like a response to Peter's words. Like reaching out with sound. Like a shoulder-squeeze or a hug in response, something nonverbal that’s really trying to catch up and match up to the intense emotions in the words. The music crescendos and the solo is literally waves of notes that roll up and down and up and then it crashes down but lands so softly at the feet of the chorus.

And then we have equal footing, sort of (and Carl as Jesus again). Carl is still Peter's Waterloo, his ultimate defeat (or his place of comfort). But now Peter is Carl's Calvary. Which is the place where Jesus was crucified. Peter’s been offering comfort to Carl, but suddenly Peter has power over Carl. It's like...veneration and threat at once. Carl's Jesus, the savior, but also if he doesn't love Peter, Peter has the power to crucify him (or at least threatens to have that power). Or it's another portent: Carl could be Peter's savior, except that everything falls apart and Carl ends up hurt instead. They both end up hurt instead. So then they're on equal footing.

Which brings them to the "Well I'm so glad we know just what to do," which feels a little sadder but also a little more confident than the other two. The answer is in the "Everyone's gonna be happy / But of course." They need to work to figure out how to make each other happy, how to be comfort rather than hurt. It's not that simple. It never is. The "But of course" is a sarcy acknowledgement of how difficult that actually is. But it's also that sort of quiet hopefulness that yeah, maybe soon we'll figure it out and everyone will be happy and will get to say "of course I'm happy" about it.

#i also did one for the Heart Of The Matter video if people are interested #the libertines #peter doherty #carl barat #apologies to the people who have been in this fandom for ages i apparently like diving straight into the deep end #when i get to a subject I like to learn EVERYTHING about it and totally immerse myself very quickly #i've known the basics of the libs story for a while now just from being into mildly related bands #and liking Peter's lyrics enough to research them a bit #but when i get into something new i do all the research on it as quickly and intensely as i can #also i'm just having fun #analyzing literature/lyrics/etc is what i like doing for fun #(PS I do most of my Libertines blogging on my other blog jesuisgourde)

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bubmyg · 5 years

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anniversary (crying version) - jjk

pairing: jeongguk x reader

genre/warnings: youtuber!au, fluff, the world’s most sickening couple is back except it’s on their anniversary, idk if i’ve ever mentioned this but ot7 are all youtubers in this universe (except for namjoon, he’s just seokjin’s roommate but that’s not important right now jfaksld)

word count: 1,529

summary: you want to surprise jeongguk for your three year anniversary or you give jimin the password to jeongguk’s youtube account (not clickbait)

a/n: yes this is shamelessly inspired by the festa euphoria piano version video and yes, you should listen to it while you read this

“Hey, did you grab your phone after you paid?”

There was a split second moment of panic in the round of Jeongguk’s eyes, puffing out like a frog where the suction of his lips were still attached to the wide straw of his boba. He stalled, mid stride, free hand smacking the pocket of his jeans. When his palm collided with the hard surface tucked securely in tight denim, he relaxed but frowned at you. An adorable pout, cheeks filling with air, nostrils flaring, lips reluctantly pulling away from his tea to scrunch at you.

“Why would you scare me like that?” Jeongguk whined.

You patted his stomach, “Just making sure. Wouldn’t want to lose that.”

He took your hand, pinning your fingers with the thread of his before he said, “Why? All your good nudes are on my camera—”

You smacked him with your free hand anyway, cheeks warming aside from the midday sun encompassing the park sidewalks, and you quipped, “What’s the return policy on boyfriends? It’s been three years now, can I still get at least a small refund?”

“Hey,” Jeongguk turned the attention of his pout to you just to see you falter because he knew you would, “You can’t be mean to me on our anniversary.”

“I’m not mean to you anyway.”

“I know you’re not,” He nearly toppled over you to peck your cheek. “You’re the bestest, most beautiful—”

“Okay, calm down lover boy,” You used the disadvantaged lean of his stature to direct him to your pleasing, “Let’s sit down over here for a second.”

You checked your watch once Jeongguk had settled enough to become preoccupied with swirling his straw around the tiny balls at the bottom of his drink, heart lodging in your throat as you watched the hands click over.

“Hey,” You nudged him by leaning into him, cheek against the inside of his bicep to peer up at him, “Check your phone for me.”

“What’s the obsession with my phone?” He continued to jam the straw into the black substance, swirling them against the transparent plastic, “...did you send me something that’s meant for my eyes only or—”

“What’s your obsession with seeing me naked?”

“You know the answer to that question.”

“Jeongguk,” He giggled when you snatched his drink out of his grasp, settling it onto the pebble coated concrete below your feet, “Check your phone.”

He sighed, arching to fish the device from his pocket before leaning forward, elbows on his thighs, as you attached yourself to his arm. You watched the side of his face instead of the screen as his thumb hesitated, hovering over a dimmed notification.

“My upload was successful?” Dark eyebrows scrunched and his chin tilted just a fraction, “What upload? I didn’t schedule anything—”

You nosed into the sleeve of Jeongguk’s shirt, silent as he surfed to his account, him equally as silent as he tapped on the “successful upload”, a blurry thumbnail preselected by the platform because that wasn’t the focus of the video anyway.

A fade of black into the first shot was all you watched before you pressed your features fully into his arm, holding onto the apex of his elbow a bit tighter as your own voice, distorted audio from the phone speakers but your voice nonetheless, floated to your ears.

“Hey baby…” It was a clip you’d taken that night, morning in theory but too soon after the clock had clicked past midnight to truly be considered morning. His head on your chest, lips parted and drooling against your sleep shirt, your free hand in the fluff of his shower fresh hair while the other tried to maintain a semi decent angle without waking him, “Happy anniversary.”

The song that began to play was one of his, self produced solely for the purpose of his intro and outro but the wordlessly melody extended into something beautiful, something to slap over any and all vlogs he made dedicated to you. One he serenaded you to in the mornings when his mouth was still full of toothpaste or whispered into your hair when the fatigue of everything made it hard to sleep.

It was different this time, though, tweaked at the request of your nonmusical knowledge but fixed by the talented hands of Yoongi, softened and backtracked with a piano you’d watched the commentary-Youtuber play himself while you roughed eager hands over his shoulders and high fived him with two hands afterwards (It’s perfect, thank you!), then taken to Jimin to add to the never-ending list of clips you’d emailed him, once you just wanted placed into a montage, nothing too fancy. But Jimin made it fancy, pouring the love you didn’t know how to say nor edit into the collage of memories, promising not to do anything stupid with his newfound ability to hack into Jeongguk’s Youtube account by means of your quick handwriting on a pink sticky note.

The memories started as early as you had felt confident enough to film him as much as he filmed you, quite literally a clip of him fiddling with his camera while you draped yourself over his shoulder, zooming in on the freckle underneath the smile on his lips while he murmured are you me now? to as late as the week before your anniversary when you’d caught him researching human sized flower bouquets in his office. Capturing the moments in between all of his life that was plastered on the Internet, like seeing himself through a mirror but instead with glasses on that zeroed in on your perspective, the love and affection he was aware of but often blind to the full magnitude.

He filmed things because he wasn’t good with words. You filmed things to reinforce your words, reassure him of your words.

You watched the last clip fade away with the music, the audio of the original clip left in this time, one from your last vacation where he’d given you a tiny diamond ring on the beach (This isn’t what you think. Okay maybe it is. It’s a promise. Do they call it a promise ring?) and you’d cried about how cheesy he was, eyes still a little puffy when you turned your phone camera on but it didn’t matter because he was still rambling to the painted canvas sky about how much he loved you when you squished his cheeks between your thumb and four fingers, ring not quite fully on your finger but prominent nonetheless, puffing out his lips enough to plant a firm kiss on them.

“I love you too, idiot.”

The screen was black long enough for the autoplay feature to slip into his video from the previous week, his own screeching voice bringing him back to reality as he exited the application, locking his phone to set it gently aside on the bench.

“How did you…”

“Yoongi mixed the song for me. Jimin helped me edit and upload,” You watched as he continued to stare at the sidewalk, eyes opening all the way and then scrunching shut.

“So you mean Jimin has my password?”

“He promised he wouldn’t do anything. I’ve been working on this for weeks, he would have already deleted that one prank video where you shaved a stripe into the back of his head and—”

Your surroundings whirled, voice cut off with an abrupt hmph! as you were crushed in a pair of strong arms, turned and twisted until you were straddling his lap.

“I’m kidding. Oh my god, I was just kidding,” Jeongguk’s nose dug into the crook of your neck, fists scrunched at the back of your shirt, “He can delete my entire channel. I couldn't care any less at the moment. I love you so much. I love you so fucking much—”

You cooed when he collected your face in his hands, holding you at the tear of his gaze until the streams bubbling over his bright eyes contoured a line down the slope of his nose. He laughed when your thumb brushed into his skin, collecting the droplets where they framed red at the crinkles in his smile, brushing until it did no good and you decided to kiss him instead.

“Thank you. It’s perfect—” Jeongguk stuttered into the seam of your lips that tasted of salt and peach, “—you’re perfect. You are. It’s ridiculous. I can’t believe you’re mine. How did I—”

“Shh.”

He flushed under your affections, seven shades of shy pink when you kissed his cheek then moved for the other. “This is why I stick to videos,” He told you when you kissed his eyelid, peering up at you with a scrunched nose that you kissed too.

“And you’re damn good at it.”

Some more squeaks and attempts at rambling his affections for you subsided like the leak of tears into your collar. “M’gonna hold you forever,” He decided finally, tightening his grip in the same moment that you tried to clamber off him.

“Only if I can love you forever.”

Silence and then Jeongguk huffed against the dip in your collarbone.

“Ew. Maybe we should both stick to videos…”

#bts reactions #bts scenarios #bts imagines #bts fluff #jungkook imagine #jungkook imagines #jeon jungkook imagine #jungkook scenario #jungkook scenarios #jeon jungkook scenario #bts x reader #jungkook x reader #jungkook fluff #fic: ytber jk #they're so gross it's adorable

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ryouverua · 5 years

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Trial 6 - Revisionist History, Pre-Accusation (2)

AND WHOSE FAULT IS THAT?!

Trial: 1

So last time on YGO I was getting a bit full of myself because everything was pointing to me being right about the mastermind, and then I proceeded to get clothes-lined by Shuichi’s conclusion about the first trial:

Sweetcheeks is taking revenge on me for all the times I got ahead of him in the trials. It’s okay I’m here for it -

TFW you’re called on in class and you were barely paying attention to what was going on -

Also yes any excuse to beat down on the Monokubs I will welcome with open arms THANK YOU DRV3

“Also hey, player controlling me right now? Fuckin’ duh.”

It’s okay Shuichi, I’m more than happy to have been wrong on this one.

... which also could have doubled as planted evidence to frame Kaede as the mastermind I-I’M JUST SAYING okay maybe not 100% over it -

But okay, ‘I’m getting carried away. The important thing is that there is no doubt that this shot should be associated with Kaede. She and Miu rocked that pink look, after all.

whispers I miss you Kaede; I’d like to think you’re with us in spirit right now

MAN Sweetcheeks is making this look so easy in hindsight! When I originally thought it was just part of the frame job, I didn’t consider the implications of having a clean shotput there with the fiber. After all, if it existed, the bloody version complete with the fiber would have worked just as well!

I’M SHOOK

But... but Kaede didn’t know that, did she? That’s why things went the way they did. She believed she was the killer the whole time. And that’s part of the genius of the plan...

And what, she - they got away with it? With all the groundwork and clues pointing to Kaede, it was just fine for Monokuma to accept that wrong conclusion? Does that mean if they had ever come to a wrong conclusion in any of the other trials - well, wait. No, the actual killer would know that they had gotten away with murder....

....

What..... if Monokuma had pulled a similar stunt in a different trial, but executed an innocent person anyway? I wonder how the killer would react to the idea that they wouldn’t be freed after all - and how they would continue living with everyone with that hanging over their heads. Well, I guess we know how Korekiyo would probably deal with it, but what about Kirumi or Miu, for example? Would they kick up a fuss or accept it quietly and bide their time with the knowledge that there wasn’t any way to truly graduate? Hell, what if they had chosen Kokichi for the 4th blackened and Monokuma accepted the ruling, and a totally oblivious Gonta survived with the rest of the cast to Chapter 5?

sorry don’t mind me just speculating...

Tsumugi adored Kaede, but she just couldn’t bring herself to trust her, huh. Did she have back-up plans for all of the murder plans or just this one?

STOP KILLING THE ONLY TOLERABLE MONOKUB!!!!

BLOW YOURSELF UP NEXT TIME SMH

because he made a great play to steal her potential girlfriend in a super cute nail-painting scen - I-I mean -

yeah that seems more likely somehow

But Kaede folded first...

Are you telling me that after all that planning, all that work, all that effort, all that agonizing -

she....

SHE MISSED?!

The goal wasn’t to kill them off.... well, of course it wasn’t. Rantaro even aid at the beginning that if they wanted them dead they could have killed them off with the exisals. It was always about the game.

So the plan fails, and because Tsu - the mastermind was keeping tabs on Kaede and Shuichi’s plan (for obvious reasons! I wonder if she was ready to deal with someone else finding the door aside from Rantaro?) she was able to prepare a second backup shotput and take things into her own hands... with Kaede none the wiser that she had failed.

Attempted murder and murder by proxy aren’t considered equal - Chapter 4 was proof enough of that. And yet...

‘Played along’ - again, talking about him like he’s a completely separate entity and that he should be treated as such.

“The moment you let murder into your heart, you lost.”

Again, what if Kokichi had ended up taking the fall for Gonta’s murder and Monokuma let him??? What would have happened? Would Monokuma have executed him? Would Kokichi have protested at the last minute??? And Gonta wouldn’t know better - !

It was always just killing.

The wound he got when Kaede died healed, but it was never truly gone. It’s been a few weeks at most, and it got ripped open again during the investigation. I’ll probably end up making a few small asides about how he’s only bringing up Kaede over everyone else (including Kaito who! just! literally! died!) but at the same time, he’s probably reeling at the idea that he was tricked into sending her to die. It’s not surprising that she in particular is monopolizing his thoughts right now.

“AND UH EVERYONE ELSE TOO BUT I’M REALLY OVERCOME BY FEELINGS OF SUNK SHIPS’ PAST!” okay I see like I really couldn’t resist

You know what’s really awesome to see amidst all of Shuichi’s speculation? How helpful the rest of the class is being. They’re contributing now just like they were in the investigation, in big ways! Even Himiko, who is definitely out of her element, isn’t letting herself get distracted and is trying to keep everyone’s spirits up!

With that said... hehe ~

fml that was cute

I didn’t need to keep this screenshot but I love Himiko’s spell names lmao

GRHGRKGHK

Shuichi literally blocked out the Kaede twin!theory from his mind.

“Tsumugi please - We’re not actually doing this, right? Right???”

My cousins are twins too! CLEARLY ONE OR BOTH OF THEM MUST BE MASTERMINDING A KILLING GAME SOMEWHERE -

“And all twins have at least one evil person in the set! That’s, like, science or something!”

“Well crap - I’d refute that but without the solid backing of the Ultimate Genetist, can we really say that’s not true?”

The ellipses better be leading to a ‘fuck no’, Sweetcheeks.

To think that all of those awkward ‘Himiko has a small bladder’ jokes have l had to suffer through were leading to this grand pay-off.

‘Please tell me this isn’t the answer. Damn you Tsumugi, I’ll give it 5 minutes of my time at maximum, but I will be so mad if it’s the answer.’

That noise is totally Shuichi’s inner voice, master of deadpan and silent sassy killer, breaking free from the confines of his mind to dunk on Kaede!mastermind theory one last time.

AND DUNK ON IT HE DOES. And oh boy did Motherkuma really screw Miss Mastermind over, because that line about ‘visiting the room often’ knocks that 17th person theory straight out of the park.

And honestly? That rules out a ‘faked their death’ student scenario too, for the same reason.

.... Which, just like the above, rules out a hidden student theory for a fantastic reason that didn’t really occur to me as a fully-formed thought apparently because I was nodding along with Shuichi’s reasoning, lol. There’s no use for a classroom that hides its contents for someone who could have easily set up a hidden room for exclusive use in their hiding spot. Though with that said... why not have it in the mastermind’s lab? What was the point of keeping them separate?

“Crap, you weren’t supposed to see that. Why didn’t anyone tell me he saw that???”

.......... This....... really does make it sound like he hasn’t realized who the mastermind is................

What a totally unbiased bit of speculation, Tsumugi!

I would kill to know her thoughts right now. There are moments like this where she helps out, but only with information that seems to be inevitable or easy to speculate. She needs to maintain the image of helping out. And then, of course, there are her wilder diversions offered under the guise of speculation that she’s able to throw out with that same tone of voice! What is your thought process, girl???

I think there’s a deep part of himself that’s known this from the beginning. Even if he didn’t know it was specifically Tsumugi, he knew that one of the last four people here was the mastermind. And ruling Maki (who got tricked and almost became the blackened) and K1-b0 (who literally just went berserk and had to be talked down from destroying the whole school) out, well...

The fact that Himiko is trying so hard to keep them all together and cheerful, even ending her speech like this:

... is, uh, darkly hilarious.

A WITCH!!! wait wrong series -

AND SOMEONE WHO DIDN’T PLAN ON ‘DYING’... just sayin’

I mean, the rest of them can be friends right??? Just because one of them trapped the others in a strange place, stole/potentially overwrote all of their memories and made them kill each other - wait, this is coming out wrong -

“Seriously, I’ll take any leeway I can get here.”

“Well now that you bring it up, we never actually saw Kokichi’s body and he’s absolutely, totally, 100% a Remnant of Des -”

..... Oh thank god no one actually said this. I was kinda expecting Tsumugi to try this tbh. 8′D So, um, when exactly are we going to use his motive video then?

WE’RE NOT PLAYING DR1 DAMN IT NOT AGAIN

Which Shuichi knows. Oh, Sweetcheeks definitely knows. And he remembers....

Ooooooh this is it. This is it!!! We’re finally going to the trial 1 alibis! And I know a certain someone’s alibi that isn’t going to stand up to scrutiny this time... ~

“A nice hole that we can just thrust our big, hard truth into. That was for you Miu, RII (Rest In Innuendos).”

can you imagine if we just had a little tribute to every character we lost along the way in this trial GET ON THIS SWEETCHEEKS

I cannot impress upon you all how desperately I have been waiting for this moment - !

So I let all the dialogue play. Every little bit of it. And oooooh boy, seeing Shuichi react to seeing that certain obvious part stick out....... well.

You can tell I was looking forward to this part because I was literally screencapping every bit of her dialogue lmao while also trying to maintain proper, y’know, control of the reticle.

Yup...

How very ~convenient~.

WHICH KOREKIYO BROUGHT UP SPECIFICALLY.........

WHERE IS THE GOLD TEXT

FUCKING

COUNTER

BABY!!!!

If he wasn’t sure before... if he even had a hint of a possibility in his mind before... there is no way he doesn’t know now. There’s no way he isn’t sure now.

HIMIKO YOU CREATED THIS CHANCE FOR US!!!

“Wow, I’m really glad I didn’t go through with murdering you after all!”

Tsumugi is absolutely standing there sweating bullets, just wondering when the hell this was discovered under her nose. You really should have tried to stick with Shuichi to mislead him further!

YOU’RE DAMN RIGHT IT IS.

“No seriously, when the hell did you find the bathroom secret passage?!”

FML okay the fact that Himiko is still hoping she could find a way to defend Tsumugi is.... incredibly sad....

he placed a receipt in the doorway

he put tape on the windows

the entrance was sealed via detective’s authority

I wonder how she knew the right timing to go to the girl’s bathroom... maybe she had a similar alert set up for when Rantaro went into the library? She was only gone for five minutes - any longer would have been suspicious. Does she have a way of accessing the cameras outside of the lab, or am I just nitpicking something that has an explanation I’ve forgotten?

.... WHELP ANYWAY -

Come on, you’ve been so creative up until now - there’s no way you don’t have something else up your sleeve!

OI -

OI!!!! HAVE SOME PRIDE!

wait why am I getting defensive about this -

The ability to navigate truth and lies and know when to be relentless in pursuit of truth... is this the new Shuichi we’ve been building up to? It’s interesting, because there are similarities to the last trial where he wouldn’t be shaken off the path to the truth - but taking after Kokichi, he won’t let emotions sway him this time. Where he was gentle and tentative in Chapter 4, he won’t give an inch here.

DAMN BOY! HE’S COMING OUT SWINGING!

Neither of these two are clamouring to come to her defense, I notice.

speaking of people who can’t deal with much more heartbreak and betrayal, how about that ‘slowly slipping back into depression’ Himiko here -

“HEY DON’T INTERRUPT MY DEFENSE YOU’RE MAKING ME LOOK WAY MORE SUSPICIOUS!!!”

Er, well, about that next chapter...

What proceeded was probably Shuichi’s most aggressive, brutal and merciless Rebuttal Showdown of the entire game. Damn, Sweetcheeks!

....... yeah, they didn’t stand a chance.

“.... and it will require you all to test me and yourselves by finding ways to slip the word ‘birth’ in casual conversation around me. Or really awkward sentences! That’ll work too, I’m actually not that picky.”

LMAO WAY TO THROW HIM UNDER THE BUS

“EVEN NOW, IN THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE GAME, ROBOPHOBIA PERSISTS - “

let tsumugi say fuck

Maki gives NO FUCKS

Actually, you gotta appreciate how Maki isn’t swayed at all. Right now Shuichi really needs that steady support by his side and, with so few options left, it looks like Maki is ready to act that way for him.

NO THIS IS TOO SAD, EVEN WHEN HE’S CREATED AN AIRTIGHT ARGUMENT HE STILL HAS A SHRED OF DOUBT IN HIS ABILITIES AND DEDUCTIONS...

But... more importantly, he’s okay with being wrong. He’s not afraid of being proven wrong and being potentially embarrassed in front of everyone the way he was before. That.... takes a lot of guts, for someone as perpetually anxious as him. Good on you, Shuichi.

And Maki is with him 100%. I think she may have already accepted Shuichi’s deduction as the real deal, tbh.

but what is there left for her to defend herself with at this point

What is going on in your head right now -

quietly skips over the random interlude where Monosuke attempts to conspicuously disrupt the proceedings and gets blown up for his trouble -

Thanks, dude.

GREEN PUKE

WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS thank atua

Also it’s interesting - they have a bit of a back and forth about Monokuma ‘loving’ the kids which, you know, has been of a running joke. But unlike during the rest of the game, he’s never actively destroyed them before... but he is now. Why? He brought them back to man the exisals and attempt to take the fight out of the students after the fifth trial, so why is he knocking them off one after the other like this? Sure they’ve been shown to be replaceable but...

Two different entities with different goals, I’m telling ya!

The moment of truth..... it’s finally here.

It’s. It’s finally here.

Well then.........................

here we go.

Looking like she would rather be anywhere but here...

How strange.... to see the accused so rattled like this. Not crying like Gonta, not angry or upset like Kirumi and Korekiyo - and just think of the last game too, where they were resigned, resolute or just accepting - she just looks.... scared in a different way. And decidedly not ‘mastermind’-like. So where are we going to go from here?

“Any last words?”

“Goku didn’t die for this.”

#Ryou plays drv3 #Shuichi Saihara #Tsumugi Shirogane #Himiko Yumeno #Maki Harukawa #K1-b0 #Kiibo #Keebo #spoilers #drv3 spoilers #i underestimated how long this post would get oTL #should have split it up #ah well live and learn #my hand's been worn out though I'll have to continue asks tomorrow 8'D #and play the game then like damn that was supposed to be TODAY

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7 Urban Legends from the Persona Series and the Real World!

This is the script to a video I uploaded onto my YouTube Channel as a Halloween Special. If you want to see the actual video, click here.

If there is one theme that has drawn itself through the entirety of the Persona series since day one - Jungian psychology and demons non-withstanding - it's the series' repeated use of ghost stories and urban legends as a narrative device and sometimes even as a gameplay element.

Literally, the first scene in the very first game has our main characters trying their hands at what amounts to a room-sized Ouija board. No surprise, given how popular these sorts of stories are in Japan - I mean, there IS a reason Japanese horror movies are pretty much considered a genre all of their own. This theme also makes a lot of sense considering it in association to the games' borrowings from Analytical psychology, since rumors and myths of all kind can be seen as an expression of the country's collective cultural unconscious, very much in-line with Jung's ideas. This interpretation is only helped by scenes such as one in Persona 2 where Nyarlathotep outright calls rumors the collective wishes of the people, or a page of the P3 club book, where Ikutsuki claims that information spread on the internet has been an important tool for feeding the collective death wish Erebus embodies, or the scene in Persona 4, where Izanami claims the Midnight Channel was her way of reflecting mankind's own desires back at them--- I think my point is clear, right?

So yeah, how about we take a look at some rumors from the Persona Universe and their roots in real life urban legends?

#1 "Persona-san" VS "Square" (Persona 1)

Literally the first thing we saw in any Persona game. Ever.

Hidehiko Uesugi coaxes his pals - this includes you and the majority of your future party members - into playing a game that involves 4 people standing in the corners of an empty room, one after another walking over into the next corner, tapping the shoulder of the next person, calling for "Persona" to "come", then the person who's shoulder has been tapped moves to the next corner, rinse-repeat. Eventually this results in awkward CGI- I mean a ghost girl appearing, lightning striking everyone and, bam, Philemon hands out Personas like butterfly Oprah.

This little 'ritual' is very directly based on a ghost story from real life Japan, however, unlike the Persona version, where the rumor claims the game's purpose is to predict the future, in the original story the shoulder-tapping carousel's purpose was very explicitly NOT DYING.

Context: The story called “Square” begins with 5 members of a hiking club going up on a mountain and getting lost in a blizzard. One of them gets hit on the head with by rock, dies. The others manage to carry their dead comrade to an empty hut, sit there for a while, then decide "Well, body count of 1 is quite enough for an after-school activity, dear chaps, let's try to not get ahead of ourselves!" So they keep each other awake by walking from corner to corner and, what else, tapping each other's shoulder. Only after a few rounds of that, the last one of them, let's call 'em "D", realized:

"Wait a minute. If A is in corner B, B is in corner C, C is in corner D and D is in corner A... Then WHOSE SHOULDER DID I JUST TAP!?"

Eventually, they decided that this mysterious fifth person -let's call 'em F- was their dear, fallen friend, who'd come back from the dead to help them out with staying awake and alive by... lightly tapping someone's shoulder. Because that's what friendship is all about!

And no, I have no idea what this has to do with Philemon. Or Personas. Or anything. But hey, at least the ghost in this one is benevolent! That's more than I can say for pretty much anything else on this list!

#2 "Joker" VS "Satoru-kun" (Persona 2 IS)

The Persona 2 duology has no shortage of creepy rumors, given that there's an entire game-mechanic that involves gathering and spreading stories around town, however, none is quite as unsettling and familiar as the one that pretty much kicks off the plot. And when I say "familiar", I mean "familiar" to Japanese players, because, again, this one is based directly on an actually existing Japanese Urban Legend.

In Persona 2 IS, "Joker" is an entity that one can contact by calling their own cellphone's number and chanting "Joker, joker, come here." Joker will then appear behind the caller and grant their wishes, unless they don't have any, in which case he'll pretty much just steal their minds and erase them from our plane of existence. Neeaaaaat. There's another version of JOKER in EP who's pretty similar, except this one only grants wishes that involve murdering people, but we're not gonna focus on that one right now.

P2 IS' Joker is based on the urban legend of "Satoru-kun", which goes as follows: Grab a 10 Yen coin and search a payphone. You can't use any other types of phones or coins, it has to be a 10 Yen coin and a payphone. Satoru is very specific like that. Anyway, once you've located both of these, call your own cellphone wait for the call to connect, then try not to feel too embarrassed about yourself as you chant "Satoru, Satoru, come to me" into the payphone.

By the way, this is also where the "Persona, Persona, come to me" chant from the previous number on this list comes from. That one wasn't originally in Square.

Anyway, once you're done chanting, you hang up the call and turn off your cellphone completely. If you did everything correctly, within 24 hours you should start getting calls from "Satoru" on your turned-off phone, informing you where he is right now. Once he says "I'm right behind you", you can ask him a question, any question, and he'll tell you the correct answer. Anything! There's only a few things you gotta watch out for:

A) Never turn around to look at Satoru.

B) Never be a smartass and ask Satoru a question you already know the answer to, and finally

C) Never ask Satoru more than one question.

What happens if you break any of these rules? Ohhh, you'll just get mysteriously spirited away. To hell.

#3 Reiko Kashima (Persona 2 EP)

I'm cheating a little with this one, since it's literally just a real life ghost story that *happens* to appear in the game as a sidequest, but I just liked it too much to not mention it. Japan has a rich, fascinating culture of school ghost stories, which has spawned equally fascinating academic discourse in the field of Japanese Studies. A common trend among Japanese ghost stories is the appearance of female ghosts appearing in weird places doing terrible things to people for various reasons. This is one of those.

Reiko is a ghost without legs. How she died varies depending on who's telling the stories, but the most popular version seems to be "After World War II American soldiers raped her, then she jumped onto a train track and killed herself." (A KIDS’ GHOST STORY!!)

Anyway, she'll appear to you when you enter the bathroom, often at night. She'll ask you "Where are my legs?" You're supposed to answer "At Meishin Expressway." She'll ask you "Who told you that?" You'll say "Reiko Kashima did." If she's feelings especially persistent that day, she'll also say "Give me your arms" ("I'm still using those!"), "Give me your legs!" ("I still need those.") or "Do you know my name?" (Trick question. The right answer is "The masked demon of death".) If you answer any of these wrong, she'll dismember and kill you, so the two of you can go on tour together! Oh, also, it's said she'll appear to you within one month of first hearing about this story. You're welcome.

#4 Fuuka's Revenge VS "Hikiko-san"

In Persona 3, your first encounter with one of the most adorable members of your party also happens to be one of the creepiest friggin' party member introductions in all of the franchise. Before you ever even get to meet her, Junpei's theatrics and the Shinjiro Aragaki rumor mill are so nice to inform you that Fuuka is considered A) dead B) a ghost haunting Gekkoukan High School and C) responsible for inflicting two of her worst bullies on the mortal coil with a hefty bout of Apathy Syndrome. Of course, it quickly turns out that none of this true and actually she's just been trapped in a parallel dimension filled with blood hungry monsters for the last couple of weeks (Because that's, y'know, so much better) but the spread of those rumors at Gekkoukan isn't surprising, given how common this exact kind of Ghost Story is around Japanese schools.

One such example is the story of "Hikiko-san". She appears on rainy days, wearing a tattered white Kimono and carrying no umbrella. Behind her. She is dragging something that looks like a mannequin on first glance. If you look closer, it's actually a kid. If you happen to meet her, she'll knock you out, and drag you behind her, on and on, until you finally die, then, she'll dump your corpse somewhere. Now, here's the good news: Hikiko only targets school bullies. So hopefully all of you guys should be safe! ...Hopefully

(If you’re, in fact, not safe, I’m seriously judging you.).

Hikiko is actually the ghost of a girl who was either bullied to death or into suicide. Either way, the place where she dumps her victims tends to be the same one where she herself died. Her motivations is to rid the world of the very bullies who've made her life hell. So remember, kids: If you don't want to get brutally murdered in one stormy, stormy night, play nice.

Fun fact, there's a theory that the story was originally derived from a short-story titled "Fukiko", which is my reason for thinking that this might be the one that specifically inspired Fuuka's rumor in the game. Also, Hikiko's full name is often given as "Hikiko Mori". ..."Hikikomori". Very subtle.

#5 Cursed/Magic TV Shows/Websites (Persona 4 with a side of dancing)

Okay, these ones are so numerous and varied, I really couldn't pick out just a single one, even if I tried.

Both, the Midnight Channel in Persona 4 and the Cursed Video in Persona 4 Dancing All Night are based on a long-lasting trend of urban legend about screens or radios showing or playing things that aren't supposed to be there, and causing effects to the people viewing them that are either extremely desirable or extremely bad.

One example I found are a story about a man who found a Quiz Show at night on a channel that was meant to show Anime. In said quiz show, people admitted to doing various, awful crimes. Finally, the man himself was asked about 'his' crimes by the quiz show. When he refused to answer, he was tossed off his balcony and died.

Another example is the story of the "Red Room", a pop up that will appear on your computer after you attempt to research the story. Well, sucks to be me I guess. It says that after you attempt to close the pop-up several times, it will ask you if you 'like the red room'. Then, you'll kill yourself and paint your own room red with your blood. So if I go on another 6 months hiatus after this, you'll know what happened.

#6 High School... of YOUR death (Persona Q with a side of Dancing and Arena-ish...)

This one.... has got to be cheating, but I found it relevant, so hear I go. Of course, Persona Q is full of school ghost stories, I mean, one of its major plot points is about a literal School Ghost (spoilers?) but the one that stands out to me the most is the legend claiming that those who hear the long idle school bell strike shall die - a story very similar to another rumor from early in Persona 2 IS, where hearing the school bell while wearing the school emblem would result in one's face getting terribly disfigured. This story is--- sadly not one I could find a direct real life equivalent to. (cry) BUT! I do have something else.

Dalies and Mentlegen, the Tale of the Dream School.

There's a guy, let's call him Kei. One night, Kei has a very strange dream. He's wandering around a school he doesn't know, full of closed paths he can't go. The school is built like a Labyrinth that goes nowhere and the hallways seem to be going nowhere, which Kei finds very strange indeed. Now, unfortunately for Kei, he neglected to retrieve the key for the emergency exists and leave through there, because that might just have saved him. Instead, he stumbled upon a room of dismembered, dancing students. Yes. Dismembered AND dancing. It's a weird school like that. Anyway, at that point, Kei's fate was sealed, he stayed trapped in the dream world forever and never woke up. The end.

Stories like these are a nice potential source of the Persona series liking for school hallways turning into an impenetrable maze of death, as well the tidbit about "never waking up" in the cursed video's rumor from Persona 4 Dancing All Night.

I, on the other hand, can only wonder if this means that I should be very worried about my recent tendency to flash back to the horrors of my high school years at night. Again. If I disappear, you know where I am.

#7 Magic Message Boards (Persona 5)

And finally, for the grand finale...! Drumroll, please...

The rumor... Is YOU my friend! Yes, you! The Phantom Thieves! Oh, wait, you thought I meant the real you? Eh, no, sorry. You're just... someone, I don't know... (JK I love you) CARRYING ON!

While Persona 5 is, for the most part, surprisingly light on the traditional sort of Ghost Story we've been getting used to from previous installments. It gives us one big Urban Legend right there in the premise: You, the Phantom Thieves, as an unexplained, supernatural force, granting the pleas of the oppressed and punishing the very minds of those corrupt. How do you contact this mysterious power for its aid?! Why, via an internet message board, of course! An urban legend of the modern age, indeed.

Reflective of current trends or not, the way how the world's belief in the Phantom Thieves strengthens and weakens their power over Tokyo over the course of the game -something that is actually measured with an in-game meter- is very reminiscent of how rumors work in Persona 2, and while you may now say "The Phantom Thieves aren't an urban legend in the game's world, they're one hundred percent fact!" Well, the same is true for almost everything else on this list now, isn't it?

The Persona series is and has always been a story about thoughts altering reality, and what thoughts are more powerful than those passed on from person to person, shaping a story so well-known, it already seems real at times! In a way, Nyarlathotep was right, rumors, myths and Urban Legends are reflections of how we, as a collective perceive our world, how we fear it, and what we want from it.

Now, if only the collective unconscious could keep me from suffering the dire consequences of all this forbidden knowledge I have uneart- *disappears spookily and suddenly*

#Megami Ibunroku Persona #Persona 2 #Persona 3 #Persona 4 #Persona 5 #Neni Theory #Neni Talks

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Origin of super mario names

Nintendo figures make the VR of theirs (arcade) debut with innovative Vive driven Mario Kart

Bandai Namco showed a virtual reality model of Mario Kart, Mario Kart Arcade GP VR, that is going to make its debut in a VR arcade the business is opening using Tokyo, Japan upcoming month.

The game appears to mark the VR debut of one of Nintendo's flagship franchises, although it is crucial to be aware it is licensed by Nintendo as well as created by Namco - just like its non-VR predecessor, Mario Kart Arcade GP.Not many details are currently available in English regarding the game, even thought it's mentioned about the arcade's site as running on HTC Vive headsets and specially-designed racing seats.

Nintendo has thus far been publicly reticent about the promise of VR - last calendar year frontman Shigeru Miyamoto told investors that for VR wearing specific, we're ongoing the research of ours, in addition to exploring improvement with a mind to how our existing key products are meant to be played for a somewhat long period of time of time.

We are considering the choices of delivering an adventure which gives value when played for a little while, he continued. And how to eliminate the fears of long-duration use.

When I discovered that out I did two things. To begin with, I whipped out the copy of mine (yes, I maintain it which real/nerdy that I still need a well used NES hooked up in the room) of mine and then made positive I will be able to match the game at will. (I can. Childhood not wasted.)

Secondly, I launched down a rabbit hole of reading through Mario websites and Articles and Wikis. In the operation, I stumbled upon the etymologies of the brands of several of the key players in the Mario universe. Consequently, in honor of the video game which often changed the planet, in this article they are, given in useful 11-item describe form.

Mario.

When Mario debuted in the arcade game "Donkey Kong", he was just referred to as Jumpman. (Which also is the generic label associated with that Michael Jordan spread leg Nike logo. Two of the most legendary icons actually equally have generic versions of themselves known as Jumpman. But only one of them has today gotten to a point of remaining extremely impressive that he shaved himself a Hitler mustache before filming a professional and the balls were had by no one to correct him.)

In 1980, as the Nintendo of America team imported Jumpman to raise him right into a franchise-leading star (Hayden Christensen style), somebody discovered that he looked just like their Seattle office building's landlord... a guy called Mario Segale.

Mario Segale did not get a dime for becoming the namesake of pretty much the most prominent video game persona ever, but he most likely isn't very concerned; in 1998 he sold the asphalt small business of his for over $60 million. (Or 600,000 extra lives.)

Luigi.

Luigi actually has one of probably the weakest name origins of most of the mario brothers characters in the Mario universe (once again displaying exactly why, in life that is real, he'd have a larger inferiority complex than Frank Stallone, Abel or that 3rd Manning brother).

"Luigi" is simply the result of a group of Japanese men trying to consider an Italian name to accentuate "Mario." Why was the Italian label they went with? When they each moved from Japan to Seattle, the pizza area nearby to the Nintendo headquarters called Mario & Luigi's. (It has since gone from business.)

Koopa.

Koopa is a transliterated variation of the Japanese rap for the opponent turtles, "Kuppa." Stick with me here -- kuppa is the Japanese phrase for a Korean dish known as gukbap. Basically it is a cup of soup with cereal. From what I surely explain to it's totally not related to turtles, especially malicious ones.

In an interview, Mario's creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, explained he was deciding between three different brands for the high-speed of evil turtles, all of which happened to be named after Korean foods. (The other 2 were yukhoe and bibimbap.) Which means among 2 things: (1) Miyamoto loves Korean food and was looking to offer a tribute or even (two) Miyamoto believes Koreans are evil and really should be jumped on.

Wario.

I sort of missed the debut of Wario -- he debuted in 1992, right around when I was hitting the age exactly where I was extremely cool for cartoon y Nintendo games. (Me and the middle school buddies of mine happened to be into Genesis only. I was back on Nintendo within 4 years.)

Turns out his label works both equally in Japanese and english; I kinda assumed the English fashion but did not know about the Japanese element. In English, he is an evil, bizarro world mirror image of Mario. The "M" flips to become a "W" as well as Wario is created. The name also operates in Japanese, where it is a mix of Mario and "warui," that means "bad."

That is a very high quality scenario, since, as I covered extensively in the list eleven Worst Japanese-To-English Translations In Nintendo History, not every language distinction finesses again and forth that efficiently.

Waluigi.

When I 1st seen "Waluigi" I assumed it was hilarious. While Wario was obviously a natural counterbalance to Mario, Waluigi believed really comically shoehorned (just tacking the "wa" prefix before Luigi) -- including a giant inside joke that somehow cleared every single bureaucratic step and then cracked the mainstream.

Well... according to the Nintendo folks, Waluigi isn't only a gloriously lazy choice or maybe an inside joke gone massive. They *say* it is dependant upon the Japanese phrase ijiwaru, which means "bad guy."

I don't understand. I sense that we'd have to supply them much more than halfway to buy that.

Toad.

Toad is built to look as a mushroom (or perhaps toadstool) because of his giant mushroom hat. It's a great thing the gaming systems debuted before the whole model knew how to earn penis jokes.

Anyway, in Japan, he's considered Kinopio, which happens to be a mixture of the term for mushroom ("kinoko") as well as the Japanese version of Pinocchio ("pinokio"). Those combine being something along the collections of "A Real Mushroom Boy."

Goomba.

In Japanese, the men are known as kuribo, that translates to "chestnut people." That seems sensible because, ya know, if somebody asked you "what do chestnut individuals are like?" you would probably reach something just about similar to the figures.

When they had been shipped for the American model, the team stuck with the Italian initiative of theirs and also known as them Goombas... based off of the Italian "goombah," that colloquially means something as "my fellow Italian friend." It also sort of evokes the photo of low-level mafia thugs without too many capabilities -- like individuals younger brothers and also cousins who they'd to retain the services of or perhaps mother would yell at them. That also applies to the Mario Bros. goombas.

Birdo.

Birdo has practically nothing to do with this particular initial Japanese name. Generally there, he's considered Kyasarin, which regularly translates to "Catherine."

In the teaching manual for Super Mario Bros. 2, in which Birdo debuted, the character description of his reads: "Birdo believes he is a female and likes to be known as Birdetta."

What I do believe all of this means? Nintendo shockingly chosen to create a character who battles with his gender identity and referred to as him Catherine. In the event it was some time to show up to America, they got feet that are cold so they determined at the very last minute to phone him Birdo, although he's a dinosaur. (And do not provide me the "birds are descended from dinosaurs" pop paleontology line. Not shopping for that connection.) In that way, we would just understand about his gender confusion if we read the mechanical, and the Japanese were fairly certain Americans have been either way too lazy or even illiterate to do it en masse.

Princess Toadstool/Peach.

When we all got introduced on the Princess, she was known as Princess Toadstool. I guess this made perfect sense -- Mario was set in the Mushroom Kingdom, so why wouldn't its monarch be called Princess Toadstool. Them inbreeding bluish bloods are usually naming the children of theirs immediately after the country.

Nobody seems to be certain precisely why they went the guidance, nevertheless. In Japan, she was recognized as Princess Peach from day one. That title didn't debut here until 1993, when Yoshi's Safari became available for Super Nintendo. (By the manner -- have you played Yoshi's Safari? In a bizarre twist it's a first-person shooter, the only person in the entire Mario history. It's as something like a country music superstar creating a weird rock album.)

Bowser.

In Japan, there is no Bowser. He is simply referred to as the King Koopa (or perhaps comparable variations, like Great Demon King Koopa). So just where did Bowser come from?

During the import method, there was a problem that the American masses wouldn't see how the small turtles and big bad fellow could very well definitely be known as Koopa. Thus a marketing staff developed dozens of choices for a name, they adored Bowser the best, and also slapped it on him.

In Japan, he's nevertheless hardly ever called Bowser. Over here, his title is now so ubiquitous that he is even supplanted Sha Na Na's Bowzer as America's a good number of famous Bowser.

Donkey Kong.

This's a far more literal interpretation than you think. "Kong" is based off of King Kong. "Donkey" is a family friendly method of calling him an ass. That is right: His label is an useful variation of "Ass Ape."

Super Mario Bros. is a video game launched for the household Computer and also Nintendo Entertainment System found 1985. It shifted the gameplay far from its single screen arcade predecessor, Mario Bros., along with rather showcased side-scrolling platformer quantities. Although not the original game of the Mario franchise, Super Mario Bros. is really famous, in addition to introduced many sequence staples, from power ups, to classic enemies like Goombas, to the basic premise of rescuing Princess Toadstool from King Koopa. As well as kicking off an entire compilation of Super Mario platformer online games, the untamed success of Super Mario Bros. popularized the genre to be a whole, helped revive the gaming sector once the 1983 footage game crash, and was mainly the cause of the initial good results on the NES, with that it was included a launch title. Until it was finally exceeded by Wii Sports, Super Mario Bros. was the most effective marketing videos game of all time for about three years, with more than forty million copies marketed globally.

#all mario characters

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Re: the Disney list, any thoughts/opinions/rants about the "Ducktales" reboot?

As a matter of fact, yes! And those thoughts are basically all some variation of “I LOVE IT!”.

But since “I LOVE IT!” over and over again would be a pretty boring answer, I can try and get more specific:

JUST TO BE SAFE, SPOILER WARNING HERE!

SPOILER WARNING!

For starters, the new voice cast is exceptional. I do understand some of the concerns that the nephews sound a bit too obviously like adults now, but I also feel like Bobby Moynihan as Louie, Daniel Pudi as Huey, and Ben Schwartz as Dewey all give strong performances that not only invest each character with more individual personality than other incarnations (something the show as a whole does pretty effectively, to my mind), but also work together to create an enjoyable, believable dynamic between the three that is every bit the original’s equal, even as it’s a very different take. Kate Micucci’s Webby, meanwhile, is really interesting; there’s a touch of Kristen Schaal’s iconic Mabel performance in there, to be sure, but Micucci infuses it with her own particular kind of energy, and while I do have some niggling concerns about how Webby’s been re-conceived (there’s a slight hint of the old “Not Like Other Girls” trope to it I’m not super into, and I feel like it dismisses some of the finer points of the original version along the way), Micucci smooths over basically all of them with her fantastic comic timing, her genuine and endearing enthusiasm, and her awkward, guileless forwardness in basically every interaction she has (and for that matter, taken on its own merits, I think the new Webby is pretty good overall; the choice to make her an enthused fan of Scrooge’s family especially feels like a smart choice in particular). Neither Beck Bennett’s Launchpad nor Toks Olagundoye’s Mrs. Beakley get that much to do in the only two full episodes we’ve seen thus far, but both acquit themselves admirably (and I am all about the new Beakley; the fact that she is maybe half-a-second away from kicking Scrooge’s ass at any point is just delightful to watch, and Olagundoye invests her with a fantastic balance of stoicisim and warmth I really appreciate), and at this point Tony Anselmo’s been playing Donald for so long I don’t imagine there’s that much new to say about him, but I do appreciate how well he handles the choice to play up Donald’s protectiveness toward his boys. The big one, though, is obviously David Tennant as Scrooge; he’s got big shoes to fill given how iconic Alan Young’s take on the character is, and to my mind he really does ace it; there’s enough of Young’s spirit in the performance that you can still feel this is the same character (especially when it comes to his affectionate musings about his beloved money bin), but Tennant carves his own mark equally effectively, and I really appreciate the slightly-more-puckish attitude he brings to the table, especially given the greater emphasis this version places on Scrooge as an Adventurer rather than simply a quadzillionaire businessduck.

In terms of the animation, I admit there are times where the flatter overall directing style in comparison to the original is a little hard for me to accept; the lack of much shading or lighting effects, the generally simplistic composition of scenes, that sort of thing. That said, as a whole I’d call myself a fan of the new art style; the comic book-esque touches to the color scheme (never mind the brilliant intro’s literal comic-book-pages conceit and various references to classic “Uncle Scrooge” paintings, you can see those classic four-color pigment dots all over the place if you’re looking for them, and the way ALL the colors pop so brightly is simply delightful) definitely all work, as do the newer, more angular character designs. As I said above, the choice to more individualize the nephews really works, and I’m especially fond of how simple but striking the visual element of that is, while giving Scrooge and Donald their iconic comic book color schemes (red coat with black trim for Scrooge, black-and-white sailor suit for Donald) likewise feels like a good choice, even as I’ll always miss both of their respective more blue-heavy versions. For that matter, I appreciate how many more variations of birds the animators are using this time around; Launchpad himself is rather more clearly a pelican this time, for example (in the original he seemed more like a duck with a big chin XD), and Gabby McStabberson (a wonderful new character I hope we see again soon, for the record) looks to be an osprey given her small, sharp beak. And the big set-pieces, in particular Scrooge riding the golden dragon through the city and Dewey crossing the booby-trapped bridge (with an unknown assist from Donald) do demonstrate a good sense of visual creativity and energy.

But the big thing for me is the writing. Honing in on the idea of Family as the center of the show is a great choice, not only allowing the characters to remain at the heart of the story no matter how wild the action gets but also allowing the new show to feel of a piece with the original, which definitely valued the peculiar structure of Scrooge’s family unit but only rarely made it the core of any given episode, while also allowing it an opportunity to make its own path. And the individual characters are all wonderfully handled; again, the nephews all have nice, new personalities (and for that matter, I appreciate that of the three it’s Dewey who gets to take center stage for the first two-part episode with his conflicted attitude towards Scrooge), Webby’s awkward stabs at socializing are adorable and endearing, as is the clear and obvious trust and affection she shares with Granny Beakley (even as we only get a brief glimpse of it, it comes through so clearly), and Launchpad works well as comic relief, especially given the effective choice to turn his history as a pilot into a minor running gag in the first episode before leading to maybe my favorite single joke of the whole thing thus far (”Aww, family truly is the greatest adventure ofohnotheground!!!”); more to the point, they strike the same balance for him here as in the original, allowing him to be comic and occasionally foolish without ever being buffoonish or unlikable. But maybe my personal favorites are Scrooge and Glomgold. Recasting Glomgold’s overt Scottishness-accent, kilt, cap-as an attempt on his part to apply the same philosophy he uses in his business-take someone else’s idea, do it cheaper, then claim it as your own-to his business rival, i.e. he’s a cartoon Scotsman because he sees that as Being Like Scrooge But More So, is a stroke of genius, and one the episode communicates surprisingly subtly (Glomgold only makes one overt reference to it in dialogue, so the audience has to infer it from combining that reference with the employee training video we see which outlines his business ideals to understand the idea) but no less effectively. Scrooge himself, meanwhile, is simply great; I was a bit nervous that the show’s choice to emphasize his adventuring over his philanthropy would sand too much of the edge off his character, and while this is perhaps a less-shielded Scrooge than previous versions, I can happily report that’s not the case; the zealous drive, the rough handling of personal relationships, the gruff attitude...it’s all still there, but channeled in a slightly new direction, and quite nicely at that. Plus, there’s lots of great little touches to this version I simply adore (the way we see him gently playing with some of his coins during a dull business meeting in particular). And on top of all that, the show seeds a longer overall story thread into things with a pretty nice cliffhanger; even as, at present, the answer to the question it poses would seem obvious (something happened to the nephews’ mom, and Scrooge and Donald each blame the other for it), I’m eager to learn more even so, especially because the show has already done a good job making the world it inhabits feel full of endless possibilities, so GETTING to that answer will all but certainly be sufficiently exciting.

“Ducktales” 2017 feels very much like the ideal way to restart this series, in other words. It’s fun, it’s funny, it’s charming, and it does a good job modernizing the best elements of the original while still honoring them. I’ve very much enjoyed the first two episodes all four times I’ve watched them, and I’m exceptionally eager for the full series to start in the coming weeks.

Oh, and yes, it still has one humdinger of a theme song.

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Nintendo characters make their VR (arcade) debut with new Vive-driven Mario Kart

Bandai Namco revealed a virtual reality version of Mario Kart, Mario Kart Arcade GP VR, that is going to make the debut of its over a VR arcade the company is opening using Tokyo, Japan following month.

The game appears to draw the VR debut of 1 of Nintendo's flagship franchises, though it is crucial to observe it's licensed by Nintendo and also developed by Namco - the same as the non VR predecessor of its, Mario Kart Arcade GP.Not many specifics are still available in English about the game, however, it's listed about the arcade's site as running on HTC Vive headsets and also specially designed racing seats.

Nintendo has so far been publicly reticent around the promise of VR - last calendar year frontman Shigeru Miyamoto told investors that for VR in specific, we are continuing the homework of ours, along with looking into enhancement with a head to the way our present main products are intended to be played for a somewhat lengthy time period of time.

We're considering the possibilities of supplying an adventure which gives value when played for a little while, he continued. And the way to eradicate the issues of long-duration use.

When I found that out I did two things. For starters, I whipped out my message (yes, I ensure that it stays that real/nerdy that I still have an old NES connected in the room) of mine and then made positive I can still match the game at will. (I can. Childhood not wasted.)

Secondly, I started down a rabbit hole of reading through Mario internet sites and Articles and Wikis. In the procedure, I stumbled upon the etymologies of the brands of a few of the major players in the Mario universe. Therefore, in honor of the video game that changed the world, right here they are, presented in handy 11-item describe form.

Mario.

When Mario debuted in the arcade game "Donkey Kong", he was simply called Jumpman. (Which even is the generic brand regarding that Michael Jordan dispersed leg Nike logo. Two of the most celebrated icons ever both have generic versions of themselves known as Jumpman. But simply one has today reached the effort of simply being so effective that he shaved himself a Hitler mustache prior to filming a professional and not one person had the balls to correct him.)

In 1980, as the Nintendo of America crew brought in Jumpman to elevate him into a franchise-leading star (Hayden Christensen style), an individual discovered that he looked just like their Seattle office building's landlord... a fellow known as Mario Segale.

Mario Segale didn't get a dime for being the namesake of essentially the most well known video game character by chance, although he most likely is not absurdly concerned; in 1998 he sold the asphalt company of his for more than $60 million. (Or 600,000 increased lives.)

Luigi.

Luigi has among probably the weakest name origins of most of the mario characters list in the Mario universe (once again displaying precisely why, for life which is real, he would have a greater inferiority complex than Frank Stallone, Abel or even that third Manning brother).

"Luigi" is merely the product of a team of Japanese males trying to imagine an Italian label to enhance "Mario." Why was the Italian brand they went with? When they each moved from Japan to Seattle, the pizza spot nearest to the Nintendo headquarters referred to as Mario & Luigi's. (It has since gone out of business.)

Koopa.

Koopa is a transliterated variation of the Japanese name for the opponent turtles, "Kuppa." Stick with me right here -- kuppa is the Japanese phrase for a Korean dish known as gukbap. Basically it is a cup of soup with rice. From what I will inform it is totally not related to turtles, especially malicious ones.

In an interview, Mario's originator, Shigeru Miyamoto, said he was deciding between 3 different brands due to the race of evil turtles, every one of that were called after Korean foods. (The alternative two were yukhoe and bibimbap.) Which means among two things: (1) Miyamoto adores Korean food and needed to provide it with a tribute or (two) Miyamoto considers Koreans are evil and should be jumped on.

Wario.

I sort of skipped the debut of Wario -- he debuted in 1992, right around when I was hitting the generation where I was too awesome for cartoon y Nintendo games. (Me and my middle school buddies happened to be into Genesis only. I was again on Nintendo within four years.)

Appears his label operates both equally in Japanese and english; I kinda assumed the English manner but didn't know about the Japanese feature. In English, he is an evil, bizarro world mirror image of Mario. The "M" turns to become a "W" as well as Wario is produced. The name likewise functions in Japanese, wherever it's the variety of Mario as well as "warui," which implies "bad."

That's a pretty excellent scenario, since, as I covered extensively in the list 11 Worst Japanese-To-English Translations In Nintendo History, only a few language difference finesses back as well as forth quite efficiently.

Waluigi.

When I first read "Waluigi" I believed it was hilarious. While Wario became an all natural counterbalance to Mario, Waluigi felt so comically shoehorned (just tacking the "wa" prefix before Luigi) -- including a huge inside joke that somehow cleared every single bureaucratic phase and after that cracked the mainstream.

Well... in accordance with the Nintendo individuals, Waluigi isn't only a gloriously lazy decision or an inside joke become massive. They *say* it is based upon the Japanese phrase ijiwaru, which means "bad guy."

I do not understand. I feel like we'd have to cater for them much more than halfway to get that.

Toad.

Toad is designed to look as a mushroom (or maybe toadstool) because of the massive mushroom hat of his. It is a great thing the gaming systems debuted before the whole generation realized how to generate penis jokes.

Anyway, in Japan, he's named Kinopio, which is a combination of the term for mushroom ("kinoko") as well as the Japanese variant of Pinocchio ("pinokio"). Those blend being something along the collections of "A Real Mushroom Boy."

Goomba.

In Japanese, the men are known as kuribo, which results in "chestnut people." That is sensible because, ya know, if somebody requested you "what do chestnut individuals appear to be like?" you would most likely get to food just about similar to these heroes.

Once they had been brought in for the American version, the staff stuck with their Italian initiative and also referred to as them Goombas... primarily based off of the Italian "goombah," that colloquially will mean something as "my fellow Italian friend." It also sort of evokes the photo of low-level mafia criminals without too a lot of skills -- such as people's younger brothers as well as cousins who they'd to retain the services of or maybe mother would yell at them. That also applies to the Mario Bros. goombas.

Birdo.

Birdo has nothing to do with this first Japanese name. Generally there, he's called Kyasarin, that translates to "Catherine."

In the training manual for Super Mario Bros. two, where Birdo debuted, the character explanation of his reads: "Birdo considers he is a girl and additionally would like being named Birdetta."

What I think all this means? Nintendo shockingly decided to generate a character that struggles with the gender identity of his and referred to as him Catherine. In the event it was some time to show up to America, they have feet that are cold so they determined at the very last minute to call him Birdo, though he's a dinosaur. (And don't give me the "birds are descended from dinosaurs" pop paleontology series. Not shopping for that connection.) That way, we'd just know about the gender confusion of his if we look at the mechanical, and the Japanese had been confident Americans had been either way too lazy or illiterate to do it en masse.

Princess Toadstool/Peach.

When we all got introduced on the Princess, she was regarded as Princess Toadstool. I suppose this made perfect sense -- Mario was set in the Mushroom Kingdom, so why wouldn't its monarch be called Princess Toadstool. Them inbreeding blue bloods are always naming the children of theirs after the country.

No person appears to be certain why they went that guidance, nevertheless. In Japan, she was known as Princess Peach from day one. That name didn't debut here until 1993, when Yoshi's Safari came out for Super Nintendo. (By the way -- have you ever played Yoshi's Safari? In a bizarre twist it's a first-person shooter, the only woman in the entire Mario times past. It's like the equivalent of a country music superstar producing a weird rock album.)

Bowser.

In Japan, there's simply no Bowser. He is simply known as the King Koopa (or perhaps comparable variations, including Great Demon King Koopa). And so just where did Bowser come from?

During the import procedure, there was a concern that the American crowd would not see how the small turtles and big bad fellow could certainly be named Koopa. Thus a marketing team developed dozens of options for a title, they loved Bowser the very best, and also slapped it on him.

In Japan, he is nonetheless hardly ever called Bowser. Over here, the name of his is now very ubiquitous that he's actually supplanted Sha Na Na's Bowzer as America's many famous Bowser.

Donkey Kong.

This's a far more literal interpretation than you think. "Kong" is based off King Kong. "Donkey" is a family friendly way of calling him an ass. That's right: The label of his is an useful version of "Ass Ape."

Great Mario Bros. is a video game released for the family Computer and also Nintendo Entertainment System contained 1985. It shifted the gameplay away from the single-screen arcade predecessor of its, Mario Bros., in addition to instead highlighted side scrolling platformer concentrations. Although not the very first game on the Mario franchise, Super Mario Bros. is the most legendary, along with launched many set staples, coming from power ups, to timeless enemies like Goombas, to the standard idea of rescuing Princess Toadstool from King Koopa. Along with kicking above an entire series of Super Mario platformer video games, the untamed results of Super Mario Bros. made popular the genre as an entire, helped revive the gaming sector after the 1983 video game crash, as well as was largely the cause of the first good results of the NES, with which it was included a launch title. Until it was finally exceeded by Wii Sports, Super Mario Bros. was the best marketing videos game of all of time for nearly three years, with more than 40 million duplicates marketed overseas.

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Nintendo characters create their VR (arcade) debut with innovative Vive driven Mario Kart

Bandai Namco revealed a virtual reality version of Mario Kart, Mario Kart Arcade GP VR, which will make its debut inside a VR arcade the business enterprise is opening using Tokyo, Japan upcoming month.

The game appears to draw the VR debut of one of Nintendo's flagship franchises, however, it is crucial to note it's certified by Nintendo as well as invented by Namco - just like its non-VR predecessor, Mario Kart Arcade GP.Not too many particulars are still for sale in English regarding the game, nevertheless, it is enumerated about the arcade's site as walking on HTC Vive headsets as well as specially-designed racing seats.

Nintendo has so far been publicly reticent concerning the promise of VR - previous annum frontman Shigeru Miyamoto told investors that for VR in particular, we are ongoing our research, and looking into development and have a mind to the way the current core products of ours are supposed for being played for a relatively long time of time.

We are considering the choices of delivering an experience that provides worth when played for a short time, he continued. And the way to do away with the issues of long duration use.

When I discovered that out I did 2 things. For starters, I whipped out the message of mine (yes, I keep it that real/nerdy that I still have a well used NES hooked up in my room) and then made certain I can still beat the game at will. (I can. Childhood not wasted.)

Secondly, I initiated down a rabbit hole of reading Mario sites and Wikis and Articles. In the operation, I stumbled upon the etymologies of the brands of several of the main players in the Mario universe. Therefore, in honor of the video game which changed the planet, right here they are, given in handy 11 item list form.

Mario.

When Mario debuted to the arcade game "Donkey Kong", he was just called Jumpman. (Which even happens to be the generic name regarding that Michael Jordan dispersed leg Nike logo. Two of the most renowned icons ever before both have generic versions of themselves called Jumpman. But merely one of them has now reached the attempt of simply being so effective that he shaved himself a Hitler mustache prior to filming a business and no one had the balls to fix him.)

In 1980, as the Nintendo of America staff imported Jumpman to lift him into a franchise-leading star (Hayden Christensen style), somebody discovered that he looked like their Seattle office building's landlord... a guy named Mario Segale.

Mario Segale didn't obtain a dime for becoming the namesake of probably the most famous video game character perhaps, although he probably isn't absurdly concerned; in 1998 he sold the asphalt small business of his for around sixty dolars million. (Or 600,000 additional lives.)

Luigi.

Luigi actually has among the weakest name roots of all the mario brothers characters in the Mario universe (once again showing exactly why, in life that is real, he would have a bigger inferiority complex compared to Frank Stallone, Abel or even that last Manning brother).

"Luigi" is merely the result of people of Japanese men trying to imagine an Italian brand to enhance "Mario." Why was the Italian brand they went with? When they all moved from Japan to Seattle, the pizza area nearest to the Nintendo headquarters referred to as Mario & Luigi's. (It has since gone out of business.)

Koopa.

Koopa is a transliterated model of the Japanese rap for the adversary turtles, "Kuppa." Stick with me here -- kuppa is the Japanese word for a Korean plate called gukbap. Basically it is a cup of soup with elmer rice. From what I definitely explain to it's completely unrelated to turtles, especially malicious ones.

In an interview, Mario's creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, stated he was deciding between 3 labels which are distinct for the racing of evil turtles, each one of which happened to be called after Korean foods. (The alternative two were yukhoe and bibimbap.) Which means one of 2 things: (one) Miyamoto adores Korean food and was looking to offer a tribute or perhaps (two) Miyamoto thinks Koreans are evil and should be jumped on.

Wario.

I kind of missed the debut of Wario -- he debuted in 1992, right around when I was hitting the age where I was way too cool for cartoon y Nintendo games. (Me and the middle school buddies of mine have been into Genesis just. I was again on Nintendo within 4 years.)

Seems the title of his functions equally in Japanese and english; I kinda assumed the English way but did not know about the Japanese feature. In English, he is an evil, bizarro world mirror image of Mario. The "M" turns to be a "W" and Wario is created. The name also functions in Japanese, wherever it is a mix of Mario and "warui," which means "bad."

That's a really high quality scenario, since, as I covered extensively in the list eleven Worst Japanese-To-English Translations In Nintendo History, don't assume all language disparity finesses again and forth so smoothly.

Waluigi.

When I first read "Waluigi" I believed it was hilarious. While Wario was a natural counterbalance to Mario, Waluigi sensed extremely comically shoehorned (just tacking the "wa" prefix before Luigi) -- like a giant inside joke that somehow cleared every single bureaucratic step and cracked the mainstream.

Well... according to the Nintendo men and women, Waluigi isn't just a gloriously idle choice or an inside joke also been substantial. They *say* it's based upon the Japanese phrase ijiwaru, which means "bad guy."

I don't understand. I think that we'd have to supply them more than halfway to get that.

Toad.

Toad is built to look like a mushroom (or perhaps toadstool) because of his giant mushroom hat. It is a great thing the games debuted before the entire model understood the right way to make penis jokes.

Anyway, in Japan, he's called Kinopio, which happens to be a combination of the word for mushroom ("kinoko") and also the Japanese version of Pinocchio ("pinokio"). Those combine being something along the lines of "A Real Mushroom Boy."

Goomba.

In Japanese, the guys are termed as kuribo, that typically results in "chestnut people." That is sensible because, ya know, if someone expected you "what do chestnut people look like?" you would probably arrive at something just about similar to these figures.

When they were shipped for the American model, the team caught with their Italian initiative and also known as them Goombas... dependent off of the Italian "goombah," that colloquially signifies something as "my fellow Italian friend." Furthermore, it type of evokes the picture of low-level mafia thugs without too many skills -- such as people's younger brothers as well as cousins who they had to employ or mother would yell at them. Which also is true for the Mario Bros. goombas.

Birdo.

Birdo has nothing to do with this particular first Japanese title. Right now there, he's named Kyasarin, which regularly translates to "Catherine."

In the instruction manual for Super Mario Bros. two, where Birdo debuted, the persona explanation of his reads: "Birdo believes he is a woman and likes to become known as Birdetta."

What In my opinion this all means? Nintendo shockingly decided to generate a character that battles with his gender identity and then referred to as him Catherine. When it was time to go to America, they have feet that are cold so they decided at the very last minute to telephone call him Birdo, though he's a dinosaur. (And don't give me the "birds are descended from dinosaurs" pop paleontology series. Not purchasing that connection.) That way, we'd just understand about the gender misunderstandings of his in case we look at the manual, and the Japanese were convinced Americans had been sometimes way too lazy or illiterate to do so en masse.

Princess Toadstool/Peach.

When everyone got introduced on the Princess, she was known as Princess Toadstool. I guess this made sense -- Mario was set in the Mushroom Kingdom, so why wouldn't its monarch be called Princess Toadstool. Them inbreeding blue bloods will always be naming their young children immediately after the country.

No person appears to be sure precisely why they went that direction, nevertheless. In Japan, she was known as Princess Peach from day one. That term didn't debut here before 1993, when Yoshi's Safari arrived on the scene for Super Nintendo. (By the manner -- have you ever had Yoshi's Safari? In an unconventional twist it is a first-person shooter, the only girl in the whole Mario times past. It is like the equivalent of a country music superstar creating a weird rock album.)

Bowser.

In Japan, there's simply no Bowser. He's simply called the King Koopa (or related variants, including Great Demon King Koopa). And so exactly where did Bowser come from?

During the import approach, there was an issue that the American crowd wouldn't recognize how the little turtles and big bad man might certainly be known as Koopa. Thus a marketing group developed many options for a name, they liked Bowser the very best, and also slapped it on him.

In Japan, he's still hardly ever referred to as Bowser. Over here, the label of his is now so ubiquitous that he's actually supplanted Sha Na Na's Bowzer as America's many famous Bowser.

Donkey Kong.

This's a more literal interpretation than you think. "Kong" is based off King Kong. "Donkey" is a family-friendly means of calling him an ass. That's right: His title is an useful model of "Ass Ape."

Fantastic Mario Bros. is a video game launched for the household Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. It shifted the gameplay away from the single screen arcade predecessor of its, Mario Bros., along with rather featured side scrolling platformer concentrations. While not the very first game of the Mario franchise, Super Mario Bros. is pretty famous, and presented a variety of sequence staples, from power-ups, to classic foes like Goombas, to the basic concept of rescuing Princess Toadstool coming from King Koopa. As well as kicking above a whole compilation of Super Mario platformer online games, the crazy results of Super Mario Bros. popularized the genre as a complete, helped revive the gaming industry as soon as the 1983 clip game crash, and was mostly the cause of the initial good results around the NES, with that it was actually bundled a launch title. Until it was finally exceeded by Wii Sports, Super Mario Bros. was the best marketing videos game of all of moment for nearly 3 decades, with over 40 thousand duplicates marketed internationally.

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thecabeswatersystem-blog · 6 years

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When I found that out I did two things. First, I whipped out my copy (yes, I keep it that real/nerdy which I still have an old NES connected in the room) of mine and then made sure I can still beat the game at will. (I can. Childhood not wasted.)

Secondly, I launched down a rabbit hole of reading Mario sites as well as Articles and Wikis. In the process, I stumbled upon the etymologies of the brands of a few of the main players in the Mario universe. So, in honor of the video game that changed the world, here they're, given in handy 11-item list form.

Mario.

When Mario debuted to the arcade game "Donkey Kong", he was simply called Jumpman. (Which also actually is the generic label regarding that Michael Jordan dispersed leg Nike logo. Two of the most legendary icons actually both have generic versions of themselves called Jumpman. But only one of them has now reached the attempt of remaining so effective that he shaved himself a Hitler mustache before filming a business and the balls were had by not one person to fix him.)

In 1980, as the Nintendo of America crew imported Jumpman to raise him right into a franchise-leading star (Hayden Christensen style), somebody discovered that he looked just like their Seattle office building's landlord... a guy named Mario Segale.

Mario Segale didn't obtain a cent for turning out to be the namesake of one of the most prominent video game character perhaps, but he most likely isn't excessively concerned; in 1998 he sold his asphalt company for more than sixty dolars million. (Or 600,000 additional lives.)

Luigi.

Luigi actually has one of probably the weakest label beginnings of all the mario brothers characters in the Mario universe (once again showing precisely why, in life that is real, he would have a larger inferiority complicated compared to Frank Stallone, Abel or perhaps that 3rd Manning brother).

"Luigi" is actually the product of a team of Japanese males attempting to imagine an Italian label to accentuate "Mario." Why was the Italian label they went with? When they each moved from Japan to Seattle, the pizza spot nearest to the Nintendo headquarters known as Mario & Luigi's. (It has since gone out of business.)

Koopa.

Koopa is a transliterated version of the Japanese name for the opponent turtles, "Kuppa." Stick with me here -- kuppa is the Japanese term for a Korean recipe known as gukbap. Essentially it is a cup of soup with cereal. From what I can tell it is completely not related to turtles, above all malicious ones.

In an interview, Mario's author, Shigeru Miyamoto, said he was deciding between 3 names which are different for the racing of evil turtles, every one of which were called after Korean foods. (The other two were yukhoe and bibimbap.) And that means among two things: (one) Miyamoto adores Korean foods and wanted to offer a tribute or (2) Miyamoto thinks Koreans are evil and needs to be jumped on.

Wario.

I kind of skipped the debut of Wario -- he debuted in 1992, right around when I was hitting the generation exactly where I was way too awesome for cartoon y Nintendo games. (Me and the middle school buddies of mine have been into Genesis just. I was back on Nintendo within 4 years.)

Turns out his title functions equally in Japanese and english; I kinda assumed the English fashion but did not know about the Japanese aspect. In English, he is an evil, bizarro marketplace mirror image of Mario. The "M" turns to become a "W" and also Wario is born. The name additionally operates in Japanese, when it's the variety of Mario and "warui," which implies "bad."

That is a very high quality scenario, since, as I covered extensively in the list eleven Worst Japanese-To-English Translations In Nintendo History, don't assume all language significant difference finesses back as well as forth quite smoothly.

Waluigi.

When I first read "Waluigi" I assumed it was hilarious. While Wario was an all natural counterbalance to Mario, Waluigi believed so comically shoehorned (just tacking the "wa" prefix before Luigi) -- including a giant inside joke that somehow cleared every bureaucratic phase and then cracked the mainstream.

Well... based on the Nintendo people, Waluigi isn't just a gloriously idle decision or perhaps an inside joke gone huge. They *say* it's dependant upon the Japanese phrase ijiwaru, which means that "bad guy."

I do not understand. I feel as if we'd have to cater for them more than halfway to invest in that.

Toad.

Toad is built to look as a mushroom (or maybe toadstool) thanks to his giant mushroom hat. It's a good thing these gaming systems debuted before the entire version knew how you can make penis jokes.

Anyway, in Japan, he's called Kinopio, which happens to be a mixture of the term for mushroom ("kinoko") as well as the Japanese variant of Pinocchio ("pinokio"). Those combine being something around the collections of "A Real Mushroom Boy."

Goomba.

In Japanese, these guys are labeled kuribo, which regularly means "chestnut people." That makes sense because, ya know, if another person expected you "what do chestnut individuals seem to be like?" you would probably get to food just about similar to the heroes.

Once they were brought in for the American model, the team tangled with the Italian initiative of theirs and referred to as them Goombas... dependent off the Italian "goombah," which colloquially means anything like "my fellow Italian friend." It also sort of evokes the photo of low-level mafia hooligans without very numerous competencies -- such as individuals younger brothers and also cousins who they had to hire or maybe mother would yell at them. That also applies to the Mario Bros. goombas.

Birdo.

Birdo has nothing to do with this initial Japanese name. There, he's called Kyasarin, which results in "Catherine."

In the instruction manual for Super Mario Bros. 2, where Birdo debuted, the character description of his reads: "Birdo considers he's a woman and additionally likes being called Birdetta."

What I do think all this means? Nintendo shockingly decided to produce a character who struggles with the gender identity of his and then named him Catherine. When it was time to come to America, they got cold feet so they decided at the last minute to call him Birdo, although he's a dinosaur. (And do not offer me the "birds are descended from dinosaurs" pop-paleontology series. Not shopping for that connection.) That way, we'd only know about the gender misunderstandings of his in case we have a look at mechanical, and the Japanese have been pretty sure Americans had been either too idle or perhaps illiterate to do it en masse.

Princess Toadstool/Peach.

When everyone got introduced on the Princess, she was recognized as Princess Toadstool. I suppose this made sense -- Mario was put in the Mushroom Kingdom, so why would not its monarch be known as Princess Toadstool. Them inbreeding bluish bloods are always naming the kids of theirs immediately after the country.

No one appears to be sure precisely why they went that direction, though. In Japan, she was recognized as Princess Peach from day one. That title didn't debut here until 1993, when Yoshi's Safari arrived on the scene for Super Nintendo. (By the manner -- have you had Yoshi's Safari? In an off-the-wall twist it is a first-person shooter, the only girl in the whole Mario the historical past. It is as something like a country music superstar putting out a weird rock album.)

Bowser.

In Japan, there is certainly no Bowser. He is simply referred to as the King Koopa (or maybe related modifications, like Great Demon King Koopa). And so just where did Bowser come from?

During the import process, there was a concern that the American crowd would not understand how the small turtles and big bad fellow could both be known as Koopa. So a marketing staff developed a large number of options for a name, they loved Bowser the best, and slapped it on him.

In Japan, he is still rarely known as Bowser. Around here, his title has become so ubiquitous that he is actually supplanted Sha Na Na's Bowzer as America's a good number of famous Bowser.

Donkey Kong.

This is a far more literal interpretation than you think. "Kong" is based off of King Kong. "Donkey" is a family friendly method of calling him an ass. That is right: The label of his is a valuable variation of "Ass Ape."

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Characters Names from Super Mario and the Origins of theirs

When I discovered that out I did 2 things. To begin with, I whipped out the copy of mine (yes, I ensure that it stays that real/nerdy which I still need an old NES connected in my room) and made confident I can still match the game at will. (I can. Childhood not wasted.)

Secondly, I initiated down a rabbit hole of reading through Mario sites as well as Wikis and Articles. In the process, I stumbled upon the etymologies of the labels of a number of the major players in the Mario universe. Therefore, in honor of the video game which often changed the planet, right here they're, presented in handy 11-item describe form.

Mario.

When Mario debuted in the arcade game "Donkey Kong", he was just referred to as Jumpman. (Which additionally happens to be the generic label associated with that Michael Jordan spread leg Nike logo. 2 of the most celebrated icons actually both have generic versions of themselves called Jumpman. But only one of them has now gotten to a point of remaining so impressive that he shaved himself a Hitler mustache before filming a commercial and the balls were had by not one person to fix him.)

In 1980, as the Nintendo of America staff shipped Jumpman to elevate him into a franchise-leading star (Hayden Christensen style), someone noticed that he looked like their Seattle office building's landlord... a person named Mario Segale.

Mario Segale didn't get yourself a cent for turning out to be the namesake of probably the most well known video game character by chance, although he most likely is not absurdly concerned; in 1998 he sold the asphalt small business of his for more than $60 million. (Or 600,000 increased lives.)

Luigi.

Luigi has among probably the weakest name origins of most of the all mario characters names in the Mario universe (once again showing exactly why, in life which is real, he would have a larger inferiority complex compared to Frank Stallone, Abel or that third Manning brother).

"Luigi" is actually the result of a team of Japanese men trying to think of an Italian name to complement "Mario." Why was that the Italian name they went with? When they each moved from Japan to Seattle, the pizza spot nearby to the Nintendo headquarters referred to as Mario & Luigi's. (It has since gone out of business.)

Koopa.

Koopa is a transliterated model of the Japanese rap for the enemy turtles, "Kuppa." Stick with me here -- kuppa is the Japanese word for a Korean plate referred to as gukbap. Basically it's a cup of soup with grain. From what I definitely explain to it is totally not related to turtles, especially malicious ones.

In an interview, Mario's creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, explained he was deciding between three labels which are diverse due to the racing of evil turtles, every one of that happened to be named after Korean foods. (The other 2 were yukhoe and bibimbap.) Which means among two things: (1) Miyamoto loves Korean food and was looking to offer a tribute or (2) Miyamoto thinks Koreans are evil and must be jumped on.

Wario.

I kind of missed the debut of Wario -- he debuted in 1992, right around when I was hitting the age where I was too fantastic for cartoon-y Nintendo games. (Me and my middle school buddies were into Genesis just. I was back on Nintendo within four years.)

Seems his name operates equally in english and Japanese; I kinda assumed the English fashion but did not know about the Japanese aspect. In English, he's an evil, bizarro marketplace mirror image of Mario. The "M" turns to turn into a "W" and also Wario is born. The name likewise works in Japanese, when it's a mix of Mario as well as "warui," that indicates "bad."

That's a pretty great situation, since, as I covered extensively in the listing eleven Worst Japanese-To-English Translations In Nintendo History, don't assume all language significant difference finesses again and also forth quite smoothly.

Waluigi.

When I 1st heard "Waluigi" I believed it was hilarious. While Wario was obviously an all natural counterbalance to Mario, Waluigi sensed really comically shoehorned (just tacking the "wa" prefix before Luigi) -- including a giant inside joke that somehow cleared every single bureaucratic stage and cracked the mainstream.

Well... according to the Nintendo men and women, Waluigi is not just a gloriously idle decision or perhaps an inside joke become huge. They *say* it is based upon the Japanese term ijiwaru, meaning "bad guy."

I don't understand. I think that we would have to meet them more than halfway to pay for that.

Toad.

Toad is built to look as a mushroom (or toadstool) because of the gigantic mushroom hat of his. It's a great thing the games debuted before the whole version realized how to make penis jokes.

Anyway, in Japan, he's called Kinopio, which happens to be a mixture of the name for mushroom ("kinoko") and the Japanese variant of Pinocchio ("pinokio"). Those mix being something around the lines of "A Real Mushroom Boy."

Goomba.

In Japanese, these guys are termed as kuribo, which means "chestnut people." That makes sense because, ya know, if someone requested you "what do chestnut individuals are like?" you would probably get to food roughly like the figures.

Whenever they were shipped for the American version, the team tangled with their Italian initiative and called them Goombas... based off of the Italian "goombah," which colloquially means something like "my fellow Italian friend." It also type of evokes the picture of low level mafia hooligans without too many competencies -- like individuals younger brothers and also cousins who they had to retain the services of or perhaps mom would yell at them. That also is true for the Mario Bros. goombas.

Birdo.

Birdo has nothing at all to do with this first Japanese name. Generally there, he's considered Kyasarin, that means "Catherine."

In the training manual for Super Mario Bros. two, in which Birdo debuted, the character description of his reads: "Birdo thinks he is a girl and additionally likes to be called Birdetta."

What I do think all this means? Nintendo shockingly decided to develop a character who battles with the gender identity of his and referred to as him Catherine. When it was some time to go to America, they got feet which are cold so they determined at the last second to phone him Birdo, even though he's a dinosaur. (And do not provide me the "birds are descended from dinosaurs" pop paleontology line. Not shopping for that connection.) In that way, we'd just understand about the gender confusion of his if we read the mechanical, and the Japanese were fairly certain Americans have been sometimes too lazy or illiterate to do so en masse.

Princess Toadstool/Peach.

When we all got released on the Princess, she was regarded as Princess Toadstool. I assume this made perfect sense -- Mario was put in the Mushroom Kingdom, so why wouldn't its monarch be known as Princess Toadstool. Them inbreeding blue bloods are usually naming their children after the country.

No one seems to be sure the reason they went the direction, nevertheless. In Japan, she was known as Princess Peach from day one. That title did not debut here before 1993, when Yoshi's Safari arrived on the scene for Super Nintendo. (By the manner by which -- have you ever had Yoshi's Safari? In a bizarre twist it is a first-person shooter, the only person in the entire Mario history. It's like something like a country music superstar creating a weird rock album.)

Bowser.

In Japan, there's no Bowser. He is simply known as the King Koopa (or perhaps comparable variations, including Great Demon King Koopa). So exactly where did Bowser come from?

During the import method, there was an issue that the American crowd wouldn't understand how the little turtles and big bad fellow could certainly be called Koopa. So a marketing staff developed a large number of options for a name, they adored Bowser the very best, and slapped it on him.

In Japan, he's nonetheless hardly ever referred to as Bowser. Around here, his name is now very ubiquitous that he is actually supplanted Sha Na Na's Bowzer as America's many prominent Bowser.

Donkey Kong.

This is a more literal interpretation than you think. "Kong" is based off King Kong. "Donkey" is a family friendly means of calling him an ass. That's right: The name of his is an useful model of "Ass Ape."

Super Mario Bros. is a video game launched for the household Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. It shifted the gameplay away from the single screen arcade predecessor of its, Mario Bros., along with rather showcased side scrolling platformer quantities. Although not the original game of the Mario franchise, Super Mario Bros. is very famous, and presented many series staples, from power-ups, to classic enemies like Goombas, to the standard premise of rescuing Princess Toadstool coming from King Koopa. As well as kicking raised a few inches off a complete number of Super Mario platformer games, the untamed good results of Super Mario Bros. popularized the genre as an entire, really helped revive the gaming sector after the 1983 footage game crash, as well as was largely responsible for the original good results of the NES, with that it was bundled up a launch title. Until finally it was eventually exceeded by Wii Sports, Super Mario Bros. was the top selling video game of all time for about three years, with more than 40 thousand copies offered worldwide.

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Nintendo figures produce their VR (arcade) debut with innovative Vive driven Mario Kart

Bandai Namco showed a virtual simple fact version of Mario Kart, Mario Kart Arcade GP VR, which is going to make its debut in a VR arcade the company is opening inside Tokyo, Japan following month.

The game appears to trace the VR debut of one of Nintendo's flagship franchises, nonetheless, it's essential to observe it is licensed by Nintendo and developed by Namco - the same as its non-VR predecessor, Mario Kart Arcade GP.Not too many particulars are still obtainable in English regarding the game, although it's listed on the arcade's website as running on HTC Vive headsets and specially designed racing seats.

Nintendo has thus far been publicly reticent around the promise of VR - last entire year frontman Shigeru Miyamoto told investors that for VR in specific, we are continuing our homework, in addition to considering enhancement and have a thoughts to just how the current key products of ours are intended to become played for a fairly long time period of time.

We're exploring the possibilities of delivering an experience that gives value when played for a short time, he continued. And the way to eradicate the concerns of long duration use.

When I found that out I did 2 things. For starters, I whipped out the message of mine (yes, I keep it which real/nerdy which I still have an older NES hooked up in the room) of mine and then made certain I will be able to match the game at will. (I can. Childhood not wasted.)

Secondly, I started down a rabbit hole of looking at Mario sites as well as Wikis and Articles. In the procedure, I stumbled upon the etymologies of the labels of many of the key players in the Mario universe. Consequently, in honor of the video game that changed the globe, here they're, given in handy 11 item describe form.

Mario.

When Mario debuted in the arcade game "Donkey Kong", he was simply called Jumpman. (Which also happens to be the generic label associated with that Michael Jordan spread leg Nike logo. 2 of the most legendary icons actually both have generic versions of themselves called Jumpman. But simply at least one has nowadays reached the attempt of remaining extremely powerful that he shaved himself a Hitler mustache before filming a business and the balls were had by no one to correct him.)

In 1980, as the Nintendo of America staff shipped Jumpman to lift him straight into a franchise-leading star (Hayden Christensen style), an individual discovered that he looked like their Seattle office building's landlord... a person known as Mario Segale.

Mario Segale did not get yourself a cent for turning out to be the namesake of likely the most famous video game character perhaps, though he most likely is not very concerned; in 1998 he sold the asphalt business of his for over sixty dolars million. (Or 600,000 extra lives.)

Luigi.

Luigi actually has among the weakest label beginnings of most of the mario characters names and pictures in the Mario universe (once again showing why, for life that is real, he'd have a larger inferiority complex than Frank Stallone, Abel or that last Manning brother).

"Luigi" is merely the result of a group of Japanese males attempting to consider an Italian label to complement "Mario." Why was that the Italian label they went with? When they each moved from Japan to Seattle, the pizza area closest to the Nintendo headquarters known as Mario & Luigi's. (It has since gone from business.)

Koopa.

Koopa is a transliterated variation of the Japanese name for the enemy turtles, "Kuppa." Stick with me right here -- kuppa is the Japanese phrase for a Korean dish known as gukbap. Essentially it's a cup of soup with cereal. From what I tell it's absolutely unrelated to turtles, particularly malicious ones.

In an interview, Mario's originator, Shigeru Miyamoto, claimed he was deciding between 3 names which are distinct because of the racing of evil turtles, each one of which have been called after Korean foods. (The alternative 2 were yukhoe and bibimbap.) And that means one of 2 things: (1) Miyamoto adores Korean foods and needed to provide it with a tribute or (2) Miyamoto thinks Koreans are evil and have to be jumped on.

Wario.

I sort of overlooked the debut of Wario -- he debuted in 1992, right around when I was hitting the age just where I was extremely fantastic for cartoon-y Nintendo games. (Me and my middle school buddies were into Genesis only. I was back again on Nintendo within 4 years.)

Turns out the title of his performs both equally in english and Japanese; I kinda assumed the English manner but didn't know about the Japanese element. In English, he is an evil, bizarro marketplace mirror image of Mario. The "M" turns to turn into a "W" as well as Wario is born. The name also works in Japanese, wherever it's a combination of Mario and "warui," which indicates "bad."

That is a very excellent scenario, since, as I covered thoroughly in the listing 11 Worst Japanese-To-English Translations In Nintendo History, don't assume all language disparity finesses again and forth that smoothly.

Waluigi.

When I 1st read "Waluigi" I believed it was hilarious. While Wario was obviously a natural counterbalance to Mario, Waluigi felt so comically shoehorned (just tacking the "wa" prefix before Luigi) -- like a giant inside joke that somehow cleared every bureaucratic stage and then cracked the mainstream.

Well... according to the Nintendo men and women, Waluigi isn't only a gloriously idle decision or an inside joke become substantial. They *say* it's based upon the Japanese phrase ijiwaru, which means that "bad guy."

I don't understand. I feel as if we'd have to meet them much more than halfway to pay for that.

Toad.

Toad is built to look as a mushroom (or perhaps toadstool) because of the massive mushroom hat of his. It's a great thing the games debuted before the entire generation knew how you can generate penis jokes.

Anyway, in Japan, he's named Kinopio, which is certainly a mixture of the word for mushroom ("kinoko") and the Japanese variant of Pinocchio ("pinokio"). Those combine to be something around the collections of "A Real Mushroom Boy."

Goomba.

In Japanese, the guys are known as kuribo, which regularly means "chestnut people." That is sensible because, ya know, if somebody expected you "what do chestnut individuals are like?" you'd probably reach food roughly like the heroes.

Once they were shipped for the American model, the group tangled with their Italian initiative and called them Goombas... primarily based off of the Italian "goombah," that colloquially will mean anything as "my fellow Italian friend." It also sort of evokes the photo of low level mafia thugs without too numerous skills -- like individuals younger brothers and cousins who they'd to work with or mom would yell at them. Which also applies to the Mario Bros. goombas.

Birdo.

Birdo has absolutely nothing to do with this first Japanese title. Right now there, he's named Kyasarin, that results in "Catherine."

In the training manual for Super Mario Bros. two, in which Birdo debuted, the persona description of his reads: "Birdo believes he is a woman and likes for being known as Birdetta."

What I think all this means? Nintendo shockingly decided to create a character that struggles with his gender identity and then named him Catherine. When it was some time to go to America, they have cold feet so they resolved at the last second to phone him Birdo, though he's a dinosaur. (And don't give me the "birds are descended from dinosaurs" pop-paleontology line. Not buying that connection.) That way, we would just know about his gender confusion in case we read the mechanical, and the Japanese were sure Americans have been sometimes way too idle or even illiterate to do it en masse.

Princess Toadstool/Peach.

When everyone got introduced on the Princess, she was recognized as Princess Toadstool. I guess this made good sense -- Mario was set in the Mushroom Kingdom, so why would not its monarch be called Princess Toadstool. Them inbreeding blue bloods will always be naming their young children after the country.

No person appears to be sure precisely why they went that guidance, nevertheless. In Japan, she was regarded as Princess Peach from day one. The title did not debut here before 1993, when Yoshi's Safari came out for Super Nintendo. (By the manner by which -- have you had Yoshi's Safari? In an unconventional twist it is a first-person shooter, the only girl in the whole Mario times past. It's as something like a country music superstar making a weird rock album.)

Bowser.

In Japan, there's certainly no Bowser. He is simply referred to as the King Koopa (or perhaps similar variants, including Great Demon King Koopa). So exactly where did Bowser come from?

During the import approach, there was a problem that the American masses wouldn't see how the seemingly insignificant turtles and big bad man could both be called Koopa. Thus a marketing group developed a large number of choices for a name, they liked Bowser the best, and also slapped it on him.

In Japan, he's nevertheless hardly ever called Bowser. Over here, his name is now extremely ubiquitous that he's even supplanted Sha Na Na's Bowzer as America's many well known Bowser.

Donkey Kong.

This's a much more literal interpretation than you think. "Kong" is based off King Kong. "Donkey" is a family friendly way of calling him an ass. That's right: His label is an useful variation of "Ass Ape."

Fantastic Mario Bros. is a video game launched for the household Computer and also Nintendo Entertainment System found 1985. It shifted the gameplay far from the single screen arcade predecessor of its, Mario Bros., in addition to rather highlighted side-scrolling platformer quantities. While not the very first game on the Mario franchise, Super Mario Bros. is considered the most famous, and launched various set staples, coming from power ups, to classic adversaries as Goombas, on the basic idea of rescuing Princess Toadstool coming from King Koopa. As well as kicking off a whole series of Super Mario platformer games, the crazy results of Super Mario Bros. made popular the genre to be a whole, helped to revive the gaming sector once the 1983 clip game crash, and also was largely responsible for the first good results on the NES, with that it was bundled a launch title. Until eventually it was eventually exceeded by Wii Sports, Super Mario Bros. was the best marketing videos game of all of time for almost 3 decades, with over 40 million copies offered worldwide.

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Fun Challenges to Do with Friends: 13 Funniest Things You Can Do

Bored on a Saturday night or looking to post the latest viral video? These 13 fun challenges to do with friends are sure to please.

Making a list of fun challenges to do with friends guarantees you’re going to make some fantastic memories together. Challenges range from small games like Chubby Bunny to huge life goals like traveling across your country or seeing a new part of the world. Do the entire list with one friend or break it up to include a ton of people you love hanging out with.

These lists are not only hilarious, they also involve some huge accomplishments. Whether you’re into sharing these challenges as videos on YouTube or are about to embark on a new life adventure such as marriage, babies, travel, or work, there’s nothing better than making lasting memories with your closest friends.

13 fun challenges for you and your friends

Side note? Your safety is always more important than jumping into a sub-zero lake in your undies or trying to eat a million pickles! When it comes to fun challenges to do with friends, it’s always safety first. Now without further ado, here are 13 challenges you’re going to love.

#1 Travel across your country. Want a challenge that involves a little legwork? Instead of shoving food into your mouth and throwing it on the internet, why not make your challenges a little more memorable. Make it your goal to travel around your country with your friends over the course of the next year. [Read: 15 reasons why you should travel at least once a year]

#2 Chubby Bunny. Who hasn’t heard of Chubby Bunny? This classic food challenge involves shoving as many marshmallows into your mouth as you can and then exclaiming “Chubby Bunny” audibly. The winner is the friend who says the phrase clearly with the most marshmallows in their mouth.

#3 Waterfall challenge. What’s more beautiful than chilling on a rock in front of a massive waterfall, taking in the sights and sounds of nature? Basically nothing. Similar to traveling across your country, the waterfall challenge involves scoping out exciting sights and checking your list off one waterfall at a time.

There are actually printable lists of waterfalls found around the world for you to explore. Here’s a top four to get you inspired:

– Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park – Victoria Falls, South Africa – Niagara Falls/Horseshoe Falls, Canada – Ban Gioc–Detian Falls, Vietnam

Start with a top five list and make it your goal to visit all of them in the next couple of months. Bonus? I personally know a whopping three girls who have done this challenge with their boyfriends and all ended up engaged by the end of the experience. So, if you’re looking to get hitched, this challenge may be the right path for you. [Read: How to have fun with friends – 30 really fun ways to beat boredom]

#4 Bean Boozled Jelly Beans. Bean Boozled is one of the most fun challenges to do with friends. If you’re way behind on social games that involve candy, let’s fill you in.

In this game, each color jelly bean has one of two tastes. For example, the pink jelly bean may taste like a strawberry smoothie or it may taste like a dead fish. The white jellybean may taste like beachy coconut or rotten milk. Peach might be barf, berry might be toothpaste, and buttered popcorn may be rotten egg.

Believe it when people say these really taste like what they say they do. This game of chance is definitely hilarious to play, but not for those with a weak stomach!

#5 Racing challenge. No, this doesn’t mean challenge your friend to a race around the block—though that’s totally acceptable too. We’re talking challenging your bodies and training for a community race. Taking up a local race with a friend is a great way to challenge your body while supporting a local cause. Search Run for Charity to find a cause to support. [Read: The real meaning of YOLO – 15 ways to live life to the fullest]

#6 No mirror makeup challenge. Get your friends together and try to put your full face of makeup on without any mirrors. The results are going to be both hilarious and horrifying. If you’re extra brave, head out for a drink or a coffee post-challenge and see who’s really the bravest among you!

#7 Accent challenge one. What do you call a sweetened carbonated beverage: pop, soda, or a soft drink? This is just one of the fun questions in the Accent Challenge tag. This is a great challenge to do with friends to get to know each other’s background.

This challenge asks you to identify objects to see if where you come from has a different idea what to call a can of Coke than your other friends. This challenge also has you pronounce different words such as “caramel” to see what kind of accent you have. Definitely a short and sweet challenge to do with a group of friends.

#8 Accent challenge two. The second version of the accent challenge is more literal than the BuzzFeed version. Make a list of cards with different accents on them. Group up into teams, put on a one-minute timer and have your friends take turns doing the accents on their cards and see if their partner can guess which accent they’re trying to do. [Read: 40 saucy truth or dare ideas for a fun night]

#9 Card castle challenge. Challenge your friends to a card castle building challenge. This may sound a little 1980’s, but this challenge gets intense.

#10 No thumbs challenge. Tape your thumbs to your forefinger so that you can’t use them and try to complete a list of tasks. Whoever completes the task first wins.

Tasks include writing your name on a piece of paper and then cut the paper in half. Other tasks include tying your shoelaces, open a pack of crackers, and make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. If you’re playing this one with a lover you can definitely create a dirty version. [Read: 10 dirty drinking games for naughty guys and girls]

#11 Smoothie challenge. This is truly one of the most disgusting fun challenges to do with friends. Gather together a bunch of delicious smoothie ingredients together such as strawberries, bananas, peanut butter, and yogurt. Gather together an equal number of disgusting ingredients such as mustard, horseradish, cold cuts, and soy sauce.

Write down each ingredient on a piece of paper. Once you have written out each ingredient, fold the pieces of paper and throw them into a jar. Take turns drawing scraps of paper until the jar is empty. Mix your separate smoothies and have a race to see who finishes their smoothie without losing their lunch. [Read: 40 grossest would you rather questions to make you squirm]

#12 Whisper challenge. The whisper challenge is definitely a fan favorite. The rules are simple. One friend wears headphones listening to loud music while their other friends whispers a phrase or word. The friend wearing the headphones then guesses what the whispered word is.

This game has been featured on Jimmy Fallon and has quickly become an adorable way that people are announcing pregnancies and engagements. All together now: Awww!

#13 Pickle challenge. Similar to the Chubby Bunny challenge, the Pickle challenge involves shoving a bunch of pickles into your mouth and devouring them. Think your love of pickles knows no bounds?

Trust me, this is going to be the tipping point. Line your pickle jars in a row and get ready for some action. Have everyone in your group of friends eat an entire jar of pickles, including all the juice. See who can get through the vinegary goodness first.

[Read: 32 crazy things to do with friends: Life is short, live it up]

Creating a list of fun challenges to do with friends is an absolute must, especially post-college. Create memories with those who mean the most to you before your life gets too crazy for stuffing a dozen marshmallows into your mouth at the same time.

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