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Old 05-22-2009, 09:49 PM
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Default A Japanese man narrates Super Mario Land

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Old 05-22-2009, 10:02 PM
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You think maybe he's making fun of Let's Plays or something?
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:04 PM
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I doubt its authenticity.
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:10 PM
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This is one case where the NicoNico version with comments visible during the video makes it funnier.
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:11 PM
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Whether it's authentic or not, I still love his reaction upon meeting the first Goomba. OH!!!
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:18 PM
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Whether it's authentic or not
He sure sounds like a lot of Japanese speakers of English I've met.

Although, honestly, I don't really care whether or not it's real.
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:25 PM
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He sure sounds like a lot of Japanese speakers of English I've met.

Although, honestly, I don't really care whether or not it's real.
I understand; I wasn't questioning its authenticity, just merely stating that I didn't care if it was authentic or not. So we're on the same boat. I just loved his reaction to the Goomba because that was something along the lines of how I reacted when I first met one.
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:26 PM
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So we're on the same boat.
Sorry if that came accross strangely. I didn't mean to suggest that we weren't.
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:28 PM
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Wait a minute. In this Mario game the Koopas EXPLODE after you jump on them? Why didn't I know about this sooner?
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:31 PM
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Wait a minute. In this Mario game the Koopas EXPLODE after you jump on them? Why didn't I know about this sooner?
Super Mario Land is weird and awesome.

For some reason the "EBURIDEI...MIDONAITO...EBURIDEI...MIDONAITO!" was my favorite part.
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:37 PM
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Sorry if that came accross strangely. I didn't mean to suggest that we weren't.
S'cool.

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Wait a minute. In this Mario game the Koopas EXPLODE after you jump on them? Why didn't I know about this sooner?
Super Mario Land has always been an obscure title. I remember an old issue of Nintendo Power had a comic of some kid playing that game and ending up inside the game world, or something of that sort. =P
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I remember an old issue of Nintendo Power had a comic of some kid playing that game and ending up inside the game world, or something of that sort. =P
That was from Valiant Comics' Nintendo Comics System, and it's even crazier than that. Scroll down to "In the Palm of Your Hand."
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:51 PM
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"Dat monsta, it break window. Break house window."
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:54 PM
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Re: authenticity: the reason I wonder about it is that if this is just some guy playing a racist impersonation, it takes away from the enjoyment of it (as much as you can enjoy and feel good about someone drunk out of his mind narrating a video game).
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Old 05-22-2009, 10:56 PM
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"Dat monsta, it break window. Break house window."
That's my favorite too. =)

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Re: authenticity: the reason I wonder about it is that if this is just some guy playing a racist impersonation, it takes away from the enjoyment of it (as much as you can enjoy and feel good about someone drunk out of his mind narrating a video game).
That's interesting to note, but the video originates from a Japanese website, which at least gives the feeling that it's authentic.
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Old 05-22-2009, 11:03 PM
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And you'd probably have to be a genius voice actor to play a drunken Japanese guy fumbling accented English this accurately.
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Old 05-22-2009, 11:05 PM
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I dunno, it's just so.. completely over the top.

Some of the youtube comments made it sound like this might be some kind of performance piece? Someone from a comedy group or something?
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Old 05-22-2009, 11:11 PM
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I dunno, it's just so.. completely over the top.

Some of the youtube comments made it sound like this might be some kind of performance piece? Someone from a comedy group or something?
Either way, man. Even if it is a comedy thing, and they are making fun of Let's Play videos.

English LP: "Fuck fuck fuuuckk man this monster is so bad ass it'll rape your mother and shit up her vagina!! SHHHIIIIIIIITTT"

Japanese LP: "No fuck me. I fuck you. Dat monsta break window. Wahoo!"
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Old 05-22-2009, 11:12 PM
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English LP: "Fuck fuck fuuuckk man this monster is so bad ass it'll rape your mother and shit up her vagina!! SHHHIIIIIIIITTT"
Yeah, Brick kind of lost it when he got to Ridley.
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Old 05-22-2009, 11:21 PM
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some guy playing a racist impersonation
Even if this is the case, it's an impersonation of a Japanese person speaking English so good that the Japanese audience at NicoNico was tricked into believing and finding hilarious. At which point it stops being racist and becomes even funnier. If the audience being portayed enjoys it, it probably isn't all that offensive.

Although, again, it sounds extremely authentic to me.
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Old 05-22-2009, 11:29 PM
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I don't care if it's authentic or not, I just love the "whoo!"s.
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Old 05-22-2009, 11:45 PM
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I don't care if it's authentic or not, I just love the "whoo!"s.
And he certainly loves his "Fakk yuu"s and "Omaigaa!"s.

All his "Bad monsta" kept me laughing.
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Old 05-23-2009, 12:40 AM
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Guys, the fire flower is a very good weapon.

weapon. weapon weapon weapon.
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Or, it would be, if it were in this game.

Superball, hooooooooooo!!!
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Old 05-23-2009, 05:16 AM
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I'm trying and failing to imagine a person who would find it funny to imitate a drunken Japanese person speaking heavily-accented not-quite-fluent English while also being intelligent enough to perform such an accurate imitation.
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Old 05-23-2009, 06:02 AM
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This sounds like the same guy. I think he's just kinda crazy / stupid / drunk maybe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obli1fyCFlI
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Old 05-23-2009, 10:29 AM
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Or, it would be, if it were in this game.

Superball, hooooooooooo!!!
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Old 05-23-2009, 11:05 AM
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That was from Valiant Comics' Nintendo Comics System, and it's even crazier than that. Scroll down to "In the Palm of Your Hand."
That was so 80's/early 90's it blew my mind.
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Old 05-23-2009, 11:14 AM
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RIDE ON RIDE OFF RIDE ON RIDE OFF RIDE ON RIDE OFFFFFFF!!!

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Old 05-23-2009, 12:15 PM
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Something tells me that Yokoi would approve. Out of all the Mario's, this one is definitely the one to narrate drunkenly.
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