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As you can see from the above trailer, Japan is once again set to be on the receiving end of a Nintendo DS title concocted of equal parts puppy dog noses, four-year-old girls and sunshine.

Eigo wo Taberu Fushigi na Ikimono Marsh -- a game that my inability to understand Japanese tells me is the Stay-Puft rebuttal to Nintendogs -- is the story of Maya, a coquettish twentysomething who finds her apartment newly inhabited by the eponymous Marsh, a fluffy creature that eats English words, apparently. Presumably that mechanic is designed to give the Japanese a better grasp of our language, but when there's is the only country blessed with the sort of games that make baby ducks piss themselves in glee, our culture must seem terribly macabre by comparison.


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slacker1 at 07/24/2007 21:12
LOL
baby ducks piss themselves.
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NightDehumidifier at 07/24/2007 21:17
"You're my only friend."
"Will you let me go to sleep?"

Is it me or is this Marsh thing a depressing thing? What other things can it say:

"This world is not ready for me."
"Where do you keep the knives?"
"I am a monster."
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topcow at 07/24/2007 21:24
We've been going about this all wrong.
This Mr. Stay Puft is okay.
He's a sailor, he's in New York.
We get this guy laid, we won't have any trouble.
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topcow at 07/24/2007 21:28
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Mister Disco at 07/24/2007 21:29
Haha, topcow's quote wins. Seriously though, I want a word-eating dog. :( It sounds like something I'd bring out at parties. Inevitably, though, would be the asshole friends who says "my dick" and the dog eats it, so he can say, "Dude, your dog ate my dick. Hahahaha..."

Sad pandas all around.
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 07/24/2007 21:36
What the fuck was going on with that panda bear? o_O
Colette Bennett's Avatar
Colette Bennett at 07/24/2007 21:58
Obviously I want this. Me posting this comment is nearly redundant.
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the GAMEGOBLIN at 07/24/2007 22:55
"Please clean up your dance".

Would I need wet-naps for that?
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amerijapoxicano at 07/24/2007 23:28
"Eigo wo Taberu Fushigi na Ikimono Marsh" - It means The Amazing, English-Eating, Living Things Marsh. That:s pretty literal and doesn:t make me want to know what the game play is about. Finally a year of living in Japan pays off for my growing internet stardom. Only had to look up one word, too.
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Farktoid at 07/25/2007 01:02
I would kick so much ass at that game. And that song is cute enough to maybe marshmallow peeps melt out of sheer ecstasy.

Or maybe that's just the ecstasy kicking in. Is my hand going through my arm?
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Dexter345 at 07/26/2007 23:45
So Nick is making you use colons instead of commas now, but he's cool with you switching "theirs" with the nonexistent word "there's"?
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