I've been having a pretty crap day up until "Steve" came along (thanks to our beloved Aaron Linde). I'm behind schedule, stressed out, and getting nowhere with work today. But then this probably intoxicated Japanese man narrated his playthrough of Game Boy classic Mario Land on Japanese video site Nico Nico Douga, which has since become a hit on YouTube.
His choppy English over the three stages of Mario Land are so funny that I ended up crying from laughing. He has a lot to say, and not all of it makes sense. He gets quite passionate about "bad monsters" that he somehow ties to breaking windows in a house. My favorite part is where an ill-timed jump ruins the payout of a coin box.
"One coin? Facke you," he says.
I'm always constantly reworking my list of the top ten people I'd love to hang out with. "Steve" now ranks very high.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site Japanator. Likes Corgis, Sega Saturn, PSP, iPhone, Photographic tools.
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This kind of reminds me of the customers who call in at work who don't speak good English then get pissed because because I can't understan their poor English.
When he got the flower it took me about 10 seconds to realise he was saying "weapons" because it sounded like he was saying "red ball" to me, either way, gotta love the video!
I am going to go ahead and be an ass and say that this guy is completely fake, he's not Japanese or maybe even Asian, I could practice for an afternoon and pull out a more believable outrageous accent than this dude; but hey, I might be wrong and the dude's from the heart of Kyoto.
Looking forward to this demo. I hated the first but this looks like such a drastic improvement that I can't help but be excited by the documentaries and trailers, and this will help me know for sure if my faith and good will has been worth it.
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3:00 PM on 02.05.2010
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Very good wepon WOO WOO!
Bravo, Steve.
"OH YEAH! WOOO! My luck is very good. Oh lucky man, I'm lucky man. WOO! But........... my life is not lucky. Umm... fuck you."
You mean this? Yeah that's funny too.
No. This Super Mario Land vid.
The moment I hit play I realized the same thing. I definitely think this was posted here before.
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