The first video introduces Little Mac and his unfortunate weight gain. Little Mac then tells the story of Birdo, who seeks popularity with the boys (Yes, Birdo, or as she used to be known, Catherine, is female. Yes, we read the Super Mario Bros. 2 manual.) In the second, Nick (who becomes Captain Rainbow) trains Mac back to prime littleness, with narration from Nazo no Murasame-jou's Takamaru (who will probably be the subject of the next video).
We didn't embed the videos because it's in your best interest to go see them on YouTube, where the clever uploader, 23Makoto23, has used YouTube comments to create subtitles (here is the original Captain Rainbow video subtitled).
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7-24-2008 @ 10:13PM
ChrisCanberg said...
ITS A STONE LUIGI. YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT.
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7-25-2008 @ 5:56AM
BPM [MSN: BPMdotEXE @ hotmail.com] said...
IT'S A FOOTBALL. I CHISELED IT!
7-24-2008 @ 10:22PM
AlgusUnderdunk said...
Mmhmm.
Additional characters revealed thus far include, among Takamaru, Little Mac and Birdo, Hikari from Shin Onigashima, and Otsu-San from Famicom Golf.
Hikari most people probably saw last in Melee as a trophy along with the short, blue-haired Donbe. The Shin Onigashima music also appears in Brawl.
And poor little Otsu-San, he's a teeny old man now!
There's also a blue robot who looks suspiciously like either Mike the Karaoke Machine from WarioWare, or one of the characters from Tin-Star, and looking at the grab-bag of obscure characters, neither choice seems too far fetched.
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7-24-2008 @ 10:35PM
AlgusUnderdunk said...
I just realized who the blue robot is XD
It's Mappo from Skip's previous game, GiFTPiA. He's the curfew robot!
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7-24-2008 @ 11:29PM
Haohmaru said...
The more I see of this game, the more I want it. It looks like a lot of fun and WEIRDness.
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7-24-2008 @ 11:41PM
Gonz said...
I certainly hope this bit of cool news quieted the homophobes permanently.
"a rainbow lol what a gay"
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7-24-2008 @ 11:44PM
samfish said...
I'm just happy that Takamaru is back. It makes my little nerd heart burst with joy and a precious, precious sense of nerd cred.
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7-25-2008 @ 12:07AM
Roto13 said...
This game may be too JApanese for an American release. :P
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7-25-2008 @ 8:51AM
Haohmaru said...
Bite thy tongue! D:
7-25-2008 @ 12:01PM
BlackDogAssault said...
Yeah, I also started worrying about that after seeing a couple of characters from japan-only games... Also, Birdo being a transsexual is pretty much Japan-only too...
7-25-2008 @ 12:09PM
Roto13 said...
Fun fact: Birdo was only a transexual in the American version of Super Mario Bros. 2. :P The instruction booklet described him/her as a boy that wanted to be a girl.
7-25-2008 @ 2:08PM
Mr Khan said...
Yeah, i could see it falling in that unfortunate category to wind up avoiding American release
However, there are also fears that Nintendo hasn't even thought of localizing Fatal Frame IV yet, since NoA reps didn't have any knowledge of the title back at E3