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redmercer posted:H's and F's, L's and R's, 'u's popping up where they shouldn't: There likely wasn't a single letter from the English alphabet on his cue cards. I wouldn't say that. Whenever he struggles to read English text in video games he does that too. It just naturally comes to Japanese people 'cause it's hard to shake the habit. Hence why even when he says jokingly pronounces Kotaku in an "American" way there's a hint of a U at the end.
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Arino even mispronounces Japanese words if they're inserted into English sentences. It's like he's in a trance.
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zari-gani posted:I think Random Stranger uploaded it and posted the download link here a week ago here, then someone put it on Youtube. Ah ok, I must have glossed over it since it wasn't an actual episode.
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Sep 20, 2012 06:44
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Mister Chief posted:Arino even mispronounces Japanese words if they're inserted into English sentences. It's like he's in a trance. Like, again, his own name.
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Mister Chief posted:Arino even mispronounces Japanese words if they're inserted into English sentences. It's like he's in a trance. I can relate to this - studying various asian languages makes reading english really weird when my brain is in 'parse these syllables completely differently' mode
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Sep 20, 2012 10:03
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Oh yeah, I always introduce myself with the wrong pronunciation of my name when I am speaking English. Not that I am trying to make things easier on other people or out of preference, but rather because switching style of pronunciation mid-sentence is very hard.
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Sep 20, 2012 15:21
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Mister Chief posted:Arino even mispronounces Japanese words if they're inserted into English sentences. It's like he's in a trance.  This article has photos of the GCCX booth set up at Tokyo Game Show right now. http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2012/09/20/59876.html The sign says "Chief Arino will not be coming to the booth this year."
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Sep 20, 2012 21:01
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Drakkel posted:What if they did an actual Top Gear Japan with Arino and two other guys. One can dream. There are already some realy cool japanese car shows that are way better than that terrible topgear crap. I'd kill for some SAGCCX level subs of video option or hot version, also best motoring but that doesnt exist anymore.
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zari-gani posted:This article has photos of the GCCX booth set up at Tokyo Game Show right now. TGS really HAS changed.
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zenintrude posted:Presumably it failed because it didn't feature Arino wrecking expensive cars over and over until he got the hang of it. ABUNAIIIIIIIIiiiiiii... -crash- absolutely anything posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC-x0JXmWSw Oh man, this made my day. Arino takes English to an incredible new dimension. Three-Phase fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Sep 20, 2012 |
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Sep 20, 2012 23:11
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zari-gani posted:This article has photos of the GCCX booth set up at Tokyo Game Show right now. Why is a windbreaker less expensive than a t-shirt?! 
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Sep 20, 2012 23:27
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The staff marvels as Arino drifts turns with ease and dips in and out of turns with speed and grace....then the APR financing info comes up, Arino laughs, and they realize they were just watching a TV commercial for the car.
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Sep 20, 2012 23:28
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rdbbb posted:TGS really HAS changed. The first time Arino went to TGS he had no assistants and was able to check out a variety of booths. Now he's so busy he can't see anything there, not even the GCCX booth... It's also cute watching very early episodes of GCCX and seeing him go "whoa, people are applauding for me? What??" Bocc Kob posted:Why is a windbreaker less expensive than a t-shirt?! The T-shirts are 3150 yen each, the windbreaker is 4200. The hoodie is 4620.
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zari-gani posted:This article has photos of the GCCX booth set up at Tokyo Game Show right now.  I hope he's not burnt out.
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redmercer posted:H's and F's, L's and R's, 'u's popping up where they shouldn't: There likely wasn't a single letter from the English alphabet on his cue cards. He makes a few weird mistakes here and there. I know next to nothing about Japanese, so I can't really say whether or not he was reading Roman letters or not, but it seems possible. I noticed that Arino drops a lot of the articles. For instance, "Retro game master is hottest TV show in Japan NOW," or "take a look this," and a few other instances. He obviously makes a reading error when he says "I can called." He changes "in" for "of," and I don't know what he did to the word "join," it sounds like "say." But even so, he does a really good job at pronouncing English. You don't need the subtitles to understand what he's saying since it actually sounds like English, heavily accented, and missing the rhythm and flow of course, but it sounds like English, and not just a random string of syllables that resembles the words we use every day. I just love how he switches to Japanese, and how he goes from sounding like the worst actor in the world to a very charismatic TV host.
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a big fwiggen terd posted:There are already some realy cool japanese car shows that are way better than that terrible topgear crap. Also, Hot Version came back a while ago, not sure if Best Motoring did.
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Intel&Sebastian posted:The staff marvels as Arino drifts turns with ease and dips in and out of turns with speed and grace....then the APR financing info comes up, Arino laughs, and they realize they were just watching a TV commercial for the car. Or he'll be speeding through a course, avoiding the cones, cornering with ease, and then at some arbitrary moment jerking the steering wheel, turning 90 degrees, and several seconds later slamming head-on into the wall at a hundred miles an hour. Or causing multiple fatalities while trying to parallel park. Three-Phase fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Sep 21, 2012 |
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Three-Phase posted:Or he'll be speeding through a course, avoiding the cones, cornering with ease, and then at some arbitrary moment jerking the steering wheel, turning 90 degrees, and several seconds later slamming head-on into the wall at a hundred miles an hour. This sums up one of my friends who I've played multiplayer games with for many years to a T He's amazing 95% of the time, and 5% of the time performs the most spectacularly mindless fuckups that result in catastrophic failure (we made him play a healer in mmos, led to predictable hilarity in intense boss fights or raids)
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zari-gani posted:The T-shirts are 3150 yen each, the windbreaker is 4200. The hoodie is 4620. Oh, I didn't notice the hood. Or the sleeves. Or that I was looking at a sweatshirt. 
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zari-gani posted:This article has photos of the GCCX booth set up at Tokyo Game Show right now. NO THIS IS HEARTBREAKING. The first TGS I actually get to go to, and...  sigh!!
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What's the deal with that kid getting his head shaved as punishment in Satoshi Tajiri's anecdote?
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Mister Chief posted:What's the deal with that kid getting his head shaved as punishment in Satoshi Tajiri's anecdote? Because going around bald for a few weeks might have been embarrassing?
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Fist Punch posted:NO THIS IS HEARTBREAKING. The first TGS I actually get to go to, and... Maybe the ADs will be there?
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Corridor posted:Maybe the ADs will be there? I bet you can still buy that Tani shirt you always wanted.
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Apologies if this was posted before, but Japan Arcade (the last arcade Arino visited in his trip to the US) just announced on Twitter that they will be shutting down by the end of 2012. For those familiar with the fighting game community, Family Fun Arcade is also shutting down as well (JA and FFA are owned by the same person). If you have an arcade near you, please visit them and drop in a few tokens. Arcades are dying off and they need your support. RIP Chinatown Fair, Arcade Infinity, and now Family Fun Arcade and Japan Arcade.
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All the arcades I know of around here died out a few years ago (with the exceptions of those attached to child-oriented pizza places or miniature golf courses). I've always been an arcade rat, so to me online gaming is a poor substitute.  FireCar posted:I bet you can still buy that Tani shirt you always wanted. Or perhaps an Inoko MAX shirt!
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Fist Punch posted:NO THIS IS HEARTBREAKING. The first TGS I actually get to go to, and... He'll be there on Sunday (though not as the Chief) to present on-stage at the Japan Games Awards for the Future Division. At least you can see some of the staff at the merchandise booth and get an awesome FOR TOO MUCH PLAYING TV GAMES clear folder. Lazy Dog posted:Apologies if this was posted before, but Japan Arcade (the last arcade Arino visited in his trip to the US) just announced on Twitter that they will be shutting down by the end of 2012. This is sad. Arcades are dropping like flies. ETA: It's been officially announced...      He goes there to compete in a game tournament. In a short-sleeved uniform! Also the shocking staff confession that was advertised for this episode is: Kibe got married! He refused to say where they met, though. (spouse's gender unspecified) zari-gani fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Sep 21, 2012 |
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Those last 2 pics are amazing. Kibe flying around on a child's ride, enjoying himself immensely, and Inoko MAX giving the biggest smile while wearing a conical hat.
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Even if Arino can't make it proper, all they need there is Abe, armed with a gigantic hot wok and various intimidating over-sized cooking utensils, with the merchandise situated such that the show goers can't escape his gaze/meal.
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Man, Arino loved the poo poo out of Battletoads. I really hope they have him play the SNES sequel, and soon. Dude loving loved Battletoads.
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Guess what came in today!
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RadicalR posted:Guess what came in today! drat you Amazon. 
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Oh drat, I went to TGS yesterday but I didn't notice any GC:CX booths at all. 
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RadicalR posted:Guess what came in today! You must tell us how it is! DiscoJ posted:Oh drat, I went to TGS yesterday but I didn't notice any GC:CX booths at all. They're in the merchandise area, between the Capcom merchandise booths.  
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If anybody is there please PLEASE get a picture of that wall of Famicom carts. I pause the show every time they show it (like, all of twice) to try and make out all of them I can.
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RadicalR posted:Guess what came in today! Can you give us a run down of everything that's on the disks?
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Hit or miss Clitoris posted:If anybody is there please PLEASE get a picture of that wall of Famicom carts. I pause the show every time they show it (like, all of twice) to try and make out all of them I can. There's a decent photo of it in the GCCX V book, but it's just all the games Arino's challenged so far. Although, the merchandise booth one is different and made completely out of Famicoms. Maybe a history of Famicom games in chronological order? The upper left ones seem to have the old plain labels. ETA: A closer look. zari-gani fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Sep 22, 2012 |
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Never thought of it before but they must buy several copies of every game since they give one away every episode.
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No, I'm tired...zari-gani posted:You must tell us how it is! Oh, well, if YOU'RE asking...  http://imgur.com/wVQ9B,D2tAB,BGUqZ,Ki7Pz,3G0LQ,Uapp8 Of course, I reversed the cover for your artwork to be the front. That makes me a cool dude, right? 
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