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Random Stranger posted:Behold the horror of Arino's current profile picture on Twitter! That is a thing of nightmares.
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Was half-expecting him to bust out the turbo controller for Bishoujo Sexy Derby
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Aug 11, 2012 07:24
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Hit or miss Clitoris posted:He says things like "keep calm and go slow" and I think "no, sprint and jump sometimes! Its that loving simple!". Sometimes it is hard to remember that not everyone has played Mario World all the way through a hundred times, and hasn't memorized the whole thing. I wish I could play these for the first time again, but SMW hasn't frustrated me since I was ten. I can hardly empathize with him. Just for kicks I started up a new game and I forgot to time myself but it took me like 15-20 minutes to get to the end of world 2, dying about 3 times in the world 2 castle. I've played SMW a half dozen and have played several romhacks so obviously I'm not a great comparison point, but I found it amusing that it took him five hours to get that far. I think as a kid playing the game for the first time, it only took me a few hours. That was with doing some exploration and getting a couple secret exits. You have to keep in mind that in the first few seasons, Arino is hasn't really played video games in a looong time and he was extremely rusty. His level of play nowadays is very noticeably better than it was back then.
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Aug 11, 2012 08:45
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Does SMB2 have a true ending like Doki Doki Panic or is every ending just 'it was all a dream'?
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Aug 11, 2012 09:45
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Arino's play in SMW is just painful to watch. Had to skip through the last 15 minutes or so of that episode.
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Aug 11, 2012 10:06
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I think you can fill in a whole season of arino playing Dark Souls.
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Aug 11, 2012 11:18
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The SMW episode was great as always, GCCX team!  Mister Chief posted:Does SMB2 have a true ending like Doki Doki Panic or is every ending just 'it was all a dream'? Keyboard Kid posted:Arino's play in SMW is just painful to watch. Had to skip through the last 15 minutes or so of that episode.
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Aug 11, 2012 11:33
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Obeast posted:Urakawa showed the ending after Arino beat Wart with The question was actually if Super Mario Bros. 2 actually had a True Ending like Doki Doki Panic where you had to beat it with all 4 characters, not asking if the True Ending for Doki Doki Panic was "It was a dream" like SMB2. I don't think you get a different ending in Super Mario Bros 2 by beating it with all 4 characters. I mean, for example, the NES cart doesn't seem to keep track of the stages cleared with each character like the FDS disk for Doki Doki Panic does, so there's no way to know which characters have beaten Wart.
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Aug 11, 2012 11:50
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Volfogg posted:I don't think you get a different ending in Super Mario Bros 2 by beating it with all 4 characters. I mean, for example, the NES cart doesn't seem to keep track of the stages cleared with each character like the FDS disk for Doki Doki Panic does, so there's no way to know which characters have beaten Wart. Yes it does. At the end of the game there's a counter that shows how many times you've used each of them. SMB2 is a game that I know inside and out and I've beaten it in every possible way you can. I've never gotten a different ending than Mario waking up (I think it's okay not to spoiler that; it's been twenty-five years). Also, since I have to bring this up any time SMB2 comes up, you're all wrong and your ten-year-old mind has been fooled. The Princess is the worst character and her ability is only really useful on one stage: 3-1. Luigi can jump the exact same distance that she floats and is more effective in pretty much every category. People gravitate toward using the Princess because they think it's easier to control the jumps but you're better off using any of the other three than her. Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 12:04 on Aug 11, 2012 |
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Aug 11, 2012 11:55
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Random Stranger posted:Yes it does. At the end of the game there's a counter that shows how many times you've used each of them. Huh. It's been many years since I've played SMB2, so I'm not surprised I forgot that post game counter. But I still don't think it keeps track between multiple plays in one session, just the one playthough. Am I right about that?
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Aug 11, 2012 12:06
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Keyboard Kid posted:Arino's play in SMW is just painful to watch. Had to skip through the last 15 minutes or so of that episode. There is a nice german word for that, it's "fremdschämen"(being embarrassed by someone elses actions). And it's pretty much the reason why this episode is so funny to me. Especially the cartridge emergency. That actually happened twice for me, only I had no Suda to save my cartridge. The Tamage-Segment was great as well. Thanks for the episode, I had a laugh watching those on my way to work every morning.
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Aug 11, 2012 12:25
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Random Stranger posted:Luigi can jump the exact same distance that she floats and is more effective in pretty much every category. Plus Luigi actually lands slow enough that you're still in control of where you land. If I recall, the Princess pretty much drops straight down after the float, and you have a window of maybe two seconds to land somewhere.
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Aug 11, 2012 14:13
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Haha, Arino reminiscing about having to tilt his PSX to get it to work. I wonder how many people sympathize? (Mine was so bad I had to turn it upside down and balance it on one corner)
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Aug 11, 2012 16:34
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Keyboard Kid posted:Arino's play in SMW is just painful to watch. Had to skip through the last 15 minutes or so of that episode. I mean, yeah, Arino's really bad, but, like, you gotta have some goddamn perspective about these things. Just because it's a thing that you can crush with both hands tied behind your back doesn't mean it's like that for everyone.
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Aug 11, 2012 21:24
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I still have no idea how gliding with the cape works and Arino started doing that immediately. 
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Aug 11, 2012 21:27
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Bocc Kob posted:I still have no idea how gliding with the cape works and Arino started doing that immediately. You just hold the button.
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Aug 11, 2012 21:36
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Bocc Kob posted:I still have no idea how gliding with the cape works and Arino started doing that immediately. He did read the manual after all.  Great episode. The Magikoopa portion was a bit painful to watch, but I remember as a kid I couldn't even get to Vanilla Dome without the Top Secret Area for unlimited powerups and admittedly a much easier way to get unlimited lives.
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Aug 11, 2012 21:36
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Allen Wren posted:I mean, yeah, Arino's really bad, but, like, you gotta have some goddamn perspective about these things. Just because it's a thing that you can crush with both hands tied behind your back doesn't mean it's like that for everyone. People passively assume that other people are just as talented at <x> as they are. Or if not as talented, 'it's pretty easy to do <x>'. Which really isn't the case about anything, be it super mario, sports, or any creative art.
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Aug 11, 2012 21:40
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victrix posted:People passively assume that other people are just as talented at <x> as they are. Or if not as talented, 'it's pretty easy to do <x>'. Which really isn't the case about anything, be it super mario, sports, or any creative art. Well what if they're really, really, reeeeaaaaally bad at it but somehow manage to get by as if they weren't, are they allowed to say "it's pretty easy to do x" then? 
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Aug 11, 2012 21:47
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ShadeofDante posted:He did read the manual after all. It was KILLING me that they didn't have him unlock Top Secret Area instead of doing that inane trick.
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Aug 11, 2012 22:03
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Sexy Slippers posted:It was KILLING me that they didn't have him unlock Top Secret Area instead of doing that inane trick. I would have told him about the Forest of Illusion stage with the Multi-Item Block right after the save point. Get a star out of it, and, you can get like 20-30 lives a run doing that if you sprint through. Would have saved like 40 minutes each time he needed lives.
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Aug 11, 2012 22:18
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 This is the moment you've been waiting for. Arino versus Bowser - winner take all. Refereeing this final showdown is zari-gani. She took Bowser down two falls out of three in wrestling ring and as such is the only person qualified to do it. Download torrent81 (1 files; 466.71 MB) View torrent stats Direct Download With this the Mario challenges for television have all been translated. It also marks the end of season three. Since we're not going to translate JJ and Jeff any time soon I'm going to merge these torrents into one season torrent in a few days once this episode has had some time to seed. Also, you can now watch 43 consecutive challenges with no gap in between them. 44 if you want to count the Pokemon special. I'm wondering if it's time to start thinking about where the DVDs and Nintendo Channel fit into the official viewing order... Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Aug 11, 2012 |
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Aug 11, 2012 22:33
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Holy poo poo have you folks been busy!
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Aug 11, 2012 22:41
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So when are you guys going to pick some other strange and wonderful japanese tv show to translate?
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Aug 11, 2012 22:44
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The White Dragon posted:Well what if they're really, really, reeeeaaaaally bad at it but somehow manage to get by as if they weren't, are they allowed to say "it's pretty easy to do x" then? Well, that's when you start getting into the realm of the Dunning-Kruger Effect and other interesting psychological implications. victrix posted:So when are you guys going to pick some other strange and wonderful japanese tv show to translate? Oh man, competent translation of Japanese TV that doesn't require Fanboy Japanese 101 or up-to-date glasses prescriptions and a magnifying glass to see through all the rainbow text and karaoke fonts? There's probably eight million shows that could be improved by this. This project really seems like a labor of love more than anything, though. I imagine that when Arino puts down his controller for the last time, SAGCCX will probably close its doors as well. hexwren fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Aug 11, 2012 |
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Aug 11, 2012 22:58
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victrix posted:So when are you guys going to pick some other strange and wonderful japanese tv show to translate? Well there's still fifty episodes completely untranslated, eight DVD bonus episodes, fourteen Nintendo Channel challenges, and a handful of special extras to go. Plus twenty-one episodes that we may want to redo. As zari-gani hinted at with her earlier poll, we're starting to transition into more recent stuff. The next three episodes (assuming the timing works out) are going to be less than two years old. That might be continuing for a little while. ^^^ Yeah, I don't know if I'd want to do any more timing/editing. This has been a second full time job for me. Maybe if I could get paid to do it... Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Aug 11, 2012 |
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Aug 11, 2012 23:05
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Oh I'm not complaining - it's just that you have set up one of the very few translation groups on the net doing non anime fetish translations, and I'm assuming there are probably other weird and whacky shows that we'd never see or hear about otherwise. Also y u guys no seed 
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Aug 11, 2012 23:07
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victrix posted:Oh I'm not complaining - it's just that you have set up one of the very few translation groups on the net doing non anime fetish translations, and I'm assuming there are probably other weird and whacky shows that we'd never see or hear about otherwise. It's seeding. Download it again; you may have gotten the one I needed to fix. Only six people got that one, though...
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Aug 11, 2012 23:10
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OH MY! So many episodes I've missed. And so much Mario! Thanks, thanks, and thanks again, SA Team! Time to start on SMB2. Actually, that makes me wonder: Why does everyone refer to Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic simply as "Doki Doki Panic" instead of Yume Kōjō? I understand if the game was more remembered than the Dream Factory event it came from, but it seems like an odd thing for us to latch onto in the West, too. Was it just more fun to say? The alliteration? I don't know, it's like if the East referred to Chronicles of Riddick as "Escape From Butcher Bay". Not that I think they would ever refer to that game. Of course, this may be irrelevant to everything... Three-Phase posted:That and "It's an S-car! Lator!" (Escalator) I don't know why, but that single moment made me laugh harder than most everything else I've seen from this show. A great buildup to a perfect anti-climax.
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Aug 11, 2012 23:26
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Erwin Tuwonwon posted:Actually, that makes me wonder: Why does everyone refer to Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic simply as "Doki Doki Panic" instead of Yume Kōjō? I understand if the game was more remembered than the Dream Factory event it came from, but it seems like an odd thing for us to latch onto in the West, too. Was it just more fun to say? The alliteration? I don't know, it's like if the East referred to Chronicles of Riddick as "Escape From Butcher Bay". Not that I think they would ever refer to that game. Of course, this may be irrelevant to everything... That's an excellent question that I don't have an answer to. It's probably the rhythmic hook of the title. However, as another data point, when I asked someone in a retrogame store in Japan about Doki Doki Panic they knew immediately what I was talking about.
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Aug 11, 2012 23:37
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Erwin Tuwonwon posted:Actually, that makes me wonder: Why does everyone refer to Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic simply as "Doki Doki Panic" instead of Yume Kōjō? I understand if the game was more remembered than the Dream Factory event it came from, but it seems like an odd thing for us to latch onto in the West, too. Was it just more fun to say? The alliteration? I don't know, it's like if the East referred to Chronicles of Riddick as "Escape From Butcher Bay". Not that I think they would ever refer to that game. Of course, this may be irrelevant to everything...  If I had to guess, it's because that's generally the only part that, as a westerner, you'd be able to read off-hand, and it just kinda stuck.
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Aug 11, 2012 23:38
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For all intents and purposes, Doki Doki Panic was the game's title. The Yume Kōjō part is just its branding. Kind of like the Total War games or something. Or something like how "Sid Meier's Civilization" is just known as Civilization.
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Aug 11, 2012 23:41
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Trivia time: Anyone know what episode showed Arino's wedding? My SO is strangely curious about his wife, after commenting that she has to deal with him after he gets back from a 14 hour failure.
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Aug 11, 2012 23:46
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This deluge is tremendous---at this stage I'm essentially waking up at the bottom of a lake and yet am somehow just fine with this. I gotta find some time to start!
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Aug 11, 2012 23:55
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victrix posted:Trivia time: Anyone know what episode showed Arino's wedding? My SO is strangely curious about his wife, after commenting that she has to deal with him after he gets back from a 14 hour failure. They never did, and these are the only pictures of his wife on the Internet. Here's some trivia if your SO is so curious: Arino and his wife are notoriously lovey-dovey in the entertainment world. In fact, he appeared on an episode of Ametalk called "Comedians Who Treasure Their Wives" (you can see the raw here) along with a bunch of other loving comedians. Arino's portrait of his wife, Yuuko:  Arino's entry for "photo that sums up your relationship with your wife":  Two of every console because they both had their own before they started dating  After presenting that photo he talks about how since they have such different schedules and can't always see each other, for a while they "communicated" through Wii Sports rankings, trying to one-up each other while the other is absent. In one part of the episode, the hosts blindfolded everyone and made them all smell a sweater, which Arino was able to correctly identify as his wife's. If you want to know more about Arino's love life, I'm working on something special...!
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Aug 12, 2012 00:00
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She'll love this, thanks
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Aug 12, 2012 00:02
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That's adorable. I knew she was a big gamer and that's part of why they started dating. Didn't she also (in a note he read on-air) remind him to give back one of her games that he'd borrowed and "forgotten" to give back?
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Aug 12, 2012 00:06
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zari-gani posted:
I want to say that Arino's wife's systems are the ones with the stickers on them.
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Aug 12, 2012 00:10
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The best thing about that picture is the Xbox as they are not that common in japan.
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zari-gani posted:They never did, and these are the only pictures of his wife on the Internet. Just to expound on things; Arino got married during the Famicom Jump challenge. When he came in to continue the challenge they handed him Tokimeki Memorial instead. That's really sweet that Arino found a perfect match for himself. Now I'm hoping that they've gone out in public dressed as a pair of characters from 1980's anime... I'm also shocked Arino owns an X-Box. I'm dieing of curiosity to know what games he plays on it. Edit: I think Toujima's is the only wedding that's been shown on the series. Urakawa got married during season 10, Abe was married when the show started, Nakayama has had a series of girlfriends, and we know that Inoko MAX can find no love (or at least hadn't as of season 13). I'm not sure if anyone else's marital status has come up on the show. Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Aug 12, 2012 |
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