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The Mario Peoples

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:14 pm
by Dr. BUGMAN
A Japanese children's book giving a behind-the-scene famicom-era documentary has surfaced and translated into English. Truly interesting stuff! I had no idea Miyamoto was (is?) a smoker!

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Naughty you, Tezuka! You've got a nifty little Sega Mega Drive collection going, including Altered Beast (twice), Super League, Osomatsu-Kun, and Phantasy Star II.
Heh.

Re: The Mario Peoples

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:31 pm
by Malchik
This shit be baning, yo.

Re: The Mario Peoples

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:31 pm
by Zeta
Everyone in Japan smokes. They force them to start at 3 months.

Re: The Mario Peoples

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:22 am
by G.Silver
Don't make me dig through the directory tree looking for it!

Re: The Mario Peoples

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:13 am
by Dr. BUGMAN
Oops sorry. Gotta check my links more often.

Re: The Mario Peoples

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:02 am
by G.Silver
While poking around trying to find the kids' book, I found these pages of an old Famitsu Magazine which depict "Americans" buying, renting, and otherwise enjoying video games (see down at the bottom of these pages).

http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chri ... S90-10.jpg
http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chri ... S90-11.jpg

I wish the scans of those sections were larger.

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:14 am
by Senbei
You know they're Americans because they're wearing cowboy boots!

Re: The Mario Peoples

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:44 am
by Dr. BUGMAN
Yeah, disgruntleddesigner is one of my favorite sites. It's chock-full of neato stuff, but this latest one really felt thread-worthy. Interestingly enough, the guy running it is one of those freaks that has to have scanlines in his games.

Re: The Mario Peoples

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:07 pm
by M.C.Dillinger
It feels a little strange to see a younger miyamoto. I always thought of him as the happiest middle-aged men I've ever seen. has anyone seen for a photograph of him when he's not smiling? It's like his Cheshire cat or something.

Re: The Mario Peoples

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:56 pm
by Dr. BUGMAN
M.C.Dillinger wrote:has anyone seen for a photograph of him when he's not smiling?
http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=127195