Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Originally streamed at:
twitch.tv/yuugijoou
One day, we will find out... who I really am:
twitter.com/yuugijoou
discord.gg/bKT9pRW
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0:15 International English opening sequence
3:35 Japanese ENGLISH opening sequence
I was last week years old when I discovered that Japan actually had this same cutscene play out... IN ENGLISH. A totally different, prototype English dub cast, actually. (Did THOSE actors at least get paid anything for their work with the Remaster? ...I kinda doubt it, actually.)
Which is weird, because based on who's in it and the productions the company was involved in, I'm pretty sure everyone who's in this game just happens to be native English speakers who live in Japan.
So, a lot of the weirdness of both of these AND the final product actually happen to come down to strange interactions with the language barriers going BOTH ways, especially since actors in one language and directors trying to capture something specific in the OTHER language that doesn't always come across the same way to everyone?
The end result? Priceless.
All of it.
Wouldn't change it for the world.
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MANY enthusiasts got their hands dirty and dug around in the muck of the sound files and especially the "bundle" files that contain lots of uncategorized little details like event scripting and game actions hidden away behind incomprehensibly-named alphanumeric gibberish.
The end result being that the fans did what Namco-Ban-DIDN'T, and the game can be played in either language option. With some degree of finagling.
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I think we can all at least agree that the Japanese version's script... definitely benefitted from a few extra revisions to arrive at the final version. Poor Corellia wasn't even given any guidance on how to pronounce that big ol' mean proper noun!
That and. Like. A... LOT of... um. I don't think anyone actually checked with a native speaker before asking for some of these reads. Super awkward, since i would logically assume MOST of these HAD to be read by someone who speaks enough English to say "wait, um. that doesn't sound right?"
The only real blemish on the version that native English speakers got was the nonsense about Gibari telling Savyna to "go away!" when they were running together. (The bastards!)
Also, the voice filtering on Mizuti really needed that extra time to fine-tune and get the whole thing right... ... ... the translation making more sense and flowing better is really an "either way" kind of thing when it comes to The Great Mizuti, though. So... good that it at least sounds... "greater" like this?
Originally streamed at:
twitch.tv/yuugijoou
One day, we will find out... who I really am:
twitter.com/yuugijoou
discord.gg/bKT9pRW
---
0:15 International English opening sequence
3:35 Japanese ENGLISH opening sequence
I was last week years old when I discovered that Japan actually had this same cutscene play out... IN ENGLISH. A totally different, prototype English dub cast, actually. (Did THOSE actors at least get paid anything for their work with the Remaster? ...I kinda doubt it, actually.)
Which is weird, because based on who's in it and the productions the company was involved in, I'm pretty sure everyone who's in this game just happens to be native English speakers who live in Japan.
So, a lot of the weirdness of both of these AND the final product actually happen to come down to strange interactions with the language barriers going BOTH ways, especially since actors in one language and directors trying to capture something specific in the OTHER language that doesn't always come across the same way to everyone?
The end result? Priceless.
All of it.
Wouldn't change it for the world.
---
MANY enthusiasts got their hands dirty and dug around in the muck of the sound files and especially the "bundle" files that contain lots of uncategorized little details like event scripting and game actions hidden away behind incomprehensibly-named alphanumeric gibberish.
The end result being that the fans did what Namco-Ban-DIDN'T, and the game can be played in either language option. With some degree of finagling.
---
I think we can all at least agree that the Japanese version's script... definitely benefitted from a few extra revisions to arrive at the final version. Poor Corellia wasn't even given any guidance on how to pronounce that big ol' mean proper noun!
That and. Like. A... LOT of... um. I don't think anyone actually checked with a native speaker before asking for some of these reads. Super awkward, since i would logically assume MOST of these HAD to be read by someone who speaks enough English to say "wait, um. that doesn't sound right?"
The only real blemish on the version that native English speakers got was the nonsense about Gibari telling Savyna to "go away!" when they were running together. (The bastards!)
Also, the voice filtering on Mizuti really needed that extra time to fine-tune and get the whole thing right... ... ... the translation making more sense and flowing better is really an "either way" kind of thing when it comes to The Great Mizuti, though. So... good that it at least sounds... "greater" like this?
![[Gameplay Only] Fire Emblem: Three Houses 12. Nothing Bad Happens at Prom!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xPQJPRANw3k/mqdefault.jpg "[Gameplay Only] Fire Emblem: Three Houses 12. Nothing Bad Happens at Prom!
Name one work of fiction where an arc-defining terrible thing happened when youre expected to be super socially awkward making perfucntory merry!
If you need LESS focus and more idle puppet show jabber and sidebarchatter, theres that version as well:
https://youtube.com/live/WRdxWDdegfo
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
https://twitter.com/yuugijoou
https://discord.gg/bKT9pRW
...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[VTuber] Star Fox Assault Someday, Theyll Get Tired of Remaking the Same Star Fox Game](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xPmhicyrQrU/mqdefault.jpg "[VTuber] Star Fox Assault Someday, Theyll Get Tired of Remaking the Same Star Fox Game
This is the one with Panther in it. I will accept no other arguments.
If the chatterbox puppet show is too much, you can always ask her to go away:
https://youtu.be/PBYCCx5QdFg
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
https://twitter.com/yuugijoou
https://discord.gg/bKT9pRW
...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[No Commentary] Sea of Thieves #00. Character Uncreator, Uncharacteristic Creation?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xZ-DRAaABaA/mqdefault.jpg "[No Commentary] Sea of Thieves #00. Character Uncreator, Uncharacteristic Creation?
Im sure this is a sign of a quick project thatll be open and shut soon. Just look at Iggys Reckin Balls!
As often I doth protest too much, I feel like... at least in THIS case, the version polluted with uncanny puppetrcraft is the... ... ... less unbearable alternative. If I may grudgingly be forced to admit so myself (under extreme duress), at any rate.
If youre willing to tolerate my unseemly alternative lifestyle choices and want some insight as to WHY were doing all this? Well... it MAY be gleaned to some small degree here (no promises):
https://youtu.be/Cpa3dQSSJ4g
And REALLY bad eggs:
twitter.com/yuugijoou
discord.gg/bKT9pRW
Theres no surprise and a mountain of evidence already entered into the record that I seem to take character creation VERY seriously. I think. Sort of. Its... complicated!
Whether properly accurate or effective in taking a personal inventory, Im one of THOSE people who likes to treat these situations as a chance for a blank slate to insert myself into a new, unfamiliar, and exciting situation. (counterpoint: the unbridled freedom to sin against nature offered by Street Fighter 6 shows that Im woefully lacking in my understanding of what makes a human being... um... human?)
But what if, instead, this isnt your average character creator engine? Sure, all the pieces and parts are there, and theres an incredibly exciting diversity in individual expression and a frankly jarring breadth of body types being made possible.
Possible.
Because you dont actually CONTROL any of it. Youre not so much creating a character as you are evaluating as many possible candidates for your player character as you care to see ferried into the interface for your perusal and approval. And... thats more or less it. Dont like them? Try again!
You CAN lock any slot that you feel might be compelling enough to keep around, but the option doesnt seem especially constructive, since you wont be able to do anything with or to them, just one less generation per roll of the dice.
I want to be very clear: this idea has merit. Its used quite effectively, in fact. To varying degrees in various contexts. And in the sole context of populating a piracy simulator and open seascape for the players to freely interact with, this is a mighty impressive feat of how to fill said world with actually amazing diversity in its people.
But, aside from bespoke NPCs designed exactly as intended and serving specific functions, the PEOPLE populating this world are. Yknow. People. Humans. Playing a game. An online game. Each one will be somone different. Someone unique. And quite likely someone uniquely nonrepresentative of themselves?
I actually really enjoy it in games that are significantly more roguish in persuasion. Getting brand new, uncontrollable generations of characters in the likes of Rogue Legacy or The Swindle and such is positively refreshing, whether or not the difference is really anything but cosmetic.
Im loath to use it as a proper counterpoint, but theres also a certain degree of this in my very early, formative evaluation of Fortnite. That is, bereft of any actual cosmetic items of their own, every new player will boot into the preeminent battle royale as a completely arbitrary... somebody. And each new game thereafter, theyll be someone else. It actually felt kinda impressive and practically self-aware that cramming a hundred people on an island and having them have at one another would by necessity run through a metric ton of personnel in an awful hurry, so populating them uniquely seemed like a nice fit.
Until you acquire a skin. Any skin. I thought at first that maybe it was a unique fashion statement that the random people-generator underpinning it all would suit up with in fair turn... but even the seemingly nondescript Twitch tie-in gal wearing otherwise normal clothes would come back time after time for more without variation.
Obviously where THAT diverges from my expectation is the fact THAT game lives and breathes on grotesque amounts of monetization of visual dissimilarities each available for an often exceedingly real price. And people do love their very pretty, very specific blank slates to project onto, so Im definitely in the wrong in my misaimed iota of admiration that quickly fell off a cliff when I realized.
In THIS game, it was succinctly summarized to me by a veteran player that if people could freely choose their character... wed be overrun by Jack Sparrow impersonators and the like. Oh well.
All it costs ME is about fifty minutes of rolling the dice and trying to separate form, function, and stylization against my already questionable sense of residual self-image. (...and a fleet of self-esteem crises just simmering on the back burner. Its actually cool! I swear!)
Ghoulish facsimile is one of my signature physical attributes, no?
Believe me, it couldve been worse. (I can be MUCH worse.)")
![[Stream Archive] Splatoon Raiders 9. Multiplayer Makes the Medicine Go Down](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xvMWYk2pV3Q/mqdefault.jpg "[Stream Archive] Splatoon Raiders 9. Multiplayer Makes the Medicine Go Down
We speak ONLY in the language of violence!
If you need LESS chatter, theres that version as well:
https://youtu.be/XBUUsyIiWYM
(the gameplay resolution will be higher at least?!)
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
https://twitter.com/yuugijoou
https://discord.gg/bKT9pRW
...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[Stream Archive] Splatoon Raiders 10. Checklist Cleanup?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y-HVB40mfu8/mqdefault.jpg "[Stream Archive] Splatoon Raiders 10. Checklist Cleanup?
Im sure the salt-based economy cant come crashing down around us, right?!
If you need LESS chatter, theres that version as well:
https://youtu.be/YFU7n_pNKTs
(the gameplay resolution will be higher at least?!)
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
https://twitter.com/yuugijoou
https://discord.gg/bKT9pRW
...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[Gameplay Only] Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Technically Not Horrendous Runtime?!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yTZV1yG3B6E/mqdefault.jpg "[Gameplay Only] Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Technically Not Horrendous Runtime?!
I spent at least SOME time trying to figure out what could possibly make the thing run a little better... hopefully?!
If you NEED the needless chatter, theres that version as well:
https://youtube.com/live/ESVTaxUIFk4
(the gameplay resolution will be lower, to accommodate streaming at the time of broadcast, however)
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
https://twitter.com/yuugijoou
https://discord.gg/bKT9pRW
...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[Gameplay Only] Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 8. Somewhere, Beyond the Sea](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yeXXeoTyh3U/mqdefault.jpg "[Gameplay Only] Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 8. Somewhere, Beyond the Sea
Somewhere, waiting for me. (But were probably going to be here awhile yet. ;3)
If you need LESS chatter, theres that version as well:
https://youtube.com/live/fcj3bCM4bHc
(the gameplay resolution will be higher at least?!)
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
https://twitter.com/yuugijoou
https://discord.gg/bKT9pRW
...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[VTuber] Star Fox 64 3D Stealth Drop Revenge of the Sixth Golden Week](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z3OjBfa-dIQ/mqdefault.jpg "[VTuber] Star Fox 64 3D Stealth Drop Revenge of the Sixth Golden Week
All the things I missed, wrapped into one irrelevant package!
Funny, I dont think this has anything to do with Star Wars OR Lylat Fox... OR weird fanservice art trends?!
To dismiss the golden week aspect, you can always just watch me be bad at game here instead:
https://youtu.be/Z7T8jV9cUec
Originally streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
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...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[Stream Archive] Splatoon Raiders 5. Its Getting Spicy in Here](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zIP5S0aP2sU/mqdefault.jpg "[Stream Archive] Splatoon Raiders 5. Its Getting Spicy in Here
Yknow, because the allure of murder ovewhelms the dread of omnidimensional grind.
If you need LESS chatter, theres that version as well:
https://youtu.be/SOxpTR-Lbd4
(the gameplay resolution will be higher at least?!)
Originally ALSO streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
https://twitter.com/yuugijoou
https://discord.gg/bKT9pRW
...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
![[TEST] Pokémon Champions Dont Cross the Streams!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zLsR8HKw300/mqdefault.jpg "[TEST] Pokémon Champions Dont Cross the Streams!
Trying something a little different...
Originally streamed at:
https://twitch.tv/yuugijoou/
Stay up to date on what nonsense Im doing:
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...or, yknow, just harass me if Im doing something you dont like, whatever.")
