Sumo Ball Z?

Monday, March 31st, 2008 | Japan Stuff, Videos | 4 Comments

Today’s video is sumo-related. It also includes fireballs and laser beams. ... Read More >>>

Japanese Retro Game Commercials

Sunday, March 30th, 2008 | Games, Videos | 10 Comments

Been super busy with real life work and the MOTHER 3 Fan Translation, so this site got neglected for a good while I got tons of stuff to add though, hopefully I can find the time to update better. Here is a video of many Japanese Famicom commercials. It’s weird how un-fun they make it sound. Sometimes things like this wind up sounding too formal and less interesting. But man I miss those da... Read More >>>

Itoi MOTHER 1+2 Interview, Part 1

Thursday, March 6th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff | 3 Comments

Here’s another part of the interesting Shigesato Itoi interview. The very first part can be seen here, then after that are 8 other parts. Part 7 can be read here, where he talks about Giygas and the infamous story behind all that stuff. I decided to start from the beginning, so here’s part 1. There’s nothing too interesting here, but it gets better and better as it goes from one ... Read More >>>

Japanese Music - Super Butter Dog

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 | Japan Stuff, Videos | No Comments

Today’s video is less a video and mostly just music. It’s a Super Butter Dog song called “Sayonara Color”, and it’s one of my favorite Japanese songs from one of my favorite Japanese bands. Check it out if you like quiet relaxy stuff ... Read More >>>

Silicon Time

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff | 1 Comment

A couple years back, someone at Starmen.Net, I think possibly Aquas, was browsing around Keiichi Suzuki’s website and sent him an email or posted on a guestbook or something. Suzuki was impressed and thankful that people from outside of Japan enjoyed his work, and he even put up a song or two for download. I wish I remembered the whole story, but I think whoever it was told me about it in IR... Read More >>>

Use Full Force… to Pretend Nothing Happened.

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Pictures | 7 Comments

“Contingency Plan Manual” aka “whattodoifbadthingshappen” Should the Ultimate Chimera escape from its cage, seal all entrances and exits immediately. In the unlikely event that it escapes outside, use full force… to feign ignorance and pretend nothing happened. In the event that the Ultimate Chimera is seen by civilians, ………… The rest has been ... Read More >>>