Thanks for checking out this video! If you want to read the full comic, this website has both the German comic and the English translation: www.kirbysrainbowresort.net/multimedia/manga/kgf.html See you next week :)
Kirby swearing is like the equivalent of him holding a _real_ gun in the Japanese version of “Kirby: Right Back at Ya!”. Truly an unexpected moment in history there, ngl…
The most interesting thing about this to me is the fact that the guy just wanted to spite Masahiro Sakurai. Now I really want to know what Sakurai did to give the guy such a grudge against him
I already knew about the existence of this comic (I'd even read the whole thing in the past before) but I didn't actually know about the background of why it was created and such. So this is a very interesting video with lots of new stuff I hadn't known yet! So, thanks! Keep up the good work, Thomas!
@@ThomasGameDocs Yeah, he seemed pretty self aware of how goofy his translations were haha. It must've been pretty weird to have been a German kid playing Secrets of Mana and just reading the crazy-ass dialogue that makes NO sense lmaooo
@@EnigmaticGentleman I mean, it’s all about Kirby’s character rather than the general idea of Kirby. Kirby’s character is the one thing that is consistent even at the end of the games
Claude Moyse himself said in an April 2022 Podcast/Interview, that it's just a old Rumor and he never hold a Grudge against Sakurai. The Reason he did stuff like that was because Kirby had no established Character at that Point and he had no Idea what to do with him in the Club Nintendo Comics. And he just wanted to have some good ol' fun.
Ah, the German Club Nintendo comics, I should have known! Those are some very weird comics in general, with stories including Nintendo characters facing off against an army of horror movie villains, Dr Light from Mega Man creating Wario, and a whole ski slope full of tourists turning into cheese. The writers of these comics didn't give a toss whether the content would be 'consistent' with Nintendo's brands, and the comics are arguably all the more fun/interesting because of it. Either way, it's an interesting story. Not sure why Claude hated Sakurai so much, but it's interesting to hear that's the case, as is the particulars of how video game translations worked back in the 80s and 90s. Great video!
Oddly enough that one dead body isnt the most gruesome thing in Kirby. Heck, Kirby Planet Robobot already had a dead body onscreen if you think about it.
Well Kirby doesn't speak poyo either in the games. That's just an anime thing (minus Mass Attack and Epic Yarn, but those were directed by other people)
Besides poyo, Kirby also says *chesto* and *hi*, in addition to squeaks and yells. You've got to admire Makiko Ohmoto's portrayal of Kirby, even though he's usually silent.
Kirby reading PlayBoy magazines is absolutely hilarious. I feel this comic is about on par with the actual Kirby franchise, minus the adult themes of course (with the exception of corpses, I will never forget Kirby Planet Robobot's cutscene of Haltmann falling limp).
Doesn’t surprise me Kirby is one of those series where you wouldn’t find this that makes the people who make this series want to put this in to have something catch people off guard
@@FunnyAndCleverHandle Doesn’t surprise me. Kirby is one of those series where you wouldn’t find this. That makes the people who make this series want to put this in to have something catch people off guard.
If I had a nickle for everytime a Nintendo character said "shit" in an obscure peice of media, I'd have two nickles, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
Think it's important to note that Claude's translations are kind of infamous, but also still loved by many. Back then it was very rare for games to actually feature German text on screen (even more so in the NES/GameBoy days. And as someone who's played those games back then, I totally have to say that he probably did the best he could. He definitely had a weird humor and went a bit over board in some instances, adding new pop culture references etc. (e.g. the German version of Secret of Evermore starts in Großostheim, the city where Nintendo had their German offices back then). These didn't really ruin the games, they made them somewhat more relatable, even though it was obviously a change specific to the German versions. This comic is on kind of another level, though. But in the end, I think his work definitely influenced me getting into games localization, too. And while the times changed, sometimes there's still a chance to add your own flavor, but this definitely isn't the Wild West anymore.😉
That sounds awesome and a bit underwhelming, not because of him but because there wasn't quality control back then with all language localization and thus many were also irritated by some of those early choices that didn't allow for the games' story to be faithful. But, if it made fans out of you and others, I guess us non-English speakers can live with that.
@@sion8 It rarely happens, but sometimes there's a localization that appears leagues better than if it was just directly translated. Or the memes made are just worth a look. On a different note, I thought Nintendo Europe, or at least Nintendo Germany, was still in Großostheim?
@@sion8 Well, it should be noted that Germany has a kind of long tradition with localization and dubbing in particular. Many TV shows and movies were actually significantly improved, even though some lost original jokes or references. The German dub of Hogan's Heroes for example even added new (never seen) background characters to spin the narration around, which allowed new jokes and improved the show overall. Also old Italian westerns partially got their own "comedy dub" that launched them and their stars (like Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill) into mainstream popularity, something the original stories never really achieved. Oh, and one more thing to note: These edits and open (re-)interpretations of stories were done on a completely different level than stuff you see from US censorship and the like (excluding stuff actually based on US edits, obviously).
To be fair, the manga artists who drew and inked this gave Claude all the ammo he needed, Kirby was already a freak before the dialogue. The swearing is just icing on the cake.
Y'all remember the other time when Kirby can speak english in Avalanche, he's sassy af? Yeah, Kirby whenever he's given opportunity to speak english, he's giving some rude lines. Means the poyo cute language we think of when he speas might translate to actual roast and cuss lol
"I didn't particularly like the kirby inventor" Wait, you're telling me this guy didn't like SAKURAI!!! I feel like there's a story here that needs to be told. Who doesn't like Sakurai?
Claude Moyse said in an April 2022 Podcast/Interview, that it's just a old Rumor and he never hold a Grudge against Sakurai. The Reason he did stuff like that was because Kirby had no established Character at that Point and he had no Idea what to do with him in the Club Nintendo Comics. And he just wanted to have some fun.
Actually, in Germany and Switzerland swearing really isn’t really a big deal. Honestly, Claude Moyse probably didn’t think he was doing anything wrong with Kirby swearing.
This guy, while shouldn't be taking out his anger like that, made a hilarious interpretation of Kirby, I wanna see this version of Kirby in his own weird spin-offs, perhaps, having a confrontation with the wholesome intentional Kirby.
This came out 2 years before the Super Mario Brothers movie, so it really doesn't surprise me Nintendo were still a little loose with what was a not a well-established character.
I remember when playing a Super Smash Bros game where if you get pikachu’s power up as kirby and use pikachu’s neutral special, Kirby would sound like saying "Fuck You!" over and over again, if you spam this attack that is.
The only time i heard Kirby swore before is in the Kirby audio drama, It sounds like he says "F*ck you" but when translated he actually says "BOOM!!!" but it's kinda funny just to hear Kirby to literally just swear at you and then immediately shoot you with a gun, lol.
Moyse is insane. I've wrote him an email once beacue of his crazy german translation of Secret of Mana and he told me back in the days noone at Nintendo gave a shit. Secret of Mana in german is super funny and strange and full of pop culture references of the 90s
Thank you so much! I've always wondered what the fresh hell was going on with Nintendo of Germany. Everytime you hear about some bizarre lore in a Nintendo game it's an NoG comic. Now I know the man to blame!
At-last, years of studying german at school finally turned out to be useful! Now I want the shirt with Kirby swearing, just like your previous one with Mario lol (Btw, why does Kirby call King Dedede "Nick" in german? That's kinda funny tbh)
@@heehokuzunoha7757 People in the smash community don't like some of the game balance, but aside from the memes the majority of the community loves Sakurai.
@@aurora_x86 Maybe the Ultimate community but for melee fans he's a bit infamous. He pretty much despises the fact that people still take an interest in melee and use glitches and exploits to enhance their movement rather than just using intended game mechanics. He's personally ordered live streams of melee to be shut down and I believe he even had a hand in almost shutting down a charity event for the game.
Hey Thomas, I follow your Videos quite a real long time now. Great work! :) Well, I'm from Germany and as a child I had this comic! Back then I was not disturbed by the explicity of the images. I even enjoyed reading it a lot. I can't tell how often I read it back then. I also still knew the plot and till now never came up with the idea, that he was swearing. I accepted it as a cute word for 'Scheiße', which isn't a swear word here in Germany. Except when you're super prudish :D I think I've got the original in my cellar. And talking about comics: I've got one, that was released by the time they published Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island. This one is more childish, I swear ;) Keep up with the great work and weiterhin viel Erfolg auf RUclips! Tope
In Kirby Battle Royale, if you speak to the Microphone Dee before fighting Meta Knight he will say “I hope Meta Knight keeps it clean out there! I’m recording every word!” Which could mean Meta Knight is known to cuss in battle.
@@DJoony Eh, I'm used to the absurdity that came from the Club Nintendo comics. In one, Peach turned into a zombie for instance during a spooky night with Mario, Link and Kirby guarding the house. Another one had Dr. Thomas Light loosing his mind because someone (Kirby) stole his newest invention, the GameBoy Camera which Mario had to find and bring back. It's all part of my childhood so obviously I am a little biased whether I like this comic in particular.
@@MegaManNeo I read some of the comics online and were really interesting how video game characters interact with other video game characters in a different series! But the second one you mentioned doesn’t seem to exist. I just don’t like this comic because Kirby is shown as an absolute weirdo, and he is my favorite character of all time.
Claude Moyse said in an April 2022 Podcast/Interview, that it's just a old Rumor and he never hold a Grudge against Sakurai. The Reason he did stuff like that was because Kirby had no established Character at that Point and he had no Idea what to do with him in the Club Nintendo Comics. And he just wanted to have some good ol' fun.
His... creative translations have become a fun thing to look for when playing those games for a lot of people here in Germany, there's specifically German pop culture references which are funny to see in for example secret of mana :D
Did you know "Sh*t" is the worst word that's used in FFVII Remake and it turns out Tifa is the only playable main story character that doesn't say that word
Given that some of the Kirby lore is pretty out there along with eldritch horrors within game (nightmare, cough, Dark DeDeDe), this wouldn't be *too* far out there for him. The perverted stuff? No so much.
That’s interesting that you found a Kirby comic with a swearword in it. Nintendo of America must be ashamed of themselves if they wanted nothing to do with this. Certainly this is a rare collectors item.
4:19 Wow, someone speaking English actually acknowledging that "ö" exists. Vielen Dank dafür! ^^ 7:49 And even if he had said "Mist!" or "Scheiße!" would that have been any better? 9:53 Maybe it even would have been written. But clearly not released with blessing from Kyoto.
Grass is a plant with narrow leaves growing from the base. A common kind of grass is used to cover the ground in a lawn and other places. Grass gets water from the roots in the ground. Grass is usually pigmented with the colour ‘green’. Grasses are monocotyledon, herbaceous plants. The grasses include the "grass", of the family Poaceae (also called Gramineae). Also sometimes it is used to include the sedges (Cyperaceae) and the rushes (Juncaceae). These three families are not closely related but belong to different clades in the order Poales. They are similar adaptations to a common life-style. The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns (turf) and grassland. Uses for graminoids include food (as grain, sprouted grain, shoots or rhizomes), drink (beer, whisky), pasture for livestock, thatching thatch, paper, fuel, clothing, insulation, construction, sports turf, basket weaving and many others. Many grasses are short, but some grasses, like bamboo can grow very tall. Plants from the grass family can grow in many places, even if they are very cold or very dry. Several other plants that look similar but are not members of the grass family are also sometimes called grass; these include rushes, reeds, papyrus, and water chestnut. Grasses are an important food for many animals, like deer, buffalo, cattle, mice, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and many other grazers. Unlike other plants, grasses grow from the bottom, so when animals eat grass they usually do not destroy the part that grows. Without grass, dirt can wash away into rivers (erosion). Graminoids include some of the most versatile plant life-forms. They became widespread toward the end of the Cretaceous. Fossilized dinosaur dung (coprolites) have been found containing grass phytoliths (silica stones inside grass leaves).[Grasses have adapted to conditions in lush rain forests, dry deserts, cold mountains and even intertidal habitats, and are now the most widespread plant type. Grass is a valuable source of food and energy for many animals.Lawn grass is often planted on sports fields and in the area around a building. Sometimes chemicals and water is used to help lawns to grow. People have used grasses for a long time. People eat parts of grasses. Corn, wheat, barley, oats, rice and millet are cereals, common grains whose seeds are used for food and to make alcohol such as beer. Sugar comes from sugar cane, which is also a plant in the grass family. People have grown grasses as food for farm animals for about 4,000 years. People use bamboo to build houses, fences, furniture and other things. 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Grass-type Pokémon are immune to Leech Seed Starting in Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are immune to powder and spore moves and Effect Spore.Grass types are tied with Rock in having the most weaknesses out of all types with five. Since Generation I, a particular asset of Grass types is being the only type that is immune to Leech Seed. As of Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are also immune to powder and spore moves, such as Sleep Powder and Stun Spore. Additionally, Grass Pokémon are the only ones affected by Rototiller and Flower Shield. Those moves raise both attack stats or the physical Defense stat, respectively, when used. Forest's Curse adds the Grass type to the target's types. Grass-type attacks are resisted by seven types, so they're tied with Bug as the most resisted type. Those resistant types are best covered by Rock and Ground. As of Generation VI, Dark and Ghost have neutral matchups against every type that resists Grass. 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Since Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are also immune to Effect Spore.Only Grass-type Pokémon can have these Abilities. This does not include signature Abilities.Due to the decreased amount of types in the TCG, Grass generally adopts all Bug-type Pokémon under its typing. It also adopted Poison-type Pokémon prior to the Diamond & Pearl set, after which they were moved to Psychic. Similar to the games, Grass-type Pokémon in the TCG are generally weak to Fire and resist Water. Grass-type Pokémon are strong against Fighting and Water Pokémon, whilst Metal Pokémon resisted it until the EX Power Keepers expansion set. Generation V introduced the most Grass-type Pokémon of any generation, with 21 (including Rotom's Mow form), and Generation VI introduced the fewest Grass-type Pokémon, with nine. Generation I introduced the most Grass-type moves of any generation, with 10, and Generation II introduced the fewest Grass-type moves, with three. The Grass type and/or Pokémon of the type have been referred to using the term "plant" instead on some occasions: In the English Generation I games, the Gym guide in Cerulean Gym refers to Pokémon of the Grass type as "plant Pokémon". In the English versions of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, he instead mentions "Grass-type Pokémon". In the Japanese versions of the Generation I games and FireRed and LeafGreen, he mentions the Grass type itself, calling it the "Plant type" (Japanese: しょくぶつタイプ). Another reference to "plant Pokémon" (Japanese: しょくぶつポケモン) is made by Professor Oak in the Japanese Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, and international Pokémon Red and Blue, classifying Bulbasaur as such when the player is about to choose it as their starter. This is also the case in the Japanese versions of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; in contrast, he calls it the "grass Pokémon" in the English versions. This same reference is also used in the first episode of Pokémon Origins. In multiple languages, such as French and German, the Grass type is translated as the Plant type. The Turkish dub of the anime occasionally refers to "Grass type" as "Plant type". The Grass type has the most Pokémon that evolve by Evolution stones, with a total of 11. It is also the type that can utilize the most stones, having at least one Pokémon that can evolve via the Leaf Stone, Sun Stone, Water Stone, and Shiny Stone. The Grass type is the only type to have more than one HP-draining move, having five of them. Grass-type attacks deal doubly super-effective damage to the most Pokémon of all types. Grass-type attacks are super effective against the three types that Fire types are weak to. Fire is the only type that hasn't been paired with Grass. In Tree's a Crowd, Brock states that Grass-type Pokémon resist Electric-type moves due to being able to diffuse the electricity into trees and the ground. He also explains that if Grass types are in the air, they cannot diffuse the electricity from Electric attacks, thereby dealing normally effective damage.
Matis/Lt. Surge from Pokémon would also say "shit", in English, in a manga before. He is an American, so that would fit his character. Immigrants in Japanese media tend to mix Japanese words with English words.
Was it in the Japanese version? Because if I'm right, "swear words" aren't really a thing in japan, so I'm sure they would have said something different in the english dub
A 16 year old is not exactly a “kid”. Even then, they can only drink weaker alcohol. The hard stuff is allowed at 18, like most of the world. You can drink weak alcohol as early as 14, but only with your parents allowing it and monitoring you.
Rofl! It's Germany 🤣 I laughed my ass off to my ex gf son playing that switch rabbits Mario game because toad says "shit in German" in the first mission of that game
I think this comic might have worked if kirby didn't swear and other stuff. I think its a really cool concept to make kirby solve crimes with his modern-day personality.
As a German, I think it's kinda sad that Nintendo changed most of Claude Moyse's translations in later rereleases of the games he worked on; guess they weren't all that fond of his work. Personally I think that - while being not that faithful to the source material - his translations didn't harm the stories of the games and added a special kind of charme to them. But what I can't understand is why Moyse had a grudge against Sakurai, sadly he didn't tell us the reason for it... So I'll end this in the words of Claude M. Moyse: "Holerö!" xD
@@Rael0505 Claude M. Moyse himself said in an April 2022 Podcast/Interview, that it's just a old Rumor and he never hold a Grudge against Sakurai. The Reason he did stuff like that was because Kirby had no established Character at that Point and he had no Idea what to do with him in the Club Nintendo Comics. And he just wanted to have some fun.
The whole "Moyse disliked Sakurai" is not true. Claude M. Moyse himself said in an April 2022 Podcast/Interview, that it's just a old Rumor and he never hold a Grudge against Sakurai. The Reason he did stuff like that was because Kirby had no established Character at that Point and he had no Idea what to do with him in the Club Nintendo Comics. The Rumor himself originated from an Text-only Interview from 2004, that seems to be wrong.
Claudio Massimo Moyse - still an interesting person, still somewhat active in the business (as the chairman of Raptor Publishing, you can still meet him at conventions) - and there is still the story of his "R18" translation of Secret of Evermore, he did out of boredom and made rare cartridges of for his colleagues. (a thing I so want to hold in my hands)
Thanks for checking out this video! If you want to read the full comic, this website has both the German comic and the English translation: www.kirbysrainbowresort.net/multimedia/manga/kgf.html
See you next week :)
This is like those videos of kids saying swears or bad things, but without knowing
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Kirby swearing is like the equivalent of him holding a _real_ gun in the Japanese version of “Kirby: Right Back at Ya!”. Truly an unexpected moment in history there, ngl…
I think a character swore in the japanese version as well
@@selfawarerubbish they probably said "kuso"
I remember seeing it in the American version too or maybe that is just me
For his neutral special, he weilds a gun.
I hate Kirby Right Back At Ya
The most interesting thing about this to me is the fact that the guy just wanted to spite Masahiro Sakurai. Now I really want to know what Sakurai did to give the guy such a grudge against him
My guess: he was having to deal with Japanese
Yeah, Sakurai isn't really that type of person to try to offend anyone. I need to know.
That's exactly what I want to know!
@@katedp7825 Moyse and his gf were the very couple Sakurai kicked the ass of at King of Fighters that fateful night at the arcade. 🤨
Sakurai: Yeah that Adolf guy was pretty cool.
Moyse: Oy vey!!
Imagine being so family friendly that when your character says SHIT it deserves an entire 10 min. video
That is, up until the final bosses which either have super messed up backstories, or are literally straight out of Resident Evil.
@@EnigmaticGentleman Zero being a pretty notable example. Imagine the ESRB rating if it was in HD!
Tell me you constantly hear and say swear words without telling me you constantly hear and say swear words
Well this is a Thomas Game Docs video. I half expected the "swear word" to be something like "fudge!" or "jeepers!"
@@EnigmaticGentleman and he called my mom fat too
Kirby is that one series that almost always places you in a false sense of security unless you are a Kirby fan
yeah like the blood spurting eyeballs
@@cooljrgaming9729 And Jesters getting ripped in half with a brutal Death scream
@@falco05 And Death cults
I remember reading the full German Kirby comic a while ago. I’m glad to see more videos talking about this comic, it’s wild.
I already knew about the existence of this comic (I'd even read the whole thing in the past before) but I didn't actually know about the background of why it was created and such. So this is a very interesting video with lots of new stuff I hadn't known yet! So, thanks!
Keep up the good work, Thomas!
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed the video! When I stumbled across that interview with Claude Moyse I was pretty shocked by how candid he was!
@@ThomasGameDocs redo the pinned
@@ThomasGameDocs Yeah, he seemed pretty self aware of how goofy his translations were haha.
It must've been pretty weird to have been a German kid playing Secrets of Mana and just reading the crazy-ass dialogue that makes NO sense lmaooo
@@ThomasGameDocs 6:33: "WHO ORDERED THE BREASTPLATE!"
@@robbiewalker2831 Me
I love how Kirby and deedee seem to be best friend with each other in this
@A HogammerGIVE ME THAT SWEET *LORE*
The most jarring thing to me is that he is drawn the same size as Kirby instead of being twice his height.
Truly a Kirby moment
Quite literally is, this video makes it clear Thomas hasnt actually finished a Kirby game lol
@@EnigmaticGentleman fuck
@@EnigmaticGentleman I mean, it’s all about Kirby’s character rather than the general idea of Kirby. Kirby’s character is the one thing that is consistent even at the end of the games
Kirby is my favorite character because he says the ni;g word whenever he wants like me
Lol
What kinda beef did he have with Sakurai 😭😭
"I'm going to make your child a freak" 💀💀
Jewish moment
@@BBWahoo so true
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Claude Moyse himself said in an April 2022 Podcast/Interview, that it's just a old Rumor and he never hold a Grudge against Sakurai. The Reason he did stuff like that was because Kirby had no established Character at that Point and he had no Idea what to do with him in the Club Nintendo Comics. And he just wanted to have some good ol' fun.
Ah, the German Club Nintendo comics, I should have known! Those are some very weird comics in general, with stories including Nintendo characters facing off against an army of horror movie villains, Dr Light from Mega Man creating Wario, and a whole ski slope full of tourists turning into cheese. The writers of these comics didn't give a toss whether the content would be 'consistent' with Nintendo's brands, and the comics are arguably all the more fun/interesting because of it.
Either way, it's an interesting story. Not sure why Claude hated Sakurai so much, but it's interesting to hear that's the case, as is the particulars of how video game translations worked back in the 80s and 90s. Great video!
Oddly enough that one dead body isnt the most gruesome thing in Kirby. Heck, Kirby Planet Robobot already had a dead body onscreen if you think about it.
Pres. Haltman?
Don’t forget about the blood in DL3 and CS.
Planet Robobot basically had an evil a.i that killed someone to puppet it’s corpse to speak through it.
@@CephenJane and the one abomination at the end of Forgotten Land
@@SJrad and the one time where one of the stage design for Kirby's Dreamland 2 was acually a naked woman
since we don't speak poyo, kirby could be swearing in the games all the time
Well Kirby doesn't speak poyo either in the games. That's just an anime thing (minus Mass Attack and Epic Yarn, but those were directed by other people)
Jokes on you, I speak poyo.
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@@The_SleepySandwich Oh, so you speak poyo?
List every swear word in the language
Besides poyo, Kirby also says *chesto* and *hi*, in addition to squeaks and yells. You've got to admire Makiko Ohmoto's portrayal of Kirby, even though he's usually silent.
“Goddamit King Dedede I’m sick of your shit” - Kirby that one time
Is in this video
Kirby reading PlayBoy magazines is absolutely hilarious.
I feel this comic is about on par with the actual Kirby franchise, minus the adult themes of course
(with the exception of corpses, I will never forget Kirby Planet Robobot's cutscene of Haltmann falling limp).
not magalor is an incredibly suspicious name , so ill assume youre magalor .
@@_BubblGum_ damn.
the not family friendly stuff in the comic is not a taboo in germany
Doesn’t surprise me Kirby is one of those series where you wouldn’t find this that makes the people who make this series want to put this in to have something catch people off guard
I had a stroke reading this 🫖
@@FunnyAndCleverHandle it just needs punctuation.
@@passtheapplejuice2619 pls punctuate for me 😩
@@FunnyAndCleverHandle Doesn’t surprise me. Kirby is one of those series where you wouldn’t find this. That makes the people who make this series want to put this in to have something catch people off guard.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING
I mean Kirby was mixing drinks in Kirby’s Adventure whenever he gets a random roulette by consuming multiple power ups at once.
If I had a nickle for everytime a Nintendo character said "shit" in an obscure peice of media, I'd have two nickles, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
I understood that reference.
What
Wait what was the other time?
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@@Jed_the_Malamute mario
Claude Moyse who brought the Lindenstraße and "Holerö" to Secret of Mana.
The absolute legend!
Think it's important to note that Claude's translations are kind of infamous, but also still loved by many. Back then it was very rare for games to actually feature German text on screen (even more so in the NES/GameBoy days. And as someone who's played those games back then, I totally have to say that he probably did the best he could. He definitely had a weird humor and went a bit over board in some instances, adding new pop culture references etc. (e.g. the German version of Secret of Evermore starts in Großostheim, the city where Nintendo had their German offices back then). These didn't really ruin the games, they made them somewhat more relatable, even though it was obviously a change specific to the German versions. This comic is on kind of another level, though. But in the end, I think his work definitely influenced me getting into games localization, too. And while the times changed, sometimes there's still a chance to add your own flavor, but this definitely isn't the Wild West anymore.😉
That sounds awesome and a bit underwhelming, not because of him but because there wasn't quality control back then with all language localization and thus many were also irritated by some of those early choices that didn't allow for the games' story to be faithful. But, if it made fans out of you and others, I guess us non-English speakers can live with that.
@@sion8 It rarely happens, but sometimes there's a localization that appears leagues better than if it was just directly translated. Or the memes made are just worth a look. On a different note, I thought Nintendo Europe, or at least Nintendo Germany, was still in Großostheim?
@@Chaos89P Oh, I missed that answer. No, they moved to Frankfurt quite a few years ago, as far as I know.
@@sion8 Well, it should be noted that Germany has a kind of long tradition with localization and dubbing in particular. Many TV shows and movies were actually significantly improved, even though some lost original jokes or references.
The German dub of Hogan's Heroes for example even added new (never seen) background characters to spin the narration around, which allowed new jokes and improved the show overall.
Also old Italian westerns partially got their own "comedy dub" that launched them and their stars (like Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill) into mainstream popularity, something the original stories never really achieved.
Oh, and one more thing to note: These edits and open (re-)interpretations of stories were done on a completely different level than stuff you see from US censorship and the like (excluding stuff actually based on US edits, obviously).
Kirby in the games: 😃
Kirby in the comics: 🤬😈
Fun Fact: Meta Knight canonically swears.
"Come."
- Meta Knight, Super Smash Bros Brawl.
@@k-boi420 cu-
Proof?
@@digibros4858 Kirby and the Forgotten Land when you fight him in the arena. Commentator Waddle Dee confirms he swears.
@@digibros4858those two manga panels (he drops an f bomb in one, and i cant remember exactly the other)
To be fair, the manga artists who drew and inked this gave Claude all the ammo he needed, Kirby was already a freak before the dialogue. The swearing is just icing on the cake.
Y'all remember the other time when Kirby can speak english in Avalanche, he's sassy af? Yeah, Kirby whenever he's given opportunity to speak english, he's giving some rude lines. Means the poyo cute language we think of when he speas might translate to actual roast and cuss lol
I'm shaking and crying rn.
I cant believe Kirby would say a swear word.
😭😭😭😭
kirby owns a plantation in the south eastern us
I guess we can be thankful that Claude Moyse didn't make Kirby inhale one of the women of the comic.
"I didn't particularly like the kirby inventor"
Wait, you're telling me this guy didn't like SAKURAI!!! I feel like there's a story here that needs to be told. Who doesn't like Sakurai?
Sakurai: Hitler did nothing wrong.
Moyse: why you little---COME HERE!!!
Claude Moyse said in an April 2022 Podcast/Interview, that it's just a old Rumor and he never hold a Grudge against Sakurai. The Reason he did stuff like that was because Kirby had no established Character at that Point and he had no Idea what to do with him in the Club Nintendo Comics. And he just wanted to have some fun.
Actually, in Germany and Switzerland swearing really isn’t really a big deal. Honestly, Claude Moyse probably didn’t think he was doing anything wrong with Kirby swearing.
Swearing is not really a big deal but Nintendo specifically avoids that but maybe it was more acceptable in the industry back when the comic was made
@@gave2haze Ever heard of a comma?
Sweating 😂
Sweating isn't really a big deal anywhere.
@@sheikh_goku Didn’t notice that until now lmao 😂 Thanks.
this is so interesting. I personally love this depiction of Kirby. I feel like its closer to how I imagine the character in my head.
Major props to you man.
This guy, while shouldn't be taking out his anger like that, made a hilarious interpretation of Kirby, I wanna see this version of Kirby in his own weird spin-offs, perhaps, having a confrontation with the wholesome intentional Kirby.
To be fair the official Japanese Kirby manga is pretty wild too.
I feel like this is kind of on par with Kirby, just if he grew up and lost his innocence
Now we just Thomas game docs to make a t shirt of Kirby swearing
This came out 2 years before the Super Mario Brothers movie, so it really doesn't surprise me Nintendo were still a little loose with what was a not a well-established character.
your perfect pronunciation of “grösster” made my day
I remember when playing a Super Smash Bros game where if you get pikachu’s power up as kirby and use pikachu’s neutral special, Kirby would sound like saying "Fuck You!" over and over again, if you spam this attack that is.
He's saying "Pikachu!"
4:17 that was the cutest thing I've ever heard. You said it correctly though!
The only time i heard Kirby swore before is in the Kirby audio drama, It sounds like he says "F*ck you" but when translated he actually says "BOOM!!!" but it's kinda funny just to hear Kirby to literally just swear at you and then immediately shoot you with a gun, lol.
i just noticed kirby broke the fourth wall saying: "OOOH MAN... I REALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOT IN THIS COMIC!"
Germany censors violent video games and yet… THIS GETS THROUGH?!? HOW?!?
This is a dream come true. If I wanted any Nintendo character to swear it’s Kirby
6:37 Bosses bleeding as you kill them is also not something you’d associate with this pink puffball
Kirby can look at a murder mystery with gruesome death, but Kirby would never swear, I'm shaking and crying RN.
Moyse is insane. I've wrote him an email once beacue of his crazy german translation of Secret of Mana and he told me back in the days noone at Nintendo gave a shit. Secret of Mana in german is super funny and strange and full of pop culture references of the 90s
Yea, I remember when Kirby swore. He took that oath to Nintendo.
I wonder what Masahiro Sakurai's reaction would be
"Jokes on you, I'm into this shit."
"This one does not spark joy."
Thank you so much! I've always wondered what the fresh hell was going on with Nintendo of Germany. Everytime you hear about some bizarre lore in a Nintendo game it's an NoG comic.
Now I know the man to blame!
At-last, years of studying german at school finally turned out to be useful!
Now I want the shirt with Kirby swearing, just like your previous one with Mario lol
(Btw, why does Kirby call King Dedede "Nick" in german? That's kinda funny tbh)
in some games he was called "König Nickerchen" in Germany, I think, which kinda translates to "King Nap"
I assume, that's where Nick comes from
@@mweeee That's... Actually really cute. Thanks for telling me!
The funny part it's Kirby. And it makes all sense with the Kirby Lore.
Bro how do you not like Sakurai? He's one of the most wholesome people in the world.
That's what his PR WANTS you to think! 🤣
Not to the Smash community. Especially the melee community.
@@heehokuzunoha7757 People in the smash community don't like some of the game balance, but aside from the memes the majority of the community loves Sakurai.
@@aurora_x86 Maybe the Ultimate community but for melee fans he's a bit infamous. He pretty much despises the fact that people still take an interest in melee and use glitches and exploits to enhance their movement rather than just using intended game mechanics. He's personally ordered live streams of melee to be shut down and I believe he even had a hand in almost shutting down a charity event for the game.
he did not add waluigi to smash
What did Sakurai even do to need some exacted revenge???
That's what I'm wondering. It's like C.I.D the Crash Test Dummy, I'm convinced that game was made because Capcom had offended the Maltans.
not including waluigi
@@exist_E I don't think its related to that
@@gothnerd887 Wait wut? That's an actual thing? Wow
@@ShadowLightMewEndlessOceanMew
obviously it is
This Kirby comic sounds like something adult swim would do
finally the kirby video.
Hey Thomas,
I follow your Videos quite a real long time now. Great work! :) Well, I'm from Germany and as a child I had this comic! Back then I was not disturbed by the explicity of the images. I even enjoyed reading it a lot. I can't tell how often I read it back then. I also still knew the plot and till now never came up with the idea, that he was swearing. I accepted it as a cute word for 'Scheiße', which isn't a swear word here in Germany. Except when you're super prudish :D
I think I've got the original in my cellar. And talking about comics: I've got one, that was released by the time they published Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island. This one is more childish, I swear ;)
Keep up with the great work and weiterhin viel Erfolg auf RUclips!
Tope
i wonder how kirby would sound like when saying "Fucc"
I mean, technically he kinda does with the Pikachu ability in smash lol
@@Sp3ctralI tru
In Kirby Battle Royale, if you speak to the Microphone Dee before fighting Meta Knight he will say “I hope Meta Knight keeps it clean out there! I’m recording every word!” Which could mean Meta Knight is known to cuss in battle.
I love the old Club Nintendo Comics!
Especially the Mario ones, despite I couldn't read back then I love looking at the pictures.
please say you don’t like THIS one.
@@DJoony Eh, I'm used to the absurdity that came from the Club Nintendo comics.
In one, Peach turned into a zombie for instance during a spooky night with Mario, Link and Kirby guarding the house.
Another one had Dr. Thomas Light loosing his mind because someone (Kirby) stole his newest invention, the GameBoy Camera which Mario had to find and bring back.
It's all part of my childhood so obviously I am a little biased whether I like this comic in particular.
@@MegaManNeo I read some of the comics online and were really interesting how video game characters interact with other video game characters in a different series! But the second one you mentioned doesn’t seem to exist.
I just don’t like this comic because Kirby is shown as an absolute weirdo, and he is my favorite character of all time.
Kirby is very kid-friendly until you get to the final bosses of most of the games.
So many childhoods traumatized.
What beef could this man possible have with most-wholesome-person-alive Masahiro Sakurai
Yep!
WW2 flashbacks
Wholesome how exactly
Claude Moyse said in an April 2022 Podcast/Interview, that it's just a old Rumor and he never hold a Grudge against Sakurai. The Reason he did stuff like that was because Kirby had no established Character at that Point and he had no Idea what to do with him in the Club Nintendo Comics. And he just wanted to have some good ol' fun.
Makes me wonder why he Hated sakurai.
for leaving waluigi out of smash
His... creative translations have become a fun thing to look for when playing those games for a lot of people here in Germany, there's specifically German pop culture references which are funny to see in for example secret of mana :D
German Kirby is just as hardcore as American Kirby
Hi Thomas I can't wait to watch this
edit: This comic was awsome
Did you know "Sh*t" is the worst word that's used in FFVII Remake and it turns out Tifa is the only playable main story character that doesn't say that word
Given that some of the Kirby lore is pretty out there along with eldritch horrors within game (nightmare, cough, Dark DeDeDe), this wouldn't be *too* far out there for him. The perverted stuff? No so much.
That could actually be one of the Universes in the Kirby Multiverse.
he's Dedede not DeDeDe it was in older games
7:09 | The number of times they've used "let's make Kirby wash up on a beach" has happened more than thrice- and I think that's pretty neat.
That’s interesting that you found a Kirby comic with a swearword in it. Nintendo of America must be ashamed of themselves if they wanted nothing to do with this. Certainly this is a rare collectors item.
Imagine you were playing Kirby and then Kirby just War I think that would be the funniest thing ever right
the way you pronounced "kirby's grösster fall" wasn't actually that bad
l'm proud
Thank you for putting closed captions in your videos.
Now, do you remember when i looked different? Time and time again?
7:33 There it is
4:19 Wow, someone speaking English actually acknowledging that "ö" exists.
Vielen Dank dafür! ^^
7:49 And even if he had said "Mist!" or "Scheiße!" would that have been any better?
9:53 Maybe it even would have been written. But clearly not released with blessing from Kyoto.
King Dedede: Don't you DARE USE THAT LANGUAGE ON OUR TV SHOW!!!!! (Squishes Gordo on Kirby)
Can’t wait to watch this video!
Grass is a plant with narrow leaves growing from the base. A common kind of grass is used to cover the ground in a lawn and other places. Grass gets water from the roots in the ground. Grass is usually pigmented with the colour ‘green’. Grasses are monocotyledon, herbaceous plants.
The grasses include the "grass", of the family Poaceae (also called Gramineae). Also sometimes it is used to include the sedges (Cyperaceae) and the rushes (Juncaceae). These three families are not closely related but belong to different clades in the order Poales. They are similar adaptations to a common life-style.
The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns (turf) and grassland. Uses for graminoids include food (as grain, sprouted grain, shoots or rhizomes), drink (beer, whisky), pasture for livestock, thatching thatch, paper, fuel, clothing, insulation, construction, sports turf, basket weaving and many others.
Many grasses are short, but some grasses, like bamboo can grow very tall. Plants from the grass family can grow in many places, even if they are very cold or very dry. Several other plants that look similar but are not members of the grass family are also sometimes called grass; these include rushes, reeds, papyrus, and water chestnut.
Grasses are an important food for many animals, like deer, buffalo, cattle, mice, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and many other grazers. Unlike other plants, grasses grow from the bottom, so when animals eat grass they usually do not destroy the part that grows. Without grass, dirt can wash away into rivers (erosion).
Graminoids include some of the most versatile plant life-forms. They became widespread toward the end of the Cretaceous. Fossilized dinosaur dung (coprolites) have been found containing grass phytoliths (silica stones inside grass leaves).[Grasses have adapted to conditions in lush rain forests, dry deserts, cold mountains and even intertidal habitats, and are now the most widespread plant type. Grass is a valuable source of food and energy for many animals.Lawn grass is often planted on sports fields and in the area around a building. Sometimes chemicals and water is used to help lawns to grow.
People have used grasses for a long time. People eat parts of grasses. Corn, wheat, barley, oats, rice and millet are cereals, common grains whose seeds are used for food and to make alcohol such as beer.
Sugar comes from sugar cane, which is also a plant in the grass family. People have grown grasses as food for farm animals for about 4,000 years. People use bamboo to build houses, fences, furniture and other things. Grass plants can also be used as fuel, to cover roofs, and to weave baskets.
n English, the word "grass" appears in several phrases. For example:
"The grass is always greener on the other side" means "people are never happy with what they have and want something else."
"Don't let the grass grow under your feet" means "Do something".
"A snake in the grass" is about a person that will not be honest and will trick others.
Grass is sometimes used as a slang term for cannabis (also called pot, weed, or marijuana)
The Grass type (Japanese: くさタイプ Grass type) is one of the eighteen types. Prior to changes in Generation IV, all damaging Grass-type moves were special, but they may now also be physical depending on the attack. Grass-type Pokémon are immune to Leech Seed. Grass-type Pokémon are immune to Leech Seed
Starting in Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are immune to powder and spore moves and Effect Spore.Grass types are tied with Rock in having the most weaknesses out of all types with five.
Since Generation I, a particular asset of Grass types is being the only type that is immune to Leech Seed. As of Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are also immune to powder and spore moves, such as Sleep Powder and Stun Spore. Additionally, Grass Pokémon are the only ones affected by Rototiller and Flower Shield. Those moves raise both attack stats or the physical Defense stat, respectively, when used.
Forest's Curse adds the Grass type to the target's types. Grass-type attacks are resisted by seven types, so they're tied with Bug as the most resisted type. Those resistant types are best covered by Rock and Ground. As of Generation VI, Dark and Ghost have neutral matchups against every type that resists Grass.
When Grassy Terrain is in the effect, the power of Grass-type moves is increased by 30% (50% prior to Generation VIII) if the user is on the ground.
Contest properties In contests, Grass-type moves are typically Clever moves, but can also be any of the other four contest conditions. As of Generation VIII, there are 112 Grass-type Pokémon or 12.27% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Grass-type in at least one of their forms), making it the third most common type after Normal and before Flying. A Pokémon with Protean or Libero will become a Grass-type Pokémon if it uses a Grass-type move. A Pokémon with Color Change, Imposter, Mimicry, RKS System, or Multitype will become a Grass-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with a Grass-type move, is sent out against a Grass-type opponent, if the terrain is grassy, if it is holding a Grass Memory, or if it is holding a Meadow Plate or Grassium Z.
Since Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are also immune to Effect Spore.Only Grass-type Pokémon can have these Abilities. This does not include signature Abilities.Due to the decreased amount of types in the TCG, Grass generally adopts all Bug-type Pokémon under its typing. It also adopted Poison-type Pokémon prior to the Diamond & Pearl set, after which they were moved to Psychic.
Similar to the games, Grass-type Pokémon in the TCG are generally weak to Fire and resist Water. Grass-type Pokémon are strong against Fighting and Water Pokémon, whilst Metal Pokémon resisted it until the EX Power Keepers expansion set.
Generation V introduced the most Grass-type Pokémon of any generation, with 21 (including Rotom's Mow form), and Generation VI introduced the fewest Grass-type Pokémon, with nine.
Generation I introduced the most Grass-type moves of any generation, with 10, and Generation II introduced the fewest Grass-type moves, with three.
The Grass type and/or Pokémon of the type have been referred to using the term "plant" instead on some occasions:
In the English Generation I games, the Gym guide in Cerulean Gym refers to Pokémon of the Grass type as "plant Pokémon". In the English versions of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, he instead mentions "Grass-type Pokémon". In the Japanese versions of the Generation I games and FireRed and LeafGreen, he mentions the Grass type itself, calling it the "Plant type" (Japanese: しょくぶつタイプ).
Another reference to "plant Pokémon" (Japanese: しょくぶつポケモン) is made by Professor Oak in the Japanese Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, and international Pokémon Red and Blue, classifying Bulbasaur as such when the player is about to choose it as their starter. This is also the case in the Japanese versions of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; in contrast, he calls it the "grass Pokémon" in the English versions.
This same reference is also used in the first episode of Pokémon Origins.
In multiple languages, such as French and German, the Grass type is translated as the Plant type.
The Turkish dub of the anime occasionally refers to "Grass type" as "Plant type".
The Grass type has the most Pokémon that evolve by Evolution stones, with a total of 11. It is also the type that can utilize the most stones, having at least one Pokémon that can evolve via the Leaf Stone, Sun Stone, Water Stone, and Shiny Stone.
The Grass type is the only type to have more than one HP-draining move, having five of them.
Grass-type attacks deal doubly super-effective damage to the most Pokémon of all types.
Grass-type attacks are super effective against the three types that Fire types are weak to.
Fire is the only type that hasn't been paired with Grass.
In Tree's a Crowd, Brock states that Grass-type Pokémon resist Electric-type moves due to being able to diffuse the electricity into trees and the ground. He also explains that if Grass types are in the air, they cannot diffuse the electricity from Electric attacks, thereby dealing normally effective damage.
Kirby has a sus level
"Nintendo had a group of manga artists in Tokyo"
I wonder if that's how Nintendo Power got Ishinomori to draw that Zelda comic.
He's just mad that his OC didn't make it into Smash! 😂
Dedede needs gloves.
Also imagine if sakurai was the main villain and when he was unmasked kirby just gasped and screamed "FATHER!?"
i need to read this comic series
ME TOO
4:17 you said it really good, I speak german and i'm from Germany
kirby did it for the vine, what can i say?
Matis/Lt. Surge from Pokémon would also say "shit", in English, in a manga before. He is an American, so that would fit his character. Immigrants in Japanese media tend to mix Japanese words with English words.
Well, Meta Knight did say "shit" once in the Kirby anime, so this ain't surprising.
meta knight is canonically a potty mouth
Was it in the Japanese version? Because if I'm right, "swear words" aren't really a thing in japan, so I'm sure they would have said something different in the english dub
You're one of the few channels I follow who I get really excited when I see a new upload. Keep up the good work sir
I appreciate that!
Remember: kids can drink alcohol in some places, and Germany is one of them (I think)
A 16 year old is not exactly a “kid”. Even then, they can only drink weaker alcohol. The hard stuff is allowed at 18, like most of the world. You can drink weak alcohol as early as 14, but only with your parents allowing it and monitoring you.
Germany: *bans doom for being too violent*
Also Germany:
Rofl! It's Germany 🤣 I laughed my ass off to my ex gf son playing that switch rabbits Mario game because toad says "shit in German" in the first mission of that game
Uh, I don't remember. Now I'm tempted to replay right away!
I think this comic might have worked if kirby didn't swear and other stuff. I think its a really cool concept to make kirby solve crimes with his modern-day personality.
As a German, I think it's kinda sad that Nintendo changed most of Claude Moyse's translations in later rereleases of the games he worked on; guess they weren't all that fond of his work. Personally I think that - while being not that faithful to the source material - his translations didn't harm the stories of the games and added a special kind of charme to them. But what I can't understand is why Moyse had a grudge against Sakurai, sadly he didn't tell us the reason for it... So I'll end this in the words of Claude M. Moyse: "Holerö!" xD
I need to know what Sakurai did to this man lmao
Maybe he had a premonition of Super Smash Bros. Brawl
@@Rael0505 Claude M. Moyse himself said in an April 2022 Podcast/Interview, that it's just a old Rumor and he never hold a Grudge against Sakurai. The Reason he did stuff like that was because Kirby had no established Character at that Point and he had no Idea what to do with him in the Club Nintendo Comics. And he just wanted to have some fun.
@@Myrrmoasta thanks for the info!!
I don't remember MeteorZ talking about this back when he uploaded kirby lore vids...
Was there any reason as to why Claude had a V for Vendetta against Sakurai?
Nobody knows! I'm super curious too, haha!
@@ThomasGameDocs redo the pinned
I bet it's because Sakurai is more handsome than Claude.
@@gothnerd887 That'd be a really petty reason on Claude's part if that were true lol
No idea, but I think Kirby's Adventure was one of the first NES games to actually feature German texts. I wonder if this was somewhat connected…
Me: "Ban Kirby and ban the magazine behind it"
Remember the Joseph Joestar Kirby?
Eh if Kirby takes on bloody biblically accurate angels him swearing is just a cakewalk in the park
I honestly love kirby and seeing this shocked me 😅
The whole "Moyse disliked Sakurai" is not true. Claude M. Moyse himself said in an April 2022 Podcast/Interview, that it's just a old Rumor and he never hold a Grudge against Sakurai. The Reason he did stuff like that was because Kirby had no established Character at that Point and he had no Idea what to do with him in the Club Nintendo Comics. The Rumor himself originated from an Text-only Interview from 2004, that seems to be wrong.
Kirby gets cancelled for vulgar, offensive tweets he posted 10 years ago.
Claudio Massimo Moyse - still an interesting person, still somewhat active in the business (as the chairman of Raptor Publishing, you can still meet him at conventions) - and there is still the story of his "R18" translation of Secret of Evermore, he did out of boredom and made rare cartridges of for his colleagues. (a thing I so want to hold in my hands)