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[PepsimanVsJoe]

And the name Ash, just noticed it, too. So many references that a kid wouldn't normally understand.

What are you talking about?
Every kid knows about Ash Ketchum.

 

[Red Arremer]

What are you talking about?
Every kid knows about Ash Ketchum.

They're not referencing Pokemon, they're referencing Army of Darkness.

 

[Data Elemental]

Were these strips drawn by actual German artists?

Some time ago, I've read an interesting interview with Claude M. Moyse (German). Apparently the Club Nintendo editorial staff took turns making up the stories and had a bunch of fun with that. They had to send them the text and scribbles to artists in Japan, who'd send back drafts, then the German staff would send back what they wanted changed, where the speech bubbles should go etc. Since the artists didn't want to use email, this was all done using regular mail. If you can read German, I really recommend reading that interview. It has some very interesting first hand details about what was going on at Club Nintendo/NoE, how "Holerö" appeared and how Secret of Mana was localized.

 

[TheOGB]

No seriously, this is actually the best thing

 

[Antiwhippy]

They're not referencing Pokemon, they're referencing Army of Darkness.

How much funnier would it be if it was ash ketchum though?

 

[VXLbeast]

I can't hardly believe this is real.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

They're not referencing Pokemon, they're referencing Army of Darkness.

It was a joke...

 

[DonMigs85]

I know the Australian Nintendo Magazine System also had some pretty bizarre characters of their own...

 

[d0c_zaius]

"time to press the y button" needs to be said all the time

 

[A Sentient Keyboard]

This thread deserves to be seen by everyone.

 

[Deleted member 10571]

lol, the fucking Holerö thing of german CN Good times! Also yes, I remember this comic!

 

[Drkirby]

because Wario and Bowser flying around space on a NES was apparently too awesome to be canon

Don't forget about Mario's space SNES:

 

[KojiKnight]

The best April Fool's are the ones that are actually real. Oh Germany, how could you have official devil worshipping Mario, but can't have dead zombies lay on the ground for more than a few seconds?

 

[Klendathu Club Owner]

Those were aweseome. I specifically remember the Zelda comic in the magazine close to the release of Ocarina of Time. In it they show how Link ended up in the wood village and who his parents were (hint: random people from Hyrule). Back then I was confused why they didn't show this in the game^^

Hah, nice reference to Rammstein's Engel ("Wir haben Angst und sind allein").

 

[Starwolf_UK]

IIRC all these people ere fired at once when NCL decided Nintendo Germany could perform better (the marketing department was behind these).

]I woulda loved being a German translator for Nintendo back in the 90s, I could've done what I wanted and nobody would've noticed, lol.

Same goes for being a French translator. There is a GAF thread that translates part of that Moyse interview where he describes what happened down in NCL with him and the French translator.

I really like this idea of Bowser and Wario's team rocket-like antics

with bitchin space suits

I'll be serious here. These need to be alternative costumes in Smah Bros (even if its just Team Battle).

 

[Orayn]

This reminds me of those Mega Man comics from Brazil, except more consistent and even more insane.

 

[Savitar]

When I read this on cracked.com I knew someone was going to mention it!

Granted half thought it might be due to the naked Roll from the Brazilian Mega Man stuff but the Prince Peach face was what I counted on.

Classic stuff.

 

[Log4Girlz]

This is the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life.

Beast thread?

Beast thread.

 

[Hypnotoad]

Thinking back to the 90s, the last panel should be a parody of Verona Feldbusch, who had a sex talkshow during nighttime.

 

[Tenki]

Look at Lanky Kong's right arm. Dat perspective.

 

[Haunted]

"Yoshit"

"Holerö"


Fucking genius :lol

Thinking back to the 90s, the last panel should be a parody of Verona Feldbusch, who had a sex talkshow during nighttime.

Verona Feldbusch and Til Schweiger

 

[Haunted]

lol, the fucking Holerö thing of german CN Good times! Also yes, I remember this comic!

Holerö is from a Loriot sketch, Jodelschule.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG6RyQCggdI good shit

 

[Horseticuffs]

I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIiIIiIIiIIGHT!

Oh SHIT man, that's a deep cut.

These are amazing, and thanks so much for the English translations. I love that these are official. This is all amazing.

 

[EVH]

Holy fucking shit I'm laughing so fucking hard at this. Amazing.

 

[dragonbane]

I woulda loved being a German translator for Nintendo back in the 90s, I could've done what I wanted and nobody would've noticed, lol.

It's still like that to some extent no? Every Zelda game including Skyward Sword is totally different in German then in English. They not only change character names, but also alter dialogues, jokes and even change relationships sometimes by editing the dialogue. They also change historical facts about Hyrule or present them differently.

 

[fabricated backlash]

New Avatar get. That satanic goat looked too smug not to choose.

 

[Binabik15]

Hell Yeah I still got some of them.



U jelly GAF?

I had the Zelda one and the Terra-something one out of those.


Germany fuck yeah.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

The German Mario stuff should be included in the games as official cannon. I'm not kidding.

 

[Red Arremer]

New Avatar get. That satanic goat looked too smug not to choose.

High 5. I was thinking about using that one too, haha.

 

[Inspectah_Deck]

All this cool stuff thanks to this awesome guy:

 

[dragonbane]

Some time ago, I've read an interesting interview with Claude M. Moyse (German).

Oh my. The story with the dildo the French women showed to them is hilarious xD

 

[kingkaiser]

Some time ago, I've read an interesting interview with Claude M. Moyse (German). Apparently the Club Nintendo editorial staff took turns making up the stories and had a bunch of fun with that. They had to send them the text and scribbles to artists in Japan, who'd send back drafts, then the German staff would send back what they wanted changed, where the speech bubbles should go etc. Since the artists didn't want to use email, this was all done using regular mail. If you can read German, I really recommend reading that interview. It has some very interesting first hand details about what was going on at Club Nintendo/NoE, how "Holerö" appeared and how Secret of Mana was localized.

WTF? So he was almost done with the localization of FF6 but then Nintendo canceled it?

Fick dich Nintendo!

Edit: He also can't stand Iwata/Sakurai and thus he especially made fun of Kirby in the comics...I think I love you Claudio!

 

[gundalf]

Some time ago, I've read an interesting interview with Claude M. Moyse (German).

I didn't liked the Kirby-inventor much. Turning Kirby in to a freak was my way of reckoning with him ;-)

Interesting, turns out that Masahiro Sakurai was a douche or at least from Moyse's perspective.

 

[Mariolee]

Holy crap, this is exactly how I pictured it in my head. No joke.

 

[Data Elemental]

IIRC all these people ere fired at once when NCL decided Nintendo Germany could perform better (the marketing department was behind these).

Same goes for being a French translator. There is a GAF thread that translates part of that Moyse interview where he describes what happened down in NCL with him and the French translator.

Ah, right, there's a thread about it already: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=424989

 

[Qurupeke]

Holy yoshit.

 

[Salsa]

I'll be serious here. These need to be alternative costumes in Smah Bros (even if its just Team Battle).

oh man

nintendo pls

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Posting to make sure this thread is real

 

[Oersted]

Yoshit? Yoshit.

Wondering if these drawers are still doing Nintendo related stuff.

 

[Chet Rippo]

I remember some of these.

 

[mantidor]

If someone told me there were official Nintendo comics out there with Cthulhu, transvestite Mario and Satan pacting with Wario I would have never believed it.

 

[Tarsul]

where's the one with kirby driving at night with sunglasses?


I never knew they were German only, I always imagined they came from Nintendo Japan or America. Funny. How lucky we are!

 

[Amalthea]

Yeah, those comics were pretty disturbing especially as a child.
NoE must have been pure anarchy in the 90's.
But I still use Hollerö as a Spot Pass message. lol

 

[Myriadis]

I actually remember quite some of them from my childhood. The Ocarina of Time one is exactly as I remembered it, and I also remember the one from Yoshis Island and Story.

 

[Mr. RHC]

The second coming of "Mah Boi" it seems, also, amazing comics!

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Look at Lanky Kong's right arm. Dat perspective.

At least he resembles lanky kong.

This on the other hand...

 

[The Awesomest]

Never in my life I thought I'll see the day where Nintendo/Games/Mainstream Charecters are grouped in a narrative that made sense, this should be turned into a TV show or a game.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=520698

 

[Reticent Rhino]

Yoshis being racist.

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This is how you know it's German.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, SalsaShark. I'm claiming spacesuit Wario as my avatar for a while.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Yoshi puts up a good front, but you can tell this comment hurt 'em. Mario is such a douchenozzle

 

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