Here's where I confess my deep dark secret of being a complete and irredeemable nerd. I'm not talking about just a game or computer nerd, but an anime and Japanese language nerd...*gasp*! I'm just as surprised as you are! Who would have thought!?
Anyway, if you hadn't noticed before, I'll explain a little bit about what's going on for this race. My username is a pun and rhyme on "Yu-Gi-Oh!" which itself roughly translates to "King of Games"...it even rhymes, since Japanese phonics and spelling are a little different from English. The most important factor here for people who are unfamiliar with how things work is that "ou" is pronounced exactly like "oh," it's just a matter of how the words are transcribed into English and "oh" is often used because natively English-speaking people will understand it instead of needing this whole explanation you just read through. It's really just the same thing, honest.
Anyway, the pun comes from more than just the rhyme...the kanji also play a role, since the "Oh" in the original name is the part that means "King"...so I slipped 女 (the kanji meaning "female") right in front of it, making the new word read as 女王 "jo" + "oh"...but all things being equal, I preferred the spelling "Joou" over "Jooh," so that's just a stylistic choice, much like having "Yuu" instead of just "Yu." So my YouTube username would literally mean "The Queen of Games," and my natural modesty and preference for the understated was overridden by how much I liked the pun, especially since most people wouldn't get it anyway, so it somehow became "okay" in my mind. Consider yourself "in" on the nerdiest "in-joke" I've ever come up with...I think. Congratulations!
Anyway, the Mii that I'm introducing here is "Yuki Mutou" the analogous characterization to take this pun to new and unbelievably cheesy depths. "Yuki" and "Yugi" are both given names, separated only by the addition of two little diacritical marks to the "ki" kana to turn it into "gi," except "Yuki" is most commonly a female given name, but exceptions definitely can and do exist, but the same can be said of "Yugi" from time to time, so I consider it a complimentary match.
There also exists a "Yami Yuki" (literally "Dark Yuki," as "Yami" is not a name as 4Kids might allow you to believe)...but she won't be making her YouTube debut just yet...I'm told by her friends that she's rather scary-looking...but really the only difference between the two is height (of course) and intensity of her eyes. Fortunately for both of them, there's no option for a distinctive star-shaped hair do or copious amounts of different-colored dyes, so they just wear it down and completely blonde...so my preference for the simple and understated can remain intact. Hooray!
Incidentally, because I'm NOT a certain previously-established King of Games, I'm allowed to do whatever I want with my hair instead of trying to live up to imitation of a custom style that completely defies gravity and the general laws of hair-styling. I would like to take a moment to comment that for a system from the land of crazy hair styles, the Mii options are actually quite conservative, apart from being able to assign male and female hairstyles freely and regardless of gender.
Oh, and to clear the air about "Mutou," that really is the surname of the titular character of "Yu-Gi-Oh!"...so consider that I'm one step further into the deep dark hole of geekdom that I chose to use that instead of "Moto," since that's something that 4Kids made up instead of using "Mutou" for some reason...or "Mutoh," if you prefer...same difference as in "Joou"/"Jooh"...
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Okay, so on to the video itself! Yuki will be making her debut in the Blue Falcon...or I guess the White Falcon. I'm a fan, anyway, whatever the color. It's but a mere toy of a replica of the real Blue Falcon, probably the reason for its small size and the cute wheels on the underside, but look at the real working fins...aren't they neat?! Oh well, I really can't say as I dislike any of the lightweight karts, so there's a decent chance I'll use them all at some point or another.
Like any lightweight, expect to see little Yuki get pushed around and buffeted by passing vehicles. I have to admit that it may not be fun at the time, it's certainly still fun to watch after the fact. Enjoy!
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Mario Kart Wii
Huh?
Isn't it "Yugi Moto"? Why does he sound like a girl?
Mono15140 2 years ago
It's quite a read, but I've added a real video description to this one that should explain things for you if you care to read through it.
You're now entrusted with my deep dark "secret"...so keep it under your hat, all right? ^_^;
I'd be glad to answer any more specific questions, but I think that pretty much covers it.
YuuGiJoou 2 years ago