DS Daily: Dr. Kawashima or BLUUUUUUUUUUUUE?
by JC Fletcher 
{ Jun 9th 2007 at 10:00AM }
In this corner, we have the one, the only, the talking, taunting head of DOCTORRRRRRRRRRR KAWASHIIIIIIIIIIMA! And in the blue corner, it's the reigning heavyweight champion of the world ... your complete inability to speak your own native language! READY? FIGHT!
Which one presents more of a challenge -- the mocking Dr. Kawashima, or those tricky phonetics?
Which one presents more of a challenge -- the mocking Dr. Kawashima, or those tricky phonetics?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tweak @ Jun 9th 2007 10:40AM
I have now completely removed the word "blue" from my spoken vocabulary because of that game.
ssuk @ Jun 9th 2007 11:23AM
I'll choose blue.
mastertard @ Jun 9th 2007 11:56AM
LMAO, so true. Every time I said, that I wanted to freaking throw my DS at Dr. Kawashima... or wait...
But yeah anyway BLUE ftw
Tempus @ Jun 9th 2007 11:55AM
Blue. I mean is it really that hard? Did a two year old helper monkey do the phonetics for this game or something?
Wilerson @ Jun 9th 2007 12:03PM
English isn't my native language. That doesn't make it any easier.
DSmeet @ Jun 9th 2007 12:15PM
In the Dutch version, red ("rood" - pronounced similarly to road) is the bad guy. :(
radical tyro @ Jun 9th 2007 12:26PM
I had no problems with it recognizing "blue" so long as I pronounced it with a Japanese accent.
Lenyu @ Jun 9th 2007 12:31PM
My evil enemy is the number 5, which it always thinks is a damn 9.
L @ Jun 9th 2007 1:40PM
Broo!
raycosm @ Jun 9th 2007 2:28PM
Brue, yerrow, brack
Alisha Karabinus @ Jun 9th 2007 3:34PM
Wilerson, you're excused then, since English isn't your native language. :) I never had any trouble with "blue," so maybe I say it weird thanks to living in the South. My issue was always scribbling just a little too fast and Brain Age thinking I was writing something completely unlike what I was -actually- writing... and then I'd want to throw my DS.
I think Brain Age is the reason for all those hinge cracks.
Wilerson @ Jun 9th 2007 5:23PM
I think that the fact of English being my second language excuses me only on Syllable Count. I'm NEVER gonna understand your syllable separation logic. :¬)
Jeremy @ Jun 10th 2007 7:56AM
Everyone in our family has tried the Brain Age test many times, and it always gets stuck on Blue.
We often laugh so hard just trying different accents and seeing what it picks up.
Blue - nothing
*American Flight Attendant Female* Bluu - nothing
*Black Rapper* Blu - still nothing
*Chinese* Brue - yay it finally recognised!
Marceliss @ Jun 10th 2007 8:27AM
I totaly think like Jelemy be a sucka foor
Rubang B @ Jun 10th 2007 4:37PM
Me and Kawashima are the tightest of homies. He recognizes anything I say or write. And I... turn a blind eye to his unholy human sacrifices.
Lukino @ Jun 11th 2007 6:26AM
Same problem with italian language... no wonder, blue (blu in italian) have the same sound! By the way, there are about 30% chance it recognize a male voice, while any girl I saw yelling "Blue! Bluuue! Bbbbblù!" was never been able to use it.
Mark A. Hill @ Jun 11th 2007 6:53PM
I found that if you say "blue" like a Japanese robot, it works every time.
genghisbunny @ Jun 13th 2007 1:38AM
I modified the way I say the word to get it to recognise. Same with trying different ways of writing numbers to speed math answers.
For anyone who used a Palm Pilot back in the old days, changing the way you write things for a single device is no biggy. I'm just glad I don't have to use the word blue a lot in real life. I could have really embarrassed myself if I worked for a skywatcher's group.
Glenn @ Jun 18th 2007 5:50PM
OHHH SNAPAPAPSPSPSSSS! I GOT SOME SMILE ON MAH FACE CUZ, i can surprisingly say
BLUE
and it's recognized the first time. maybe its just u and ur southern accents....