Captain Rainbow gets a Big Mac Attack

by JC Fletcher { Jul 24th 2008 at 8:01PM }

We're not referring to hamburgers, although they were no doubt involved with the transformation of Punch-Out!!'s diminutive protagonist from lithe, tiny athlete to pseudo-Cartman. Captain Rainbow is very quickly revealing itself as more than a top-down, adventure-based take on the same Japanese superhero tropes explored in Viewtiful Joe: it's a haven for lost Nintendo characters.

The first video introduces Little Mac and his unfortunate weight gain. Little Mac then tells the story of Birdo, who seeks popularity with the boys (Yes, Birdo, or as she used to be known, Catherine, is female. Yes, we read the Super Mario Bros. 2 manual.) In the second, Nick (who becomes Captain Rainbow) trains Mac back to prime littleness, with narration from Nazo no Murasame-jou's Takamaru (who will probably be the subject of the next video).

We didn't embed the videos because it's in your best interest to go see them on YouTube, where the clever uploader, 23Makoto23, has used YouTube comments to create subtitles (here is the original Captain Rainbow video subtitled).

Tags: adventure, birdo, captain-rainbow, little-mac, route-24, skip

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ChrisCanberg @ Jul 24th 2008 10:13PM

ITS A STONE LUIGI. YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT.

BPM [MSN: BPMdotEXE @ hotmail.com] @ Jul 25th 2008 5:56AM

IT'S A FOOTBALL. I CHISELED IT!

AlgusUnderdunk @ Jul 24th 2008 10:22PM

Mmhmm.

Additional characters revealed thus far include, among Takamaru, Little Mac and Birdo, Hikari from Shin Onigashima, and Otsu-San from Famicom Golf.

Hikari most people probably saw last in Melee as a trophy along with the short, blue-haired Donbe. The Shin Onigashima music also appears in Brawl.

And poor little Otsu-San, he's a teeny old man now!

There's also a blue robot who looks suspiciously like either Mike the Karaoke Machine from WarioWare, or one of the characters from Tin-Star, and looking at the grab-bag of obscure characters, neither choice seems too far fetched.

AlgusUnderdunk @ Jul 24th 2008 10:35PM

I just realized who the blue robot is XD

It's Mappo from Skip's previous game, GiFTPiA. He's the curfew robot!

Haohmaru @ Jul 24th 2008 11:29PM

The more I see of this game, the more I want it. It looks like a lot of fun and WEIRDness.

Gonz @ Jul 24th 2008 11:41PM

I certainly hope this bit of cool news quieted the homophobes permanently.

"a rainbow lol what a gay"

samfish @ Jul 24th 2008 11:44PM

I'm just happy that Takamaru is back. It makes my little nerd heart burst with joy and a precious, precious sense of nerd cred.

Roto13 @ Jul 25th 2008 12:07AM

This game may be too JApanese for an American release. :P

Haohmaru @ Jul 25th 2008 8:51AM

Bite thy tongue! D:

BlackDogAssault @ Jul 25th 2008 12:01PM

Yeah, I also started worrying about that after seeing a couple of characters from japan-only games... Also, Birdo being a transsexual is pretty much Japan-only too...

Roto13 @ Jul 25th 2008 12:09PM

Fun fact: Birdo was only a transexual in the American version of Super Mario Bros. 2. :P The instruction booklet described him/her as a boy that wanted to be a girl.

Mr Khan @ Jul 25th 2008 2:08PM

Yeah, i could see it falling in that unfortunate category to wind up avoiding American release

However, there are also fears that Nintendo hasn't even thought of localizing Fatal Frame IV yet, since NoA reps didn't have any knowledge of the title back at E3