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Title: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Forest Guy on November 24, 2008, 06:40:49 PM
Nintendo put out this promotion today. It cracks me up.

http://mariowishlist.varitalk.com/ (http://mariowishlist.varitalk.com/)
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Glitchy on November 25, 2008, 11:01:21 PM
That's pretty cool...

I was going to give it to my sister, but I'd be heartbroken to find out that she hung-up on him. >_>

Hmm, who will I give it too...
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: LynxRunner on November 26, 2008, 10:19:28 PM
Wow, that's really neat.

I should send it to one of my friends. Hmm.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: CrossEyed7 on November 26, 2008, 10:46:05 PM
That's even better than the Red Steel one.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: penguinwizard on November 27, 2008, 01:34:35 AM
Man, I love this. Charles Martinet must have had a field day with this one, it's so funny listening to his over-the-top delivery. I especially like how he pronounces "New Super Mario Bros." And whenever he says "a little bit shy, like a little baby mushroom, aw."

Because I suspected there was some fancy generate-audio going on, I tried typing in two unusual names, but it said it didn't know how to pronounce them. Geez, it doesn't even know how to pronounce "Bowser" or "Yoshi". So let's hope your name and whoever you're sending it to are common names.

Just checked the field for types you can choose from for how you're related to the recipient, and I noticed "Mario" and "Love Bunny". Something about "love bunny" is hilarious to me, but I've never heard of someone being another's Mario. I've heard of being someone's Yoko Ono, but not Mario.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Super Caterina! on November 30, 2008, 04:56:45 PM
Mario can't read my name and my friend's name (that is Luigi, so I thought it would be natural for him XD) !;_;
But the idea is cute!^^ Do you know how can I make it work?=<
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: The Chef on November 30, 2008, 05:13:31 PM
Uh.. put in a name he can actually pronounce? <:)
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Super Caterina! on December 01, 2008, 02:32:42 AM
Uh.. put in a name he can actually pronounce? <:)

But it's not cuuute if there isn't my name and his one!;_;
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: The Chef on December 01, 2008, 05:57:36 PM
Well... I don't know what to tell ya. Apparently the automation can't process.... I mean Mario isn't "allowed" to pronounce your name. I do feel sorry though. <:3
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Chupperson Weird on December 02, 2008, 12:00:46 AM
I doubt they programmed a whole Martinet voice synthesizer. They probably just had him record a bunch of words.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 02, 2008, 01:20:47 AM
I still agree with Caterina that it's disturbing he can't say Luigi.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Chupperson Weird on December 02, 2008, 09:59:40 AM
It absolutely is.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Super Caterina! on December 02, 2008, 11:04:49 AM
It worked!

I made a little changes!XD I put my name in English (that is Katherine) and then I wrote to my friend Luigi his second name, that is Mario (I don't know why Mario can say his own name but not that of his brother =( But the fact that my pal has that second name is luck for me!XD ).
Then I sent one also to my mother, always writing her name in English (her name Anna Maria, but I wrote Hanna).
Pretty sad the thing to write my name and those of the others in English- for me, but it works!^^

Can't wait to see their responces after Christmas!=3
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: penguinwizard on December 02, 2008, 12:11:55 PM
It'd be awesome if there was a Mario voice synthesizer. Granted it's hard to improve upon that recent story where the Mortal Kombat announcer recorded lines like "Epic Fail", but it'd still be cool. Someone should make professional software that does that. You'd probably have to record hours of syllables, but imagine the result. Now people will be able to blackmail you by making you say things you never said. "I never said that!" "Are you sure? It sounds like you! A thousand people in this town and you're telling me there are other people who sound exactly like you?"

Or imagine the late Don LaFontaine (or Pablo Francisco who does an uncanny impression) voicing what you do on your computer. "In a world... full of imposing error messages... one man dares to put them in their place once and for all... by clicking the OK button..."
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: ShadowBrain on December 02, 2008, 11:13:16 PM
There's that one YTMND where someone got Don to read the "Safety Not Guaranteed" classified ad.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Forest Guy on December 05, 2008, 05:38:17 PM
Uh, you do realize it's a prerecorded voice actor, and not the REAL Mario, right Caterina?
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 05, 2008, 06:44:43 PM
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flizarddude.kontek.net%2FWackyForum%2FDietCokeFace.jpg&hash=36bcefc0232c9dbe0271af8cde173238)
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Forest Guy on December 05, 2008, 08:49:39 PM
In this topic: jokes fly over people's heads.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Bigluigifan1.0 on December 06, 2008, 12:56:59 AM
In that picture: cokes fly over people's heads.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 06, 2008, 07:21:56 AM
Forest Guy: Doesn't know what a joke is.

Bigluigifan1.0: Makes a hilarious joke right below the non-jokes.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: penguinwizard on December 06, 2008, 12:05:49 PM
My favorite ASCII art for "joke flying over your head" is something like:

-------> joke
  o
 \|/  <-- you
 / \

What's the point of that coke flying over the guy's head? Looked like a Diet Coke & Mentos thing with a lookalike guy from Evolution of Dance.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: ShadowBrain on December 06, 2008, 02:10:40 PM
-------> joke
  o
 \|/  <-- you
 / \
I have, for some time, been hoping to find a macro along those lines. Thanks for introducing me to that alternative, though!
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Super Caterina! on December 07, 2008, 08:33:16 AM
Uh, you do realize it's a prerecorded voice actor, and not the REAL Mario, right Caterina?

What do you mean?XD I know that he is Charles Martinet, the person who gives the voice to Mario! XD
My friend (of real life) is really called Luigi Mario if you meant that by the way...Have I confused you?=D
Or maybe you confused me...@_@
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Forest Guy on December 08, 2008, 04:52:39 PM
I was just joking around Caterina. I was implying that there's an actual real Mario in reality. Unfortunately for all of us, there is not...


And Lizard Dude, back off you little twit. Are you seriously that awkward that you feel the need to pick a fight with me in every freaking topic? Get a grip. Just because you're still emo about being fired isn't my problem. We're two different people, doesn't give you the right to incessantly jump at every instance to go DURRR IM LIEK BETTAR THAN U LOLOLOL. Gimme a break. Go ask Chupperson for lessons on how to disagree without being a ******bag.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: Glitchy on December 08, 2008, 05:31:27 PM
I was just joking around Caterina. I was implying that there's an actual real Mario in reality. Unfortunately for all of us, there is not...


And Lizard Dude, back off you little twit. Are you seriously that awkward that you feel the need to pick a fight with me in every freaking topic? Get a grip. Just because you're still emo about being fired isn't my problem. We're two different people, doesn't give you the right to incessantly jump at every instance to go DURRR IM LIEK BETTAR THAN U LOLOLOL. Gimme a break. Go ask Chupperson for lessons on how to disagree without being a ******bag.

Dude, that's diet coke in that meme. >_>
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: ShadowBrain on December 09, 2008, 08:18:06 AM
What is with that picture, anyway?
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: penguinwizard on December 10, 2008, 09:29:02 PM
We'll probably never know. My only guess is it has something to do with stuff flying over people's heads.
Title: Re: Hire Mario to demand Christmas gifts from people
Post by: WinCamXP on December 23, 2008, 10:35:17 AM
lawl i sent this to my mom and disguised my name as Mario. Muahaha! I sent it to her school address! And...

She got annoyed.