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First Look At Captain Rainbow
Posted by Luke Plunkett at 5:30 PM on July 9, 2008
This is Captain Rainbow, for the Wii. Know that aside from the name and platform that we don't have a clue what's going on. Know also, however, that this looks awesome, and also that this is from Skip, the guys who did Chibi Robo, so whatever is going on, will probably be bound to both entertain and under-sell!

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JustOneFix
Posted 6:10 PM 9/7/08
Rainbows?? I'm gonna start a petition!
JustOneFix
Absent Blue
Posted 6:09 PM 9/7/08
Sadly this is one of those games that could have had it's time in the spot light, but Diablo III already cashed in on rainbows.
Absent Blue
animat0
Posted 6:08 PM 9/7/08
Curiosity for something titled 'Captain Rainbow' broke the internet, it seems.
animat0
JuanMontoya
Posted 6:05 PM 9/7/08
I think that poor websites server couldn't take the load of kotaku and like 135134163124 other sites linking to it including NeoGaf
I WANNA SEE IT BAD NOW
JuanMontoya
BADASSgeek
Posted 6:05 PM 9/7/08
ah man.. i really wanna see what this game looks like too! please fix! i will give you a cake! (i promise its not a lie)
BADASSgeek
The_EE_God
Posted 6:04 PM 9/7/08
I can't see it either
The_EE_God
JokesJokes
Posted 6:02 PM 9/7/08
No vid for poor Jokes neither.
JokesJokes
108
Posted 6:01 PM 9/7/08
video's not working!
you sonsabitches have five minutes to fix this before i cancel my Kotaku Gold subscription!
108
JuanMontoya
Posted 5:59 PM 9/7/08
I can't see anything!
I was really excited to see it too. :[
JuanMontoya
odyeiop
Posted 5:57 PM 9/7/08
@jive238: That'd be me to =(
odyeiop
jive238
Posted 5:55 PM 9/7/08
I think Kotaku broke the internet cause I still can see the video. The wario one is gone too. Or is this only happening to me?
jive238
Darkest Daze
Posted 5:54 PM 9/7/08
@mjn328:
It's worth it....it's actually worth $20.
Darkest Daze
mjn328
Posted 5:50 PM 9/7/08
@wild homes is being recast!: I've wanted to pick up Geist for a while now, simply because it's about $6 used and has a neat hook. I can deal with weird gameplay problems when it costs me $6.
mjn328
jive238
Posted 5:48 PM 9/7/08
video is GONE!
jive238
Jtn
Posted 5:41 PM 9/7/08
Looks like another one of those games that gets a ton of praise and hype on the internet, but ends up selling 7 copies.
Jtn
wild homes is being recast!
Posted 5:39 PM 9/7/08
And I have to admit, I didn't care for Chibi-Robo at all. I thought it was cute but very, very shallow. To be honest, I liked both Odama and Geist better than that game, and felt a bit confused that more people didn't give Geist a fair shake. Yeah, it was totally not in any way worth $50, but the price tanked pretty quickly, and for $30 or less it was a really interesting, ambitious game. Tt brought a boatload of cool ideas to the table, even if the gameplay ultimately failed to satisfy. Actually, that's exactly what people (apologists) are saying about the new Alone in the Dark. Hm...
wild homes is being recast!
mjn328
Posted 5:38 PM 9/7/08
@egyptomix: Well, Birdo is a male. With a bow.
Via Wikipedia...
Birdo's gender has changed throughout various American game versions, but has always been male in Japan. In the original manual for Super Mario Bros. 2, Birdo is referred to as male that believes he is female, and would liked to be called Birdetta.[5] Most later American-localized games, such as the Mario sports titles, which have featured Birdo with a diamond ring, have listed Birdo as a female.[citation needed] However recent localizations have not been using any gender pronouns when describing Birdo, and some fans considers Birdo as male-to-female transsexual.
mjn328
Darkest Daze
Posted 5:37 PM 9/7/08
Is that Action Bastard?
Darkest Daze
Luke Plunkett
Posted 5:37 PM 9/7/08
Is it Birdo, though? The voice is just....ungh.
Luke Plunkett
PrivateJ0ker
Posted 5:36 PM 9/7/08
That was pretty um, special. So was the first part of the video Super Mario Bros 2, Birdo coming out of the closet in Japanese?!
PrivateJ0ker
mjn328
Posted 5:36 PM 9/7/08
In all seriousness, I'm intrigued, and already trying to figure out how I can spin this whole rainbow thing to ward off those who think Wii is for kids.
mjn328
egyptomix
Posted 5:36 PM 9/7/08
This looks Katamari weird. To that I say hell yes!
The only turn off here is that I never imagined birdo sounding like that. A man's voice is a strange pick.
egyptomix
wild homes is being recast!
Posted 5:35 PM 9/7/08
Wow. That looks really great. And yeah, I'm not sure what's going on, but Birdo's just bonus. Please, Santa Claus, bring me a localisation effort this holiday. I've been good.
PS those breaking wave animations were beautiful.
wild homes is being recast!
mjn328
Posted 5:32 PM 9/7/08
....Birdo?
mjn328
TheWiicast
Posted 5:32 PM 9/7/08
Needs localization, STAT!
TheWiicast
Gambly
Posted 6:34 PM 9/7/08
Hein Hein...dont know. A little bit inspired in viewtiful joe? THe design at least...
Gambly
BADASSgeek
Posted 6:27 PM 9/7/08
omg teh awesome-ness... but i feel so sad living in uk.. this game will either never be released here or will take 2 years to localise..
BADASSgeek
Green-clad Gamer Dude
Posted 6:24 PM 9/7/08
I like the art style.
Green-clad Gamer Dude
Fallen_Reality
Posted 6:23 PM 9/7/08
O_O
Um, OK. It's like Captain Planet, only gayish. Not that I'm bashing! It's just, well, strange...
Fallen_Reality
Reneg
Posted 6:22 PM 9/7/08
@jive238: I assume Nintendo is publishing the game as they did with Chibi-Robo, so that could plausibly be the real Birdo.
Reneg
JokesJokes
Posted 6:21 PM 9/7/08
Jokes has had his video and has only one thing to say:
What...the...crapwasthattabout?!!!! Absolutely confused and frankly, more than a little disturbed. Does this link up with the mario universe? I saw what looked like a brown mario pipe behind that rock he busted. I'd find you the time on the ideo but I'm afread of it. If I watch it again my eyes might explode out of my head...seriously.
JokesJokes
banana_ridah
Posted 6:20 PM 9/7/08
I'm not a homophobe. That being said, that character design is pretty gay.
banana_ridah
SilverDogg
Posted 6:19 PM 9/7/08
i felt some giftpia in this game.
i need it.. nauw!
SilverDogg
jive238
Posted 6:18 PM 9/7/08
I have seen it now and am intrigued. Wish I knew what was being said though I can only understand so much from actions. Also WTF Birdo? Is Nintendo making this?
jive238
animat0
Posted 6:17 PM 9/7/08
Does he fight with a....yo-yo?
Is Birdo his sidekick?.....
Whatever Birdo is saying doesn't match the subtitles.
animat0
Reneg
Posted 6:14 PM 9/7/08
The fact that the video link broke before anyone had it backed up on Gametrailers or another site suddenly makes this my most anticipated Wii game. Now I'd like to see what I'm anticipating.
Reneg
Seiru
Posted 6:57 PM 9/7/08
Is the voice that's speaking just gibberish-speak like in Animal Crossing, or is that actually Chinese or something?
Cause from my limited experience learning Japanese, that doesn't sound like anything I know. At least, it's not matching up with the subtitles.
Seiru
sariah
Posted 6:48 PM 9/7/08
How appropriate for Birdo to be in a game titled "Captain Rainbow".
(just in case you didn't know, he's one of the first sexually ambiguous Nintendo characters)
sariah
MeleeKirby
Posted 6:45 PM 9/7/08
Wow, this is very weird... and why the heck is there a Birdo in it? I know it's been mentioned a dozen times already, but why? Also, looking at the closeup of the superhero's face with his mask on, his mouth looks like the one you can use when building your Mii character, so if I'm right, this game features Mii implementation for your hero.
Anyway, it's all very weird... I doubt this game'll ever be localized in the US, let alone Europe.
@Gambly:
I was thinking that when I saw the regular guy turning into Captain Rainbow :D
MeleeKirby
Akanubon
Posted 7:25 PM 9/7/08
Well I know what game I'm going to go reserve tomorrow!
Chibi-robo team plus extreme homosexuality? Where do I sign up?!
Akanubon
MoaM
Posted 7:05 PM 9/7/08
I take it this game is just too "awesome", because the space where this video should be is turning up as white space on my end.
MoaM
Ryumeka
Posted 7:47 PM 9/7/08
Does this count as a new Nintendo IP? Or are Skip a seperate party.
Either way, why did they have to add Birdo ]:
also minigames.
Ryumeka
Zho
Posted 8:13 PM 9/7/08
Wow...that was...weird! But so perfectly Sentai!
Zho
BPMν
Posted 8:13 PM 9/7/08
@BPMν:
superhero*
(Why did the "o" go missing...)
BPMν
BPMν
Posted 8:12 PM 9/7/08
A creepy looking Birdo, a geek-looking guy transforming into a muscle-bound superher, falling pans, and comic book sound effects?
Color me interested.
BPMν
Green-clad Gamer Dude
Posted 8:10 PM 9/7/08
Also, this game is like StarTropics Wii.
Green-clad Gamer Dude
paulmcg
Posted 8:07 PM 9/7/08
If that was a Mii turning into a super hero then these people are geniuses.
paulmcg
Green-clad Gamer Dude
Posted 8:06 PM 9/7/08
You know, after watching the trailer again, I see many characteristics of various Nintendo franchises. Captain Rainbow looks alot like Captain Falcon. Yo-yo's like in EarthBound, as well as the quirky vibe of the game. A pipe that looks like it belongs in Mario. And furniture and art that looks like it came out of the Wind Waker.
Green-clad Gamer Dude
Zerozaki Ishiki
Posted 7:57 PM 9/7/08
Okami art style? Sold.
Zerozaki Ishiki
Green-clad Gamer Dude
Posted 7:55 PM 9/7/08
@Gambly: Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.
@MeleeKirby: Cool, nice catch. I hope it's true.
Green-clad Gamer Dude
Grinman
Posted 7:51 PM 9/7/08
What the FUCK did I just watch!?
Grinman
mjn328
Posted 8:30 PM 9/7/08
Watching it again, I still don't know what happened. But I want it.
mjn328
Zho
Posted 8:58 PM 9/7/08
@BPMν: Colour you....rainbow?
Zho
marmidukestank
Posted 9:16 PM 9/7/08
In case people don't know, this is a new IP from Capcom, and one of the central levels is inhabited by Nintendo characters, some of them very obscure.
It looks very Viewtiful.
marmidukestank
phextin
Posted 9:50 PM 9/7/08
This has Skip all over it! Nice to see them doing what they do best.
phextin
Mink_Car
Posted 10:56 PM 9/7/08
Captain Rainbow? Um... that's different, I guess. I'll probably play it.
But yeah, this will sell horribly in the US, for obvious reasons. So we'll probably not see it, unless the developers are a bit thick.
Mink_Car
Mr. Fap☆Fap!
Posted 11:33 PM 9/7/08
Hahaha! People's reactions to this alone makes this game awesome.
Mr. Fap☆Fap!
dArk_stAr
Posted 11:47 PM 9/7/08
Translations for that video, anyone? I might feel better about this game if I knew what Birdo was blabbering about in that unsettling male voice.
dArk_stAr
Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc
Posted 1:10 AM 10/7/08
The TV in the frame video really reminds me of the one in Chibi-Robo.
Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc
NeoStarr
Posted 12:59 AM 10/7/08
That looks suspiciously like Viewtiful Joe.
NeoStarr
thelivingrobot
Posted 2:07 AM 10/7/08
Perhaps I am alone here, but that looks fucking awful. Like a homebrew attempt at making a Wii game or something. No. Thanks.
thelivingrobot
Gfunksnow
Posted 2:16 AM 10/7/08
Just a heads up, IGN just posted info on the game, giving a general idea of what it's about
Gfunksnow
Plan303e
Posted 3:08 AM 10/7/08
@zeldarooles:
Aw you beat me to it.
Plan303e
chuckbanzai
Posted 3:06 AM 10/7/08
Could you imagine Nintendo trying to fit this game into their E3 conference? Man, I always end up more excited for stuff like this than the big dogs at E3.
chuckbanzai
zeldarooles
Posted 2:56 AM 10/7/08
RAINBOW.... PAUNCH!!!
I'm sorry, someone had to do it.
zeldarooles
thejakeman: visit my site!
Posted 3:57 AM 10/7/08
@Green-clad Gamer Dude: actually the TV and Wallpaper are straight outta chibi-robo.
thejakeman: visit my site!
Ky-Guy
Posted 3:46 AM 10/7/08
I think he should be a playable character in the next "Smash Bros." game. I can only imagine what his Final Smash would be like. XD
Ky-Guy
argh
Posted 5:10 AM 10/7/08
Wow...that was...annoying.
argh
AdmiralRupert
Posted 5:44 AM 10/7/08
I loved Chibi Robo, but I hate Birdo.
I'll take it!
AdmiralRupert
Shockdingo
Posted 6:19 AM 10/7/08
Wow...this is actually appealing to me. This is ironic because I just got back into Tokusatsu yesterday. If it's a fun and quirky game that is actually released here I'll check it out. :)
Shockdingo
gblock
Posted 6:17 AM 10/7/08
Wii Soap Drop Simulator FTW!!!!!
I'm so looking forward to my wireless Soap On A Rope peripheral. I can't wait to drop it.
gblock
Wolfers
Posted 7:02 AM 10/7/08
@Jtn: Hahaha, you're probably right.
Wolfers
FunKrusher
Posted 6:49 AM 10/7/08
Too bad we'll never see this in the states, this one looks like it has promise, I'm digging the graphics and art style. Dude turning into Capt. Rainbow and F'ing it up, was classic.
Probably won't sell at all though.
FunKrusher
Aetherium
Posted 7:34 AM 10/7/08
Looks like it might be good...
But I can just imagine as he changes that he yells...
"RAINBOW POWER.... GOOOO!!!"
In a totally not gay way...
Aetherium
Placentasaurus
Posted 7:56 AM 10/7/08
Nintendo of America probably won't bring this over. Fucking Homophobes. It's a shame, cuz this looks awesome.
Placentasaurus
themule
Posted 10:39 AM 10/7/08
Forgive me if I sound stupid, but I don't get it, the graphics are shit and they gave us barely anything to understand this game better, it doesn't help that its in Japenese lol. Bottom line if its a fun game i'll get it, if its not fun then Meh.
themule
deft0k
Posted 12:27 PM 10/7/08
what the fuck at Birdo...
deft0k
Vanguarde
Posted 12:14 PM 10/7/08
I guess this is another result of letting the gays run wild.
I am sure they will eat this up.
Next people will want to marry their pets, then they will want to marry not just one person, but 2!
Hell, go for 3+ a pet!
" I now pronounce yous all Man+Man+Dog+Trisexual "female". You may kiss/lick/slurp the bride/brideman/animal/girlboy'
I kid, I kid. I have gay friends. I like gays, except when they try to convert me.
Vanguarde
Spartan1308™
Posted 12:50 PM 10/7/08
April Fools...in July? Please be April Fools in July.
Spartan1308™
TOPolk
Posted 2:19 PM 10/7/08
I just want Viewtiful Joe 3. Please. Someone, someway, somehow...make it happen.
TOPolk
Kenofthedead
Posted 7:29 AM 11/7/08
An Okami-Viewtiful Joe hybrid like game from the makers of Chibi-Robo? Just needs the sound track artist from Ico and it would be perfect!
In no way is it perfect in any way at all, just a lot of fun looking.
Shame sterotypes and bigotry means it most likely will never be translated in the west. Even though it's just a damn group of colours and nothing else.
Kenofthedead