Rainbows?? I'm gonna start a petition!

JustOneFix

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

Curiosity for something titled 'Captain Rainbow' broke the internet, it seems.

animat0

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

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

I can't see it either

The_EE_God

No vid for poor Jokes neither.

JokesJokes

video's not working!

you sonsabitches have five minutes to fix this before i cancel my Kotaku Gold subscription!

108

I can't see anything!

I was really excited to see it too. :[

JuanMontoya

@jive238: That'd be me to =(

odyeiop

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

@mjn328:
It's worth it....it's actually worth $20.

Darkest Daze

@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

video is GONE!

jive238

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

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!

@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

Is that Action Bastard?

Darkest Daze

Is it Birdo, though? The voice is just....ungh.

Luke Plunkett

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

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

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

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!

....Birdo?

mjn328

Needs localization, STAT!

TheWiicast

Hein Hein...dont know. A little bit inspired in viewtiful joe? THe design at least...

Gambly

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

I like the art style.

Green-clad Gamer Dude

O_O

Um, OK. It's like Captain Planet, only gayish. Not that I'm bashing! It's just, well, strange...

Fallen_Reality

@jive238: I assume Nintendo is publishing the game as they did with Chibi-Robo, so that could plausibly be the real Birdo.

Reneg

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

I'm not a homophobe. That being said, that character design is pretty gay.

banana_ridah

i felt some giftpia in this game.
i need it.. nauw!

SilverDogg

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

Does he fight with a....yo-yo?
Is Birdo his sidekick?.....

Whatever Birdo is saying doesn't match the subtitles.

animat0

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

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

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

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

Well I know what game I'm going to go reserve tomorrow!

Chibi-robo team plus extreme homosexuality? Where do I sign up?!

Akanubon

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

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

Wow...that was...weird! But so perfectly Sentai!

Zho

@BPMν:
superhero*
(Why did the "o" go missing...)

BPMν

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

Also, this game is like StarTropics Wii.

Green-clad Gamer Dude

If that was a Mii turning into a super hero then these people are geniuses.

paulmcg

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

Okami art style? Sold.

Zerozaki Ishiki

@Gambly: Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.

@MeleeKirby: Cool, nice catch. I hope it's true.

Green-clad Gamer Dude

What the FUCK did I just watch!?

Grinman

Watching it again, I still don't know what happened. But I want it.

mjn328

@BPMν: Colour you....rainbow?

Zho

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

This has Skip all over it! Nice to see them doing what they do best.

phextin

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

Hahaha! People's reactions to this alone makes this game awesome.

Mr. Fap☆Fap!

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

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

That looks suspiciously like Viewtiful Joe.

NeoStarr

Perhaps I am alone here, but that looks fucking awful. Like a homebrew attempt at making a Wii game or something. No. Thanks.

thelivingrobot

Just a heads up, IGN just posted info on the game, giving a general idea of what it's about

Gfunksnow

@zeldarooles:
Aw you beat me to it.

Plan303e

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

RAINBOW.... PAUNCH!!!

I'm sorry, someone had to do it.

zeldarooles

@Green-clad Gamer Dude: actually the TV and Wallpaper are straight outta chibi-robo.

thejakeman: visit my site!

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

Wow...that was...annoying.

argh

I loved Chibi Robo, but I hate Birdo.

I'll take it!

AdmiralRupert

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

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

@Jtn: Hahaha, you're probably right.

Wolfers

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

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

Nintendo of America probably won't bring this over. Fucking Homophobes. It's a shame, cuz this looks awesome.

Placentasaurus

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

what the fuck at Birdo...

deft0k

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

April Fools...in July? Please be April Fools in July.

Spartan1308™

I just want Viewtiful Joe 3. Please. Someone, someway, somehow...make it happen.

TOPolk

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