{"id":19695,"date":"2023-06-22T18:35:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T09:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=19695"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:14:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T05:14:12","slug":"20230622-19695","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230622-19695\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Mario RPG: Guerilla trends on Twitter in Japan as fans celebrate the legendary meme\u2019s revival\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nintendo just announced the release of the Super Mario RPG remake on November 17 and released a trailer<\/a>, giving fans a sneak preview of what the remake will bring. Japanese fans were quick to notice that that the remake includes Guerilla, a well-loved meme character from the original game and his name soon started trending<\/a> on Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, who\u2019s Guerrilla and what makes him special? Guerilla is a Kong-like being, shackled by chains to an iron ball, that appeared in the original Super Mario RPG from 1996. Guerrilla\u2019s name is obviously a play on the words \u201cgorilla\u201d and \u201cguerrilla warfare\u201d, and his appearance is almost identical to Donkey Kong. He has not appeared in the Donkey Kong side of the series, and his relationship to the Kong family is unknown.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moreover, the character\u2019s Japanese name, \u30c9\u30bd\u30ad\u30fc\u30e6\u30f3\u30b0 (Dosokey Yung) is an even more clever play on words, as the name is designed to look almost exactly like \u30c9\u30f3\u30ad\u30fc\u30b3\u30f3\u30b0 (Donkey Kong) at first glance by replacing Japanese characters that look very similar to each other. In this case, the \u201cn\u201d (\u30f3) in donkey is replaced with \u201cso\u201d (\u30bd), and the \u201cko\u201d (\u30b3) in kong is replaced with \u201cyu\u201d (\u30e6), resulting in a perfect bootleg name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from the \u201calmost same but different\u201d appearance and name, Guerrilla is also famous for the phrase displayed when he has his mind read by Mallow\u2019s Psychopath ability. In the English version, Guerrilla\u2019s thoughts are \u201cDon’t confuse me with someone else!\u201d alluding to his resemblance to Donkey Kong, while the Japanese version translates to \u201cI am a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real persons is coincidental,\u201d again denying connection to the original Donkey Kong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guerrilla is essentially a \u201cdollar-store Donkey Kong\u201d character the developers slid into the game for giggles, and fans, especially the Japanese fandom, quickly recognized his meme-potential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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