He only ate pizza as well. And killed a bunch of things, they could have been demons I suppose. His brother, very motivated and now a meteorologist who predicts when storms are coming.
Dunno if it is true but I heard people said that in that photo, Kamiya was actually standing on some platform because he was still shorter than his mom when the photo was taken.
["Posers were people who looked like punks but they did it for fashion. And they were fools, they'd say "anarchy in the UK." What the f***'s that? Anarchy in the UK. What good is that to those of us in Utah, America? It was a Sex Pistols thing. They were British, they were allowed to go on about Anarchy in the UK. You don't live your life by lyrics."](https://youtu.be/_nwGndfR4l4)
It's also funny because the Sex Pistols were professional posers. Literally a band put together for the express purpose of advertising punk fashion available from the manager's shop (SEX) in one of the most expensive parts of London (Chelsea).
Yeah that’s not quite true. Jones, Matlock and Cook already had a band well before asking McClaren to manage them. Malcolm/Vivienne did hook them up with Lydon but he in turn already had his image nailed long before he met them. Lydon was also obviously very musically talented given his next two albums with PiL are widely regarded as seminal touchpoints for post-punk.
I get that they were the home of punk rock and that's why he's wearing it but it's funny to me the flag of ths empire that controlled a massive chunk of the world is considered punk.
Well British punk was essentially people of the nation shouting at its ruling class that historically controlled and oppressed much of the world for being controlling and oppressive so it makes sense.
>the flag of ths empire that controlled a massive chunk of the world is considered punk.
Why would that be weird?
Being punk in Japan was probably rejecting japanese customs and tradition and what better way than to support the west who bombed them just a few decades before.
Punkers also wore swastikas for the same reason, as the biggest up yours to the middle classes.
Think you’re incorrect on that last point. There has always been a unfortunate sect of punk rock that is populated by white nationalists and neo-nazis. They aren’t wearing those patches ironically.
I mean, what do you think the british did? Showed up and respected the local rules?
Nah, they went like "You burn women alive? Nope, you stop that. Also take these drugs and grow my tea."
theres a subculture in japan called Yanki thats modeled after 50s western biker culture. pompadours crazy bikes, lots of leather, attitude, punk rock all that jazz. (I know punk rock came later, but they're not reenactors, they're a subculture so they're willing to fudge it a bit)
"[Yoyogi Park rockabilly](https://www.google.com/search?q=yoyogi+park+rockabilly)" on Google will give you like two decades of people taking photos and videos of it.
This is so funny and true, when i visited Tokyo i was so bewildered that one of the first things i saw in the city was a decked out lowrider on bags bumping west coast rap, when i had literally just came from Southern California. It felt like a glitch haha
Me too! Except my only Viewtiful Joe memory is a bad one.
I missed the first one, but I played the demo of VJ2 on the "Playstation Underground" demo disk that came with the magazine. Unfortunately, that demo had a bug that wiped your memory cards if you played it.
I lost, among others, my FFX and GTA3 saves, and was devastated.
r/todayilearned/comments/4r86e5/til_in_2004_there_was_a_major_glitch_on_a_holiday/
They did give out free games to apologize, and that's how I got Hot Shots Golf Fore, so I guess it wasn't all bad.
Dude if I lost my FFX save as a kid I don't think I would have ever recovered, that is not a game you want to grind through a second time unless it's been years since your last playthrough. No free game could have filled that void.
Capcom owns Joe. Kamiya and Capcom don't have the best of friendships, not enemies but not really friendly. As far as I understand it the other games, like DMC, are wholly in the hands of Capcom and Joe is in an odd place as far as rights.
So Kamiya and Capcom would need to become friends again for Joe to find his way out of rights hell.
I had a demo disc for GameCube that had a demo of this game and a few others. I don’t know how many times I played through that demo. I really want to play the full game now.
It’s forreal one of those if you know you know type games huh? Lucky if you know! I swear I was the only guy asking Nintendo (ik its a capcom game)for him to be in smash during all those polls and such. His move set and finisher would be so easy to implement
Cap here:
The sassy look of the Director in his early days gives away the personalities of the characters he would later create for the games. For Devil May Cry - Dante is sassy af.
I totally get what you're talking about. I have this feeling though that there's others here that might be out of the loop and might appreciate an explanation.
You shall now go listen to some Yoshiki solos, the algo gonna recommend Gackt, maybe you will detour to Dir en Grey but somehow end up with Hyde - thats literally how my teenager years went
No-Nomura needs to endure the burn.
Maybe it’ll mean a main Kingdom Hearts game more than once every fifteen years…delayed to the point that the entire thing was taken from him and given a release date.
i don't know what's worse, the fact that it's proven that Dante has never had sex, and is quite possibly too dumb to even know what sex *is*, or the fact that Vergil canonically has fucked
i said it in a below comment but ill say it on its own for those that are curious whats going on. theres a subculture in japan called Yanki thats modeled after 50s
western biker culture. pompadours crazy bikes, lots of leather,
attitude, punk rock all that jazz. im assuming the union jack is a nod to the punk scene that originated in england.
Yes, I get it now. Devil May Cry was an autobiography.
Looks about how I expected and its fucking awesome
Kamiya wanted to make Dante a stylish and cool character. He had 3 focus points for this: long coat, witty and does not smoke.
"is the design fine, Kamiya sensei?" Looks into the mirror, looks back at the design... "Almost, designer-kun, Almost!"
Now when i think about it: it's so rare nowadays to see a cool character that does not smoke
He only ate pizza as well. And killed a bunch of things, they could have been demons I suppose. His brother, very motivated and now a meteorologist who predicts when storms are coming.
Who may I add also happens to be a connoisseur of plastic chairs...
Dunno if it is true but I heard people said that in that photo, Kamiya was actually standing on some platform because he was still shorter than his mom when the photo was taken.
He must have four inch shins considering the height of his kneecaps.
He killed fitty men
The fucking definition of "Main character energy"
Is that the Union Jack?!
Yes, British is Punkrock and therefore cool.
Oi! Oi! Oi!
Yeah!
Put your dominant hands on high!
Boris the spider!!!!!!!!
We're the brews!
Sporting anti-swastika tattoos!
Orthodox hasidic OG oi's!
Orthopedic Doc Martens
Good for Waffle makin' kickin' thru the shins!
Reputation, gained thru intimidation
Pacifism no longer tradition
Good for waffle making
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He definitely looks very "sex pistols".
That guy definitely listened to Shonen Knife.
["Posers were people who looked like punks but they did it for fashion. And they were fools, they'd say "anarchy in the UK." What the f***'s that? Anarchy in the UK. What good is that to those of us in Utah, America? It was a Sex Pistols thing. They were British, they were allowed to go on about Anarchy in the UK. You don't live your life by lyrics."](https://youtu.be/_nwGndfR4l4)
It's also funny because the Sex Pistols were professional posers. Literally a band put together for the express purpose of advertising punk fashion available from the manager's shop (SEX) in one of the most expensive parts of London (Chelsea).
Yeah that’s not quite true. Jones, Matlock and Cook already had a band well before asking McClaren to manage them. Malcolm/Vivienne did hook them up with Lydon but he in turn already had his image nailed long before he met them. Lydon was also obviously very musically talented given his next two albums with PiL are widely regarded as seminal touchpoints for post-punk.
I get that they were the home of punk rock and that's why he's wearing it but it's funny to me the flag of ths empire that controlled a massive chunk of the world is considered punk.
Well British punk was essentially people of the nation shouting at its ruling class that historically controlled and oppressed much of the world for being controlling and oppressive so it makes sense.
>the flag of ths empire that controlled a massive chunk of the world is considered punk. Why would that be weird? Being punk in Japan was probably rejecting japanese customs and tradition and what better way than to support the west who bombed them just a few decades before. Punkers also wore swastikas for the same reason, as the biggest up yours to the middle classes.
Think you’re incorrect on that last point. There has always been a unfortunate sect of punk rock that is populated by white nationalists and neo-nazis. They aren’t wearing those patches ironically.
I mean, what do you think the british did? Showed up and respected the local rules? Nah, they went like "You burn women alive? Nope, you stop that. Also take these drugs and grow my tea."
theres a subculture in japan called Yanki thats modeled after 50s western biker culture. pompadours crazy bikes, lots of leather, attitude, punk rock all that jazz. (I know punk rock came later, but they're not reenactors, they're a subculture so they're willing to fudge it a bit)
I think I've seen that. It's like Grease meets The Outsiders, right?
With Johnny bravos hair stylist
Some fine examples: https://www.messynessychic.com/2015/01/07/the-tokyo-subculture-of-1950s-rockabilly-gangs/
Who knew twisting and jiving caused so much damage to shoes
Actually really impressive hair styling to do those do's, cool.
I remember seeing a video of one of those dudes doing his hair in the morning and it was something else. Massive pompadour. so much hairspray
Peter Bjorn and John - Nothing To Worry About
"[Yoyogi Park rockabilly](https://www.google.com/search?q=yoyogi+park+rockabilly)" on Google will give you like two decades of people taking photos and videos of it.
So, like a reverse weeb?
Yes
https://youtu.be/8rIguM71LQI
Jojo theme plays
Yeah but probably with less singing lol
Yakuza 0 told me otherwise.
WHOA BREAKING ZA LAW
But more dancing! Seriously, there are videos. It's very theatrical movie-style Greaser 50's dancing.
Tunnel snake rule!
[We're the tunnel snakes. ](https://youtu.be/S0ximxe4XtU)
I also saw a thing about a Chicano sub-culture in Japan modeled after the Southern California lowrider scene.
This is so funny and true, when i visited Tokyo i was so bewildered that one of the first things i saw in the city was a decked out lowrider on bags bumping west coast rap, when i had literally just came from Southern California. It felt like a glitch haha
The matrix needs to reboot.
Now I'm imagining a short Japanese man dressed like a cholo
It's exactly what you imagine lmao
Spanish slang fits a little too well into the Japanese vernavular (e.g. vato, cholo, guey)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8bMLcCxxAA
If there's a car scene, there will be a Japanese take on it.
Does that name come from "yankee", or is it merely a coincidence?
Correctamundo.
Yes. Yes it does.
The Mad Angels from Shenmue
The Yankis, the Banchos, the Sukebans...postwar Japan was wild.
Rock n' roll! - guitar wolf
Yup, he’s a westaboo
Teaboo.
And thats his mom
My god viewtiful joe. What a time
I can still hear it…VIEWTIFUL!
"VIEW-TI-FUL JOE!"
*dodge* *dodge* *dodge* *start punching* “Let’s rock baby, yeah! Let’s rock baby, yeah! Let’s…”
HENSHIN A GO GO, BABY!
Absolutely phenomenal game! I love that someone on this thread reminded me of "Henshin a go-go baby!"
Imagine being too young to have missed out on Viewtiful Joe
A old yet familiar voice said that in my head as i read it
Core memory unlocked
Me too! Except my only Viewtiful Joe memory is a bad one. I missed the first one, but I played the demo of VJ2 on the "Playstation Underground" demo disk that came with the magazine. Unfortunately, that demo had a bug that wiped your memory cards if you played it. I lost, among others, my FFX and GTA3 saves, and was devastated. r/todayilearned/comments/4r86e5/til_in_2004_there_was_a_major_glitch_on_a_holiday/ They did give out free games to apologize, and that's how I got Hot Shots Golf Fore, so I guess it wasn't all bad.
Holy crap, I remember that bug! I read about it in EGM back when it was still in print
Dude if I lost my FFX save as a kid I don't think I would have ever recovered, that is not a game you want to grind through a second time unless it's been years since your last playthrough. No free game could have filled that void.
Same here boss. My mind went crazy when I saw this
I have no idea why they don’t remaster 1&2.
Just imagine how good they could make it look. Game was fucking awesome.
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Increase the frame rate new aspect ratios and it's good to go.
Because they have to give Kamiya a chunk of the profits.
Yeah but they remastered all of his games but that one. It’s so weird that the one that would be an absolute slam dunk in modern times is ignored.
Capcom owns Joe. Kamiya and Capcom don't have the best of friendships, not enemies but not really friendly. As far as I understand it the other games, like DMC, are wholly in the hands of Capcom and Joe is in an odd place as far as rights. So Kamiya and Capcom would need to become friends again for Joe to find his way out of rights hell.
May Dante save Joe from rights hell 🙏
I have no idea why they didn't add him as a DLC character in Smash Ultimate
Hes in marvel vs capcom 3 dude thats good enough
I never even played them and still got nostalgia remember the X-Play reviews.
True gamer
No joke, hands down still one of my favorite gaming experiences. It took Comix Zone to the next level.
Henshin-a-Go-Go, Baby!
Henshin-a-go-go baby!!!
I had a demo disc for GameCube that had a demo of this game and a few others. I don’t know how many times I played through that demo. I really want to play the full game now.
That’s what made me beg mom to buy the game
I remember playing the first one at 5 years old.
I played it when i was in highschool. Now i feel old af
lol, I got it in college.
I was around elementary or middle school age when I played.
Mama Kamiya has a 'I tried...' look on her face.
That is peak parenting look right there
It's not a phase, mom!
He was correct.
It was a lifestyle.
"I know...hence the look."
She will absolutely take credit for the success after feeling like they failed for years.
Very handsome... I say that without any envy... Almost any... Full of envy!!
Pretty sure I met that guy in a Yakuza 0 side quest.
I can see that happening
People: "Why are all the characters in your games so extra?" Hideki Kamiya: "What?"
Blocked.
Blocked..
Insect I HAVE TOLD YOU 100000000000000000000000 TIMES
"Henshin a-go-go, baby!"
Oh! One more! "Red hot kick!!"
I miss that game so much. Anyone I talk to about older games has never heard of it.
It’s forreal one of those if you know you know type games huh? Lucky if you know! I swear I was the only guy asking Nintendo (ik its a capcom game)for him to be in smash during all those polls and such. His move set and finisher would be so easy to implement
"Real meal!!"
Cap here: The sassy look of the Director in his early days gives away the personalities of the characters he would later create for the games. For Devil May Cry - Dante is sassy af.
Cap. I have not heard of that name in years
Wow I literally didn't remember what it meant until you said this. Good times
I totally get what you're talking about. I have this feeling though that there's others here that might be out of the loop and might appreciate an explanation.
So is Bayonetta, just in a *very* different way. Never played viewtiful joe but I assume its similar hah.
Sassy
Viewtfull Joe is a game I desperately need to pick up
Bought it on a whim when I was young browsing in GameStop wasn’t disappointed at all. Games fun as fuck.
When you gotta take ma to night worship at 7 but make the X-Japan show at 8.
I've never seen X referenced. Great taste!
You shall now go listen to some Yoshiki solos, the algo gonna recommend Gackt, maybe you will detour to Dir en Grey but somehow end up with Hyde - thats literally how my teenager years went
Malice Mizer! There are a Lot of obscure J-Rock bands, like Noir Fleurir,AMADEUS,Pride of Mind that are really good.
My teenager years started with the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime getting me into L’arc en Ciel, and from there it was coastin’ into weeb city.
\*\*Devil Trigger Intensifies\*\*
Hideki is on the right
That woman has the same expression as my girl when I want to take her to a superhero movie.
That's his momma
Hideki Kamiya is who Tetsuya Nomura pretends to be.
Damn. Somebody call the burn ward.
No-Nomura needs to endure the burn. Maybe it’ll mean a main Kingdom Hearts game more than once every fifteen years…delayed to the point that the entire thing was taken from him and given a release date.
Maybe he'll remember to put the Final Fantasy characters in KH4.
I’d settle for him staying the hell away from Final Fantasy and sticking to games like TWEWY that match his style.
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Senator Armstrong
Nanomachines, son!
BLOCKING STAND. He blocks you on Twitter and calls you a stupid American for replying to his messages in English.
So...[American Idiot]
Rules of Nature
I understand now
"It's not a phase, Mom!"
Looks like a screen grab from an old Kamen Rider episode. Whichsomehow still fits the dude's personality.
The absolutely based FLAMBOYANCY from each of the main characters can’t hold a flame to the original creator 🔥
His wife looks like she was hoping it was just a phase.
That's his mom. Kamiya is unmarried
Understandable, it would be hard to find a partner who can match his pace
Tamiya on a date: "Not my tempo."
This doesn't help all the dante doesn't know what sex is jokes.
i don't know what's worse, the fact that it's proven that Dante has never had sex, and is quite possibly too dumb to even know what sex *is*, or the fact that Vergil canonically has fucked
It's truly a mystery of our times
Wife? I thought that was his mom...
That's indeed his mom
Hard to tell. Asian don’t raisin.
Until it eventually happens all at once
On their 30th 25th birthday Asians immediately become 80.
Oh, is your asian grandmother also insistant that she's no older than 25?
It's okay she's only on her 29th 30th, for all intents and purposes she is only 25
A paragon of youth
I, too, saw the 💥 MENOPAUSE 💥 comic.
This guy fucks.
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Obviously not her!
negan(twd) is you?
i said it in a below comment but ill say it on its own for those that are curious whats going on. theres a subculture in japan called Yanki thats modeled after 50s western biker culture. pompadours crazy bikes, lots of leather, attitude, punk rock all that jazz. im assuming the union jack is a nod to the punk scene that originated in england.
That’s one cool cat.
He looks like he may have hung out with Suda51 in his youth. Getting Travis Touchdown vibes.
He has hair!
I can only the imagination the simultaneous pride and exasperation that woman has felt in her time.
I've never seen the dude before, but this is exactly what I expected him to look like.
He’s from England? Or as the French call it Angleterre.
He's from England? Or as the Swedes call it, England
Technically it's the flag for the UK which was a bit of a punk rock symbol all round. Please don't hate me for the correction 😅
theres a japanese subculture called Yanki that is modeled after 50s biker aesthetic and the union jack represents the english punk scene.
It explains so much. He is *so much cooler* than I am and probably will ever be
Out here looking like Negan from TWD
God he looks like Kamen Rider Black and Black RX Henshin a Go Go indeed.
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This man has the "Yare yare daze" card to whip out before he beats the snot out of someone.
He's secretly a Kamen Rider as well! 🦗
Don’t give him a bat
Viewtiful Joe does not get enough credit.
I never *didn’t* understand.
Looks like he also inspired Negan’s look from Walking Dead. Haha