How I solved Super Monkey Ball's biggest mystery 

I booked a ticket to japan to solve this mystery

Japan

Can I wear that shirt and get on a plane to Japan for free?

Nice Mustachioed Bear shirt 25:18

Can you make a DVD of your documentaries titled "So I Booked A Flight"? Seriously, I'd love to own these on a dvd. They're like professional level documentaries about the dumb things only I would care about.

Bootleg Jones and that’s all we need in this generation

Born just in time to book a flight to Japan*

great joke bro

Truly the greatest generation

Marcus the Person the meme decade

really

lmao

I made the 499 likes to 500!

I thought i was gonna be the 666 likes but i clicked reply and its 669

Noice

Gud

Omg

yO. I want that name.

@@gizmoduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu2773 lmfao

@@ToastBoastOfficial God???

Me: He found him.

Me on my essay: He was found by him.

The snoot drooped.

I never figured out if he found him or not.

This guy has a great sense of humor, the way he sounds serious and joking at the same time is so funny lol

Patrick seems like a pretty amazing dude

That's what Japan does to you man, sorry

You stay humble in Japan.

and also hes unknown to americans so

Very polite

Yeah, me too. He seemed so satisfied with the interview

Imagine someone going all this way to find a tiny voice acting role you did decades ago. That smile was so damn touching.

my dumb Nintendo brain read Super Mario Bros and was confused

@@dunkleosteusterrelli I just realized they are the same acronym lol

That is absolutely genuinely the most hilarious part of this video

fr dude, and no one thinks of it because it's two basic first names as the first and last name.

And only to learn that he wasn't

Blue Boo from 18 years ago. For RU-vid.

@@hudsonsabal8695 in japan.

Is there a better reason!?

1,000th like

Pin this please

My god it’s the legend himself

Now this is awesome

Matt, I want you to know that your voice is etched into the mind of many people including my self. Even as a kid who doesn't know a single thing about the English language, I had your voice and lines memorized thanks to countless hours listening to it while playing. Thank you so much!

Just so you know, my alarm tone is now "READY? GO!"

Spoiler damn

Shock Doggo That really is part of the magic of his channel or at least the journey that goes on to figure those out

By anything you mean go to Japan

That's the beauty of this channel

This is the best way I've heard this channel described. I've wanted to recommend it to friends but didn't know how

Nick can make up any excuse to go to japan again

Brian Matt Tokyo Awesome! I used to play super monkey ball 2 thanks for making my childhood 🤝🙌

Thank you!

What an outstanding lad

Glad to see we finally found you. 🎉

YOUR FOUND NOW!!

I think I had forgotten those names by that point in the video.

Ikr, you can just tell if they are or not the announcer by the length

OMG DUDE YOUR NAME IS THE SAME AS MY REAL NAME WTFFFF I NEVER SEEN ANYONE WITH MY NAME BEFORE!?!?! Only Cree I know is Cree summers and that's it.

Snivary Cree isn't my real name 😔

because its not him watch the rest of the vid

Something’s wrong I can feel it

this makes me laugh so hard

E

O

I feel so weak now oml... WHY DOES THIS GET ME SO MUCH XD

ERROR : ENGLISH NOT FOUND

possibly due to racism in japan when in earlier years, they can be pretty descriminatory to none-japanese people but things are a lot better now irrc

Not so much racism, more the attitude of the early video game industry. Early workers in the video game industry were treated like toy designers. You don't know who designed a certain Hot Wheels car or Hungry Hungry Hippos. That was the attitude with early video games, they were toys. Even the video game publisher Activision was founded to change this, as former Atari workers felt like they were treated as line workers, where as they felt more like artists and wanted to be credited for their work. Now that was a lot earlier than 2001, but this attitude stuck on longer in Japan. Video games were made by a company, not by individuals (which is true to an extent, the opposite can be seen in movies where the director and actors get all the credit for a work involving hundreds of people) and companies wanted to protect their own branding. Konami, Sega, Capcom etc. wanted people to buy the next Konami game, not the next Hideo Kojima game. Only in the late 90s/early 2000s did this start to change and people started getting fair credit for their work in games. If it took that long for someone like THE LEAD DESIGNER to get their fair share of acknowledgement, it's not a surprise crediting the announcer for what they saw as "the overseas version" was low in the list of priorities.

@@poika22 You reminded me of how the first easter-egg in a video game was created... The game was Adventure for Atari. The lead designer felt like he wasn't being given the credit he deserved so he hid his name in the code and made it appear across the screen if you satisfied the right conditions. The game was already out and it would be too costly to recall and fix so Atari left it in the game to be the worlds first easter-egg in a video game. From the Wikipedia on the matter itself: "At the time, Atari did not include programmers' names in the game credits, both to prevent competitors from poaching its developers, as well as to deny developers a means to bargain with the management of the new owners, Warner Communication."

@@poika22 then why would the Japanese voice actors be credited and not the English voice actors?

@@poika22 to add to this, EA originally wanted to do this exact thing, usually game publishers dont credit the actual small time studio which created the game, EA was the first publisher to put the studio's name beside theirs in credits, posters etc, So this was actually a common practice back then

i agree! I Wish more people knew who he is!

I'm just so glad I was right

@@jarenbayon9286 hey, you're right

I guess the odds are pretty high since it's Nick , but i am still very impressed you guessed he was booking another flight before the video even premiered.

Iconic

it reminded me of nathaniel bandy new super mario bros 2 all coins "i needed 2 players so the logical thing for me to do was to buy a second 3DS"

I had to repeat it to myself just to see how well it sounded.

He really seems like a very chill and nice guy!

Well hes a comedian 😂

What does that mean?

NotScott The Grand SAME

i guess it cant be the first time

Idk if id say "significant" but it was a fun video

@@grainthe2nd71 It's pretty significant.

@@notoverwatch6991 I mean idk, can you give me a good reason why specifically knowing the voice actor of the narrator of monkey ball is significant?

@@grainthe2nd71 *cAn y0u g1Ve a siNgle REas0n WHy its n0t?*

"So, let me get this straight. You joined the most powerful mafia in Japan, killed dozens, assisted us in ways others would have never dreamed of... to find the programmers of ET?" "Yeah." "Damn, dude. That's hardcore." "Yeah." "Well, they live down the street, so... good luck!"

@@thegreatkingofevilganondor1500 this response is amazing 😂

"I JOINED AREA 51 TO GET ANSWERS"

*i converted to Islam to find answers*

Why has the reply section turned into memes

No way! That name stuck out to me because of Matt Ullman from D1/2 :-)

I noticed that too!

We found him

He was found

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.

Im not sure if im correct on this but i think they found him

indeed

He knew all along but he didn't knew what he knew.

He didn’t want to mess up any non disclosure agreements probably

at 22:14 u can see theres someone called matt uhi so maybe thats y he said matt. idk y he would say domenic alen's full name (that shows there probably no disclosure agreements) but only say brains last name. i think he just put the "Brian... something..." "...Is that Matt?" thing together so its sounds cooler. long story short i think the guy on the phone meant matt uhi instead of brian matt.

@@fuzzybuddy2950 pretty sure one of them had to have contacted brian matt, since he randomly got a email from brian about the situation. So one of them had to have figured out the full name.

@@xyzqsrbo im just say that i think the the name matt was about someone else and nick robinson wanted to sound deep for some reason so hes say that the guy meant brain matt instead of matt uhi.

hella funny

I do the same when switching between English and Spanish 😆 It can be tough sometimes, but funny none the less 🤣

This is so relatable. Being bilingual can really make your brain go kaput sometimes.

I would assume Chris' brain probably operates in Japanese by default nowadays.

I noticed that. Relatable af, almost cute.

Networking like a God.

You'd be surprised what people are willing to do if you just email/call them.

This is the same guy that casually broke into a Dominos to figure out where a Hatsune Miku video went.

TheBlitz didn't really break in...

He just has high charisma.

Honestly everyone Nick met in this video were great. Really looks like a great couple of people.

Patrick: "Brian." Chris: "Matt." The pieces were there before we knew it- Wow-

666 likes lol

Patricks been in japan for 20 years must've had some influence on him

Also really fucking cute my god!

Mystery: League of Legends Nick: I booked a flight

Nick: books a flight to japan Nick: so anyway i made merch about booking flights to japan

@@rightshoe1188 book a flight to runeterra

More like how to write off trips to japan as a business expense

facts

Ikr

"Going to Japan last minute repeatedly just to find out one fact and immediately leave"

@@Kokanauka yes

And it's not even the focus of the video

Next, he should meet Atsugiri Jason. "WHY JAPANESE PEOPLE?? WHY???"

Just to ask him a question about a random game! 😂

For "liquids or solids" nonetheless

Read this in Karl Jobst’s voice

lol a voice was your crush

​@@cookieswithoutcreamstay away from the tsp fandom

People are quick yo

I checked the real guy's imbd and he's listed as the announcer as well. Edit: and it even says "uncredited."

XoroZ yeah I saw that too lol it changed on the super monkey ball Wikipedia under characters.

The bots are working overtime

nobody in 18 years thought to take eight seconds and realize the voice sounds absolutely nothing like patrick?

Out of options and desperate for answers...

I knew I had to go to the cheetos Japan headquarters

Guys dont give him ideas... he might find some mystery or important person just so he can make that joke

Where did this start

@@usernamesnull I hope so

Lol

Gg

nah i serched it up maybe its like fliped its matt brian

@Dany Torres MOHAMMED AVDOL

@@aquaarmour4924 Jojo references are the best kind of references

Gabriela Roberts Swear I tapped the video to see if it was almost over when he said that. lol I was like, nice try. haha

That's because he was WRONG!

Do I detect a Jaiden Animations reference?

Lol

Nah this is a regular occurence on this channel

@@drawnwithlove3499 it is regular but that makes him even more dedicated he's dedicated to being dedicated

And Patrick was totally chill with it. What a guy. I love it when celebrities act like just... normal people instead of being self-righteous pompous assholes.

@@sessasalon and the fact that he' s dedicated to being dedicated and that makes him dedicated is dedication

Pfft- and then you get to Patrick and you hear he's going to Japan, less than halfway through the video; oH NO-

Uh oh stinky poop lalala funny hahaha poopy with no diaper hahaha funny

@@businessraccoon3886 who's the voice actor of those lines

@@jakethesnake2511 so i booked a ticket to-

And the flights to japan

No, I want to know the real fucking voice actor

I find it funny because you're right. Brian Matt's friends ID'd him immediately, without anyone realizing.

This trope will never fail to crack me up

@@bait8112 tru

Mood

Yuri??

I mean, pretty sure Pat said something about Brian... Then Chris said something about Matt... Maybe the other way around But sounded like two different people Turned out it was Brian Matt xD

Yeah I literally just got to that part in the video when he said it oops sorry 😅

documentary

It is also incredibly satisfying how the story unintentionally uses the rule of 3 when going through the possible voice actors: Jack Merluzzi, Patrick Harlan, and finally Brian Matt.

Luigiman1089 When Chris said “ is that Matt?” I was like you’re so close!

Make a video about he best memes of the decade

Hey kadz

Kadz 420k subs, noice

Kadz same lol

its a half and hour? i didn't even notice. and i have never heard of this game to just got recommend to me

So i booked a flight to mars...

Same. I was sitting there going like I know where this is going. Nick stop.. Nick no NO! GOD DAMN IT NICK EVERY TIME!

My Strange Addiction

Next question: are Martians real?

After the shirt reveal earlier today we all knew this was happening

drink a beer and watchin so much nick youtube video on the computer. The ideal

AsfaeksBR who wouldn’t want to go there 😋

All of his videos are

I feel like at this point he’s probably only gone once, or maybe twice. He probably just plans out what he’s going to do beforehand

AsfaeksBR that’s his meaning of life. To uncover gaming mysteries and go to Japan so those things intertwine so what

Oh shit, you beat me to the joke. Take all my blue thumbs up.

I feel like Brians the guy who eavesdrops and thats how he found out.

@@AtasiProductions I haven't seen Chris or Patrick in a year or so. I received one email from Chris and Nick was cc'd asking if I was the narrator. Nick then asked to chat on Skype. Don't forget 99% of our work as narrators are solo in the booth so we don't meet for years.

@@brianmatttokyo688 Thank you for taking the time to solve this mystery. You are awesome!

@@brianmatttokyo688 Super nice of you for reaching out to Nick for an interview! So cool to see such a nuanced mystery like this solved nearly 20 years later.

@@brianmatttokyo688 Thank you for taking the time to chat with Nick about this. :D

I know, I won't even turn my head to figure out what the current time of day it is sometimes!

1k like!

its like endgame all over again

somethings wrong, I can feel it

@Jordan Tillman lol

LOL I DID THAT XD

Hey you're right lol

@@kennethgonzalez7759 haha

link

RU-vid journalism is still journalism. This video is now a primary source.

@@ZarHakkar RU-vid journalism is usually much better than tv and newspaper journalism

shynox yep it is

It do be like that sometimes.

The Explainationist Why do you gotta be like that? People are just being happy for the sheer dedication nick put into solving this unexplained mystery.

@@rombid Even so, can't you let people do things that make them happy? If you don't like it, that's fine but just agree to disagree and leave it at that, there is no need to rude about it.

@@rombid have you never seen/heard this phrase before?

drink a beer and watchin so much nick youtube video on the computer. The ideal

Drink a beer and watchin so much nick youtube video on the computer. The ideal

Pure multiple times if you have a Wikipedia page on yourself and that other information

What page?

@@I_was_a_Bullfrog probably the ones for Brian matt and super monkey ball

Oh no i just ran out of milk.. Well there's only one thing i can do... Japan here i come.

No reason? I think you mean EVERY reason.

@@godlyvex5543 More reasons than things that crash Paper Mario.

Maybe he actually works there on occasion

Hang on... I think I know this guy from the dog baseball game... But was he also the Pizza Hut guy from years ago?

its almost kinda wholesome

Same

I know who this is, I know what monkey ball is, but I never heard of Patrick

same

Same

Oml I just saw this on my recommended lol I feel the same about this vid

It's not about the end goal but the journey

Geckopower the journey to tokyo japan

Literally half a million people, but a'ight

This guy's way of narrating his mystery-solving is so intriguing, I never had even heard of most of the games he talks about, the Rusty's Baseball (can't remember right the name, the Pappy Van Poodle one!) was only released in 3 countries apparently? Most of these games haven't even been released in my continent, and if they were, they are obscure as heck here. But I absolutely love watching his videos anyway. I see a Nick video, I click. He's amazing.

Well I mean, it depends if you think North America and South America are 2 separate continents, of if you think they're subcontinents of one continent... But my point stays the same :p

He flew all the way to Japan to figure out the mystery of a Pizza Hut Hatsune Miku campaign.

He flew there for a F***ING STICKER

@@Mysgelatin Let's not be misled here. With regards to all of these videos where he goes to Japan, the Domino's Pizza/sticker/voice actor search was not the only or even primary reason. He just likes to go to Japan, and when he goes, he likes to find things like this to help make the trip feel more worth it. Remember, he actually didn't need to be in Japan at all for this video. All of his researching was done by e-mail/phone, and so was the voice call at the end. Only the in-person interview with Patrick Harlan needed him to be in Japan, but that could've been done over the phone.

@@theSato have you heard of a joke?

@yuno fourfourninezeroseven ???

@yuno fourfourninezeroseven What schizophrenic tirade is this.

Pffft-

I get it

So I booked a ticket

@@floatingduck6232 to find answers....

On why I like japan

The forst video i literally did this with, havent even played monkeyball

At this point it would probably be less expensive to just move there

🗃

Lol

The real narrator was the flight to Japan

Actually laughed out loud

Perfect!!

Lol

Sega has alleged mafia ties. So you're actually not too far off.

or maybe he took a plane to tokyo

Or the ISS

@@Nepko360 or the ISS in school

Was that a fly me to the moon reference?

gaming

Went from 0-60 real quick

House of Beans Somebody : Karen lives in a US- Me : SO I BOOKED MY TICKET TO KILL HER

House of Beans 0-64 real quick

this should be pinned

lmao I was thinking the same thing. Started watching like 'wtf is this guy talking about', then 30 minutes later I'm sad that the video is done. The guy tells a great story

Me too.

It's still utterly silly.

I literally have never heard of this game, I wasn't even born yet in 2001. This video just popped up in my recommendations and I ended up watching till the end and found it very interesting. Was not dissapointed :'D

Agreed. Most are just mouth pieces for publishers.

And superbunnyhop, really good youtuber

or a video game detective