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WTFriday: Mega Man A Cappella

Posted by Bob Mackey

Note to readers: WTFriday is a weekly feature where I find something stupid about video games and get you to laugh until it goes away. Please try to forget this is what I normally do every day of the week.

Every Friday, I spent literally tens of minutes--and sometimes dozens of minutes--searching for something stupid and hopefully video game-related to share with my beloved readers. But some Fridays, links to substantially goofy content fall right into my lap--like today! 61FPS Reader Nathan Avilla was so kind as to forward me a Mega Man 3 game play video with all of the music/sound effects replaced by human wailing; it's shrill and taunting, yet somehow enchanting. I'd have preferred that the composer applied this idea to Magnet Man's stage, as science has proven that he has the best music in all of Mega Man 3--but still, I'm impressed:

Mega Man 3 'Vocal BGM' clip


And unlike most wacky online videos, this is definitely something you can do at home; all you need is a microphone, and to be castrated. But make sure you ask your parents' permission before buying an expensive microphone.

Related Links:

WTFriday: The Mario Paint Music Showcase
WTFriday: The Chrono Trigger Anime
WTFriday: Goldman's Drama Academy


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Roto13 said:

www.youtube.com/watch

October 31, 2008 3:20 PM

philodygmn said:

The very end after the boss is beaten I think's the funniest.

I like how it sounds like a sneeze when Mega/RockMan gets hit, and explosions (like the snake head getting fried) sound like saying "die".

October 31, 2008 3:41 PM

Nemo Incognito said:

I remember this.  It's not a human singing, it's the vocaloid Hatsune Miku.  Also whoever did this did the whole game.  This account has the rest of it;

www.youtube.com/watch

October 31, 2008 4:08 PM

philodygmn said:

Yah, the GameVideos link had it on a Japanese site that wouldn't translate well enough to track anything about it down.  Thanks!

October 31, 2008 5:37 PM

philodygmn said:

P.S.  I think Bob was kidding treating it like a human performance.  I think it's pretty obviously synthesized.

October 31, 2008 5:39 PM

m goode said:

I would love to see this old school game played on the krave. Has anyone else seen it? (motorola.com/krave) It's a flip phone with a touch screen, 2 MP camera, full html browser and bluetooth functionality. Definitely worth checking out.

October 31, 2008 5:45 PM

LBD "Nytetrayn" said:

I still prefer the version with lyrics.

October 31, 2008 10:21 PM

Roto13 said:

Only the first version. That guy put out at least two more because he found out he could get more attention that way. They're not very good.

November 1, 2008 12:24 AM

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For a brief period of time I was Bull from TV's Night Court, but some of you may know me from the humor column I wrote for Youngstown State University's The Jambar, Kent State University's The Stater, and Youngstown's alternative newspaper, The Walruss. I'm perhaps most well-known for my bi-weekly pieces on Something Awful. I've also blogged for Valley24.com and have written articles for EGM, 1UP, GameSpite and Cracked. For all of my writing over the years, I have made a total of twenty American dollars. It's also said that I draw cartoons, which people have described with words such as "legible." I kidnapped the Lindbergh Baby and am looking to do so again in the future.

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