SO many yokai in Mario! Still got TONS more to look into. In the meantime, if you want to spice up your D&D game with some yokai goodness, check out my new Kappa race over on dmsguild! tinyurl.com/y3voxpsp (P.S. Sorry about the clipping at the end!)

I feel like yokai are the “Simpson’s did it” of in game monsters. Fascinating how much they are connected to.

I had zero idea thwomp is a yokai. Nintendo is a wild card when it comes for japanese mythology

Dude, I heard "viewers like you" and had a flashback to years of watching PBS and almost said "thank you"

Never in my life did I think a video game about two Italian plumber brothers stomping on mushroom people would have so much contained within.

I feel like there’s a yokai for just about anything, they come in so many shapes and sizes and do a lot of different things

"Thwimps and Thwomps And Wimps and Womps And Grindles and Spindles and Grrrols There's Tox box and Flomps And Rhomps and Bomps And Walleyes and Wallops There all pretty much invincible and they will crush you without hesitation like a cartoonish Sherman's March to the Sea" - BDG

This yokai looking like it had it's universal record of a stunt bike arcade game broken by a blue jay and a raccoon.

I have a feeling your going to drop a lot of heavy Yokai lore on us, Hehe.

1:10 "It likely doesn't mean much for anyone under the age of thirty" You have never told a worse lie.

Waaaaait a minute… Are the three heads that work for Yubaba in Spirited Away Tsurube Oroshi?

6:25 I guess I’ll see this thing in my nightmares soon

1:45 Minus the backwards long jump from Mario 64 because they ported the Shindou version from 1997! RIP the most memorable (and iconic) glitch ever found!

If I ever saw this yokai I would say “heads up”!

5:08 for the patrons wondering what their money is used for... Boom here you go

Gaijin!!! I’ve been doing Yokai research for a couple years for a story/game I want to make, and I found a Yokai that was a blend between a cat, dog, rabbit and fox, and had elemental powers. Sounds like a pretty straight forward inspiration for the Eevee-line, but I haven’t been able to find it again. I haven’t seen any PokeTubers mention it as an inspiration of Eevee so it could be cool for a Yokai Hunters video 🤷🏽‍♂️

Nintendo sure loves putting yokai in their Mario games don’t they.

BOUT TIME WE GOT THE SUMMONING CHANT AGAIN!

I got excited when you mentioned the fluff balls in yoshi's island being a yokai and wanted to look them up and MY GOD kesaran-pasaran is so dang cute and wholesome! thank you for that throw away line it made my night to learn about that

*Thomps: Haha, Plumber go splat*

I always love your Yokai vids. Always fun to learn neat facts like this.

Hey Gaijin, ever thought of checking out little nightmares and dissecting the Japanese influence in the last 2 levels? It’s had me intrigued for years!

Today I have realized that the word "Koopa" was based of the other word "Kappa".

"Yokai hunters" *literally everything in existence is a Yokai being hunted*

"...the entire fame is full of glitch gremlin yokai" That's a pretty good reference right there, my friend. A very good one.

You know kinda interesting how the most successful video game franchises of the past had creatures based on folk lore. I mean aside from Mario and the Japanese lore, we got Castlevania which took in pretty much every horror movie monster trope they could find, werewolves, dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, hunchbacks hoppers, flying medusa heads, soooo much. Man I know your main thing is japanese lore but I'd kill for an analysis of the monsters of Castlevania one day.

A little thing to add, the walking version of the Thwomp could be a nod to the Nurikabe (a living wall) at least in appearance anyway

The last time you brought up these guys in passing (don't remember the video) I mentioned in the comments something to the effects of "Aren't these guys the origin of Thwamps?" glad to see you agree with the idea.

I never knew this yokai existed until I saw this video. Thanks Gaijin Goombah! You learn something new every day!

John Blake: Sir, that could all just be a coincidence. Jim Gordon: You're a detective now, son. You're not allowed to believe in coincidence anymore.

This is really cool! I never knew about this particular yokai, but Thwomps are one of the most interesting enemies I've come across in the mainline Mario games! Love the video!

I actually made a Kappa monster stat block for a friend who's been considering running a Japan-inspired DnD campaign. At her suggestion (because she knows a bit more about yokai than I do) I basically made them like goblins, small and squishy, easy to kill, but very deadly in large numbers. I also threw in stuff to make the good at grappling, because sumo stuff. The hard part was including their butt ball grab, but what I settled on was an attack that requires the target to be restrained or incapacitated to work, and requires a relatively low Con Save, dealing a butt load (heh) of Necrotic damage if they fail, and straight up killing the target and extracting their shirikodama if the damage drops them to 0. I thought I had it all figured out, but then your Kappa player race made me realize something...the little bastards have shells. BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, THANKS GAIJIN!!!

I love hearing about the inspiration behind creatures from the games of my childhood. But you've intrigued me with your D&D creations. I so have to get me hands on the races you created to use in my other channel. [Also, really loved your Ninja character build video.]

“I know it likely doesn’t mean much for anyone under the age of 30” Me: *Going to be 30 in 4 months* “I feel attacked.”

Hey, GG, have you found out the origins for the D&D Kenku yet? They were originally based on Tengu, and had swordsmanship to match! 5e kinda fails to bring this to the table, though.

1:51 Bowser: "WHEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Well, this yokai explains what the three bouncing heads in Spritied Away (a Miyazaki film) are.

I’ve actually learned so much from your videos it’s actually inspired me too learn more about Japan and possibly visit the country thanks Gaijin!

I was going to ask about the fire buckets. Then I see a mention towards the end. Oddly, a From Software game is what first comes to my mind of this. Lost Kingdoms. Both the first and second games have these as monsters. They can also be captured in cards as well to be summoned as traps later. Likewise, this talk of "fighting in groups" actually helps to make sense of their combo attack in Lost Kingdoms. I'm also surprised to see no mention of that game due to the whole card summon thing. I had thought it was just a gimmick to match with other card themed games. However, this talk of Onmyodo (spelling) is making me think otherwise. Though, I do admit I didn't even make that big a connection until the mention of the bucket fires and the ritual earlier in the video. I'm curious of what you say of both Lost Kingdoms games, on the subject of lore.

lol you cut your self off at the end, thanks so much for the video's GG I love your Yokai hunter vids and yes I think it's a one to one cameraperson on all three. unless Nintendo say's otherwise this makes to much sense not to fit.

Yes, more Yokai Hunters!

Thanks again for sharing your hard work

One of the yokai featured in the intro reminds me of the Whomps.

Not quite the "sweeping analysis of devotion to Edo-era Japan architecture, fashion, and speech patterns in Shogun Studios" video I thought would be coming, post-release of Paper Mario: The Origami King. But I missed the Yokai Hunters series as well. I love gaining insight into the various humanoid spirits, long-lived inanimate objects, and bizarre creatures that govern the otherworld and cause trouble for unsuspecting humans. Not meaningful to anyone under the age of 30? Excuse you, Gaijin. I am 27 and watched my cousins play Mario 64 on their N64 system, and later played a bit for myself when I inherited the system as a young teen. I played a few opening levels in Galaxy, my favorite 3D Mario game, back when the Wii console was new, but I never played Sunshine. And all three of these games are LPs that I initially watched when getting into chuggaaconroy, and gaming KZfaqrs in general, in 2014.

"Tsurubeotoshi" has the image of throwing a bucket into a well. In addition to the name of the youkai, the seasonal word for the haiku "Autumn sun sets", the expression that the stock price plummets, the waterfall, and anything that falls from above is called Tsurubeotoshi.

I thought you're gonna talk about the Nurikabe. It looks more like a Thwomp but, I guess their objective is different.

i just love that cutscene feeling at 5:08 ^^ loved it since its first appearance :D

When are we getting the *Kitsune Race* for your Homebrew DnD Series?

This type of content is y I love this channel

I seriously never would have guessed Thwomps, of all things, have that deep of an inspiration! Very cool!

Man, I so wish more devs watched your videos and responded to confirm or deny their awareness of your correlations

man what a great video I have always wondered about thwomps and thwimps so it was a pleasure to finally hear where they were inspired from as a guy who is around your age I get how you feel and also in regard to the fire variation you were talking about at the end there is another enemy in mario 3 that resembles what you were saying in world 2 in any stage with a pyramid there is a fire enemy that jumps around that resembles a head with a fire like tail trailing behind it maybe this is what the developers intended the fire version of the enemy to look like? just a thought as a fellow old guy who remembers the games well

Time to get smacked by some yokai hunters.

Holy crap, Thwomp is that green head thing from Spirited Away!

Education is lovely so thank you for this. :)

Under 30 (21) and Mario 64 was one of the first video games I ever played ( my favorite growing up)

this is amazing! I'm wondering if (you could suggest to the patrons) that you do a splatoon-based episode, I have wondered if octavio could be connected to a koromodako and the great zapfish is a giant electric catfish... not much unlike Ōnamazu, minus the tectonic consequences of its writhing...

Awesome! Love this stuff

Looks like I got a new game to pick up, Kemono Heroes. Being October would the night of Hundred Demons would be Mario Yokai Inspired baddies we would never have thought to be based on Yokai?

I love the idea of electronic or digital yokai, I had a couple ideas already for them once I saw Butsuri-Nashi

I think your right about your comparisons, but I was hoping you would also cover the whomps as well, since they remind me of the wall yokai, nurikabe. But overall, yes thank you for telling me how the thwomp is actually based off a yokai that is giant head and it’s sole purpose is to crush me. ^^ Thank you.

Based off the yokai art for the fire variant, i wouldnt think lava bubbles/potaboos (which i believe the only difference between is the presence of a face), but instead of the fire ropes. A much rarer enemy in the series, they also first appear in 3, and take the form of a bouncing chain of flames with no distinguishing connection, with the largest wisp in the chain having a face and ALWAYS being the first to land, then beginning their next jump shortly after the final chain segment lands. The enemy usually appears in desert areas, and more recent games seem to give them a preference for dark underground caves, where light sources are often limited to various animated fire. Looking at the extended universe of spinoff games, i can point to their existence in both the grumble volcano and desert hills racetracks in the Mario Kart series.

Next thing you're telling me Gay Bowser is a Yokai with deep lore, history and cultural significance.

I love how satsifying Mario enemies names are

Huh, I was expecting the wall yokai, but I must've been thinking of Whomp's inspiration. Love to discover a new yokai

I simply love the little chant the gumba does

I personally thought the Thwomps were based off of a wall yokai (can't remember the name of it), but I guess that's more of an inspiration for Mario 64's, and Mario Party's wall enemies. You did show a clip of one face planting onto the poor plumber.

Anyone that confuses whomps and thwomps should not exist.

Yooo I didn't even know about the poll, you should definitely make an episode on The Oni/The Spirit from DBD. Would love to hear your opinions on their character's and designs

Oi oi oi, KZfaq! Why wasn’t this video in my inbox? I was waiting all day for it!

Great video, and I do think lava bubbles are yokai too

Love this guy!

the thumbnail: WHAT ARE YOU DOING STEP-THWOMP

The first games I ever played on N64 was "Yoshi" (I don't even remember what it's actually called, that's how young I was, when I first played it) and Tetris. So kinda the same franchise, just a different main character (I still love that little derpy dino 🥰)

Can’t wait for a Yokai hunters on all of the Funny Parade!

Thanks! Now I'm going to have nightmares for a while! 😁

1:59 Should be called "Butsuri-Ana", because it doesn't DISABLE collision, but makes a gap in its geometry.

I love the pun, and the video, and your channel. い　ぉゔぇ　ようｒ　ゔぃでおｓ! I'm English, and your videos are teaching me so much! (The Japanese translates to I love your videos! Or that's what it's supposed to say, I used Google keyboard)

I say this without any resentment, but I find it hilarious to see the 5 star average after 1 review on your kappa race for D&D hahaha. I am sure that will change soon but still

I can't wait to see the episodes of Yokai hunters for all the monsters in Monster Hunter rise it's going to be a wild ride I want to see more of I want to see more of the monsters already!!

I'm not a Mario fan, but I'm thrilled to see people happy in this, the year of despair.

Thank you for reminding me of yokai watch because of moori yokai in the tv show and how he just says his name like a pokemon would do.

how about the phanto? scary relent;ess flying things that hunt you down if you take what they're gaurdung, that has youkai all over it.

6:16 What game is that? Looks like something I'd like to play!

4:23 no wonder I had a feeling Maui looked familiar.

Can't wait for the Whomp episode

I was laughing for 5 minutes straight after seeing that clip of Bowser basically getting blown away so far that it felt like a home run being hit in Smash Bros.

I love thinking about theories. :D

What was that sidescroller action fox-swordsman game you showed footage of?

I can't unsee the Yokai that is literally a hairy ball 2:30

Never gonna look at these guys the same again. Cool!

There are quite a few fire spirit Yokai in Japan, from the Kitsune-bi to Hitodama, having few differences between them. However, I don't think that lava bubbles are malicious enough to be considered thwamp cousins, as they simply jump in and out of lava for fun. I would consider the fire cousin to the thwamp to be more of the fire snake, that literally jumps up and down to chase Mario. I think potabos would be closer related to a Hitodama, a soul, or Boo, encased in lava that's jumping to say "my body has been forgotten down here and I need a monk's blessing so my soul can move on"

Really thought we were gonna learn about the nurikabe today, but I guess that's more Whomp's territory

That kitaro exhibit looked terrifying.

There is a game called Kemono Heroes and I hadn't heard of it. They're gonna revoke my furry card

Oh yeah, I remember this Yokai. I love his doppy his face so much!🤣

I would have bet my ridiculously small paycheck that Thwomps were based on Nurikabe, invisible walls that block and/or misdirect travelers. Though in hindsight, I guess that would work more for Whomps than Thwomps.

5:08 This transition was so prompt and out of nowhere I thought it was an ad break at first.

I love this series, Yokai are the OG.