Chuggaaconroy

**Emiliano Rodolfo "Emile" Rosales-Birou**, better known by his online alias **Chuggaaconroy**, is an American YouTuber, internet personality, and Let's Player. He is known for his high production values, regular update schedule, lighthearted and mostly family-friendly approach to games, his propensity for catchphrases and running gags, his impressive lung capacity, his hilariously bad puns, and overblown reactions to things that happen throughout his playthroughs.

Emile created his YouTube account in 2008, and began his career with a Let's Play of *EarthBound*. Since then, he has made comprehensive walkthrough Let's Plays on various video games, the majority of which have been released on Nintendo platforms, including titles from the *Mother*, *Mario*, *The Legend of Zelda*, *Pikmin*, *Kirby*, *Pokémon* and *Xenoblade Chronicles* video game franchises.

Contrasting from other Let’s Play channels, Emile's content focuses on footage from Nintendo games several years after their initial release dates, mainly of titles he has played numerous times before. During his gameplay videos, Emile attempts to show every aspect of each individual game he plays to 100% completion, including every item, boss battle, sidequest, and Easter egg possible. Emile commentates in an informative manner in his videos with the purpose of guiding viewers to complete the game themselves. In spite of their informative nature, Emile’s videos often employ humorous moments in his gameplay, such as the occasional failure or death in a level and subsequent backtracking.

Every game that Emile has done a Let's Play of to date has been available on Nintendo's systems. He has played at least one game on every major Nintendo home console and handheld, including six on his personal favourite, the Nintendo GameCube. He started out doing exclusively RPGs, but beginning with *Super Mario Sunshine*, he started doing other genres as well, such as platformers. Emile's channel grew in popularity as his gameplay videos were often recommended on YouTube's suggestions. After more than two years at making Let's Plays, Emile became a YouTube Partner, and has since become a Let’s Play creator on YouTube as a full-time job. He reached 1 million subscribers and 760 million views in 2015, and is at over 1.2 million subscribers and 1.2 billion views as of 2023.

Aside from his main YouTube channel, Emile is one of the three founding members and permanent hosts of the collab channel TheRunawayGuys, alongside Johnathan Wheeler (ProtonJon) and Timothy Bishop (NintendoCapriSun), who have done over 40 LPs and have also done gaming live-streams for charity. Emile is in charge of maintaining the channel, although Jon has made posts and comments for the channel as well. They have 487 thousand subscribers and 397 total video views as of 2023. Emile has also done collaborations with several other YouTube Let's Players, including MasaeAnela, Stephen Georg, and Lucahjin.

## Early life

Emile Rosales was born on April 8, 1990 and is a native of Phoenix, Arizona. He is of French and Mexican descent. Emile has mentioned that he was poor as a child. When he was younger, his mothers' nickname for him was Mimikins. As a child, Emile enjoyed going to clock stores, as all the ticking and tocking fascinated him. Emile is on the autism spectrum, he believed for a while that it was a misdiagnosis due to pressure from relatives but no longer believes that. As a teenager, Emile had several pets, including three cats named Kirby, Teddy, and Jak, and a rabbit named Pippy. Emile studied statistics in college. It is unknown whether he minored or majored in it, however.

A lifelong *EarthBound* fan, Emile had been a member of the *EarthBound* community fan-site Starmen.net as a teenager, where he met fellow content creator and collaborator Stephen Georg (StephenPlays/StephenVlog). Emile introduced Stephen to the Let’s Play genre and inspired him to make his own gaming channel. A fan of the *Mario* series, Emile has cited *Paper Mario* as one of the most important games to his childhood. Emile became a fan of his favourite video game franchise, the *Pokémon* series, which got him into RPGs.

In 2007, just as the Let's Play format was getting popular, Emile found he really enjoyed watching videos of games like Ninja Gaiden and hacked versions of *Super Mario World* produced by Jonathan Wheeler (ProtonJon). Inspired, Emile decided to make one himself, picking out *EarthBound,* which at the time was his favourite video game (it has since been surpassed by *Xenoblade Chronicles*).

In a *Pokémon Black 2 and White 2* playthrough episode on August 2023, Emile mentioned that he was in a relationship and had been playing the game with his girlfriend off-screen, albeit her identity was not revealed.

## Let's Plays

Emile created his YouTube account on July 26, 2006 under the alias of "Chuggaaconroy". He got the name from a random name generator on a *Cartoon Planet* website; his username was originally "Emile A. Conroy" before he changed it to "Chuggaaconroy". Emile was initially inspired to make Let's Plays by internet personalities such as ProtonJon. On March 16, 2008, Emile uploaded his first video, a handheld recorded video of a *Super Smash Bros. Brawl* replay, entitled "Super Smash Bros. Brawl Boss Very Hard Clear". A little under two weeks later, he uploaded his first Let’s Play series covering *EarthBound* on YouTube, adding commentary on the game's sound and art design. He followed up this LP with ones for the other two *Mother* games: *Mother 1* and *Mother 3*, the latter was facilitated by use of an emulator and the *Mother 3 Fan Translation*, as *Mother 3* was only released in Japan and has yet to receive a worldwide release.

Emile started out doing exclusively RPGs such as *EarthBound*, *Paper Mario* and *Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars*, but beginning with *Super Mario Sunshine*, he started doing other genres as well, such as platformers. Emile's Let's Play series of *Super Mario Sunshine* became by far the most popular of his LPs, although Emile doesn't consider it one of his best works as he was suffering from depression at the time, and faked most of his enthusiasm. The LP nevertheless became his most popular LP and helped boost Emile's popularity, alongside several other successful LPs he released around this time, including his LPs of *Pokémon FireRed*, *Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door* and *The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker*. His channel further grew in popularity as his gameplay videos were often recommended on YouTube's suggestions. Since then, he has made comprehensive walkthrough Let's Plays on various video games, the majority of which have been released on Nintendo platforms, including titles from the *Mario*, *The Legend of Zelda*, *Pikmin*, *Kirby*, *Pokémon* and *Xenoblade Chronicles* video game franchises. Every game that Emile has done a Let's Play of to date has been available on Nintendo's systems, and a majority of them have been first party titles. He has played at least one game on every major Nintendo home console and handheld, including six on his personal favourite, the Nintendo GameCube.

After more than two years at making Let's Plays, Emile became a YouTube Partner, which was unprecedented among Let's Players (multiple others have since become partners), due to the legal "gray area" that showing game footage entails. He was also part of a collective of gamers called TheGameStation (since rebranded as Polaris), which looked to be shaping up as an alternative to Machinima, before he went independent some years later. He was also well known for his work with The Speed Gamers, even appearing live at their home base for two separate marathons. His Let's Plays have inspired several memes, including Steve the Trooper and the 98 Blue Pikmin freakout from his *Pikmin* LP, the Waterwraith encounter from his *Pikmin 2* LP, Bowser's Arms from his *Super Paper Mario* LP, the Hiker Dance from his *Pokémon Black & White* LP, his excitement over Chuck Quizmo from his redux *Paper Mario* LP, and the Backpacker Dance from his *Pokémon Black 2 & White 2* LP. His Let's Plays also contain several recurring gags, including the Epic No.

In May 2011, Emile started the collab channel TheRunawayGuys, alongside ProtonJon and Timothy Bishop (NintendoCapriSun), who have done over 40 LPs and have also done gaming live-streams for charity. Emile is in charge of maintaining the channel, although Jon has made posts and comments for the channel as well. They have had special guests for many of their projects, with guest collaborators MasaeAnela and Tom Fawkes being considered the 'co-producers' of the channel.

In 2014, Emile become a Let’s Play creator on YouTube as a full-time job. He has primarily edited his videos himself with the one exception of hiring an editor for the final part of his *Emile Sticks It to Sticker Star* series in 2023. Emile is currently housemates with Tim in Georgia.

### Videography

Since starting his Let's Playing career on YouTube in 2008, Emile has become one of the most prolific Let's Players, having made over 40 Let's Plays on the platform. Additionally, he has done a further 40 on the collaborative channel TheRunawayGuys, consisting of Emile either playing a game or commentating in the background.

Emile has made comprehensive walkthrough Let's Plays on various video games, the majority of which have been released on Nintendo platforms, including titles from the *Mother*, *Mario*, *The Legend of Zelda*, *Pikmin*, *Kirby*, *Pokémon* and *Xenoblade Chronicles* video game franchises.

#### On his primary YouTube channel

On his primary YouTube channel, Emile has produced 47 solo Let's Play series of games primarily exclusive to Nintendo systems, such as *Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door*, *Pikmin*, *Pikmin 2,* *Super Mario Galaxy* (as *Super Luigi Galaxy*), *The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask*, *Pokémon Emerald*, *Super Paper Mario*, *Super Mario 64 DS*, *Animal Crossing: New Leaf*, *Xenoblade Chronicles*, *Splatoon, Pokémon Black & White*, *Super Mario Galaxy 2,* *Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Splatoon 2,* and *Pokémon Black 2 and White 2*.

Every game that Emile has done a Let's Play of to date has been available on Nintendo's systems; with the exception of *Ōkami*, *Ōkamiden*, *Sonic Colors*, and *Chrono Trigger*, they've all been Nintendo first-party titles. He has played at least one game on every major Nintendo home console and handheld, including six on his personal favourite, the Nintendo GameCube.

Emile has also done two redux LPs; he did a redux *EarthBound* LP in 2018 and a redux *Paper Mario* LP in 2022, both of which contain more in-depth information about the games than the original LPs and have higher production quality.

#### On TheRunawayGuys

As a member of TheRunawayGuys alongside Johnathan Wheeler (ProtonJon) and Timothy Bishop (NintendoCapriSun), Emile has done 45 LPs and has also done gaming live-streams for charity. Each TheRunawayGuys LP features either Emile, Jon or Tim doing a Let's Play of a game they hadn't played before, examples of TheRunawayGuys LPs played by Emile include *Banjo-Kazooie* and *Metroid Prime Remastered*.

#### Other work

##### Emile Sticks It to Sticker Star

In November 2022, Emile started his series *Emile Sticks It to Sticker Star,* which concluded in November 2023. In a departure from his usual Let's Plays and the occasional skit, Emile ended up creating these series of videos on his least favorite *Paper Mario* game, *Paper Mario: Sticker Star*, in a style that would be more expected on a video game analysis channel. A breakdown of the game mixed with his usual brand of humor, the videos deconstruct and dissect all of the problems that plagued his experience, as well as expanding on his complicated feelings towards the shreds of genuinely good moments that evoke what Paper Mario had been in the past, and his extreme frustration at the numerous deeply flawed design choices that could have been avoided or mitigated.

### Commentary and video style

Emile’s gaming videos have been categorised under the walkthrough genre, and have been described as both entertaining and informative. Contrasting from other Let’s Play channels, his content focuses on footage from Nintendo games several years after their initial release dates, mainly of titles he has played numerous times before.

During his gameplay videos, Emile attempts to show every aspect of each individual game he plays to 100% completion, including every item, boss battle, sidequest, and Easter egg possible. Emile commentates in an informative manner in his videos with the purpose of guiding viewers to complete the game themselves. For example, in his *Pokémon Emerald* series he discusses various strategies and viable techniques to ensure optimal success in the game, in his second *EarthBound* series he showcased a particular glitch in the game involving the Tent located in Threed, one of the cities featured in the game, and in his second *Paper Mario* series he showcased alternate methods of playing the game including danger strats, and also showed what every badge ability does in battle at least once. In this regard, his gameplay videos function as informative walkthroughs with the premise of guiding players through each aspect of the specific game he plays.

In spite of their informative nature, Emile’s videos often employ humorous moments in his gameplay, such as the occasional failure or death in a level and subsequent backtracking. His videos have also been described as nostalgic and reflective, as he often tells personal anecdotes of his experiences with the games he plays.

On making Let's Plays, Emile said "My personal opinion is that one should have a good time making every video, because a video is there for people to watch for years to come and shouldn't just be a daily quota for the sake of posting something right in the moment."

Of all the things Emile has regretted doing, the biggest example has to be Steve. Although he was initially fond of the character, the extreme lengths fans went to portray Steve as a memetic badass across all of social media made Emile rather sick of Steve's memetic status. It doesn't help that those same fans were namedropping Steve in any and all *Pikmin*-related media so often that other YouTubers had complained to Emile about how their comments sections in their own *Pikmin* videos were filled with people asking about Steve with little-to-no context, thus ruining the experience of playing the game for them. This has resulted in Emile having some rather volatile reactions to the name Steve being mentioned or referenced (intentionally or otherwise) in other projects, much to ProtonJon's delight. However, he still indulges the fans with shout outs to him on occasion.

## The Runaway Guys

Emile is a founding member of TheRunawayGuys, a collab channel with Johnathan Wheeler (ProtonJon) and Timothy Bishop (NintendoCapriSun). Emile is in charge of maintaining the channel, although Jon has made posts and comments for the channel as well. For the first two years, updates usually only occurred every Saturday, but this was changed to Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday following an announcement on February 8, 2013. Videos for *Mario Party* games (starting with the third) and *Fortune Street* are also posted daily (each board beginning on Saturday and continuing every day until its end).

Their first Let's Play premiered on February 5, 2011. The three of them were the only ones participating, but many of their later videos have featured additional players. Since the creation of the channel in 2011, 46 main collab LPs have been produced, along with five side collab LPs and six tournament LPs. Guests who have collaborated with the group include YouTube personalities Tom Fawkes, MasaeAnela, JoshJepson, and FamilyJules. Along with their official long-running LPs, they have done one-shot filler LPs (labeled "The Runaway Gaiden"), tournaments featuring multitudes of guest players, and side collab projects that they gradually update and use as filler between regular projects.

On occasion at various conventions, the Runaway Guys have their own panel, called *Thrown Controllers*, a live game show which focuses on video game trivia and challenges. The event has been broadcast on numerous gaming conventions such as PAX, Magfest and Momocon. In its debut at PAX East 2012, two teams took turns answering questions and playing video game challenges, either against each other, solo, or against members of the audience. At PAX Prime 2012, they retooled the game into a single-person quiz show with challenges, similar to the initial concept except for one person at a time, and this is how it has been done since. Many prizes are awarded at these panels, ranging from character pins from Fangamer to (as a grand prize) an actual video game console, such as a Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, or Nintendo Switch.

In May of 2018, The Runaway Guys Colosseum was live streamed as a weekend long event to raise money for Direct Relief. This was followed up in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. All of them once again in benefit of Direct Relief. The Runaway Guys Colosseum is a weekend long event that is live streamed every year to raise money for Direct Relief to aid people around the world through crisis and hardships. Combining video games, music, art, and comedy, The Runaway Guys and friends go all out to raise money for charity. Be it comedic stream bumpers, video game modifier donation incentives, catching a rocking concert, or chilling out with some relaxing art time, there is something for everybody to watch and enjoy during the event. With the combined efforts of the community, event staff, and the performers, a total over $1,000,000 has been raised since the inception of the event.

## Influence on the Kirby Bulborb Cinematic Universe

   Emile is Peter Tagg's favourite Let's Player. He was introduced to Emile's content in 2009, the year Peter first got a computer with an internet connection, through his Super Mario Sunshine Let's Play. Both he and his mother Philippa Tagg subsequently became a fan of Emile's content, with Peter's favourite of his Let's Plays being the Pikmin ones.

With help from his brother Tom Smith, Peter made fanmade DVDs of episodes of various Emile Let's Plays, including Pikmin 1 and Pikmin 2, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Luigi Galaxy, and Luigi's Mansion. He used the Iron Maiden song "The Trooper" as the menu music for all of them, referencing Steve.

Steve was later added to the Kirby Bulborb Cinematic Universe as the original main protagonist before Kirby Bulborb's introduction, featured as the main character in Classic Kirby and a supporting ally in Trooper Village Stories. Audio from the first and eighth episodes of Emile's Pikmin 1 Let's Play is used in the deleted scenes compilation Trooper Village Stories: The Missing Pieces.

Peter made several videos about Chuggaaconroy's Paper Mario redux Let's Play, specifically ones about Chuck Quizmo encounters and a compilation of all of Chuck Quizmo's appearances in the LP. Following the release of Pikmin 4, Peter has made several videos about Chuggaaconroy's Pikmin Let's Plays, and two videos about his Let's Plays of the first three Paper Mario games. He also reuploaded Emile's Pikmin 3 Mission Mode collaboration video with ProJared, and also made a meme video featuring the Waterwraith from Pikmin 4 accompanied by the audio from Emile's Waterwraith encounter in Pikmin 2.

## Let's Plays

* #01: *EarthBound* (SNES)
	+ (March 26, 2008 - June 10, 2008)
* #02: *Mother/EarthBound Beginnings* (Famicom, official 1990-1991 NES localization, played on an emulator due to said localization not being legally available at the time)
	+ (June 13, 2008 - July 27, 2008)
* #03: *Paper Mario* (N64, played on the Wii's Virtual Console emulation)
	+ (August 1, 2008 - September 23, 2008)
* #04: *Super Mario RPG* (SNES)
	+ (September 25, 2008 - November 25, 2008)
* #05: *Mother 3* (GBA, 2008 Fan Translation, played on an emulator)
	+ (October 17, 2008 - February 14, 2009)
* #06: *Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door* (GameCube, played on a Wii)
	+ (February 27, 2009 - May 25, 2009)
* #07: *Pokémon FireRed* (GBA)
	+ (June 1, 2009 - July 31, 2009 Base Game) (November 5, 2009 - November 24, 2009 Post Game)
* #08: *Super Mario Sunshine* (GameCube)
	+ (August 10, 2009 - October 28, 2009)
* #09: *The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker* (GameCube, Wii U)
	+ (December 1, 2009 - February 23, 2010)
* #10: *Pokémon Crystal* (GBC)
	+ (March 13, 2010 - July 5, 2010)
* #11: *Super Luigi Galaxy* (Wii)
	+ (August 6, 2010 - October 30, 2010)
* #12: *Pikmin* (Wii port of GameCube game)
	+ (August 22, 2010 - October 20, 2010)
* #13: *Ōkami* (Wii port of PS2 game; first LP of a game originating on a Sony console)
	+ (December 14, 2010 - April 30, 2011 Base Game)
	+ (December 22 2019 - May 10th, 2020 Last 2 Bonus Episodes)
* #14: *Luigi's Mansion* (GameCube)
	+ (May 29, 2011 - August 3, 2011)
* #15: *Pikmin 2* (GameCube)
	+ (May 30, 2011 - September 4, 2011)
* #16: *The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask* (N64, played on a Wii)
	+ (September 30th, 2011 - December 5th, 2011)
* #17: *Pokémon Emerald* (GBA, played on GameCube via Game Boy Player)
	+ (January 15th, 2012 - March 17th, 2012)
* #18: *Super Paper Mario* (Wii)
	+ (April 26th, 2012 - July 9th, 2012)
* #19: *Ōkamiden* (DS)
	+ (August 9th, 2012 - November 5th, 2012)
* #20: *Kirby's Epic Yarn* (Wii)
	+ (November 30th, 2012 - December 24, 2012)
* #21: *Pokémon Colosseum* (GameCube, played on a Wii)
	+ (January 18th, 2013 - March 2nd, 2013)
* #22: *The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX* (GBC remake of Game Boy game, played on a 3DS)
	+ (April 21st, 2013 - June 24th, 2013)
* #23: *Super Mario 64 DS* (DS remake of N64 game; includes some levels from the original game)
	+ (April 23rd, 2013 - August 2nd, 2013)
* #24: *Kid Icarus: Uprising* (3DS)
	+ (September 6th, 2013 - October 30th, 2013)
* #25: *Sonic Colors* (Wii)
	+ (September 7th, 2013 - October 22nd, 2013)
* #26: *Animal Crossing: New Leaf* (3DS)
	+ (November 18th, 2013 - November 18th, 2014 Base Game)
	+ (October 8th, 2017 - November 18th, 2017 *Welcome amiibo*)
* #27: *Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness* (GameCube)
	+ (February 8th, 2014 - April 18th, 2014)
* #28: *Xenoblade Chronicles 1* (Wii)
	+ (June 14th, 2014 - February 24th, 2015 & April 7th, 2015 - June 3rd, 2015)
* #29: *Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga* (GBA, played on a Wii U)
	+ (June 15th, 2015 - September 8th, 2015)
* #30: *Pikmin 3* (Wii U)
	+ (September 26th, 2015 - November 25th, 2015)
	+ (Sep 28, 2015 - Dec 21, 2019 Mission Mode)
* #31: *Pokémon Platinum* (DS; main story completed)
	+ (December 19th, 2015 - June 14th, 2016)
* #32: *Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon* (Nintendo 3DS)
	+ (July 20th, 2016 - September 13th, 2016)
* #33: *Splatoon* (Wii U)
	+ (October 22nd, 2016 - December 24th, 2016)
* #34: *The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword* (Wii, played on a Wii U)
	+ (February 4th, 2017 - May 17th, 2017)
* #35: *Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time* (Nintendo DS)
	+ (July 6th, 2017 - September 22nd, 2017)
* #36: *Pokémon Black and White* (DS)
	+ (December 9th, 2017 - June 21st, 2018)
* #37: *EarthBound* (redux of first LP, played on an SNES Classic)
	+ (July 16th, 2018 - October 27th, 2018)
* #38: *Yoshi's Woolly World* (Wii U with 3DS-exclusive content)
	+ (November 25th, 2018 - January 16th, 2019)
* #39: *The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass* (DS)
	+ (February 6th, 2019 - April 23rd, 2019)
* #40: *Chrono Trigger* (DS; the LP is played on the DS version. Main story completed, and all DS exclusive content completed)
	+ (June 8th, 2019 - September 21st, 2019)
* #41: *Super Mario Galaxy 2* (Wii)
	+ (October 25th, 2019 - December 18th, 2019)
* #42: *Kirby: Triple Deluxe* (3DS)
	+ (February 5th, 2020 - April 10th, 2020)
* #43: *Super Mario Land* (April Fools' Day 2020) (Game Boy, played on a Super Game Boy)
	+ (April 1st, 2020 - April 2nd, 2020)
* #44: *Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX* (Nintendo Switch)
	+ (May 14th, 2020 - August 3rd, 2020)
* #45: *Xenoblade Chronicles 2* (Nintendo Switch)
	+ (September 18th, 2020 - December 19th, 2021)
* #46: *Splatoon 2* (Nintendo Switch)
	+ (February 11th, 2022 - July 29th, 2022)
* #47: *Paper Mario* (redux of third LP, played on a Wii U)
	+ (October 18, 2022 - February 20, 2023)
* #48: *Pokémon Black 2 and White 2* (DS)
	+ (April 22, 2023 - January 13, 2024)