Chris Chan's Animal Crossing documentary (2003.11.22)

www.sonichu.com...
Chapters:
1) Intro (0:00)
2) Tour of CWCville (1:25)
3) Interlude (35:25)
4) Tour of CWC City (36:45)
5) Interlude II (52:40)
6) Outro (53:40)
Sonichu is licensed under the GDU FDL licence.

[@KingGhidorah5464]

The most hilarious thing is that someone from Nintendo Power ACTUALLY watched Chris sing about being a virgin with rage.

[@zachmealer]

"And that was inspired by, uh.. a real thing."

[@nuclear_blue]

@@zachmealer a REAL thing

[@lachstar8340]

@@zachmealer things definitely got real recently

[@deviouscat4571]

@@lachstar8340 Oh boy, specially those metal bars he probably dreamt about, those got real.

[@nibrocgeck7508]

Please link to that part.

[@rawrvintageisclassic]

"And I is twenty-one years old."

[@HarunoSoul]

"And I play cuz I'm young at heart" ...he shoulda said "Cuz I'm young at mind"

[@laureljade3476]

He was SO childlike back then.

[@typicalnormalperson4890]

What profound use of grammar!

[@parasitecat3892]

laurel jade ONLY back then?!?!

[@dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970]

@@laureljade3476 Back then?

[@gladJonas]

Everyone should be required to watch this.

[@AlyphRat]

This video completes 14 years today

[@typicalnormalperson4890]

The possible first let's play. An innovation from a hyper-intellectual super adult known as Christian Chandler.

[@boergerplays8353]

Typical NormalPerson heh Ice ice baby

[@GREEN_BIOOD]

This is the main video for autism awareness.

[@spazerdazer8421]

I LOST MY HOUSE TO RNG DUDE

[@C2-J0]

i like how all the characters in his Animal Crossing world immediately go back inside their homes once they see Chris coming nearby. nobody in his made-up virtual world likes him either.

[@jacksonambrose6269]

Do they do that to everyone?

[@joshuaagpawa4098]

Jackson Andrew no it’s pretty hard to get everyone to dislike you to that extent in the game

[@junpei6180]

@@joshuaagpawa4098 How do you do that?

[@joshuaagpawa4098]

@@junpei6180 just be a jerk in general to them. Hit them with nets and stuff, give them items they dont like.

[@TheChoujinVirus]

@@joshuaagpawa4098 it's actually real easy. Constantly talk to them can really piss them out

[@sooljim]

8:39 The psychic on the phone told him not to show off in public because everyone is watching. That's fucking prophetic.

[@boergerplays8353]

sooljim I know right like WTF

[@Luigicat11]

She really _was_ psychic.

[@Daniel_WR_Hart]

That psychic was Yuri Geller

[@juankgonzalez6230]

What the fuck o_o

[@BigYosh]

it’s moments like this that reinforce my belief in a higher power, God had to have written that out that can’t just be a coincidence

[@SiatsTheJoker]

Even in a virtual life he's a hoarder.

[@SirBlackReeds]

Just imagine what his Sims games must look like.

[@SirBlackReeds]

@Rat Guy Not everyone's Animal Crossing house looks like that.

[@SirBlackReeds]

@nvbasedlad _ I can just picture that in one of his Sims games, at least down to Sims 2.

[@MoskHotel]

Kinda like his mother, since she has a horrible hoarding habit.

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

The fact that he even says he doesn't put any plants in his animal crossing house says a alot too. His own house is full of useless junk with zero plants in sight, so ofc he does the same in a video game. Can't help but copy his own environment.

[@thecitrine1675]

If you listen closely... Chris recorded his own covers of all the songs in the background... He made his own mixtape and listens to it too.

[@ruyekahatori3073]

Yeah- Christian and the Hedgehog Boys. I think what hes playing is the CD he had to make for school (Sonichu's real origin story)

[@TritnewNG]

Lemony Fresh I mean, I like listening to the music I make

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

Really is a narcissist to the extreme

[@Spaghettiboy359]

I hate to admit it but this is pretty good background noise lol

[@typicalnormalperson4890]

And it was the original let's play.

[@Joshyboy225]

I actually use it as background noise when I play new leaf 😅

[@360Fov]

@@Joshyboy225 Do you still use it for the latest Animal Crossing on Switch?

[@Deathfromabove5]

It's strangely relaxing, isn't it?

[@bjamiork]

Glad I'm not the only one who uses this to scratch my ASMR itch, lol. I love that you can hear the button presses of the controller too!

[@beeley]

I love how all the villagers go back in their houses like shit he’s coming again

[@azure5584]

As someone who doesn't quite know the rules of Animal Crossing, is their reaction directly related to doing whatever the game is coded to consider "bad" towards the villagers? As in, the villagers actually run away from his character because he was a dick to them or something like that?

[@MoskHotel]

@@azure5584 In this game, the villagers will run away from you if you are being terrible towards them, like hitting them with nets or always giving them gifts they don’t like. Knowing Chris, it’s possible that he had been doing a bit of both off-screen.

[@nl.1708]

He's stuck in a time loop. For him it's still early 2000's. Unfortunately for him the world has moved on, and now he's stuck with real financial problems.

[@typicalnormalperson4890]

And living off the taxpayers.

[@ParadoxBoxx]

You say that as if his self-destructive habits would have gotten him by in 2002.

[@Indie_Daniel]

Welp

[@deacon5090]

His parents are to blame. The moment his parents let him change his name to Christian just because he liked it more than Chris he realized he can get whatever he wants from his parents and other people. Even if he is having a complete meltdown, he thinks he is entitled to force other people to deal with it. So now he is in his 40s and in a bedroom all day surrounded by lego figures as he begs for money on the internet. His parents should of put a stop to that lego crap when he was 15.

[@andrewe288]

He's not going to have to worry about finances front while.

[@Dre2Dee2]

Kind of actually wishing "Virgin with Rage" becomes a Billboard Top 100 single

[@typicalnormalperson4890]

He never actually seems angry though.

[@boergerplays8353]

Typical NormalPerson not anymore back than Chris was truly a virgin with rage now he's he's something or should I say she

[@MisterSands]

Boerger plays HE HE fucking HE

[@vibecheck3572]

The real chrischan sang it better than this imposter Ian Brandon Anderson

[@Cybrisk]

lmao single

[@realmofthemisunderstood166]

12:43 she not only went into her house as soon as she saw his gooney mug but she tried to hide behind furniture

[@TreyTheWilliam]

I actually have her in my town in New Leaf. I feel bad for her.

[@INeverWanted2010]

Whenever I watch this, all I can think about is how long it must have taken him to write those journal entries with a Gamecube controller.

[@bornrevolution]

he also never figured out you can select multiple items to sell he did it one at a time every single time

[@Taser420]

id always think about that too. he must have had a lot of time on his hands.

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

It already felt like a pain in the ass to type a password to Tom Nook, I don't know how Chris did it. That's some dedication. But it's not like he had anything else to do anyway.

[@OrgusDin]

His statement about regarding the notes from his neighbors as junk mail by default and only reading them for the attached gifts is eerily reminiscent of how he treats people in real life.

[@realmofthemisunderstood166]

Orgus Din well to be fair that’s what a lot of people who play AC do

[@TheAnonymousIndividual]

@@realmofthemisunderstood166 I'm alone in reading their Letters? Lol

[@realmofthemisunderstood166]

The Nick O'Connor no, I never said all, or even most, I said a lot. I’m just saying there’s a lot worse to judge this fudge packet of a human being for I think we can put a little lenience on the letter thing 😂

[@TheAnonymousIndividual]

@@realmofthemisunderstood166 Oh, I'm aware lol, I know about the dreadful Christory and all of that. I bet Chris sends Gifts to the other Villagers that only HE would like, similar to how in that Christmas 2004 Video he bought his Parents Gifts that he knew they wouldn't like and would just give to him. What a generous individual.

[@realmofthemisunderstood166]

The Nick O'Connor yeah, even though I feel really bad for him in certain regards and think the level of trolling he’s endured is borderline traumatic for someone with his capacity so much of the shit he’s done is inexcusable. He probably sends his villagers the trash you can catch in the ocean sometimes 😂

[@SirHarryFlashman]

20:14 ‘I ain't no crummy creep who lives in trash heaps!’ That’s a deliciously ironic line.

[@lankey6969]

Even the animals don't want to be around Chris. They all go in when they see him coming.

[@Cudge1]

"OH SHIT IT'S CWC GET INSIDE"

[@TheChoujinVirus]

Isabelle: Please kill me....

[@89Awww]

Did anyone else notice that this was recorded on the 40th anniversary of JFK's assassination?

[@DuskLegend]

So Sonichu killed JFK? Nah, it was the sonijews

[@89Awww]

@@DuskLegend Michael Snyder did it!

[@choclynolo3827]

I find Chris strangely cute watching him so happily immersed in the game. He really was and is just a child on the inside, albeit a really messed up one.

[@MechanicsStudents]

Thought I was the only one TBH

[@SpukiTheLoveKitten75]

I feel the same. That goofy, Gomer Pyle-esque voice of his adds to it. When he isn't having a temper tantrum or being perverted and is in a happy, stable mood, he can seem strangely endearing and adorkable. I'm like, "D'awwww....lookit that odd, child-like young man. He's so 'off' but he seems so sweet and harmless".... ....then he does something like made silly death threats, crank-up his inner 'Romeo' for 'Ivy', poop his pants, "JULAAAY! JULAYYYY!", drink his semen, or run around his bedroom naked while babbling a bunch of his "Random Access Humor" or worse and then I remember that this is Good Ol' Chris-Chan. (By 'Gomer Pyle', I mean the 'real' one from the 'Andy Griffith Show', not Pvt. Leonard from 'Full Metal Jacket', who was insultingly named after the former)

[@dejiware]

3:13...

[@RevWorkshop]

do you think i'm cute private pyle!?

[@typicalnormalperson4890]

No! He is a super adult!

[@BlueGuy98]

You know, if you watch this without the context of who Chris Chan is, this is actually kind of endearing

[@Luigicat11]

Still is if you do have the context. Just in a sadder way. Seeing Chris's old videos from before the Sagas began and before the trolls found him, before his life was turned into a Truman Show for our amusement in 2009-2010; before he explored his gender identity through crossdressing, then came to the conclusion he's not just a tomgirl but a full-on translesbian, and before the Idea Guys took that worn-down psyche and sledgehammered it not for our amusement but for their own and then she surrounded herself in a sea of enablers who furthered her delusions for many reasons including that it's the only way you can talk to her without being pushed away now... It's really an experience. Just seeing how normal Chris used to be back then. No 4cent_garbage, no dimensional merge, just a kid going through his life and getting the occasional retrospective sighting, then a run-of-the-mill autistic manchild having wholesome fun with his unoriginal original characters and his video games. It makes you think...

[@Blackprojex]

Yeah you’re not wrong. it has an innocent sort of feel to it

[@michac.8283]

Say What now

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

No he isn't. I wanted to slap him as soon as he said "And I is 21 years old"

[@LoadPast]

Up until he starts screaming about being a virgin with rage

[@burntreynolds1068]

Let's just imagine for a second that SEGA did in fact read those letters he sent, and did in fact watch a few minutes of this spectacular presentation - shorn of context, imagine them getting to the three minute mark and hearing "Virgin With Rage" for the first time. The mind baulks at such things.

[@Hammerhead547]

That meeting would have ended with whomever called it being escorted out of the building by security.

[@typicalnormalperson4890]

They would probably enjoy it because Japanese people like weird thingsee like Chris Chan.

[@homelessend8557]

Sega did acknowledge his existence when they mentioned sonichu

[@burntreynolds1068]

True, he got name dropped by SEGA's social media team in an unboxing video. Oh shit! And he's in an episode of Sonic Boom.

[@TheAnonymousIndividual]

@@burntreynolds1068 Based profile picture, dude. Uncle Teddy

[@VevoKIlledUtube]

Imagine if Chris continued to record and upload videos like this. He would have been legendary, the first let’s player on KZbin.

[@BrendanJSmith]

He IS legendary! But for ALL the wrong reasons.

[@SPAMTONGG]

@@BrendanJSmith 💯

[@bowmaj8666]

Let's face facts though, most of it would just be him rambling about being a virgin, how he can't get a girlfriend (which is somehow everyone else's fault but his own), and ranting about how his enemies like Michael Snyder, Mary Lee Walsh and those Jerkops are sabotaging his life.

[@Shellbelll]

I though the part when Kapp'n asked did he have a girlfriend was funny, even the game makes fun of Chris

[@goofu]

redpilled by an animal crossing npc

[@gornhumperdink7387]

Kapp'n is a fucking chad

[@diobrando5896]

The song he sang i aint a scummy bum that lives in trash. Lmao

[@supercharliegalaxy]

The best part is that it happened RIGHT after he made fun of my favorite Kapp'n song XD

[@jcrowley1985]

Chris: well actually...

[@annieapple8974]

No one: The villagers when seeing Chris: 🏃‍♀️💨

[@deviouscat4571]

God 14:02 i laughed my ass off so hard

[@yeffweykins3283]

Jesus even his ac house is a mess

[@typicalnormalperson4890]

Anyone who plays this game will have that problem.

[@trevorsgamingroom5284]

timestamp??

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

to be fair there's no way to properly store items in this game

[@sweetpea644]

It's so crazy that Chris Chan figured out how to record his TV WITH commentary in the early 2000's when so many KZbinrs simply pointed a camera at the game onscreen. He was a pioneer of so many things yet never took advantage of any of it.

[@jimmilton6644]

yt didnt even exist then lol

[@Ruldolphmaker]

This is considered to actually be the first Lets Play.

[@thegiftedfire3470]

No doubt that Chris Chan was one of the earliest Let’s play gamer

[@Shibu_PL]

Yeah like... What the hell happened? He could've made tons of money if he decided to make let's plays on yt when the genre exploded in early 2010s. This video proves that he already knew how to make a commentary and record footage. Gamers from all over the world would love to support a creative hard working autistic gamer, but that would require regular work from him and we all know that Chris is extremely lazy. Guess being the most famous internet degenerate suits him better.

[@gamergirldishsoap]

@YaPal Polly Random but what's your pfp from?

[@babypolerpopster]

The Original Let's Play.

[@typicalnormalperson4890]

He really was an innovative person.

[@thegiftedfire3470]

If you really think about Sonichu is probably the first Sonic OC ever made. Even though it’s just a combination of two existing properties together. There is also another Sonic oc that Chris made before Sonichu

[@electriceucalyptus]

I miss this Chris

[@GuyOnAChair]

Electric Eucalyptus Ew...

[@hexkwondo]

We all do

[@patricktsai2303]

as long as he doesn’t move out of that 14BC hoard hellhole he won’t stand a chance

[@TheAnonymousIndividual]

I mean, Chris was always bad, but I semi-agree on this. He was less worse back during this time than he is now, which isn't saying much.

[@TheAnonymousIndividual]

@weenie boi Nah, Chris was already too far gone, unfortunately. Between "I is 21 years old" to the moment at 3:13.....

[@HydlideS]

Oh my god. Did Chris invent the Let's Play?

[@Kola25_97]

+Hydlide S I doubt it. I don't think Chris is THAT creative.

[@doleluv01]

A youtuber named petedorr taped himself in 1994 playing Sonic 2 when he was a kid so again Chris failed

[@boergerplays8353]

Nathaniel SHIT

[@tardistime6857]

Yep

[@Madalf-the-fool]

Tea Cup KZbinrs nor KZbin didn’t even exist in 1994

[@salthesalmonshark6849]

If only he had gotten the proper help he needed. It's pretty hard to sympathize with him after what he has done, but one can only wonder.

[@nosoyapyr]

Remember that classic Chris and actual Degenerate Chris are almost a completely different person

[@peaks781]

apparently he was blackmailed into into it

[@lordfarquaad2319]

@@nosoyapyr Chris Chan stop being a relatable idiot since the trans saga, that's when everything went downhill for his personality

[@deviouscat4571]

@@peaks781 Wdym?

[@deviouscat4571]

@@lordfarquaad2319 I can't wait to watch that.

[@grieftick]

The irony of it being a rugby shirt in the dump

[@colleenb6712]

This has to be Chris’s nicest video. It’s funny, back then if you were his age playing this you would be seen as a weirdo. Now, most people I know who play animal crossing are adults.

[@blinkusfishus2052]

Colleen Barry the things chris enjoys are largely harmless and enjoyed by a lot of other people, it’s how much of his life and mind it consumes that really stands out.

[@indigopapa4981]

To be fair, Animal Crossing wasn't as great as it is today. It had it's niche but wasn't extremely popular. It was only when New Leaf arrived on the 3DS that made the series spike in popularity. I guess Chris Chan was one of the first internet hipsters, liking something before it was cool. When you think of it, people back then weren't that aware and sensitive (or woke??) to folks with ASD. You could say Chris was born too early, but that's life.

[@solouno2280]

@@indigopapa4981 i concur, now every single of those "aware", "sensitive", "inclussion", etc is Chris Chan at this worst

[@UncleFlutus]

12 years ago today... He filmed this masterpiece.

[@typicalnormalperson4890]

BazookaAlfonso 14 now

[@UncleFlutus]

shit I commented this? i totally forgot. funny how wherever you are in life, you can always come back to CWCville

[@saloc7958]

sonic won’t let me leave my room please help lmao

[@chantelledukes3204]

16 now.

[@somethingwithbungalows]

Chantelle Dukes that’s crazy, lol

[@BaconMaken]

20:28 When Kapp'n asked Chris if he had a girlfriend I laughed my ass off. "No. I do not!" He got triggered.

[@acgaming1932]

"And I is 21 years old" -Chris Chan 2003

[@MednaTheFox]

Top 10 Documentaries that will make you cry

[@Ghost-ul8eu]

Still a better gamer then Darksydephil

[@GuyOnAChair]

Ghost27 That's embarrassing.

[@typicalnormalperson4890]

Duh!!!

[@ianblankenship3636]

i agree

[@birdsofdestiny6816]

Better gamer than dunkey

[@richtofen4888]

BirdsofDestiny never

[@BrechPro]

Its so nuts, I had nintendo power when I was a kid and I remember seeing the little article on Chris chan. I remember cuz I always wondered why there were so many pear wardrobes

[@Takami22]

This is some god-tier ASMR. I sometimes will put this on in the background and it really mellows me out. It was a simpler time and Chris wasn't nearly as insane as he is now.

[@bjamiork]

I went as far as to download the video, converted it to mp3, and tossed it on my phone...lol. Sometimes, I listen to it in the car on the way to or from work, it's pretty relaxing. I had to actually edit it in Audacity to mute the cringey/whiney Kapp'n singing though...but I also took that chance to copy/paste certain ASMR trigger sections like when Chris Chan mentions buying packs of paper from Tom Nook. That way, I can hear the same section multiple times and don't have to worry about rewinding or anything!

[@waxmeltfan]

@@bjamiork …can you post it

[@imjustaboredperson9116]

@@bjamiorkoh

[@pado7526]

​@@bjamiorkpost it

[@ElainaLycan]

WHEN HIS ANIMAL CROSSING HOUSE IS MESSY JUST LIKE HIS ACTUAL HOUSE, OMFL.

[@thecitrine1675]

CyberusWolf let's hope it doesn't burn down like the real one

[@ElainaLycan]

Lemony Fresh if only. I love how he says that he is very organized and knows where everything is though.

[@kc_9970]

Timestamp?

[@chrisweaver6742]

fucking lost it when he started singing "tell me way im stuck as a virgin with rage" to his snowman god dam i love this guy

[@JSRFModCentral]

How do you feel about him now?

[@ngx3649]

@@JSRFModCentral His old self can't be seen as the same person.

[@JSRFModCentral]

@@ngx3649 yep

[@CiampaGiuseppe8]

This comment hasn't aged well

[@XxXAlexXxX101]

God I would be so creeped out if I were the Nintendo employee watching this

[@ianblankenship3636]

i would not

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

No they seemed to like it

[@8x13Wolf]

@@Shadamyfan-rs8xc They probably laughed their asses off and then left him that nice little blurb in their magazine because he was clearly a poor autistic dude.

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

They probably skipped through it.

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

​@@catscanhavelittleasalamiThey provably didn't, you can find scans of the actual Nintendo Power issue where this was included in the feature the submission was made for. Granted, they refer to Christian as "Sonichu," so it seems like they weren't paying a ton of attention to the video...

[@zac9181]

This is so sad. It’s Chris Chan before he went mad.

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

He genuinely seemed like a decent human, just a really weird one. Then all hell broke loose in the coming years.

[@shawarmaboy4844]

I love how everything is exceptionally cluttered just like Chris' house in real life.

[@hashidraws]

*Tell me why, I'm stuck as a virgin with rage.*

[@avadoksorem2854]

Chris Chan used to be the window to hell for most. Nowadays, Classic Chris is a window to more innocent times. For gods sake, someone needs to reintroduce him to his former self. I can’t imagine him truly being happier as what he is now instead of returning to the CWC the internet longs for.

[@fastfood242]

guys? did chris do the first lets play?

[@hermitxIII]

It'd be nice if he did.

[@pervypete394]

He is the original brony, so anything is possible.

[@LAVATORR]

fastfood242 *Chris pulls the camera back to reveal Chris has built a homemade console that looks and functions exactly like the Nintendo Switch, only covered in drawings of Sonichu and Rosechu having graphic sex

[@thelaughingmanhadtherighti5256]

FoldingChairSA Or DarksydePhil is chocking on a hoagie after hearing that.

[@AlyphRat]

Yes. He did made the first Let's play ever.

[@Rorschach003]

I like how fcking CHRIS CHAN of all people had direct to video capture from the very beginning while it took DSP years to even consider the option. That's a new low

[@ZootWorld1]

I love how he thinks DK Jr. MATH challenges the mind.

[@0mnicide]

Legitimately and unironically enjoyable gameplay with commentary.

[@WormOfEscence]

Yep, wholesome

[@smooth_torres]

I wish Chris was like this in in real life😮‍💨

[@gillfreddie4100]

Agreed.

[@randommanwill802]

6:46 "Here's a fun joke about how I watch tv while I wait to go on the internet." Wow, the pinnacle of comedic talent.

[@ThePayphone]

chris was not funny at this part imo

[@pado7526]

​@ThePayphone No shit. It's not even a joke?

[@tidiarr]

that moment when not even 30 seconds in he makes a grammar fail

[@typicalnormalperson4890]

It's not a grammar fail in the black community.

[@basedandbinguspilled1482]

Does anyone else find this oddly soothing? It’s not insane or hateful or gross like a lot of Chris’s later stuff. Instead it’s just a more innocent Chris immersed in a peaceful life sim. Simpler times.

[@Seantendo]

Yeah, it's both heartwarming and heartbreaking.

[@Luigicat11]

@@Seantendo That's just about the perfect way to put it.

[@danielvelkov116]

Every villiger hides when he sees his character, the kapp literally mocks him at 20:30 and that diary notes. Jeezus he was in pain

[@WormOfEscence]

Wholesome, I wish things would’ve stayed this way

[@deviouscat4571]

Naaaa mommy wanted that D

[@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii3048]

Same

[@defaultname7685]

Bruh he was miserable. I mean he still is and is even worse now but he at least tried to change things without knowing the dark road it would lead down? I guess? Idk.

[@happyChappy96621]

Wow, he seemed so innocent and naive back then. The years haven’t been kind to Chris.

[@TheAnonymousIndividual]

3:13 though?

[@Daniel_WR_Hart]

You just crossed the line

[@daveed2589]

@@Daniel_WR_Hart You just really pissed me off right there when you said that.

[@king_big_pp]

I'm playing the saddest drinking game: Watching this video alone and taking a shot every time Chris Chan says 'anyway'

[@ComicBookGuy217]

We haven’t heard from you...did you die? Are you okay?

[@absol102]

Are you still alive?

[@Supdude.]

I'm wondering how he managed to capture this in decent quality in 2003. Its just hard to imagine he'd have enough technical prowess to pull that off back then.

[@Shekina246]

I could be wrong but I think he may have used a vhs recorder.

[@Mistamista69]

I'm surprised Chris Chan was able to set up his game play so well, you'd think he would just video tape his TV but you can actually see the game!

[@Tadeu.]

The fact that Chris Chan was the first person to do a video gameplay really makes me question my own existence

[@remotecontroll1]

A Mother-Fucking good letsplay

[@deviouscat4571]

I see what you did there... i wish to unsee it.

[@marnixmaximus3053]

Better capture and audio equipment than the majority of 2007-8 youtubers

[@DuskLegend]

I think you mean 2009-2013 but you’re not wrong. Hell my first play through was me recording my old tv screen for Christ’s sake

[@vladimirlong7125]

@@DuskLegendNope, 2007-2008, and he's right

[@DuskLegend]

@@vladimirlong7125 the retsuprays and dsp era? Lol

[@cquiroz7874]

"... I don't have a girlfriend..." Really, Chris? I didn't quite catch that the first ten times you said it. Maybe if you say it again, I'll remember this time.

[@tombstoner6360]

23:46 I'll talk about something random... _Sonic the Hedgehog_

[@captainjurgh8142]

"There's a Weed. I pick weeds." And then Chris went Skyhigh for many years.

[@NikkiG1134]

If Chris Chan stuck to making let’s plays like these he would’ve attracted a healthier audience than sonichu. The sagas wouldn’t have existed, though he’d still be a horrible person the internet wouldn’t know and to him his life would be calmer

[@kaga_me]

happier times

[@renex_g3915]

8:33 that shit was prophetic

[@HerveyShmervy]

Oh geez I never realized that

[@marnixmaximus3053]

Oh my god

[@yasha5544]

Chris Chan combined analog horror and letsplay before KZbin was created.

[@The3ninjakids]

So, on the 40th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, Chris was playing Animal Crossing. Interesting.

[@CADMTM]

Oh shit, it's Bertha. ...What a coincidence she lived in my town. I feel dirty because of him.

[@Joshyboy225]

Dude I pray for all of the villagers that have to live in these towns. I havent watched the whole thing yet but he better not have poor Pierce.

[@royalgarden18]

It's kinda interesting how this video was made nearly 20 years ago but Chris still sounds and talks the exact same for the most part. It's like his mind stopped devolping somewhere around 2002/03 and he's just stuck in that Y2K era permanently.

[@alloeloise]

Chris was the first Lets Player AND the first Brony. Mark my words, primary colored striped shirts will be a major fashion trend this decade.

[@eb2k445]

The sad part is that this is as close we will get to see Chris acting like a normal human being.

[@benghsadreel8521]

It’s over, it’s finally fucking over

[@_DrMemes]

21 years of pain and abuse has let us to this moment.

[@mrboerger1620]

I pray that it's over.

[@rossonemillion3931]

It's just begun

[@MartyrLoserKing]

Choosing this for my ASMR tonight. Fml

[@Channeleven2345789]

Imagine if Chris steered clear of engaging with trolls and dedicated his time on the internet to Animal Crossing content. He may've already made the first video game let's play, and this was long before Animal Crossing truly became popular.

[@mizosis]

I cant believe this is technically the first if not one of the first letplays. It was by Chris Chan of all people

[@LAVATORR]

How long does it take him to bring up his virginity in this video for Nintendo Power? My guess is around the five minute mark.

[@TritnewNG]

LAVATORR Wrong, 3 minute mark.

[@demang_swe7746]

Hearing those button presses is somewhat soothing

[@NikkiG1134]

This is way too ironic. Its perfect 20:15

[@absol102]

LMAOOOOOOO

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

then asks if he has a girlfriend immediately after lmao, game was trolling him fr

[@LifeOutward]

I still love this video. It is great background noise, or something to listen to while taking a nap. It's now to the point where when I hear the beat to The Macarena, I think of Yellow is a Mellow color. The iconic Animal Crossing visuals and muffled sounds. The hum of the VCR. Chris' docile tones, not screaming or reeeeeing. Just perfect. Harkens back to a simple time. Zap to the extreme.

[@somethingwithbungalows]

MajorMotionMatt this comment makes me sad and miss the 2000s and the early 2010s.

[@elizabethhannah4332]

the controller sounds are really good too

[@FourDozenEggs]

This is actually kind of calming to listen too.

[@michaelwave4494]

It makes a nice profit

[@KenjiRyuma90]

I feel so bad for all the villagers. 😢

[@BrendanJSmith]

You know what? I'm convinced. Chris-Chan is the reason Nintendo treated their adult fans so poorly in the Wii and Wii U generations. At least Nintendo of America. They saw this and thought most of their fans were like this and decided to double down on their family-friendly image and pander to the casuals and ignore what their diehard fans wanted.

[@Komega01]

I love how the character named Bob skipped town on him

[@alicyjinx8923]

The irony that his shirts he wears in real life are rugby shirts, and the shirt he finds in the fucking dump is a rugby shirt

[@mckenna4679]

Alice the Memelord this whole video is full of irony it's great

[@ruggiebuggie3195]

Due to the loud clicking from the button presses, It must have been one of those third-party controlers. Hated those. They were so bulky and the buttons were so stiff. They would break so easily too.

[@throttlebrah]

"Made in China"

[@LunaKittyfox]

His villagers knew what he was gonna do in 2021

[@CattyMintgum]

Lol, I like how everyone goes back inside when he shows up.

[@ghozze69]

its really sad to see how everything ended for chris, watching this makes me wish he had a good ending

[@TheKingOfNachosTM]

It's quite sad seeing what has become of him after almost 18 years

[@xPrecisionx]

Love how he describes the house as orderly when he just mindlessly stacked random shit against the walls. Becomes even funnier when you see videos of his actual hoard house.

[@kevinb1776]

I was 10 years old when Animal Crossing came out. This video, and other early 2000’s Chris Chan content, is so weirdly comfy to me. It reminds me of a simpler time in my life. Holed up in my parent’s house, playing Pokémon and Animal Crossing, getting excited for Christmas. Chris and I were doing the same things during this time. Although he was double my age.

[@rylandawe93]

"I'm young at heart" Otherwise known as slow-in-the-mind.

[@j3stuh869]

But Chris is smart. He plays math games sometimes.

[@thecitrine1675]

J3STUH he also fucked his PlayStation and got his taint infected with a piercing

[@happyChappy96621]

Lemony Fresh that he still hasn’t had fixed

[@akumatheidiot]

This video has an oddly calming aura. I can’t explain it. Maybe it’s because this is before Chris completely lost his innocence and let the trolls ruin his life.

[@landowin9722]

I find this interesting to watch for some reason, Maybe this just takes me back to what I used to do when I was a kid because I would do the same kind of make believe Chris is doing in this video.

[@TheRoyalCyclone]

We're you also 21 and in serious need of life advice back then? Cause I would totally do shit like that as well.

[@228ss]

what if i told you Chris-Chan is actually Daniel Day Lewis trolling you.

[@boergerplays8353]

FatCatMedia it'd be the internet equivalent of the wage gap

[@IsraelLuisGeerRivera-ff4cg]

ian blankenship tRiggErD

[@360Fov]

He has a worryingly good vocabulary, yet has some really odd phrasing - and there's no denying he's very resourceful in his creativity. I think his creativity stems from being unconstrained by any self-awareness... which also lends itself to a lot of plagiarism, but still, creative.

[@otherverge]

I was looking at an old archive for Nintendo Power Magazines and I had a minor stroke when I noticed the page that featured "Sonichu's Cwcville Documentary." Insane timeline we're in.