How I solved Super Monkey Ball's biggest mystery

For nearly two decades, the Super Monkey Ball announcer has been shrouded in complete anonymity. But who is he really?
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TRAILER: • SO I BOOKED A TICKET
Music used:
Duckmaw - The Beat (LaLa)
Jobii - Vortex
pär - Andra Långgatan
Andra Langgatan - par
Marten Moses - Soft Control
Fabien Tell - Last Point of Safe Return
Hampus Naeselius - Frozen Thunder
Max Anson - Truth Harvester
Infinity Ripple - Etude for Dreamers
Eoin Mantell - Salvation Is Coming
Taylor Crane - Into the Bone
Jay Varton - Infra
Wayne Jones - Please
Guustavv - Night Night
Infinity Ripple - A Temporary Solution
roljui - Autostrade
Super Monkey Ball 2 - World 8 (Clock Tower)
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[@babylonian]

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[@blurengo]

I booked a ticket to japan to solve this mystery

[@kone2355]

Japan

[@waldofelix29]

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

[@Meezy_206]

Nice Mustachioed Bear shirt 25:18

[@FirionLeFleur]

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.

[@skippydinglechalk6314]

A celebrity known all through out Japan really just told a random dude "Sorry for wasting your time"

[@deadakus]

Patrick seems like a pretty amazing dude

[@despacitodaniel801]

That's what Japan does to you man, sorry

[@toffe32]

You stay humble in Japan.

[@hoppyknitz9377]

and also hes unknown to americans so

[@Nakia11798]

Very polite

[@PureHero1]

Patrick's Wikipedia page has been updated thanks to this video

[@bob837]

really

[@catgirlm4]

lmao

[@philiphoffman523]

I made the 499 likes to 500!

[@complxgd4060]

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

[@lhaureencariagge9668]

Noice

[@purpxlina]

Plot twist: The voice actor was actually a person named Monkey Voice.

[@ToastBoastOfficial]

Gud

[@Joseekins]

Omg

[@axy_the_alien7034]

yO. I want that name.

[@re-n]

@@gizmoduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu2773 lmfao

[@GreyBoiTheTrue]

@@ToastBoastOfficial God???

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

The two guys you interviewed accidentally gave you two halves to a key that suddenly fit together days after finding them. You CANNOT make this stuff up, that is some true Zelda-level craziness right there.

[@smrts]

"Hi. Is this Chris?" brain takes 4 seconds to reboot into english "Yes"

[@3nthamornin]

hella funny

[@peelzboyplays6089]

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

[@KaeraNeko]

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

[@Volvary]

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

[@Inseut]

I noticed that. Relatable af, almost cute.

[@Creee]

tfw hes going to meet patrick at the station but there are still 20 minutes left in the video

[@fatyoshi9993]

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

[@snivary8686]

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.

[@Creee]

Snivary Cree isn't my real name 😔

[@baileywhitehall1369]

because its not him watch the rest of the vid

[@thefoultarnished2226]

Something’s wrong I can feel it

[@YoyIeCake]

Patrick Harland: "It sounds like Brian, can't remember his last name..." Chris Wells: "Oh my God, is that...is that Matt?" Brian Matt: "Allow me to introduce myself"

[@dooplets._.5776]

That is absolutely genuinely the most hilarious part of this video

[@Candytuft-CookingPan]

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

[@grenveld7015]

My god, it's like Patrick and Chris are guardians of the forbidden knowledge of his name and it's so dangerous they could each only learn one half of it and when you finally find them both and attain the forbidden knowledge of his name he is summoned forth into your email inbox

[@PJSproductions97]

Not only did he go to Japan AGAIN , but he somehow got an interview with a Japanese celebrity with just a couple emails. What the hell.

[@plebisMaximus]

Networking like a God.

[@JayAreAitch]

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

[@theblitz1070]

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

[@JayAreAitch]

TheBlitz didn't really break in...

[@Surreal_Sheep]

He just has high charisma.

[@AccountingDerek]

the mere fact that patrick said "liquids or solids" makes me like him

[@Ammut6]

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

[@GoldenPandoria]

He really seems like a very chill and nice guy!

[@djsauchan5727]

Well hes a comedian 😂

[@Usith]

What does that mean?

[@Pikachu_Dubstep]

NotScott The Grand SAME

[@octooo.]

The big smile on Brians face when you asked him to say some voice lines from SMB just warmed my heart

[@sandraswan9008]

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

[@GinkgoPete]

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

[@dunkleosteusterrelli]

my dumb Nintendo brain read Super Mario Bros and was confused

[@oceansolstice608]

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

[@amkradio-official9369]

Brian Matt literally doing that line for Nick at the end of the video is really satisfying to hear.

[@eggs8021]

Spoiler damn

[@5thkiechannel]

“See turns out he actually became an astronaut, so there was only one simple solution: I bought a plane ticket to the moon”

[@SpanishDuck]

or maybe he took a plane to tokyo

[@Nepko360]

Or the ISS

[@itsu1290]

@@Nepko360 or the ISS in school

[@MrSoso1050]

Was that a fly me to the moon reference?

[@sethencompton]

he didnt find the narrator, the narrator found him.

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

He place himself in the position for the narrator to find him and let him know that someone cared.

[@thekuddlykrab1499]

666th like 😍😍😍

[@jacksonflynn9332]

In USSR, you don't find the narrator, the narrator finds you.

[@tttITA10]

I like how this dude was so focused on getting his answer, that he got to travel to Japan, which is cool, and contact a celebrity, which super cool, AND GET AN INTERVIEW WITH SAID CELEBRITY IN PERSON, which is miracle-level journalism, and yet, he was FLOORED that he was the only person in the world that knew that the working theory of everybody on the internet about this game was wrong. Talk about commitement.

[@mr.80s61]

when nick said he got a email from a guy named Brian Matt i remembered that they said Brian and Matt in the interviews and i actually lost my shit

[@Orangekid65]

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

[@JohnnoNonno]

Brian: "you found me" Nick: "I found you" Voiceover: "I found him"

[@festivepotato3611]

Me: He found him.

[@saperoi]

Me on my essay: He was found by him.

[@WGSen]

The snoot drooped.

[@theoverlyhappygoth1545]

I never figured out if he found him or not.

[@GarciaFGF]

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

[@jarenbayon9286]

“In order to solve this mystery I knew there was only one thing I could do so I booked a flight to Japan”

[@jarenbayon9286]

I'm just so glad I was right

[@doc69420]

@@jarenbayon9286 hey, you're right

[@AK-fy1iq]

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.

[@Laekith]

Iconic

[@sopix7761]

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"

[@channelnevin]

patrick harlan seems like the nicest dude! what a sweet guy. he was literally apologizing to you. jeez. what a down to earth famous person lol!

[@theaverageaardvark9864]

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

[@KnapfordMaster98]

One question I wish you'd asked is WHY so many English-Japanese voice actors were never credited in these games. From Super Monkey Ball to Resident Evil, why were these actors treated like such a huge secret?

[@cumslut866]

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

[@poika22]

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.

[@adraedin]

@@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."

[@christrenkov4304]

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

[@dancinglazer1628]

@@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

[@naeo.am4203]

“Patrick Harlan *had* to be the voice of the announcer in Super Monkey Ball.” But wait! There’s still *75% of the video left!*

[@blueruby008]

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

[@pogfection787]

That's because he was WRONG!

[@CocoTheMii]

Do I detect a Jaiden Animations reference?

[@thegoldmario4879]

Lol

[@MistyRockandRoll]

I think at this point he's just trying to find excuses to go to japan

[@lukasschulze7764]

Tax write off and stuffs

[@lennykappa3535]

At this point? Took you long enough

[@nutsyear]

“Let’s fly to Japan to find out!”

[@FixedKarma]

Nick has the dedication, willpower, and insanity to change the world, but uses it all to find a monkey ball voice actor. Thing is, I'm not complaining.

[@Bearman851]

Nick: "Can't find answers? Fuck it, going to Japan."

[@ergocomic]

Nick: *calls* Pat: Moshi-Moshi Nick: Hi Pat: *aight, english mode*

[@dolliare495]

this makes me laugh so hard

[@caneca8773]

E

[@alphastar12]

O

[@slinky6285]

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

[@siphon8063]

ERROR : ENGLISH NOT FOUND

[@danielevans7439]

“The entire Internet was wrong about something, something significant.” Well...

[@raidedsalt7110]

i guess it cant be the first time

[@grainthe2nd71]

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

[@notoverwatch6991]

@@grainthe2nd71 It's pretty significant.

[@grainthe2nd71]

@@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?

[@ariDeMon7479]

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

[@Orangekid65]

The fact that you got Brian to read that video outro in the Announcer voice is incredible and honestly a perfect way to end the video.

[@jrlepage2a03]

In addition to Patrick Harlan and Chris Wells each remembering half of Brian Matt's name, I also noticed one of the names you sent Chris Wells in that one e-mail (22:14) was Matt Uhl. As it happens, the voice actor's full name is Brian Matthew Uhl. So it turns out his name was right there under your nose all along. Crazy stuff!

[@barryschalkwijk9388]

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

[@ggfootball07]

I noticed that too!

[@Bootleg_Jones]

Born too late to explore the Earth Born too early to explore the stars Born just in time to explore the mystery of who Super Monkey Ball's narrator was

[@hmgrass8283]

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

[@Nightcaat]

Born just in time to book a flight to Japan*

[@DrummerDucky]

great joke bro

[@marcusturner27]

Truly the greatest generation

[@jeretoon8350]

Marcus the Person the meme decade

[@shockdoggo6889]

Nick robinson would do literally anything just to find out a single thing

[@jarenbayon9286]

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

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

By anything you mean go to Japan

[@Laekith]

That's the beauty of this channel

[@KingOfGames1996]

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

[@lolmhao]

Nick can make up any excuse to go to japan again

[@Issa281]

I'm not a fan of SMB; I've never played it in my life. But god damn did I shed a tear when Brian did the lines during the interview.

[@Memer9456]

i like how Patrick is one of the most famous celebrities in Japan and he just casually meets up with someone hes never met before

[@Blokdude3456]

This video is a citation on Wikipedia now quoting Patrick “that’s not me”

[@kennethgonzalez7759]

Hey you're right lol

[@shamdoo5152]

@@kennethgonzalez7759 haha

[@diarykeeper]

link

[@ZarHakkar]

KZbin journalism is still journalism. This video is now a primary source.

[@Superabound2]

@@ZarHakkar KZbin journalism is usually much better than tv and newspaper journalism

[@Zin1Xx]

This man literally met a celebrity just to find out if he voiced the narrator in a video game about monkeys

[@hushpuppi3]

And only to learn that he wasn't

[@hudsonsabal8695]

Blue Boo from 18 years ago. For KZbin.

[@reizayin]

@@hudsonsabal8695 in japan.

[@silvermecha1597]

Is there a better reason!?

[@jacksonbreece1066]

1,000th like

[@kalemjade5258]

the amount of times my brother and i say "hurry up!" in the monkey ball voice is insane. this game (well, technically we had the second one) is probably my favorite video game of all time.

[@gilramot]

The real Brian Matt is the friends we made along the way

[@JRetrioX]

The true voice actor is the friends we made along the way.

[@orbit_theworld]

And the flights to japan

[@mridwan5173]

No, I want to know the real fucking voice actor

[@nicestpancake]

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

[@bait8112]

This trope will never fail to crack me up

[@sauceenjoyer6511]

@@bait8112 tru

[@Pikydee]

Mystery : Exists Nick : So anyway I booked a flight to Japan

[@rightshoe1188]

Mystery: League of Legends Nick: I booked a flight

[@miles4939]

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

[@hitmanekoyslnp8572]

@@rightshoe1188 book a flight to runeterra

[@GinkgoPete]

This had absolutely no busniness being as touching as it was. The fact that someone that nobody knew got searched out for a tiny role he did 20 years ago mustve been so gratifying for Brian Matt. And the way Brian smiled when you asked him to do the voice was everything. Voice actors especially back in the 90s and 2000s are unsung heroes of many childhoods and they didnt get fame/recognition at all really. You put it very well in your outro This is important.

[@skullkid_gaming3312]

Dude I started tearing up when I heard his voice and it matched. It’s heartwarming knowing my childhood was complete. Achievement unlocked

[@unicodefox]

"For this reason, I knew hunting down Patrick was going to be tricky" DON'T YOU DARE "I knew I had to track him down in person" NO, DON'T YOU DO IT, NICK, STOP "So I booked a flight to Japan" FOR FUCKS SAKE NICK

[@ProbablyAxolotl]

So i booked a flight to mars...

[@radismath1]

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

[@LeoPokemonBrasil1]

My Strange Addiction

[@lizafung5592]

Next question: are Martians real?

[@harrylane4]

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

[@halo4224]

"It had to be Jack, right?" *looks at bar* 4 minutes out of 30 Oh no

[@nicestpancake]

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

[@businessraccoon3886]

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

[@jakethesnake2511]

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

[@ThatSquidYT]

@@jakethesnake2511 so i booked a ticket to-

[@M3D1C2121]

Hearing Brian Matt in the interview saying "Ready? Go!" hit an emotional nostalgia spot that made me tear up. I remember playing Monkey Ball after school for like 3 months straight. I still play it on an Emulator every now and then. Thanks for that Nick, and by extension Brian.

[@plutototoh]

This is SO sweet! It blows my mind how so many contributions go uncredited, especially in game making. And it is so sweet that he voiced that outro for you. Thanks for chasing this and sharing this with us all.

[@nfus4191]

“Everyone had been wondering, what color was Ken Watanabe’s left shoe? So I bought a plane ticket to Japan to find out.”

[@teenagemeathead]

Mood

[@yummypoop3131]

Yuri??

[@parsnipgo9264]

“You found me!”, “I found you!”, “I found him.”, he found him.

[@creeperlamoureux]

We found him

[@mabblepabble]

He was found

[@calebsherman886]

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.

[@user-ih7th5fz3x]

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

[@cheesyquokka]

indeed

[@sinfulpuritan3430]

I remember when I was younger, like 5-8, I had this weird thing for crushing on video game narrators. I could confidently say that the Super Monley Ball Narrator was my first crush ever. So hearing the Narrator and finally figuring out who tf he was all this time is bringing back surpressed, nostalgic memories of being a weird kid and I love it.

[@cookieswithoutcream]

lol a voice was your crush

[@Anaea]

​@@cookieswithoutcreamstay away from the tsp fandom

[@xxbeatuupzz]

To me, this is a massive reminder for how big an impact a moment can make in someones life. Something that for Brian was 3 hours worth of work on a random day 20 years or so ago has become something that people care about enough to go on a weeks long investigative search, theory crafting possible answers, and even taking a flight out to Japan to solve. This was actually such an amazing search, and i could really see the passion, amazement and relief in your eyes when Brian said those lines, and it hit you properly that yes, this guy is the voice that you heard throughout your childhood!

[@WGSen]

"Brian... something..." "...Is that Matt?" oh man oH MAN

[@12isaac00]

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

[@midas8877]

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

[@fuzzybuddy2950]

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.

[@xyzqsrbo]

@@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.

[@fuzzybuddy2950]

@@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.

[@unused3801]

Wow that's actually nuts that they were able to identify his voice 20 years later and separately come up with his first and last name

[@worthyedge9307]

Holy hell I love coincidences sometimes

[@sergeanthawkins]

I wonder if it's because of Surnames before given names in Japanese... Maybe Chris Wells prefers to use this structure as his normal way of speaking?

[@worthyedge9307]

@@sergeanthawkins omg that is actually 100,000,000 iq

[@Repudiate]

Both names sounded like first names. Lmao.

[@chinesedog2331]

Absolutely bananas

[@strawb28]

In search of answers, *i listened to every humans voice in the world and found out who the announcer is.*

[@sessasalon]

The dedication he flew to Tokyo just for the chance to see a celebrity to ask him hey are you in super monkey Ball

[@drawnwithlove3499]

Nah this is a regular occurence on this channel

[@sessasalon]

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

[@wetworms.]

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.

[@gravityinLA]

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

[@rubyy.7374]

“Try not to fly to Japan challenge [HARD]” *Three seconds later* “I’m sorry!”

[@toomanyblueberriesss]

1k like!

[@ambs4076]

I can’t believe this man actually met Patrick Harlan. The absolute legend

[@bluestrawberry679]

And it's not even the focus of the video

[@TayoEXE]

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

[@8151630]

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

[@AnonymousMycologist]

For "liquids or solids" nonetheless

[@MiuXiu]

Read this in Karl Jobst’s voice

[@mustyndusty8277]

This is simultaneously the most dumb and amazing thing I’ve ever heard of

[@cedarsprout]

The way you work towards these projects and explain that to an audience, the careful attention to all of these amazing things you work out is a love letter to the passion and drive that started the video game industry as a whole. These videos are like opening a box you found in the back of your childhood closet , full of nostalgia and fresh perspective all mixing into a warm feeling as you admire things that had an influence as a kid, truly good work.

[@Luigiman-rc9fi]

This feels just like a movie. Mainly, the fact that the clues were already there, but you didn't notice the first time.

[@Gh0st4176]

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

[@Gh0st4176]

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

[@DudeRandom]

documentary

[@swankykoala4836]

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.

[@JoshQwerty]

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

[@goilup]

One of these days, Nick is gonna join the Yakuza just to get answers.

[@thegreatkingofevilganondor1500]

"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!"

[@imannatasha3302]

@@thegreatkingofevilganondor1500 this response is amazing 😂

[@ThisByitch]

"I JOINED AREA 51 TO GET ANSWERS"

[@anus333]

*i converted to Islam to find answers*

[@quandaleinstitute5623]

Why has the reply section turned into memes

[@smzig]

Just want to bring out how awesome these guys are for taking time out of their busy day just to help fans of their work with something that is, to them, likely very inconsequential. Not to mention Patrick is a literal celebrity in Japan but met a small youtuber in person for a random interview.

[@mattbarker97]

"Brian Matt" is the greatest plot twist since Darth Vader being Luke's father

[@RobotHottdog]

This channel should be called “I booked a flight to japan”

[@ryanrobot7975]

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

[@sweetmelon3296]

facts

[@anth794]

Ikr

[@spaghettipersonhello]

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

[@beanoptodon]

@@Kokanauka yes

[@MegaXD333]

This Patrick is such a cool and humble guy

[@JJAB91]

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

[@plink4017]

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

[@optillian4182]

666 likes lol

[@Whichevertea23]

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

[@hppern3971]

Also really fucking cute my god!

[@GMPranav]

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

[@MMT--Games]

You know, he did something that seems impossible for most of us. This is not just a video of a guy finding the narrator of a monkey game, this video shows how you can do *everything* if you really want to do it and work for it. You can do *everything* if you dont give up. Thank you for this video, love your work

[@ffejpsycho]

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

[@AsfaeksBR]

This whole video was another excuse for Nick to fly to Japan

[@liljammy6434]

AsfaeksBR who wouldn’t want to go there 😋

[@kyleforan1164]

All of his videos are

[@napalmdreams9654]

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

[@neontiki]

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

[@DrummerDucky]

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

[@quinn.mcginley]

How's it feel to be an official source on a Wikipedia page?

[@DoodleZoo]

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

[@I_was_a_Bullfrog]

What page?

[@dominicwilson309]

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

[@beeswithchainsaws]

20:08 i like how it passes by brian matt

[@SenorOnion]

The way you tell stories and the music you add, all the suspense and surprise, just gets me so invested. I was genuinely interested in finding out who the narrator of this game was and I'd never even heard about it before.

[@BB.156]

As it turns out the real narrator was the friends we made along the way.

[@arysonm]

🗃

[@growl_is_broken3098]

Lol

[@taylorbagwell4309]

The real narrator was the flight to Japan

[@BManStan1991]

Actually laughed out loud

[@dontthatsoundnice]

Perfect!!

[@bean_eater1209]

Somebody: yeah he lives in Ja- Nick: SO I BOOKED A TICKET

[@tfwnoyandere]

gaming

[@AaronSmith0]

Went from 0-60 real quick

[@Jafezy_JD]

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

[@JoshQwerty]

House of Beans 0-64 real quick

[@polyanmon]

went through the motions watching this, loved hearing you geek out and express the same love i had for this game growing up. IMAGINE my shock hearing the outro. had tears in my eyes, i’m so glad you did this

[@ciabazac]

This is extraordinary! Thank you for solving these mysteries for us man!

[@TheAlphaTeamPlays]

My guy flew all the way to Tokyo just to know who the Monkey Ball announcer was

[@avurra]

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

[@Mysgelatin]

He flew there for a F***ING STICKER

[@theSato]

@@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.

[@Mysgelatin]

@@theSato have you heard of a joke?

[@Beastofdestruct]

Patrick: "Sounds like Brian" Chris: "Is that Matt??" Brian Matt: "Allow me to introduce myself"

[@funkyfacecool]

Lol

[@quillu6379]

Gg

[@Ellie-vo1ko]

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

[@aquaarmour4924]

@Dany Torres MOHAMMED AVDOL

[@litclownyfella]

@@aquaarmour4924 Jojo references are the best kind of references

[@user-wz2fu4rx9s]

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

[@TheJbortz7]

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

[@solmashups8317]

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

[@Evistopheles]

Thank you for making videos like this. I love inconsequential mysteries and even more when they are solved, I feel like this is one of the best things the internet has to offer. :,)

[@ACBlackJ0ck]

Nick tries to find out who really killed JFK "Out of options, I booked a flight to Japan in search of answers"

[@DarkSharingan21]

Lmao!

[@keepermovin5906]

You mean Russia

[@matthewzhang581]

Underrated comment

[@TimThomason]

Turns out the Yakuza took down JFK. Revenge for him escaping on PT-109.

[@cannonfodder4000]

Golgo 13 killed JFK

[@morganjack18]

*"so I planted myself in the ranks of the Japanese Mafia"*

[@Traventity]

Lol

[@ettu357]

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

[@baby_pug]

This video is actually incredible, keep up the great work

[@nicestpancake]

I like the implication that at some point, Brian heard from his VA friends that some weird youtuber named Nick was looking for the Super Monkey Ball VA and he was just like, "Oh cool can I have his email?"

[@AtasiProductions]

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

[@brianmatttokyo688]

@@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.

[@whupwhup98]

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

[@catwiffhat4274]

@@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.

[@Thylonicus]

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

[@IanWatson]

Nobody: Nick: "It was then that I realized my bag of Cheetos was empty. I knew there was only one solution. So I booked a flight to Japan."

[@kellenold1358]

Out of options and desperate for answers...

[@Joker-bn1dz]

I knew I had to go to the cheetos Japan headquarters

[@usernamesnull]

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

[@liamsgreatbitgaming]

Where did this start

[@flabort]

@@usernamesnull I hope so

[@Todomo]

i’ve never even heard of this game, and yet you had me fully engaged in it for this whole video. that’s some talent

[@Cyntaria]

Every time this video appears in my youtube feed, it makes me wanna pick up my old childhood game I'd play with my dad and my brother. This game means so much to me and your storytelling in your videos is amazing

[@LONGname46]

I can only imagine Nick in school Teacher: what's the pythagorean theorem? Nick: Nick: Nick: Out of options and desperate for an answer, I travelled to Greece to-

[@Hannah-id7zq]

@yuno fourfourninezeroseven ???

[@marialuke2116]

@yuno fourfourninezeroseven What schizophrenic tirade is this.

[@neosiaxiom4211]

Pffft-

[@Aragon-no5tc]

I get it

[@brianmatttokyo688]

"You found me!". Thanks, Nick for the chat and I'm glad my voice could help stimulate your creativity all of these years. Next time in Japan, give me a shout. You clearly have a gift as a storyteller and I really enjoy your artistic professionalism. Good luck and Goooooooo! Brian Matt

[@sptrasmasa]

Pin this please

[@Fithrealmhuntsman]

My god it’s the legend himself

[@Thinzy]

Now this is awesome

[@waldofelix29]

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!

[@RC.13]

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

[@JamaceTheFirst]

not even a monkey ball fan but dude… to find such niche things and/or people in all your videos, though i don’t always have a personal connection, is always so interesting

[@Riceballl0070]

Nick i wanted to say, your channel is purely amazing the amount of work and determination that you put in them are truly mind breaking, i didn’t played smb in my childhood but still you made me so interested in that mystery, so involved and then so much happy and satisfied to finally know the identity of this legend. Thank you so much for the experience we feel during your videos!

[@nbj55]

"So to get the answer, there was only one thing I could do" Awh shit is this the channel that loves to go to Japan for no reason? "I had to go to tokyo" It is

[@Elias___]

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

[@godlyvex5543]

No reason? I think you mean EVERY reason.

[@Nersius]

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

[@ThePandaAgenda]

Maybe he actually works there on occasion

[@wardrich]

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

[@brianmatttokyo688]

Fun fact. Nick was clearly staying in Shibuya which is only a 10-minute walk from where I live. We will meet in Japan I hope during his next visit. This really did turn out to be an interesting twist of events.

[@Lucrativecris]

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

[@serene2282]

Thank you!

[@spaceforcememes8104]

What an outstanding lad

[@Starz006]

Glad to see we finally found you. 🎉

[@memechurch5011]

YOUR FOUND NOW!!

[@mityaoreh]

DAMN! Nick, i found u on tiktok a couple month ago and i'm goddamn satisfied ever since!!! You're amazing, pal. Love you and ur vids!

[@HyperwolfSama]

Proud of ya man, love the video. and a fan of the series as well. xp

[@L4yo]

_When he found Patrick but there are still 20 minutes left:_ *SOMETHING‘S WRONG, I CAN FEEL IT*

[@nalaprodd]

Lol

[@mj12921]

Lol yeah

[@00piumSora999]

Lmaoooo fr😂😂😂

[@gracecox4961]

"It could be Matt..." From Wii Sports

[@Roeclean]

@@gracecox4961 no. He's too busy clapping People on Wii games

[@ApO20]

Chris: “Is that... Matt...? No its a little higher pitched.” Later in the video Matt: Its me dawg

[@dukernuker6893]

Ok

[@kotarotennouji5238]

Is that the same Matt

[@kotarotennouji5238]

Oh wait it is oof

[@YeahShowtime]

shi i spoiled

[@brianmatttokyo688]

Good point. When I am on the shinkansen, plane or wherever, I say, oh yes that is "insert name here"'s voice.

[@Allidisk]

this man just finds famous people and talks to them without a second thought. i wish i had that kind of self confidence

[@BRIXandSTRINGS]

I have no connection to Super Monkey Ball apart from playing it a couple of times back in the day and had no care really in the world for who the narrator was but I clicked on this video out of complete boredom and ISTG, I’ve never genuinely smiled so wide and whole heartedly in years as I have when you finally interviewed Brian. Seriously, thank you for this, for some reason this just...resonated with me 👏🏻

[@LuqmanHakim-xi9qz]

Everyone else: I don't need sleep, I need answers. Nick: I don't need sleep, I need to go to Japan

[@floatingduck6232]

So I booked a ticket

[@no-pz7xy]

@@floatingduck6232 to find answers....

[@floatingduck6232]

On why I like japan

[@gbird.]

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

[@Terrordragonfly]

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

[@Phoenix-pb4sm]

I wish I had the confidence to meet with a Japanese celebrity in order to talk about Monkey Ball.

[@DavidRosstheawesome]

I wish I had the confidence (and money) to fly al the way to Japan just to meet with a Japanese celebrity just to talk monkey ball

[@jenalexander2697]

I wish I had the money TO FLY TO TOKYO

[@elkani7973]

I wish I had the money TO FLY

[@richardgibson8403]

I wish I HAD money

[@will-on-youtube4351]

PhoenixXPhoenix monkey ball? What about.. dragon ball!

[@Fourrandomidiots]

So happy I found this video. I love your channel, and once I found this video I loved your channel. It was like, early last year when I found it

[@AlwaysTiim]

I'm so glad for videos like these! Thanks for the hard work!