The Creepy Faces of the Game Boy Camera - Analysis

[@professormeme6584]

Japan: Hahahahaha. Thats really funny The United States: *_Multiple children having nightmares_*

[@CurtisAlexandermusic]

I was too old to be scared by the creepy faces LOL. I just thought they were goofy. That's because I was an adult when the GB camera was released. I still had a gameboy from my teen years so I decided to buy a GB camera and mess around with the features. I am fascinated by all things camera related.

[@Driptanius8810]

i think japan tried to do the wacky edit human face to tell the player "Why are you doing this, but this is kinda funny" but then actually gave the players the "Do it again and i will be your sleep paralysis demon"

[@treasureking3454]

Imagine a 5 year old clicked run on accident and see “who are you running from?”

[@DeadDoll1972]

Dad: lemme go see. **checks** HOLY-

[@pasitphodaeng9707]

The kid would say AHHHHHHHHHHH!

[@Jordan_Editsoffical]

More like I should be running from you

[@wilcoleijdens9895]

That was me, it scared the shit out of me, didn’t use that camera for about 3 years after that happened

[@maltheartistme]

They'll probably cry.

[@san_d9995]

I actually bought that, and I actully hated the kid, so I tried to escape him as a joke, and got this.

[@albertthedank5668]

I think, This was the humor of Japanese kids in 90s (same logic why the infamous Sonic CD's "Infinite Fun" easter egg was considered as a joke)

[@OrganicComb]

eh the thing is for sonic cd's easter egg the music was a lot more upbeat and cheerful for eu/jp releases of it, while the us was so much more scarier. if u search up "sonic cd easter egg japan" then you'll see how much less scary it is

[@Saystacti]

"GOTTA GO FASTER"

[@the_moon_gazer]

Actually the infinite fun wasn't creepy in the Japanese one The Japanese music for that was much different and upbeat Majin was just the dev's nickname And to finish this off. They just thought it looked humorous to them(Usually. Some Japanese kids still found it creepy)

[@Youhadabadday2021]

@@the_moon_gazer Yeah, the only reason it was scary for us US players was because an entirely different soundtrack was composed for the game. And since the easter egg used Eggman's boss theme, and in Sonic CD's US Release Eggman's theme was quite siniater, it led to the infamous reputation it has today.

[@clutch7756]

infinite fun for infinite terror and trauma 😢

[@tails_the_god]

Fun fact I still have a Gameboy camera and printer! It probably has old pictures of me on it

[@AaronCShow]

Oh that’s awesome!

[@tails_the_god]

@@AaronCShow yup! its in great condition too i even have extra unopened printer paper

[@idonotcarekek]

That thumbnail was pure trauma for me as a kid

[@Florian00]

What's also weird is that if you use the GB Advance link cable with a printer and this camera, these faces pop up when you try to print something. The cable is missing some pads compared to the GB link cable and it doesn't fit in the printer (only when you clip off the plastic notch)

[@domestichouse-bear6113]

4:38 Wild AARON appeared! FIGHT PKMN ITEM RUN

[@AaronCShow]

I’d choose “run” haha XD You were the first to spot it! Congratulations!

[@AaronCShow]

I used an emulator called mGBA: it's actually for the Game Boy Advance, but it allowed me to actually get the Game Boy Camera running (other emulators don't know what to do with the camera part of it).

[@normarivas2221]

Go mud kip!

[@tonypepperoniofficial]

Run run run run run AHH CREEPY FACES

[@skinnymax]

Maybe I‘m weird but…. I didn’t really considered them as weird when I was a kid. It was just goofy and funny to look at. But nowadays I don’t really get why they implemented something like that. Kinda disturbing tbh

[@BloxianGamingYT]

Grabs minigun no who are YOU running from

[@AaronCShow]

😂

[@MrNoNogginisdumb]

God if I saw this as a kid I’d die

[@gilberthidalgo]

4:12 easy they are Nintendo employees because they thought it would be a good idea to add these and they thought it would be good for kids but nope it was a bad idea and it haunts so many people

[@SquirrelMario]

I saw someone say they fell asleep watching a Nintendo Iceberg video, and when they woke up, one of this face was on the screen.

[@retroscenekid5852]

Even though I know the context I’m still very creeped out by this image same with the majin sonic secret 😅😅😅

[@popsiclebreathesrice]

“attractive: no”

[@HiCaballo]

I forgot about this until I was cleaning out some stuff and plugged it in. The dancing Mario gave me an eerie feeling. And I couldn’t figure out why I felt so much dread. Became suspicious of the camera even.

[@kane9098]

i was freaked out the frst time i saw some faces, thought it was like some analog horror shit lol.

[@homebaked1731]

I can’t be the only one who thinks the photo of the person with a star on their forehead looks like Reagan from the Exorcist, right?

[@mrmosty5167]

My friend and I played with this at college back in '99 and found these. I'm also wondering what's going on with the little boy that wants to play. He looks like he's been beaten or traumatized

[@microwaved-entertainment]

Why does the second one look like Jack Black like seriously

[@catsarethebest36]

I'm pretty sure the software developer of this accessory was having a mental breakdown while making the UI lol

[@Fiji-Aviation]

OH LOOK ITS NINTENDO SPOOKY YEAR **halloween music intefises**

[@Jethasautism]

I would be scared if I saw that at night

[@jianxiongRaven]

ikr imagine seeing thst while playing in the dark , hiding from parents

[@Q.The_Demon]

I just do 💀 Its 4 33 oclock

[@sueñoimposible]

the faces looked like they bout to say "joe mama"

[@PaytonPaw124]

Looks amazing Aaron

[@AaronCShow]

Thank you!

[@PaytonPaw124]

@@AaronCShow anytime I just like mixing things up and so do you

[@Oliver_VandeWiele2.0]

Those are some creepy images

[@hay_Z2021]

When he said the cause of childhood nightmares, i BUSTED OUT laughing, cause its so true, i was terrified id see thay face again everytime i played this thing 🤣🤣

[@swampfish5912]

i have see this, and i have an nightmare last night...

[@Dr.F999]

Who else is here after playing five nights at wario's?

[@cloamker2533]

I've always thought the faces were trying to look silly

[@bryson-shirleybesley9249]

This channel is u n d e r r a t e d

[@Jethasautism]

Make it more scarier so I can freak out

[@loganloftin7570]

I ain’t thought about this in years

[@elijahvincent985]

This is nothing compared to Giygas. This is practically comical!

[@snowshadow6598]

They were out to get them ANYONE would view an empty camera slideshow on there first lookthrough

[@arnulfomer5182]

Wait their was a Guinness world record of 1999? Huh guess you learn something new every day

[@cubbycubbycat2287]

This scared me when i was little

[@80l179]

Whoever Made This Easter Egg Despised Children.

[@Rilly_rob_joe]

You deserve more views and subs

[@AMuffinHead261]

True

[@hidev8561]

Very true

[@maxtubegaming12]

Fun fact: the top of the game boy camera is a eye

[@ChewingRice_9686]

IMPORTANT: DONT PLAY NINTENDO GAMEBOY AS A 60 YEAR OLD GUY IN A SILENT ROOM!!!YOU BE HEART ATTACKED!

[@kwelicvarnado6190]

Why hasn’t this account blown up yet?

[@Jordan_Editsoffical]

Who are you running from more like I should be running from YOU

[@tubofficial1]

0:35

[@Dreaming-Void]

3:05 repetitive noises like these scare me a lot.. I can’t explain why.

[@Hfsgufdvhh]

At the bottom right I can see the word Jupiter

[@BloxianGamingYT]

I remeber this when i was 7 years old it ruined my childhood.

[@user-cj4is4ki5i]

Hi Aaron! I’m looking into who the people in the photos are? Would you be able to help with this? It’s my personal goal at the minute, so it’d mean the world to me. :)

[@AaronCShow]

Hey Lynsey! Hopefully I can help some with the information I gathered when making this video: from the research I had done, I didn't come across any sources that gave more information on specifically who the people in the photos were. It appears that they were probably Nintendo employees, either from Nintendo of Japan or America or both. I did try a face detector on the photos just to see if I could discover anything new, but it didn't create any new leads. I think this would be an interesting thing to dig a bit deeper into, perhaps someone could find a photo of the employees at the time and see if anyone looks similar, or an obscure interview from someone on the team about it. That would be awesome to discover and fully solve the mystery.

[@user-cj4is4ki5i]

Thank you so much for responding! I’m currently attempting to dig up some info on the WayBack Machine, since Nintendo’s website has existed since ‘96, two years before the camera. I’ll respond when I can, if I do find anything. :)

[@user-cj4is4ki5i]

@@AaronCShow I found a quote on Reddit saying ‘Although they're commonly now thought to be just a weird form of creator cameos (at the very least, the Kiss-looking one seems to have a very similar facial structure to Hirokazu Tanaka)’. This could be a good lead.

[@theshadowworld2239]

[Lets play! ] SHOOT CHECK ITEMS RUN MAGIC >DO THE MACARENA

[@althegamr]

I DIDNT KNOE THERE WAS MORE THAN 1!!!

[@ShannonMcLaughlin_PsyD]

I'm not running from anything i'm running till nineteendo's place to fix my gameboy there's some recent recent listening

[@quartzboye]

I'm running from the bad Pokemons! ;o

[@papyrussemi2848]

How timely of the algorithm to bring me here,

[@rushdoors3358]

3:48 album is empty

[@B01G3n1us]

Dont forget about the Japanese ones

[@pulse27]

The photos don't make me scared

[@DepressedVoidGuy]

the middle one looks like jack black lol

[@JGB4GRAEME]

Sweet or sour Choose wisely

[@Vidboyloy]

wonder woman with stitch face

[@farasway]

now i have night mares

[@stewstoo]

solution to not see these faces (another easter egg) - pour lots of holy water on it.

[@Theepicrichard420]

bruh why does one of the faces looks like a skull?

[@rebekahsimmons7426]

I just think it’s a funny batch of faces

[@c0s.]

Why are you running? Why are you running?

[@swedishstudiosgaming]

I thought that it was a funny easter egg as a kid.

[@GlacialSkyfarer]

WH O ÆRE YOÜ RUNRUNRUNRUNRUNNING FR _O_ M?

[@nosamyd9474]

its not scary... its disturbing

[@Vidboyloy]

Looks like wonder woman

[@extragaming3866]

its the second one

[@CertifiedMLGGamer]

This faces kinda look silly to me

[@speedstorm5838]

Sonic Easter egg is creepy it says *why are you here?*

[@grunnderhunn7474]

Why creepers are not creepy?

[@speedstorm5838]

Then sonic is sonic exe

[@10ksubsbeforeigetmarried39]

E

[@Its-Lime-Time]

WHO ARE YOU RUNNING FROM

[@dorceless.mozna.twooo2]

DON’T BE SO SILLY

[@ydek]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@theshadowworld2239]

ALBUM IS EMPTY

[@hi_im_crimson]

it was not creeping me out when i was a kid. i thought it's a little annoying because it was an error message trying to be funny but it wasn't very funny to me. it was just annoying

[@alexistramirez]

That looks illegal and scary

[@Bulbenheimer]

i think this is funny

[@MortisTheGoober]

As an fnf fan, Everytime this dude said “run”, the song “run” from the bob mod played in my head Lmao I watch too much fnf

[@eveningziez]

I felt that

[@PoketrainerMS]

And then this was put in smb funk mix

[@WhimsicalLensflare]

i heard that the FNF community is rather real rude, I've dropped out of the FNF community YEARS ago and i want to know... is it really THAT toxic? can i make a statement and anger 10M+ kids in a 50 mile radius? is it a good community to test my argument skills at?

[@Frogbot300]

@@WhimsicalLensflare yes the Fnf community is pretty toxic and Fnf kids will hunt you down because your Fnf mod contained cuss words (that was an actual incident once despite Fnf being 18+)

[@S15200LOL]

i mean I guess it’s cool but ok

[@rizaldymorente3767]

Funny u guys call that funny? The faces looks like my Royal ancestors

[@starleaf-luna]

who are you running from? don't be so silly!

[@77ericraj]

roblox

[@Jethasautism]

Sorry game boy but delete this

[@mandyogilvie686]

554 like

[@Autismenia420]

you r overreacting its just a devs or their friends/family with the silly faces