Charming Adaption Of A Classic Finnish Series! - Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley [Sponsored]

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[@HarbekVideos]

"A couple of comic strips." There are 10 books collecting the comics, each of about 90-100 pages. So almost 1000 pages worth of comic strips. I grew up with the 90s animated series based on the books, and later read the comics and the books, and I adore it. I've been to the Moominvalley theme park in Japan! And somehow I did not know this game existed, so I'm very excited to hear about it!! Also that is very funny origin story for your introduction to the Moomins.

[@GuerillaBunny]

To be fair, he said "9 books and a couple of comix strips."

[@mrwalter1049]

If you really love Moomin I really suggest visiting the original Moomin World park in Naantali, Finland. It is more of a theme park for kids but still worth a visit for true fans. Where else could you go to hug a life sized Moomintroll? Finland is also otherwise great for visiting in the summer, especially when the weather is good.

[@Reddotzebra]

I actually had a classmate in college that was as rabid about the lore of the Moomin series as some people are about Lord of the Rings, which I always found very funny.

[@tylerphuoc2653]

I mean, can you find any other franchise with nearly an overtly bisexual/biromantic character like Moomintroll? I certainly can't, especially not from the period of time back when Moomin was a comic.

[@davidstenow5055]

That reminded me of Tove Jansson’s illustrations for The Hobbit, which are absolutely amazing

[@XEndlessSteelX]

Seeing as this video about this game alone fascinates me more than all the LOTR movies and games together, I can see why.

[@Reddotzebra]

It's kind of funny because I'm from Sweden but my entire family is from the Swedish speaking side of Finland, so I grew up listening to the audio books that were narrated by Tove Jansson herself. They were a huge part of what drove me to pester my mother to teach me how to read and write, and I've been a voracious reader ever since.

[@wikuscarstens5264]

We had Moomin in South Africa also, a true classic for us in our early years. Was in Afrikaans, but as nostalgic as always ❤. P.S.: Im 34 and can still remember some of the lyrics to the opening themesong 😅

[@alexthegreen]

I grew up in Eastern Europe and these books were a decent part of my childhood. So happy to see this game - it's very nostalgic.

[@EpsilonRosePersonal]

What you were saying about American cities/suburbia is very reminiscent of the stuff NotJustBikes talks about. If you haven't heard of them before, you might want to check them out. They go into a ton of detail on why our cities are so borked and how they could be improved and how the kinds of designs decisions they describe actually play out in other countries. It's all really interesting and only mildly depressing. Also, "fun fact" mandatory parking minimums are, at least partially, responsible for why we have such giant parking lots and they're based on completely made up figures. Bonus :fun fact": The devs of either Cities Skylines or Sim City originally wanted to be able to model real cities, but when they actually looked at American cities they realized that they were dominated by parking lots, which made everything look really boring, so they decided to cut parking and forgo the real cities.

[@hylje]

Cities Skylines 2 has realistic parking.

[@bullwark_of_the_weak]

what a blast from the past. where I'm from his name is pronounced Snoofkin. Hearing Snufkin is so weird

[@mrwalter1049]

SUOMI MAINITTU!!! TORILLEEE!!!!! Anyway, this is definitely going to my wishlist instantly! Looks so cool and will be a nostalgia fest.

[@mrwalter1049]

Snufkin has always been my favorite character.

[@sasquash8709]

I have a Little My tattoo, the Moomins takes me back to my childhood, adore this game, looks beautiful.

[@ЄвгенКорякін]

The Moomin series is absolutely lovely, it was quite popular in Europe. The kind of kids books that touch adults as well. Re: trolls. Looking back at old folklore, a lot of creature names were used interchangeably, like synonyms for "mystical thing". Some were cute, some - human-like, some were even beautiful, despite being trolls/dwergs/alvs/whatevers. The common explanation is that they could change their appearance, but the real reason is that the folks making up these stories didn't really care for taxonomy and distinct classifications. Hence the occasional cute troll books, art, toys, etc. in those countries.

[@joewilson3393]

The Trolls in the Hilda media are also pretty cute.

[@ItsMzPhoenix]

I wonder what this game’s release will do for Moomins awareness in the US (where it’s not very well-known); maybe if this game gets enough attention from US audiences they’ll officially release the ongoing Moominvalley animated series 🤔 We’ve talked about topics like green spaces and walkability in my environmental studies coursework, which you reminded me of.

[@smievil]

caught my sisters opening some kinder egg like things with moomin figurines, and they asked me if i wanted to help, but i'm really not much of a chocolate person so i said no. apparently they just wanted the figurines and intended to just put the chocolate away for later.

[@jackfiend2710]

This has been in my wish list since the next fest, I can’t wait for it (the music is great)

[@kremabuwhacha7438]

I can not believe they made a game about Moomins , this is gonna be so cute ❤

[@mrwalter1049]

There have been games before. I've played some and might still have the CD-ROMs. But I think this is the first one being distributed internationally.

[@smievil]

1:42 i remember reading a black/white/orange colored moomin book, and the picture where the girl spilled orange soup on her head haunted me for a long time

[@Fethos]

The moomins was snd still is popular in UK

[@BismuthBorealis]

I remember reading the books as a kid, they were great.

[@ulthorchaotic9019]

I remember watching a cartoon of this in the past, so it at least reached us here in Europe aswell... Or well, us here in the Netherlands at the very least.

[@AlexBilger-d8h]

Good idea for a thing not usually heard about outside the area of its cultural relevancy: Astarix & Obalix

[@Doc21085]

i think we need more of this

[@patrik9328]

Finland perkele! I'm happy that this game is coming

[@Naeddyr]

The Moomins are from Finland, Tove Jansson was a swedish-speaking finn. It's like saying poutine is from France.

[@Reddotzebra]

Also "Finland and Sweden specifically" is kind of whack as well. They were also super popular in Japan, one of the best animated series of the franchise was done there, and then they became super popular in America once that series was translated. These were not the usual "They did the animé after the author dies" deals either, Tove signed off on it.

[@familhagaudir8561]

8:45 There is a Swedish-speaking autonomous archipelago in Finland, the Åland islands. Swedish language has full and near-exclusive official status in that place. Imagine of the USA let Lousiana keep exclusive use of French for absolutely everything, without English holding official status there, and that would be it.

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

Reminds me more of the fact, that at least in Puerto rico they ALLOW you to go to school in Spanish. With the low price exchange of not getting to vote in the federal elections. Which I'm sure was a great help for the 13% of mainland US population who NATIVELY speak Spanish, rather than something like Navajo. But in schools like Uvalde they speak by different terms, actions speak louder than words.

[@hedleyhall2673]

In one of the comic strips where they have a run-in with the owner of a zoo, they end with getting written confirmation that they are not hippos.

[@davidstenow5055]

I love Snufkin, truly the Ron Swanson of Moominvalley!

[@flowerpixel]

The graphics look amazing

[@jodiac]

Oh wow i never knew thatswhat moominalley was! Ive been listening to the moominvalley soundtrack album for ages, but i never knew what the story was. I guess it was an animated tv show or something like that?

[@TechnicJelle]

You mention TinTin not really getting much attention, but there is actually a new TinTin adventure game that came out just last month!! It's called "Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh"

[@biadoras]

I liked the TinTin movie too. I thought they were making another one? I don't know USAstuff well enough so my comparison would be if they made a Wallace and Gromit game. (Maybe there already are one?) I only read some of the Moominbooks and seen parts of the tv serie, but, I do recommend finding the story about the Invisible child. Look Wander, they are Coppers. They are not employed to think, they are imployed to follow the Orders and Rules.

[@familhagaudir8561]

Awwww I liked his as a kid. Yes I'm old...

[@poskeegget8043]

The region where it was most popular encompasses Europe and Japan. . . and Hawai.

[@TheMicrowavegirl]

We're Moomin now.

[@awesomefox555]

Fun fact: apparently Snufkin was based on a real person that the creator of moomins knew, they acted and talked and even dressed the same way as snufkin does.

[@Jonjon13Jonjon13]

I'm pretty sure (im from eeurope) I saw some of that in my childhood. And I'm actually pretty far from finland, sweden, etc. so I guess it's just all over europe.

[@roopesaukkonen]

SUOMI mainittu. Tortilla avataan.

[@nikkoho6476]

Ei muumitaloa lukita yöksi hei muumit...

[@mr.fraiche8635]

Title TBD 😂

[@arkilos2253]

it isn't a Finnish series, but rather Finland Swedish one. Tove Jansson was Finland Swedish.

[@Noiztox]

🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@FinnishedThirdMusic]

The Moomins come from Finland, not Sweden.

[@wanderbots]

They're from the Finnish-speaking part of Sweden, which is why it's confusing.

[@FinnishedThirdMusic]

@@wanderbots No, they are from Finland. The author Tove Jansson was Finnish, but spoke Swedish, like me. We are a minority. Moomin is absolutely Finnish, and a national pride for us :)

[@smievil]

would you be unable to touch grass if someone told you to?