What the heck is Chambara? | Nintendo Switch Sports

[@victoriarhode8948]

Dan smacking his fingies on the mic stand is exactly why Nintendo needed the warning with the guy doing a spin slash on his whole living room.

[@Aloysius_OHare]

When the warning is scarily accurate

[@drkilledbydeath87]

It really did make for a great sound effect tho.

[@SashaClaudeee]

rip dan's fingies

[@cats_meow_17]

@@SashaClaudeeelmao why does it translate 😂 fingies is English

[@Vespuchian]

Now I want to see a Nintendo silhouette advisory about keeping clear of equipment while streaming with an obviously-supposed-to-be-Dan hitting their hand on a boom mic.

[@TheIncredibleHulk96]

8:26 “Let’s learn the basics. Oh that’s nice!” And here we have Arin Hanson learning the niceness of tutorials. Don’t startle him, or else he’ll run away from tutorials and never return.

[@lewanuva8158]

To bad he skipped before it told him how to block, figured it out though later

[@kim-dj5oq]

@@lewanuva8158 also having both players play the tutorial is not only for learning the movements but for the timing ARNOLD AND DANIEL!

[@Remembss]

Arin: “Why would we be on the same team.” Dan:.. “because we’re friends..games are for fun.”

[@samlevine1753]

the duality of game grumps

[@johngleue]

@@Robert_D_Mercer 😆

[@BabiesNCarrots]

14:20 I cackled

[@piecrustman]

he try pop he

[@doslover]

8:08 - I love that Arin now has a frustrated mom's "Daniel?" to go along with Dan's disappointed mom's "Arin..."

[@afy_jb]

Arin: "Make sure you have enough space." Dan, not even a full minute later: *hits microphone*

[@benredfield6643]

Chanbara (ちゃんばら) is the Japanese word for sword play :) That's why the Onechanbara games are called that. It's a word play using おねえちゃん (oneechan), which means "big sister" and ちゃんばら. Because in that game you play as sisters who fight with swords. In case anyone asked. Which they didn't. I'll see myself out.

[@CapitalCLYDE]

Thanks for the little lesson! It's really neat!

[@Bangaudaala]

I thought it's just anger interjection, like Sakura from Naruto

[@benredfield6643]

@@CapitalCLYDE You're welcome :)

[@benredfield6643]

@@Bangaudaala In that instance it's being used as something that a fictional character would say, but it isn't used that way irl, and real Japanese people wouldn't say it in that context. Japanese expressions of anger and irritation sometimes use the stomach or head as locations for where the feeling is. Or they use a phrase about these body parts that can be taken to mean having had enough, being full (as in "I've had enough"), or something is rising inside the person, etc. The word for stomach, はら (hara) can be heard in the phrase 腹が立つ (hara ga tatsu) meaning that someone is getting irritated (literally a description of a rising feeling in the stomach). The hara sound can become bara in some words, where it flows better after other sounds, for example in the place name Akihabara. Note that this bara is not the same word as stomach. This one means field. Akihabara means "field of autumn leaves", because that's what it was before Tokyo became the city that it is now. Anyway, that's off topic. The Naruto author is probably using the idea of this real life phrase that uses hara or bara as a basis for Sakura's made up one. I hope that explanation for what hara, changed to bara, might mean when used by Sakura when she's angry :)

[@itsununnu6228]

@UCoQvFVMftWKbG46X09JcnJw because you use M before P or B :)

[@pip9943]

Dan seeing Arin's character dive hard for the volleyball and genuinely asking the real him if he were okay, and Arin responding genuinely

[@TheSpektrum1989]

let it be known that at 1:37, Dan smashed his fingy but heroically powered through

[@heyitzsamurai]

he was so brave about it

[@AlexTheGuac]

The "my FINGY" really got to me

[@spiwolf6998]

I love the "thump" noise before hearing one of them scream and you know exactly what happened! 😂

[@hondaaccord1399]

Seeing this just after he smashed his thumb in the second golf episode really changes things 😂

[@brutalboy1000]

I think it's funny that Dan loves sports but is totally unathletic. Arin is so-so about sports but is both competitive and willing to put in the physical effort to compete.

[@BubblegumSocialClub]

Woah you're right!!

[@Cassiterit3]

Added layer of Dan being better at every real-life athletic thing they've ever attempted and frustrating Arin the whole time XD

[@AcidChills]

Dan likes *watching* sports. Arin likes competing

[@FlippytheMasterofPie]

@@Cassiterit3 except, apparently, boxing

[@Person-sv7um]

Dan is athletic he just isn’t that competitive

[@taylorwolfshade8843]

Dan breaking his fingers on his mic trying to play: AH! MY FINGIES! Arin: You're amazing! You embody the gamer spirit.

[@CheshireGhost]

This has real "Tennis. Tennis. Tennis. Tennis." energy.

[@GooTheMighty]

My thoughts exactly

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

What?

[@Darigosh]

@@fuzzyotterpaws4395 badminton

[@hogue_music]

@@fuzzyotterpaws4395 tennis

[@BubblegumSocialClub]

Tennis

[@tomnookstoebeans]

Dan: ahAhHOWWW!! MY F I N G I E!! Arin too focused on winning: gotta watch out for the microphone

[@markc1793]

Not sure why but hearing the microphone get smacked, then Dan cry out, then Arin just calmly tell Dan he needs to watch out for the microphone was so freaking funny to me.

[@slaps_tik]

I imagine arin being dripping with sweat and Dan just sitting there dry as a bone

[@thecosmicradiation]

iirc Dan mentioned once that he can't sweat/sweats very little (hypohidrosis) so you're probably 100% correct

[@SylphKitty]

Arin just absorbs the sweat from Dan, like a spounge

[@abysslight2490]

yeah but normal grumps sessions are like that.

[@ActualHumanMigz]

Dan experiencing all the age groups during badminton, from 8 year old Dan hurting his fingie to 40 year old body ache Dan.

[@buzzfiend]

I love Arin's losing responses. 1. Expletive expletive 2. Compliment your enemy 3. Storytelling 4. Open the floodgates

[@floof1864]

Read this as he said “kiss the shit out of you”

[@clicky1996]

Arin screaming “SUSANA” killed me 🤣

[@zipherdias420]

I usually watch these in the evening, but there's something about waking up to a colorful game like this, feels like old Saturday mornings(when that used to be a thing)...feels good man.

[@taylorcorbett8848]

Back before the UN did away with Saturday. I remember when Saturday mornings used to be a thing. Such a distant memory, I haven't even heard the name Saturday uttered in years..

[@zipherdias420]

@@taylorcorbett8848 Sometimes I think back to those fateful days and think, where did we go wrong?

[@AMFWerewolf]

8:07 I don't think I've EVER heard Arin call Danny "Daniel"! I'm dying....

[@AceTrainerKatie64]

same vibes as your mom using your full name

[@FrancosBabyGirl]

Also same vibes as Danny saying, "Arin."

[@sleepy1122]

That shit literally had me in tears

[@stephsaguudefan1753]

He sounds like a dad who's normally really calm but is actually starting to get annoyed and he's barely keeping his composure.

[@Bluesit32]

I remember it from "Heart of Darkness" (I think that's the title of the game where you play as a kid trying to save his dog in a land of darkness). It was toward the end where they had just gotten the kid's laser gun back and Arin kept dying. Danny is laughing and Arin yells, "Daniel, PLEASE!"

[@FuzzyStripetail]

Arin and Dan being engaged in the longest badminton match in the history of badminton almost got out of badminton hand until Dan finally got his shuttlecock to land on Arin's side.

[@marcomagnani5029]

Almost got "tennis" vibes from that

[@ralek592]

What?

[@marcomagnani5029]

@@ralek592 it's a reference to a game grumps episode where they struggle with a very old tennis simulator

[@ralek592]

@@marcomagnani5029 the "tennis. Tennis. Tennis." Episode?

[@marcomagnani5029]

@@ralek592 that one

[@CapitalCLYDE]

Hearing a 40-something year old man scream OW MY FINGIES less than two minutes in got me 🤣🤣

[@betahammer3566]

16:02 “NOT IN MY HOUSE” had me on the floor laughing

[@ZenSolipsist]

*Arin:* “You little wiener.” *Dan:* “No you’re the weiner!” *Arin:* “No you’re the weiner!” Grumps brand smack is top tier 💪😜

[@admiralgrump6538]

Omg you won zen, what will you do with your stolen personal information? Weiner

[@GreatWightSpark]

GG is basically the virtual D club.

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

Woah! I'm scrolling through the comments and I got EXACTLY to this moment as I read this comment!

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

I know what you are but what am I?

[@foxxygradius7858]

Dan's not a wiener. He's a kosher frank! *Rimshot*

[@micahphilson]

Danny has always wanted face cam, I hope they just get one, and while they won't always have it on, just for times like this they can show it for a few seconds!

[@naerwhal2891]

"-THUMP- OWW, MY FINGIIEEESS" is one of Dan's most iconic quotes

[@CaptainCFalcon]

I hereby demand Katherine be given honorary fanart for being so godly of a gamer.

[@johnwitt112]

Arin giving up= hilarious Dan giving up= my heart, she is broken.

[@SDJReverse]

God this place is beautiful, look at that cafe in the background on the containers, I would spend everyday here

[@fenderbenderspecial]

Dan smacking his finger on the mic was such great foreshadowing him possibly breaking his thumb doing the same thing 2 months later. Sometimes the universe is its own art.

[@pedrostormrage]

12:19 I'm not the Ultimate Despair, but I do love seeing the despair on Arin's character's face during blocks 😨

[@AllieCatonix_9]

I am convinced that Dan and Arin are the human and adult versions of Gumball and Darwin from The Amazing World of Gumball from this episode

[@Scrofar]

Still unable to get over how perfectly precious Dan's avatar is

[@N8Nefarious]

It warms my heart to hear Dan yell "Bene Gesserit witch!" then proceed to say that he's seen neither of the Dune movies. Dem books doe... 🔥

[@cameron5802]

The noises Arin makes after losing are iconic

[@piplup10203854]

Dan winning in Volleyball and Arin just losing his absolute mind is great, I love seeing Dan win 🤣

[@rudyhernandez4962]

Dan and Catherine really were a power couple

[@piplup10203854]

@@rudyhernandez4962 Agreed! They really were a power couple!

[@a2rhombus2]

Them not knowing half the mechanics of badminton and thinking it's bad and boring as a result is very game grumps

[@SoLunick]

Their second round took longer than entire games of badminton I've had in this game. Also Arin saying that there aren't any buttons immediately followed up by the drop shot prompt appearing on screen is very Game Grumps.

[@mikkosimonen]

I don't think the badminton game explained any of the mechanics, though, it just threw them right in.

[@resileaf9501]

@@SoLunick I didn't see any prompts

[@KirbyPhelpsPK]

@@resileaf9501 It was on-screen the whole time

[@resileaf9501]

@@KirbyPhelpsPK And I never saw it.

[@kittybun8845]

Dan's face at 35:40 changes the tone of "you can take a victory dive"

[@KayeHalliwell]

Dan’s anguished wail of “MY FINGIE!!” I havent related to something so much in years

[@ZJKimbley]

Dan and Arin out here livin' out their Haikyuu dreams on that volleyball game, makes me so happy lol. 'NOT IN MY HOUSE!'

[@foxxygradius7858]

"I don't think you understand how much you embody the gamer spirit!" *Less than a minute later* "Wow how do you do that power shot?!" "I DON'T KNOW, ARIN." Dan may not embody the gamer spirit but he does embody the Gamegrump spirit: Unexpected success followed by total confusion because he didn't read the tutorial.

[@D3ADM0N5T3RC4T]

1:38 OWWW, MY FINGIIIES Oh Dan, we love you

[@oOoOoOwned3141592]

If you want to break this game just hold your controller so that the racket in-game is held straight up into the air.. and vibrate your hand forward and back. The character should just be holding the racket straight upward and jiggling. Do this the entire match and never miss as well as getting perfect swings almost always Edit: badminton is where it works

[@Grace-nb8nb]

Hey we call that move a drive in badminton ☺️

[@EzekiesAcheron]

Perfect timing! I had just finished watching the bowling video an hour or so ago and knew I wanted more Switch Sports!

[@DanielDeLeon69]

Arin is Dexter Loomis

[@AnimeFan_2013]

1:40 - Wow really? Hahaha 2:40 - It's fuckin NES Tennis all over again 8:09 - Hahaha, it's finally Arin's turn to be the disappointed mom 15:59 - Holy fuckin shit dude 23:08 - This is fuckin amazing 33:36 - Hahahahah Dude, the fuckin music during Volleyball was fuckin amazing mall-type music 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 Update (12/1/22): I just remembered it wasn't NES Tennis, it was the Atari Tennis Update (12/8/22): Honestly....this is such a comfort episode that I keep coming back to rewatch it

[@al145]

Arin would naturally be good at swordfighting, he's got those years of D-Club experience

[@oO0catty0Oo]

I love that the most iconic gaming channel doesn't own 4 joycons

[@resileaf9501]

I bet even Nintendo doesn't own 4 joycons.

[@megaultrasonic]

@@resileaf9501 Not ones without drift anyway...

[@WittleJJ]

“While you were hitting on girls, I WAS STUDYING THE BLADE.”

[@stephsaguudefan1753]

It's funny to me how Dan's knowledge of sports serves him well in these types of games but Arin's knowledge of games serves him well. It makes them a pretty even match for very different reasons.

[@diehard7517]

As someone already mentioned, chambara means sword fighting in Japanese, but it's also used to refer to a subgenre of Japanese historical cinema centered around samurai.

[@serisothikos]

I can't believe Dan didn't heed the universe's warning and protect his thumb during his swings. RIP Dan's thumb ????-2023

[@darktownmax1654]

At last! After all these years, Danny and Arin finally touch swords!!

[@earll_johansson]

This is the prelude to the thumb incident

[@herwothere]

Hilarious to hear dan hit his hand here when you know next few episodes he breaks it playing golf

[@jermainewells8506]

Great episode as always! If I had to guess, that facility looks like it’s modeled after the gymnasiums/sports centers in the Ryukyus.

[@sarahseabiscuit8187]

8:04 I'm just imagining Dan floating facedown in the Kiddie pool behind Arin 🤣

[@MrJPablo10]

8:33 That clapping has to be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen 😆

[@pumpkinicing]

"My fingie!" "You gotta watch out for the microphone". ... so is this from before or after Dan broke his finger on the mic playing golf?

[@Peterrific4]

I love how neither of them at all got how Badminton works in this game. You can control which side it lands on, making your opponent have to run after the ball and thus making it hard to hit. Then you can also do a drop shot which likewise makes the character have to walk over. During that moving time, if the other player hits it too early, before their character is in place, they are likely to do a weak shot and potentially even fall down. Hitting weak shots well makes a pink shot that is super hard to hit. If your character had fallen over from the previous shot, they have to get up before moving, making even more travel time. Badminton in Nintendo Switch is honestly super fun. Though it does take a little to understand and most people just assume it swinging until someone fucks up

[@ariannadeyoung4938]

I love when Dan is like “UGH” about playing a game is arguably funnier than Arin hating a game

[@JimmyJesberger]

“Singsongy to Dan and Kathrin sitting in a tree” Dan and Kathrin playing volleyball K I L L I N IT

[@taylorcorbett8848]

I think asterisks are what you were looking for there

[@tigerdactyl6958]

She found great servage. Always a pleasure.

[@SakuraNights]

8:09 Arin says “Daniel” like a disappointed father

[@meliodasgloom1818]

01:30 a moment that got better as it went along. Hope your fingie is A-ok there Dan.

[@al145]

This makes remember how actually PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTING playing actual volleyball is. It's like "oh haha that looks like fun" and yeah it kinda is, but also CONSTANT MOVEMENT and FAST, and next thing you know you're passed out on the ground farding and shidding while the gym teacher nurses his hangover in the corner

[@TyTyGames]

Arin “What how did that work” Dan “cause I stopped swinging” Dan was so unenthusiastic about badminton it’s like when you go on a blind double-date and you bring your friend someone awesome and beautiful but your friend brings you some boring dull human who tells you all of these boring stories about how her cat did regular cat things

[@mc732611]

Watching them play badminton like "Tennis? Tennis. Tennis? Tennis. Tennis!!"

[@palchumfriend4887]

them not knowing the button to do a drop shot in badminton kinda irks me, but I guess thats the Game Grumps experience.

[@matthewbergeron3641]

You can't expect them to read something literally on the screen, twice, in large bold letters literally right under both of their players. Skip tutorials, go full tunnel vision and then flail until you complain is the GameGrumps experience

[@FindUnfamiliar]

I actually really enjoyed seeing you guys play volleyball and charamba, you guys get so hectic and it's so funny. Love you boys, maybe you should face Matt and Ryan or someone in volleyball, I think that would be absolutely insane for a guest grumps

[@rudyhernandez4962]

Please can y’all play volley ball against Supermega

[@PatrickKeating]

"Wow this is...kind of boring." Dan just summarized how I feel about all of sports

[@stealthinator00]

MY FINGIES!!! That sound like foreshadowing.

[@saddle9826]

1:37 This seems like a foreshadowing.....

[@Allpaka]

Batmittons are sole property of the Dark Knight, Dan.

[@Derfalken]

Arin: Just swing wildly. There are no controls. They do nothing but lob to each other while the button to drop shot is ignored all game. Dan: This game is boring!

[@firestorm1088]

Arin: I want to play Chambara in real life. Me: Was that a future Power Hour episode I just heard.

[@SSmotzer]

"Kathrin you're a cutie, I love you" "COLE YOU AUDACIOUS F@&%!"

[@Goatman_Gamer]

I hate that Arin is pink but his “UI” color is blue and vice versa for Dan. It’s very confusing.

[@metagrazer]

I can't stop laughing at Dan smacking the microphone, it was such a pleasant sounding thud, with the commentary "MY FINGIES!". How was that NOT an intentional and hilariously placed physical comedy?🤣

[@SeannyOg]

Dan is correct about thumbs not being fingers in two senses, by the by. Some languages call it a finger, but English does not except when referring to the digits of the hand as a group. I'm sure they're out there but you'll rarely hear a native English speaker call it "the thumb finger", we just call it a thumb. Thumbs also do not have the same structure as fingers so they are considered separate medically.

[@lex2422]

I want all the mii sports games to be power hours. I think they would be so fun!

[@LordWeems]

Dan's personal Hell would include but is not limited to That badminton match, the arm wrestle from A Way Out, and his dad blocking his phone number

[@Silent_Lucidity]

22:15 Susanna should probably consider retirement, she's clearly past her prime and her performance is only going south from here.

[@DanielDeLeon69]

Arin is Dexter Loomis

[@bunkle96]

Dan's purgatory would be that badminton game but it's first to 100

[@BlazeItYo]

1:43 that OH NO!!! 😂

[@PyroBlitzPlays]

I noticed both of you mentioning you like the Chambara stadium and saying you wanted to go there, if you happen to own a VR headset, someone's ported the map into VRChat, and you can experience it in VR at least, they even have the swords and the platform to fight on if you feel so inclined.

[@Goatman_Gamer]

I never got the whole “a thumb is not a finger” thing. Like okay genius, what the fuck is it then? And I suppose my heart isn’t a muscle either? Or my canines aren’t teeth? Or my femur isn’t a bone?

[@MoonPrincess28]

Ironically...me and my sibling share the same names (and spelling) of Dan and Arin's Volleyball teammates. Nice. @15:03

[@spinejackel]

the frantic tippy tapping of the feet in badminton is so funny

[@howlbeastie]

"I wanna play chambara in real life" ... Kendo. Chambara is based off Kendo, if I'm not mistaken. it has the same elements of the sword fighting game in Wii Sports Resort, which was a favorite game of my sibling and I in our youth. Dan and Arin's VS relationship feels a lot like a pair of siblings both wanting to win but also just wanting to pass the time in some way, maybe let off a little bit of stress at the same time. super wholesome content and relatable imo.

[@amethystcovette]

That badminton gave me hard “Tennis. Tennis. Tennis.” Vibes

[@tyjuarez]

Arin on the movies: "I like Déñïsvílléñêüvę"

[@GlazednConfused]

The volley ball match with Catherine would be outstanding animated

[@isleofwren]

there was so much nice talk of catherine this episode please im blushing ☺️

[@Cassiterit3]

Same ^^

[@QuinsBecementGoblin]

22:25 Imagine hearing from across the court "chill out, *it's not even alive* " after your team mate gets upset with you. instant existential crisis

[@pb4705]

Volleyball is definitely one of if not the most fun sports in this game

[@FairyPunkMom]

They should play these games for real on 10 min power hour

[@gabevaldez2272]

I was surprised to hear that Arin likes the sportsmates more than the Miis. I thought that everyone hated them because I pretty much saw no one defending them on the internet.

[@vigorouslethargy]

I like these a lot more. They're a lot cleaner and sleeker. Of course, you can't make all the off the wall outrageous stuff out of their faces like you could with Miis.

[@gabevaldez2272]

@@vigorouslethargy I agree, I like both and I hope they allow both to use as options in future games.

[@terry2k464]

Arin is such a good friend to Dan he let's him have fun winning instead of just beating the shoes off somebody who dosnt play games like that

[@timmowarner]

"Do we press any buttons?" "No, just swing wildly." Instructions for how to do a different kind of shot by pressing a button are literally written on the screen the entire time.

[@MBeastModeZ0]

(1:37) I was not expecting this 🤣

[@mastergamermike166]

Technically speaking phalanges are the bones inside your fingers and toes not the fingers themselves! The thumb can be considered a finger or not, they are both correct!

[@RudyTheNinja]

22:15 I want an animated of this xD