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ROM: Read Only Museum

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Exploring the rich history of Japanese gaming! www.youtube.com/@readonlymuseum

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ROM: Read Only Museum @readonlymuseum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Finally, the game's not called Scribblenauts in Japan, it's instead known as Flash Puzzle: Maxwell's Marvelous Notebook The sequel, Super Scribblenauts, just kept its English name.

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ROM: Read Only Museum @readonlymuseum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Of note, Igarashi says he took on the job of localizing it (something he normally doesn't do) since he considered it a masterpiece and wanted it to get the same level of attention in Japan that it did in the west He also didn't put himself in the credits, as he was honored enough just to work on it

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ROM: Read Only Museum @readonlymuseum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Did you know Scribblenauts was actually published by Konami in Japan? You can summon a ton of Konami characters like Snake, Power Pro-kun, Goemon and Alucard. Not only that, the Japanese localization was handled by none other than Koji "IGA" Igarashi himself! dengekionline.com/elem/000/000...

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ROM: Read Only Museum @readonlymuseum.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The meme's usually associated with Indian characters from games, such as Dhalsim from Street Fighter, or this custom Famicom cartridge from the My Famicase Exhibition, featuring Great Tiger from Punch-Out

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ROM: Read Only Museum @readonlymuseum.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Here's a classic Japanese gaming meme: in a 1997 issue of Gamest covering the racing title Scud Race / Sega Super GT, "turn the handle to the right" (ハンドルを右に) was accidentally printed as "turn the Indian to the right" (インド人を右に)

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ROM: Read Only Museum @readonlymuseum.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Graduating from college after this month, ROM will be back soon!

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