Japanese culture is often full of weird and wonderful things that make very little sense to westerners, but these things arrive with so much charm and happiness that we can't help but love it all anyway. A great example of this is this new Eevee dance which has been uploaded to the official Japanese Pokémon YouTube channel. Brace yourselves.
The song and dance are actually part of Project Eevee - an initiative from The Pokémon Company which essentially uses a giant Eevee mascot to make the world about ten times cuter wherever it goes - where fans are challenged to get involved and record themselves having a go. The winner gets to meet the giant Eevee themselves, presumably for photos and meet and greet opportunities before it goes back to its trailer to demand more air con and refreshments.
This first video shows how the dance should be performed.
To get fans into the spirit, staff from one of the Pokémon Centers in Tokyo performed the dance, too. The team did a great job in all fairness, but the odd awkward camera glance (and when a poor man almost falls over at the 28-second mark) make this one a little more relatable.
Now then, excuse us while we head off for a few moments to record our very own Team Nintendo Life Eevee dance - and argue over who has to wear the suit.
[source youtube.com]
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Whatever floats your boat, Japan
Videos are not avalible for me.
My last two brain cells when I have to study
I wonder if Pikachu / Eevee do PPAP dance.
Well, that's better than some USA commercials I've seen this week.
(Life Alert has a new commercial... and I still laugh)
My new 3am toilet dance
Fortunately being ridiculous will not kill you ! o_O
@Anti-Matter ........I shouldn't have done it, but I looked up PPAP. If you meant the Pen Pineapple Apple Pen, you've just destroyed my day
OKAY
I guess this is Pokemon´s answer to the Yo-kai Watch dance.
Bit late to the game you are Pokemon Company lol.
Japan seems like such a wonderfully insane place
"Now then, excuse us while we head off for a few moments to record our very own Team Nintendo Life Eevee dance - and argue over who has to wear the suit."
I hope you are serious! I want to watch that
i can only assume the lyrics that their singing is "kill me now, what am i doing with my life" over and over
Well that was a wholesome bit of fun.
This is pretty cute. But I’m not sure if I’ll practice this dance, I don’t think many people would enjoy watching me...
@sevnlabs I'm extremely serious. Not sure the rest of the team will be quite as on board
I'm dead inside.
@ryancraddock I feel like the tag “weirdness” could be taken as a little judgemental. May I suggest changing it to “Japan”, because Japan?
Media really does promote violence.
@gaga64 We don't have a 'Japan' tag as it happens, but I definitely understand your point.
We've gone ahead and placed our 'Random' tag on it instead - hopefully that keeps the fun in place but sits a little better as a description. Good thinking, thanks for giving me a buzz. 👍
Alright, where can I apply for this wonderful job?
I think I need to watch Reservoir Dogs just to rebalance the Universe.
I wasn't sure which Pokemon game I was going to get... but after watching those two videos, I'm definitely getting Let's Go Pikachu 😱
@HobbitGamer
"If you meant the Pen Pineapple Apple Pen, you've just destroyed my day"
Step it up, Ubisoft, this is the new sensation for the Wii.
I'm embarrassed for these poor people. Even by Japan standards that's a bit humiliating
LoL what did I just watch?
This is my new emergency button for a crappy day at work. Pretty sure I'm numb to stress, anxiety, and pain in general after watching this.
@Eef Wow 30 seconds?I lasted just over ten and I'm embarrassed I spent that much time watching it..
I don't mean this in a weird or creepy way at all, but I can't wait to watch this thing deflate.
(Like in those dancing Pikachu videos where the suits leak and deflate. That's all.)
I love these!
Can't wait to see Alex in the suit!
I don’t understand how that can be an eevee dance as the character can’t even do those moves,
Wow. - That’s a masterpiece. ...But what about team Pikachu??? Where’s their dance. - I’m def adding this vid to my kid’s YouTube playlist
@Bunkerneath True! ...that dancing Eevee was even kicking up little dust clouds.
@Anti-Matter Where do you find videos like that? I need to know!
@Matthew010 They're all stored on a drive on board the Event Horizon.
@HobbitGamer Is it bad I had to google 'event horizon' to understand what you meant?
@ryancraddock heh, I was being somewhat tongue in cheek, thinking if feels like 99% of the “weirdness” tags on here are Japanese people being Japanese.
That or hackers doing weird and wonderful things just because they can.
And Eevee has now replaced Pikachu in my mind as my favorite cute Pokemon mascot.
I have other categories too, like coolest, most BA, etc.
Far too many moves for me. I can just about manage an 80s shoulder roll followed by a sideways hand clap
@Matthew010 Nah. But now you know.
PIZZA CRUST THAT'S LONG. Imagine the referees who have to watch hundreds of grown men do this
@I_Am_A_Geek I can think of hundreds of worse things to do for a paycheck.
@duffmmann
I am curious and scared to know. What are they
@I_Am_A_Geek I know right? I thought surely it would be like 2 minutes of a dance that really just repeats moves in 30 second loops, and the last bit would be advertising for the game...nope. 3 and a half minutes of pure dance and it had not a whole lot of repetition. This was actually insane. I thought it might be something cute and easy for kids to do. But no, you're going to have to be a good dancer to pull this off. I forsee tons of adults submitting for this and no kids, seems messed up.
That song and dance is pretty long
"Now then, excuse us while we head off for a few moments to record our very own Team Nintendo Life Eevee dance - and argue over who has to wear the suit."
Has to...or gets to?
In the words of the swedish chef... "U've gurt the wurdist booner."
Pokemon Company, I'm looking for that song about a Lapras that Swimmer Suzy on Johto Route 41 remembers.
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