For protagonists controlled by Emile, some who are also named "Emile", see playable characters.
Emiliano Rodolfo "Emile" Rosales-Birou (b. April 8, 1990), better known on YouTube as Chuggaaconroy or Chugga, is a YouTube Let's Player. He is known for his bad puns, high optimism, frequent hilarious freak-outs, and epic fails in his videos.
Emile is one of the three founding members and permanent hosts of the collab channel TheRunawayGuys, alongside Jon "ProtonJon" Wheeler and Timothy "NintendoCapriSun" Bishop.
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Let's Playing
Early Let's Plays
- "What's going on guys, this is Chuggaaconroy, and I'm actually, um, I'm gonna do my first LP ever, this is of one of my favorite games, personally, uh, this is Earthbound, probably a game that all of you have heard of but none of you have actually played so I'm kinda hoping to get the word out about it a little bit more, um, well just sit back and enjoy."
- ―Emile's first intro

Chuggaaconroy's channel page as it appeared in 2008.[3]
On March 16, 2008, Emile uploaded his first video, a handheld recorded video of a Super Smash Bros. Brawl replay, entitled Super Smash Bros. Brawl Boss Very Hard Clear.[4]
A little under two weeks later, Emile began his first Let's Play of the RPG Earthbound, posting EarthBound - Part 1: Meteor. Earthbound lasted until June 10, when EarthBound - Ending [Part 3/3] - Final Part marked the conclusion of Emile's first Let's Play.[5]
Emile followed up Earthbound with the preceding game in the series, Mother (also known as Earthbound Zero), uploading Mother - Part 1: When Lamps Attack on June 13, 2008. The Mother main series, which Emile would later dub "my least favorite of my work", lasted about a month-and-a-half until the uploading Mother - Final Boss: Giegue [Part 2/2] & Ending. [6]
Personality
Chuggaaconroy is well known for his sense of humor and puns. He is quite a lighthearted guy, but he is also known for his extensive knowledge of game mechanics and lore.
Let's Plays
# | Channel Logo | Series | Console(s) | Original Run |
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01 | EarthBoundPlaylist | SNES, GBA, Wii U, New 3DS, SNES Classic | March 26 - June 10, 2008 | |
The one that started it all! A little shaky, but isn't everyone's first LP? | ||||
02 | MotherPlaylist | Famicom, GBA, Wii U | June 13 - July 27, 2008 | |
I wouldn't expect anything Earth-shattering from this one, but it's at least laid back.1 | ||||
03 | Paper MarioPlaylist | N64, Wii, Wii U | August 1 - September 23, 2008 | |
One of my more favorites, this was my first non-Mother game. | ||||
04 | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven StarsPlaylist | SNES, Wii, Wii U, SNES Classic | September 25 - November 25, 2008 | |
This was the first (and only) game done by write-in request, the fans wanted it, so I did it to celebrate it hitting Wii Virtual Console in September 2008. | ||||
05 | Mother 3Playlist | GBA | October 17, 2008 - February 14, 2009 | |
I personally consider this to be my best work. It may be my longest LP, but I feel that I needed that amount of time to make this one. It's one of the few things I've done that I'm genuinely proud of.2 | ||||
06 | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorPlaylist | GCN | February 27 - May 25, 2009 | |
More simple than Mother 3, a throwback to my earlier work | ||||
07 | Pokémon FireRedPlaylist | GB (RBY); GBA (FRLG); NS (LGPE) |
June 1 - July 31, 2009; November 5, November 24, 2009 | |
My first Pokémon Let's Play. Will there be another? | ||||
08 | Super Mario SunshinePlaylist | GCN | August 10 - October 28, 2009 | |
The first Let's Play on my channel of a non-RPG. It's different, but is it just as good as the rest? You decide! | ||||
09 | The Legend of Zelda: The Wind WakerPlaylist | GCN; Wii U (HD) |
December 1, 2009 - February 23, 2010 | |
A very long-awaited Let's Play from me, as well as the first request I ever got way back in the beginning! My favorite game on my favorite console, I hope you enjoy watching as much as I enjoy playing. | ||||
10 | Pokémon CrystalPlaylist | GBC, 3DS (GSC); DS (HGSS) |
March 13 - July 5, 2010 | |
My second Pokémon LP This is not only a Let's Play of Crystal, but also features a full Heart Gold & Soul Silver walkthrough! | ||||
11 | Super Luigi GalaxyPlaylist | Wii, Wii U | August 6 - October 30, 2010 | |
Luigi takes on the adventure of Super Mario Galaxy because the true hero wasn't up to the task! | ||||
12 | PikminPlaylist | GCN, Wii, Wii U | August 22 - October 20, 2010 | |
Stranded on a distant planet with only a small hope for survival... | ||||
13 | ŌkamiPlaylist | PS2, Wii, PS3; XB1, NS, PS4, PC (HD) |
December 14, 2010 - April 30, 2011 | |
My first Let's Play of a game not made by Nintendo! One of my personal favorite games of all time that I wanted to show more people! | ||||
14 | Luigi's MansionPlaylist | GCN, 3DS | May 29 - August 3, 2011 | |
Welcome to our- I mean your mansion! | ||||
15 | Pikmin 2Playlist | GCN, Wii, Wii U | May 30 - September 4, 2011 | |
Our return to The Distant Planet... | ||||
16 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's MaskPlaylist | N64, GCN, Wii, Wii U; 3DS (3D) |
September 30 - December 5, 2011 | |
After almost two years since my last, a new Zelda LP. Definitely the one I wanted to do the most and the one everyone seemed to be asking for! | ||||
17 | Pokémon EmeraldPlaylist | GBA (RSE); 3DS (ORAS) |
January 15 - March 17th, 2012 | |
My long-delayed third installment in my Pokémon LPs! | ||||
18 | Super Paper MarioPlaylist | Wii, Wii U | April 26 - July 9, 2012 | |
Three years since the second, the adventure continues! | ||||
19 | OkamidenPlaylist | DS | August 9 - November 7, 2012 | |
The return of the Sun God. My first Nintendo DS Let's Play after much difficulty with recording these types of games over the years! | ||||
20 | Kirby's Epic YarnPlaylist | Wii, Wii U, 3DS | November 30 - December 24, 2012 | |
A game that stands completely on its own from its series, but still special in its own way! | ||||
21 | Pokémon ColosseumPlaylist | GCN | January 18 - March 2, 2013 | |
The first Pokémon console RPG! ...Despite it being released in 2004, many people seem unaware that a console RPG exists. | ||||
22 | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DXPlaylist | GB; GBC, 3DS (DX); NS |
April 21 - June 24, 2013 | |
My first 2D Zelda Let's Play! Let's journey to parts unknown, the uncharted Koholint Island! | ||||
23 | Super Mario 64 DSPlaylist | N64, Wii, Wii U; DS, Wii U (DS) | April 23 - August 2, 2013 | |
A portable remix of the game that started so much! | ||||
24 | Kid Icarus: UprisingPlaylist | 3DS | September 6 - October 30, 2013 | |
Sorry to keep you waiting! This project is something very new to me. There's quite a few games with voice acting that I'd like to Let's Play, and this happens to be one of those. I decided to try learning how to do commentary with voice acting using one of my favorite games of all time. Here's hoping it wasn't all in vain! | ||||
25 | Sonic ColorsPlaylist | Wii, DS | September 7 - October 22, 2013 | |
Ah, Sonic... A part of my childhood that I went so long without Let's Playing. Anyway! Colors! To many people the first really great Sonic game to come out for nearly a decade, and one of the most upbeat, beautiful Wii games out there! | ||||
26 | Animal Crossing: New LeafPlaylist | 3DS | November 18, 2013 - November 18, 2014; October 8 - November 18, 2017 (Welcome amiibo Update) | |
A new kind of series that involves you guys! | ||||
27 | Pokémon XD: Gale of DarknessPlaylist | GCN | February 8 - April 18, 2014 | |
Our fifth adventure in the world of Pokémon! | ||||
28 | Xenoblade ChroniclesPlaylist | Wii, New 3DS, Wii U; NS (DX) |
June 14, 2014 - February 24, 2015; April 7 - June 3, 2015 | |
By far the largest project on this channel to date! Two years in the making, it's now yours! | ||||
29 | Mario & Luigi: Superstar SagaPlaylist | GBA, Wii U; 3DS (DX) | June 15 - September 8, 2015 | |
Both a return to Mario RPGs and the beginning of a new game series! | ||||
30 | Pikmin 3Playlist | Wii U | September 26 - November 25, 2015 | |
A journey to find fruit through exploitation of walking vegetables! Seriously, that's what we're doing. | ||||
31 | Pokémon PlatinumPlaylist | DS | December 19, 2015 - June 14, 2016 | |
The journey through Sinnoh with some added snow! | ||||
32 | Luigi's Mansion: Dark MoonPlaylist | 3DS | July 20, 2016 - September 13, 2016 | |
Our bumbling, awkward hero makes a return to defend his title of funniest character against all the ghosts who challenge this! | ||||
33 | SplatoonPlaylist | Wii U | October 22 - December 24, 2016 | |
Something entirely new, much like the game itself! | ||||
34 | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward SwordPlaylist | Wii, Wii U | February 4 - May 17, 2017 | |
The very first Zelda game chronologically, this adventure takes us beyond even the clouds! | ||||
35 | Mario & Luigi: Partners in TimePlaylist | DS, Wii U | July 6 - September 22, 2017 | |
A journey through time itself to change history! This often-overlooked entry in the Mario & Luigi series has a lot of things different about it, some good, some bad, but is overall a package I enjoy. | ||||
36 | Pokémon Black & WhitePlaylist | DS | December 9, 2017 - June 21, 2018 | |
A hybrid that combines the two stories of Unova! | ||||
37 | EarthboundPlaylist | SNES, GBA, Wii U, New 3DS, SNES Classic | July 16 - October 27, 2018 | |
One of my all-time favorite games, and what I consider one of the most important games ever created! If only I didn't use it up in my first attempts at making videos... Well, that's what this is for! This contains a lot of new information. | ||||
38 | Yoshi's Woolly WorldPlaylist | Wii U, 3DS | November 25, 2018 - January 16, 2019 | |
A simply happy platformer with more Yoshi's than the intro of Super Smash Bros. Melee! Probably the biggest adventure for both Yoshi and for amiibo, all gone over! | ||||
39 | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom HourglassPlaylist | DS, Wii U | February 6 - April 23, 2019 | |
We raise our sails once more in this more obscure adventure with many oddities! | ||||
40 | Chrono TriggerPlaylist | SNES, PS1, DS, Mobile, Wii, PC | June 8 - September 21, 2019 | |
A simply timeless adventure that started so much of what video games would become. I'm not even going to talk specifics in this description, seriously just see for yourself. | ||||
41 | Super Mario Galaxy 2Playlist | Wii, Wii U | October 25 - December 18, 2019 | |
A grand return to the cosmos and skies outside the Mushroom Kingdom! | ||||
42 | Kirby: Triple DeluxePlaylist | 3DS | February 5 - April 10, 2020 | |
Three scoops of 2.5D Kirby goodness! This includes the two spin-off games it spawned too! | ||||
43 | Super Mario LandPlaylist | GB, 3DS | April 1 - April 2, 2020 | |
An arduous and perilous adventure through the Kingdom of Sarasaland to save Princess Daisy! | ||||
44 | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DXPlaylist | GBA, DS (RB); NS (DX) |
May 14, 2020 - August 3rd, 2020 | |
A new adventure set in the wilds of the world of Pokémon! For those looking for a more story-driven experience set in the Pokéverse, along with more exploration of what Pokémon really are, this is the spin-off for you! | ||||
45 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2Playlist | NS |
September 18th, 2020 - | |
The journey to reach Elysium and save a dying world. Includes guidance on every gameplay topic and character, explains why you're not doing more damage, and everything else the game didn't bother to mention! I feel like this is a game a lot of people quit because they feel like the gameplay doesn't click, and I want to make it make sense. | ||||
Notes:
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Quotes
See: Chuggaaconroy/Quotes
Gallery
The Runaway Guys
Emile is a founding member of TheRunawayGuys, collab channel with ProtonJon and NintendoCapriSun first appearing in Mario Party.
New Super Mario Bros. Series
Chugga plays as Mario in New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super Mario Bros. U. But with Mario's absence in New Super Luigi U, he plays as Yellow Toad. During the series, mainly in Wii, Jon and Emile kill each other a lot.
Mario Party Series
Emile played as 3 different characters in the Mario Party games. From Mario Party 1 to Mario Party 4 he played as Donkey Kong, however, in Mario Party 5 and Mario Party 6 he switched to Daisy because Donkey Kong was no longer playable and because of a certain livestream. He then switched to Toad in Mario Party 7 after winning 0 boards with Daisy.
Mario Party Stats
- Mario Party: 5 wins (Luigi's Engine Room, Donkey Kong's Jungle Adventure, Peach's Birthday Cake, Bowser's Magma Mountain, Eternal Star)
- Mario Party 2: 2 wins (Pirate Land, Space Land)
- Mario Party 3: 2 wins (Chilly Waters, Waluigi's Island)
- Mario Party 4: 1 win (Bowser's Gnarly Party)
- Mario Party 5: 0 wins
- Mario Party 6: 0 wins
- Mario Party 7: 2 wins (Pagoda Peak, Neon Heights)
- Mario Party 8: 1 win (Goomba's Booty Boardwalk)
Total: 13 wins
Trivia
- Emile has an article on the StephenVlog Wiki here.
- Emile has mentioned that he was poor as a child.[7][8]
- When he was younger, his mothers' nickname for him was Mimikins.
- He got approved for a house because his name came up before Chuck Norris on Google one time.
- Emile's 15 favorite Youtubers/Channels, in "no particular order", are: Proton Jon, Gaming Historian, SomecallmeJohnny, Stephen Georg, PIEGUYRULZ, Marriland, GameXplain, Cthulhuigi, YuriofWind, NintendoCapriSun, MasaeAnela, BrainScratch Commentaries, Lucahjin, adrisaurus, and Ashens.[9][10]
- Emile has a huge collection of video game plushies and action figures and MLP figures. Among those are a couple of Yarn Yoshi amiibos, which his cat Kirby once knocked over during the TRG Super Metroid LP.
- Emile's dad thought video games were from the Devil, but drugs and getting drunk was okay.
- Emile is a fan of the scathing Full House review blog Full House Reviewed.[11]
- Emile doesn't drink coffee or Red Bull.[12]
- Emile’s father left his family when Emile was young.
- As a child, Emile enjoyed going to clock stores, as all the ticking and tocking fascinated him.
- Emile believes the Gamecube is an underrated system.
- Emile loves his mother, but hates his father
- Emile will often criticize his father in videos for being a deadbeat
- Emile's favorite Pokémon Gen VII starter is Rowlet and his least favorite is Litten.[13]
- He does not believe in pirating or emulating video games unless it is the only way to play them.
- He has shown himself to be incredibly generous. For example, he once gave away 24 copies of Xenoblade Chronicles to his friends for Christmas in 2013 and he gave away 30 copies of the game for his viewers for a contest in his Xenoblade LP including four factory sealed ones.[14] This generosity is also shown in a few StephenVlogs videos, where we can see many of the gifts he has given to Stephen and Mal.
- Emile imported a European 3DS in order to play Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy before it was released in North America.[15]
- His favorite video game of all time is currently Xenoblade Chronicles.
- Emile has a fear of rollercoasters, due to being next in line for the Big Thunder Mountain coaster when it derailed in 2003, killing someone.[16][17][18]
- Emile intentionally avoids talking about politics on his channel.[19]
- According to the Mario Party 10 portion of the 5 Player Game Livestream with ProtonJon, NintendoCapriSun, Tom Fawkes, and MasaeAnela; he enjoys Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival more than Mario Party 10 and questioned why people rage over Amiibo Festival.
- When Emile was a child, he once wanted to be named Boris.
- He got the name "Chuggaaconroy" from a random name generator on a Cartoon Planet website.[20]
- Emile has hesitated on doing a Fire Emblem Let's Play due to its fanbase.[21]
- Emile studied statistics in college. It is unknown whether he minored or majored in it, however.
- Emiles known Nintendo Switch games are Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Xenoblade Chronicles: Deluxe Edition, Bug Fables, Pokémon Sword, Splatoon 2, Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Paper Mario: The Origami King, Ghostbusters: The Game, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.
- Emile has 4 accounts on his Nintendo Switch, one being his own, one being Proton Jon’s, and the other 2 being unknown (speculated to be NintendoCapriSun’s and MasaeAnela’s)
- Emile owns a Galaxy Note 7.
- He once had "D'oh I missed" as a ringtone.
- The memorable line was primarily the reason why in both Mario Party and Mario Party 2 the Mini-Game Island mode was played by TRG as Wario before the quote was reassigned to, of all characters, Peach in Mario Party 4.
- In May of 2012, Emile and Tim (NCS) visited a seven-year-old fan in Minnesota who was dying of cancer, because he wanted to be able to play a video game with Emile before he passed on, which is amazing.
- Emile's favorite Pokémon is Archen and its evolved form Archeops. This motivated him to use an Archen in Pokémon Black & White.[22]
- His favorite Pokémon before Gen V was Lucario, and before Gen IV it was Wartortle.[22]
- He mentioned during the very first TRG stream that he had never seen RWBY. As of, at least, Pax West 2017 he has. He proceeded to reference a line said by Ruby Rose at the beginning of Thrown Controllers and even says 'Thank you, Ruby Rose'. [23]
- He, also, notably sung lyrics from the song Neon from the same show during the first part of Neon Heights in Mario Party 7.
- His favorite character in the show is Weiss Schnee.[24]
- Emile has expressed his passionate hate for the state of Florida, where he used to live before settling in Georgia.
- Emile has said that he has thought about doing an LP of Paper Mario: Sticker Star, but has said that it is extremely unlikely.[25]
- Although Emile is tone deaf, he can be a surprisingly good singer at times. This is proven by his TRG songs written for their Mario collabs.
- Chugga had stayed up to midnight the night that Paper Mario: Sticker Star released in order to download it right from the eShop and recommended others do the same.[26]
- Emile voiced the Postman in Zelda Universe's 2020 dub of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D.[27]
References
- ↑ "For Chuggaaconroy, Playing Old Nintendo Games Is a Full-Time Job"
- ↑ Pokémon Black & White - Episode 11: Making a Name
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080416060539/https://www.youtube.com/user/chuggaaconroy
- ↑ Super Smash Bros. Brawl Boss Very Hard Clear
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD14CA711E34ACAFD
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF592D707726298B7
- ↑ Okami - Episode 14 (5:51)
- ↑ Yoshi's Tropical Island - Episode 4 (8:04)
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/764561558634655744
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/764563149831938049
- ↑ Chugga's New House! (Day 1991 - 5/8/15)
- ↑ "@NYSouledge I don't drink [coffee or Red Bull], actually! I drink iced tea, water, fruit juice, and nothing else." - Tweet
- ↑ Pokémon Sun & Moon - E3 Predictions & New Thoughts w/ Chuggaaconroy & Serebii's Joe Merrick
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/photos/a.10150624504168175.387842.221887733174/10151856882283175/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/photos/a.10150624504168175.387842.221887733174/10151774106323175/
- ↑ Super Paper Mario - Episode 31
- ↑ Pokémon Black & White - Episode 22: Queen Elesa
- ↑ Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Episode 46: Hey Now, You're a Green Star
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/780809501377196036
- ↑ Fifty Facts About Chuggaaconroy-Tag Video
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/830520303210086401
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Pokémon Black & White - Episode 17: Famous Rock Couple
- ↑ https://youtu.be/U9LCoGDxCTQ?t=20s
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1147250545087930368
- ↑ https://youtu.be/sqkHfWpbPRM?t=3418
- ↑ https://proton.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=10549
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ZeldaUniverse/status/1287085209129607168
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