Chuggaaconroy

Emiliano Rodolfo Rosales-Birou (born April 8, 1990), known as Emile Rosales[1] and best known as Chuggaaconroy, is an American internet personality, YouTuber and prominent Let's Player.[1][2][3] He is a founding member of TheRunawayGuys, a collaborative Let's Play YouTube channel, along with fellow Let's Players ProtonJon and NintendoCapriSun.

Chuggaaconroy
Chuggaaconroy at PAX West 2018
Personal information
BornEmiliano Rodolfo Rosales-Birou
(1990-04-08) April 8, 1990
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
ResidenceAtlanta, Georgia, U.S.
OccupationInternet personality, Let's Player
YouTube information
Also known asChuggaaconroy
Chugga A. Conroy
Channel
Years active2008–present
Genre
Subscribers1.26 million
Total views1.1 billion
NetworkPolaris (Disney Digital Network)
Associated acts
  • Proton Jon
  • NintendoCapriSun
  • Josh Jepson
  • SuperJeenius
  • Lucahjin
  • MasaeAnela
  • ACFan120
  • AttackingTucans
  • Stephen Georg
  • Tom Fawkes
  • Marriland
  • ToxicXEternity
  • FamilyJules
  • Cody Davies
  • GameXplain
  • SomecallmeJohnny
  • Adrisaurus
  • PKSparkxx
  • Pieguyrulz
100,000 subscribers 2010
1,000,000 subscribers 2015
Updated August 2019

Personal life

Rosales-Birou is a native of Phoenix, Arizona. He has stated that he grew up in both Arizona and Florida. In 2012, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia. He has also mentioned that he lived in Florida at some time.

In adolescence, Rosales-Birou developed a fear of roller coasters after Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain derailing that killed two people aboard the train, claiming to have been on the attraction earlier in the day, and that he had planned to ride it again.[4] He has mentioned in videos that he struggled with family and financial issues during his childhood, as well as with autism.[5] For a short period of time, he believed he was misdiagnosed.[6] However, he later backed down from that statement, having no evidence to disprove it.[7] He has spoken many times of not having a healthy relationship with his father, citing drug use, alcoholism, and neglectfulness.[8]

Rosales-Birou later founded the collaborative Let's Play channel TheRunawayGuys, consisting mainly of himself, Jonathan "ProtonJon" Wheeler, and Timothy "'NintendoCapriSun" Bishop (with additional guest appearances from other Youtubers).[9]

Rosales-Birou has been friends with fellow content creator Stephen Georg, who also serves as his graphic designer, since he was 14 years old.[10] In the midst of Hurricane Florence in September 2018, Rosales invited Georg and family to stay with him as they rode out the storm.[11]

YouTube career

Rosales-Birou joined YouTube, just a year after the site was founded, on July 26, 2006 at the age of 16 as "Chuggaaconroy",[12] a name he has used as an online pseudonym since he was a child.[3]

On March 26, 2008, he began posting his Let's Play of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System RPG EarthBound. He has since produced 44 solo Let's Plays, and his content has been cited as a family-friendly alternative to more vulgar Let's Players, as well as being cited as one of the most influential.[13] In an interview with Wired, it was claimed that whenever he would curse he would receive "concerned letters from the parents of younger viewers."[1]

Early in his video-making career, Rosales-Birou notoriously neglected revealing his face (with the exception of update vlogs early in his channel's history, which were removed) until TheSpeedGamers' 2010 charity stream, in which he removed the silver mask he wore as a donation-incentive.[14]

In July 2010, Rosales-Birou's account was suspended under false copyright claims, though it was restored in late August.[15]

Currently, all of Rosales-Birou's main Let's Plays have been played on a Nintendo console. Of these, Ōkami, Ōkamiden, Sonic Colors, and Chrono Trigger are the only ones not based on any Nintendo-owned IPs. In 2014, Rosales-Birou underwent medical treatment for a bronchial infection, forcing him to take 4 months off; consequently, his then-current playthrough of Xenoblade Chronicles became his longest in terms of release timeframe, lasting from June 2014 until June 2015.[16][17]At 119 episodes, it is also his longest Let's Play by episode count. His inaugural Let's Play of EarthBound is so far the first and only game Rosales-Birou has Let's Played twice— once in 2008, and again in 2018— the second instance coinciding with the tenth anniversary of his channel.[18][19]

Videography

Solo projects
Game played Original run Videos in playlist Length Playlist views
EarthBound[20] March 26, 2008 – June 10, 2008 99 15h 15m 3s 3.9M
Mother[21][Note 1] June 13, 2008 – July 27, 2008[Note 2] 37 6h 48s 907K
Paper Mario[22] August 1, 2008 – September 23, 2008 85 14h 11m 30s 4.1M
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[23] September 25, 2008 – November 25, 2008 61 11h 25m 50s 2.6M
Mother 3[24][Note 3] October 17, 2008 – February 17, 2009 108 15h 17m 40s 3.1M
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[25] February 27, 2009 – May 25, 2009 86 13h 52m 53s 8.5M
Pokémon FireRed[26] June 1, 2009 – November 24, 2009 62 9h 19s 5.3M
Super Mario Sunshine[27] August 9, 2009 – October 29, 2009 37 6h 7m 29s 5M
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker[28] December 1, 2009 – November 26, 2011 76 13h 5m 6s 4.6M
Pokémon Crystal[29] March 13, 2010 – July 5, 2010 64 10h 17m 47s 6.7M
Super Luigi Galaxy[30][Note 4] August 6, 2010 – October 30, 2010 44 10h 45m 1s 4.2M
Pikmin[31] August 22, 2010 – October 20, 2010 18 4h 33m 39s 2.2M
Ōkami[32] December 14, 2010 – April 30, 2011 76 20h 10m 32s 4.6M
Luigi's Mansion[33] May 29, 2011 – August 3, 2011 17 4h 5m 51s 3.2M
Pikmin 2[34] May 30, 2011 – September 4, 2011 50 13h 50m 51s 6.8M
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask[35] September 30, 2011 – December 5, 2011 55 15h 42m 3s 8.1M
Pokémon Emerald[36] January 5, 2012 – March 30, 2012 65 18h 27m 24s 9.1M
Super Paper Mario[37] April 26, 2012 – July 15, 2012 61 16h 48m 6s 9.1M
Ōkamiden[38] August 9, 2012 – November 5, 2012 70 20h 19m 39s 2.2M
Kirby's Epic Yarn[39] November 30, 2012 – December 24, 2012 27 6h 57m 8s 2.5M
Pokémon Colosseum[40] January 18, 2013 – April 5, 2013 45 13h 18m 32s 4.8M
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX[41] April 21, 2013 – June 24, 2013 29 7h 16m 5s 1.8M
Super Mario 64 DS[42] April 23, 2013 – August 2, 2013 38[Note 5] 10h 39m 29s 5.2M
Kid Icarus Uprising[43] September 6, 2013 – October 30, 2013 30 11h 29s 5.8M
Sonic Colors[44] September 7, 2013 – May 30, 2014 13 3h 51m 15s 1.2M
Animal Crossing: New Leaf[45] November 18, 2013 – November 18, 2014

− October 8, 2017 – November 18, 2017[Note 6]

 96 1d 13h 6m 43s 8.5M
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness[46] February 8, 2014 – April 18, 2014 45 15h 12m 40s 5M
Xenoblade Chronicles[47] June 14, 2014 – February 24, 2015

− April 7, 2015 – June 3, 2015[Note 7]

 119 1d 22h 23m 17s 12M
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga[48] June 15, 2015 – August 21, 2015 41 13h 43m 58s 4.1M
Pikmin 3[49] September 26, 2015 – November 25, 2015 37 8h 53m 5s 3.6M
Pokémon Platinum[50] December 19, 2015 – June 14, 2016 83 1d 9h 58m 18s 9.9M
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon[51] July 20, 2016 – September 12, 2016 36 13h 18m 15s 2.7M
Splatoon[52] October 22, 2016 – December 24, 2016 40 21h 3m 10s 1.6M
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword[53] February 4, 2017 – May 17, 2017 75 1d 5h 49m 46s 3.7M
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[54] July 6, 2017 – August 28, 2017 41 15h 15m 32s 1.6M
Pokémon Black and White[55] December 9, 2017 – June 21, 2018 83 1d 11h 50m 3s 4.3M
EarthBound[56][Note 8] July 16, 2018 – October 27, 2018 61 1d 1h 7m 3s 2.3M
Yoshi's Woolly World[57] November 25, 2018 – January 16, 2019 39 14h 14m 47s 632K
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass[58] February 6, 2019 – April 23, 2019 44 16h 30m 44s 835K
Chrono Trigger[59] June 8, 2019 – September 21, 2019 68 15h 30m 1M
Super Mario Galaxy 2[60] October 25, 2019 – December 18, 2019 48 17h 2m 4s 1M
Kirby: Triple Deluxe[61] February 5, 2020 – April 10, 2020 26 10h 56m 19s 264K
Super Mario Land[62][Note 9] April 1, 2020 – April 2, 2020 2 42m 57s 20K
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX[63] May 14, 2020 – August 3 2020 47 21h 47m 57s 317K

Notes
  1. As Mother was only officially released in Japan prior to 2015, Rosales-Birou utilized an emulator to play the then-unreleased official English localization.
  2. Additional episode posted March 30, 2011
  3. As Mother 3 was only officially released in Japan, Rosales-Birou utilized an emulator to play a fan translated version.
  4. Called Super Luigi Galaxy due to his playing as Luigi
  5. In addition to two navigational videos
  6. Revival series in 2017 focused on "Welcome Amiibo" update
  7. Series went on official hiatus due to Rosales-Birou dealing with a bronchial infection
  8. Redo of the previous EarthBound Let's Play
  9. Despite being meant as an April Fools joke, Rosales-Birou confirmed that this is canonically the 43rd Let's Play of his channel.

References
  1. Rigney, Ryan (July 24, 2013). "For Chuggaaconroy, Playing Old Nintendo Games Is a Full-Time Job". Wired. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  2. "How to become a Let's Player like PewDiePie and Game Grumps". VentureBeat. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  3. Murray, Noel (October 2, 2015). "YouTube's Young Viewers Are Becoming Its Creators". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  4. Rosales-Birou, Emile. "Super Paper Mario - Episode 31". YouTube. Chuggaaconroy. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  5. Rosales, Emile. "Chuggaaconroy - 50 Facts Tag Video". YouTube. Chuggaaconroy. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  6. https://facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/10150268183158175
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgozGp3xY_I&t=570
  8. Rosales-Birou, Emile. "EarthBound - Episode 16: Winter's End". YouTube. Chuggaaconroy.
  9. Rosales-Birou, Emile. "50 Facts Tag Video". YouTube. Chuggaaconroy. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  10. LP, LaughingBoy. "Let's Talk with Chuggaaconroy #1". YouTube. LaughingBoyLP. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  11. Georg, Stephen. "We Are Evacuating". YouTube. StephenVlog. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  12. Rosales-Birou, Emiliano. "Chuggaconroy About". Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  13. "What children learn from PewDiePie, Stampy and DanTDM". The Irish Times. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  14. "TheSpeedGamers' Mario Marathon". YouTube. TheGameStation.
  15. Maniac, Random. "The Suspension of NCS and Chuggaaconroy". Starmen.net. Randommaniac.
  16. "Update on Xenoblade Chronicles and Animal Crossing". YouTube. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  17. "Update Regarding the Channel". YouTube. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  18. "Let's Play #01: Earthbound (SNES/GBA/Wii U/New 3DS)". YouTube. Retrieved March 26, 2008.
  19. "Let's Play #37: EarthBound (SNES/GBA/Wii U/New 3DS/SNES Classic)". YouTube. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  20. "Let's Play #01: Earthbound (SNES/GBA/Wii U/New 3DS)". YouTube. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  21. "Let's Play #02: Mother (Famicom/GBA/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  22. "Let's Play #03: Paper Mario (N64/Wii/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  23. "Let's Play #04: Super Mario RPG (SNES/Wii/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  24. "Let's Play #05: Mother 3 (GBA - Japan only)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  25. "Let's Play #06: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  26. "Let's Play #07: Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen (GBA)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  27. "Let's Play #08: Super Mario Sunshine (GCN)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  28. "Let's Play #09: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GCN/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  29. "Let's Play #10: Pokémon Crystal (GBC)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  30. "Let's Play #11: Super Luigi Galaxy (Wii/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  31. "Let's Play #12: Pikmin (GCN/Wii/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  32. "Let's Play #13: Okami (PS2/Wii/PS3/Switch)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  33. "Let's Play #14: Luigi's Mansion (GCN/New 3DS)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  34. "Let's Play #15: Pikmin 2 (GCN/Wii/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  35. "Let's Play #16: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64/GCN/Wii/3DS/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  36. "Let's Play #17: Pokémon Emerald (GBA)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  37. "Let's Play #18: Super Paper Mario (Wii/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  38. "Let's Play #19: Okamiden (DS)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  39. "Let's Play #20: Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  40. "Let's Play #21: Pokémon Colosseum (GCN)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  41. "Let's Play #22: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (GB/GBC/3DS)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  42. "Let's Play #23: Super Mario 64 DS (DS)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  43. "Let's Play #24: Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  44. "Let's Play #25: Sonic Colors (Wii/DS)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  45. "Let's Play #26: Animal Crossing: New Leaf +Welcome amiibo (3DS)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  46. "Let's Play #27: Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (GCN)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  47. "Let's Play #28: Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii/New 3DS/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  48. "Let's Play #29: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  49. "Let's Play #30: Pikmin 3 (Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  50. "Let's Play #31: Pokémon Platinum Version (DS)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  51. "Let's Play #32: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  52. "Let's Play #33: Splatoon (Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  53. "Let's Play #34: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  54. "Let's Play #35: Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (DS/3DS/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  55. "Let's Play #36: Pokémon Black & White (DS)". YouTube. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  56. "Let's Play #37: EarthBound (SNES/GBA/Wii U/New 3DS/SNES Classic)". YouTube. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  57. "Let's Play #38: Yoshi's Woolly World (Wii U/3DS)". YouTube. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  58. "Let's Play #39: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  59. "Let's Play #40: Chrono Trigger (SNES/PS1/DS/Mobile/PC)". YouTube. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  60. "Let's Play #41: Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii/Wii U)". YouTube. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  61. "Let's Play #42: Kirby: Triple Deluxe (3DS)". YouTube. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  62. "Let's Play #43: Super Mario Land (GB/3DS)". YouTube. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  63. "Let's Play #44: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (NS)". YouTube. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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