Has anyone here heard of Rooeys?
They’re these little Kangaroo/Bunny-esque creatures that came from the Bomberman franchise that serve as the equivalent of Yoshis in the Super Mario franchise.
They’re super cute, but for some cursed reason Konami has starved us fans of these creatures the attention they deserve.
This is a standard Rooey. They are also called Louies, probably because of translation issues.
The reason that I brought them up here in a weight gain forum is because this guy is not immune to the fat fetish equivalent of Rule 34 and has had much art of him drawn much more fatter than usual. What doesn’t help his case is that there is a member of his species who is canonically fat.
This is Marooi. He’s fat, and his specialty is using his girth to roll at high speeds.
Honestly, someone should make a fangame of these critters, but fat because this is Weight Gaming of course. I’d do it, but I have other things I need to deal with. For now, I’m making this page to share some appreciation for these guys and spread the word. Enjoy.
Calling them “Rooeys” threw me off because even though it’s technically “correct”, everyone calls them Louies because of some old translation error that caught on with the fans, and I’m struggling to remember if any of the games ever fixed it either.
Plus I kinda like “Louie” as their species name, it’s kinda funny.
Bomberman Fantasy Race is kinda fun, it’s a bit gimmicky, but super enjoyable and the Louies star in it alongside those rhino things I’m blanking on the name of. (Also, devs, pls, that’s not what being “tired” looks like, ha.) Main issue I had with the game is that you basically upgrade down the list, there’s no flexibility for what stats you like or what your favorite color is, you just save up money and buy the next one.
On topic to the thread, I know there’s a VRChat Louie playermodel somewhere that’s free and customizable with boob/fat/belly sliders and the ability to eat a bomb to inflate, but I forget where to find this playermodel. I think I just searched for “louie” in the search bar and found it.
As for why they’re “abandoned”, I mean, the whole Bomberman franchise is tanked, even Bomberman himself hasn’t had a solid game that sells at all in the last like 20 years, and the only success they’ve had since then is a brief period where the whole Bombergirl thing pulled in some people. I think even the anniversaries for the franchise just go without any fanfare.
Kinda on that note, just for the giggles, I should mention that Louies aren’t the only famous case like this.
In Metroid, Samus’s famous power suit with the huge shoulders is called the “Varia Suit”, but it’s not “Varia” it’s “ba-ri-a”, the “Barrier” suit, but the mistranslation caught on and it was never fixed.
It is sad, but true. I suppose it’s up to the fans if want to get Louie content out again.
If they won’t make it, we’ll make it ourselves!
Also the dino guys from Fantasy Race are called Tirras, and they previously appeared in Saturn Bomberman, the Bomberman game for the Sega Saturn. In a sense, they are more forgotten than Louies, and we really need to fix that too.
And make them fat too, don’t forget.
Also you’re right that those “tired” faces don’t look tired at all, just oddly suggestive. I think they were trying to go for a “dog panting” look of tired, but they definitely failed lol
I remember this! He drew it as a quick-drawing challenge he had going on!
It’s kinda funny seeing the Louie that’s canonically the thinnest being the biggest instead
