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| Born | Emiliano Rodolfo Rosales-Birou April 8, 1990 | |||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Internet personality, Let's Player | |||||||||
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| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | |||||||||
| Years active | 2008-present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 1.25 million[1] (2024) | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.24 billion[1] (2024) | |||||||||
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Emiliano Rodolfo Rosales-Birou (born April 8, 1990), also known as Emile Rosales[2] and better known by his online alias Chuggaaconroy or Chugga for short,[note 1] is an American YouTuber, Internet personality and Let's Player.[2][3][4] He is known for his informative commentary, with the purpose of guiding viewers to complete the games he Let's Plays themselves.
Starting his online career in 2008, Rosales-Birou is most notable for his comprehensive walkthrough videos on various video games released on Nintendo platforms, including titles from the Mother, Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, Pokémon, and Xenoblade Chronicles franchises. During his gameplay videos, Rosales-Birou attempts to show every aspect of each individual game he plays to 100% completion, including every item, boss battle, sidequest, and Easter egg possible. His Let's Play videos have been received positively.
Rosales-Birou's YouTube channel reached 1 million subscribers and 760 million views in 2015, and is at over 1.25 million subscribers and 1.24 billion views as of 2024. Alongside his Let's Play videos, Rosales-Birou is a founding member of The Runaway Guys collaborative Let's Play YouTube channel with fellow Let's Play personalities Jonathan Wheeler (better known as Proton Jon) and Timothy Bishop (better known as NintendoCapriSun). Their content consists of playthroughs of various multiplayer video games including Mario Party and Wheel of Fortune, and have also created the "Thrown Controllers" event and done numerous gaming live-streams for charity.
- ^ a b "About chugga". YouTube.
- ^ a b Rigney, Ryan (July 24, 2013). "For Chuggaaconroy, Playing Old Nintendo Games Is a Full-Time Job". Wired. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ Murray, Noel (October 2, 2015). "YouTube's Young Viewers Are Becoming Its Creators". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ "How to become a Let's Player like PewDiePie and Game Grumps". VentureBeat. June 19, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
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