Emiliano Rodolfo Rosales-Birou (born April 8, 1990), also known as Emile Rosales[3] and better known by his online alias Chuggaaconroy, is an American YouTuber, internet personality and Let's Player.[3][4][5] He is most notable for his comprehensive walkthrough videos on various video games released on Nintendo platforms, including titles from the EarthBound, Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, Pokémon and Xenoblade Chronicles series. He is also a founding member of The Runaway Guys collaborative Let's Play YouTube channel, along with fellow Let's Play personalities Proton Jon and NintendoCapriSun.
Rosales-Birou created his YouTube account on July 26, 2006 under the alias of "Chuggaaconroy," a name he has used as an online pseudonym since he was a child.[4] He was initially inspired to make Let's Plays by personalities such as Jonathan "Proton Jon" Wheeler, a Let’s Player originating from the Something Awful forums and a future founding member of The Runaway Guys. On March 26, 2008, he uploaded his first Let’s Play series covering the SNES role-playing game EarthBound on YouTube, adding commentary on the game's sound and art design.[3][6]
In July 2010, Rosales-Birou's YouTube account was suspended under false copyright claims, though was restored in August.[7][8] Shortly after the incident, he obtained a YouTube partnership with The Game Station (now called Polaris), a sub-network of Maker Studios.[9] Rosales-Birou's channel grew in popularity as his gameplay videos were often recommended on YouTube's suggestions, and he has since become a Let’s Play creator on YouTube as a full-time job;[4] in 2014 The Atlantic cited Rosales-Birou as an example of a Let's Player making a living off of gaming videos.[10] Nintendo had initially targeted and content ID-claimed several of Rosales-Birou's videos due to them containing footage of their games, causing his ad revenue to temporarily decrease, but later ceased doing so.[3][11]
On his primary YouTube channel, Rosales-Birou has produced over 40 solo Let's Play series of games primarily exclusive to Nintendo systems, such as EarthBound, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door,[12] Pikmin,[13] Super Luigi Galaxy,[note 1] The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask,[16] Pokémon Emerald,[17] Super Paper Mario,[18] Super Mario 64 DS,[3] Animal Crossing: New Leaf,[19][20][21] Xenoblade Chronicles,[12][22] and Splatoon.[22]
In 2018, Rosales-Birou remade his EarthBound Let's Play series on the tenth anniversary of his YouTube channel’s formation, going into detail on previously undiscussed trivia and knowledge surrounding the game.[23][24] He had previously expressed interest in remaking the series, feeling that he "could have done such a better job now."[6] However, in June 2021, several of Rosales-Birou’s EarthBound videos were content ID-claimed and subsequently blocked worldwide by Sony, due to the company owning the distribution rights to the soundtrack of the Mother series.[25]