Could you please stop calling your mom "time-attack" at last? Your mother is not a time attack. Although they are somewhate related, they are nevertheless clearly different things. Just look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_attack for a definition of time attack.
I don't know who started using the term "time attack", probably Morimoto himself, but it's wrong and misleading. Your mom is not a time attack, she is a human being. So please stop using that term.
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Really, if the discussion of what we should call the videos at this site is not interesting to you, please don't bring our dear moms to the discussion.
>I am 100% sure that it's not Morimoto that started the use of TIMEATTACK since he doesn't understand a single word of English.
Most Japanese know a lot of English words. If for no other reason then at least that they exist as loan words in Japanese. The English language education is sadly target heavily at learning a lot of vocabulary. (Or bokyaburarii in Japanese. Yeah.)
That doesn't mean they can speak it or understand it at all.
End today's frustrating fact of Truncated's life. In any case your arguement is weak, I guess that's what I wanted to say.
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There's a difference between making a casual joke and making an intend to lash out at someone who is trying to maintain a completely serious discussion.
The term goes back to at least the late 1980's; at least, that's what we always called them. Back then we'd hook our consoles up to the VCR and tape our speed runs. We'd make copies of the "Time Attack Tapes" and trade them at school. I still have a few decent runs of MegaMan 2, 3 and Sonic the Hedgehog that I got back in 1991 or so.
Please check your facts before insulting people (and making yourself a jerk in the process).
<iron rail for dummies> It's you who is wrong. </iron rail>
Morimoto and Miyamoto are both very common surnames in Japan.
The Miyamoto that most of the nesvideos people probably have heard of is mr. Shigeru Miyamoto, who created Mario, Donkey Kong and many other Nintendo characters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto
Of course, there are many other Miyamoto, and globally speaking, probably more well-known than Shigeru, is Musashi Miyamoto, a samurai whose first name was given to one of the members of Team Rocket in Pokémon.
There are also many people known by the name Morimoto, and the person who most of us refer to by that name, is the person who made the famous SMB3 movie. Nowadays he seems to use the nickname Moramota instead.
I also know of Masaharu Morimoto, who is an Iron Chef, and undoubtedly there are tens of other Morimotos who are very famous.
Ps: I except a public apology from mr. megaman. He called people idiots while it was in fact him who was uneducated (not that "idiot" has anything to do with education).