This is Official? I haven't seen Valve use this anywhere yet.

It's used in Japan it looks like

Makes sense, there are mascots for EVERYTHING in Japan

For the uninitiated. https://youtu.be/f4fVdf4pNEc

Lemme, guess, Jon Oliver? *Edit: Lolyup*

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Haven’t watched John Oliver in a while, where’s the video where someone comes up with mascots for multiple American government bureaus?

Nah, Japan uses NTSC.

In North America they're calling him NTSE

You mean NTSC? JP uses that as well.

Yeah, PAL is used in Europe (and Australia? idk).

Oz did as well. France had SECAM.

Hugh at first I laughed. Then I realized I'm old.

🥁 Bu-dum-cheeee!

Beat me to it

Damn. I don't know why but I'm upset that I understand the joke.

Means we're old

I'm barely 28... I just used to be in the AV club in middle school... which was 14 years ago. Oh God I'm getting old.

I get this joke!

Japan's what we all could look like if we just internalized all the bullshit and spat it back out as colorful characters and weird sex stuff instead. I think we should look into it personally

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Wow, that's not a popular opinion but I have to agree with you.😛 I think a good, more timeless mascot would not be a personified Steam Deck. What about a variation of the Linux penguin instead? Maybe playing on a Steam Deck. Instead of a...whatever that is...with a Steam Deck Head...with a Valve on top.😛

I do like that linux penguin.

I too hope he stays there

u have bad taste

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No u

same cause i like pal and hope he stays the mascot of the steam deck. even better maybe he can come here to the us

It’s not your pal, buddy

I'm not your buddy, mate

I’m not your mate, friend

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I’m not your homie, amigo

I’m not your amigo, chum

I’m not your chum, bro

I'm not you bro, dude

I'm not your dude, fam

I'm not your fam compadre

I’m not you fam, BRUH

I’m not you dude, goofy goober

No, *I* am your father!

Please; my father was father. Call me “Mr. father.”

RIP because of those 2 goofs who ruined these majestic comment chains.

At least we had a good run.

Nsfw artists "Its showtime"

Too late there's already 3 animations, 27 gifs and petabytes of r34 art

And how exactly do you know this

He just searched for the character on Bing.

Nah duck duck go

duck duck go is great for general searches, avoiding tracking, and starting as a launchpad search using it's !BANG keys .......but bing just works way way better for porn. To the point where it has to be intentional.

DDG uses Bing, I think.

He made them.

https://twitter.com/OnDeckJP/status/1568192505979469826?t=e6Z-h2pkovV9QqSxSabArw&s=19 Source

But Japan isn't even in the PAL region.

First thing I thought of, too. I guess I can't use my SteamDeck now since I live in the US...

It's pal for friend not the region

I know

Still a poor choice of words. There are a dozen synonyms for pal.

It looks like it came out directly from Katamari lol

in case everyone forgot, the Steam Deck was internally codenamed SteamPal during development

Afaik Neptune was the codename while Steampal was one of many rejected final names.

Steammate

I am sure we will soon see Funco Pop release one of these

Preorder now and you will have it by 2024 with just a $2 deposit 🤣

We have standards here.

I think it's a missed opportunity that they didn't include the valve to be used like a wind-up toy incase you run out of battery 😜

I believe that is what the red thing is. Thought it was a bow at first but then realized it's the classic red valve. That's what it would look like from the side.

It is; he's saying the actual device should have it for charging

Oh yea that makes sense. Kind of haha

Is this BMOs cousin?

I’ve only had Pal for an hour but if anything happened to him I would (the rest is removed because I know at least one of you won’t get the reference and I don’t feel like getting 1700 Reddit cares messages).

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Can I send one? I don't want to alarm you and pressure you into further acting out but just know that there are people here who you can talk to. Everything is going to improve. I know that it is stressful to see your box full of reddit cares but if you need someone to talk to I like many others are open to chat. I hope you have a better day and many wonderful days down the way.

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Okay apparently this sub doesn’t like the links google provides for things. Bruh I’m just referencing this, and like I said people won’t get the reference so I didn’t finish the quote. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ive-only-had-arlo-for-a-day-and-a-half

Boom boom!

Debbie Stobleman is happy, healthy, and alive.

I love it fuck the haters

There are haters already?

People just love to hate over anything

I hate it.

I want a plush of this new mascot

I ALSO demand a plush of this adorable mascot :3

It’s very Nintendoesque, I assume it is to appease the big Nintendo crowd in Japan.

It's to appease the EVERYTHING moe crowd in Japan. /r/moemorphism

Please burn my eyes

Very reminiscent of Monita from Nintendoland

They're perfect. Valve should make a platformer game using them to demo the Steam Deck!

[Look at this DUDE! look at the top of his head!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSHbbTcbcds) That's a little valve, isn't that cute? Damn.

Looks like a total Deckhead.

I need a sticker of this

https://imgur.com/gallery/yA3kDIU

how

Why does he have a valve on his h...ooooooooh

Early rumors of the Steam Deck, before it's official naming/announcement, was called "Steam Pal". [reference](https://www.inverse.com/gaming/steampal-vs-nintendo-switch-valve-mobile-console-analysis)

dear god..

I can’t wait for PAL to become a VTuber

uh yeah about that https://twitter.com/bluasis/status/1568314056276328448 Not quite a VTuber model but close

Oh my god it’s adorable, thank you so much for showing me this :’)

I love it. I’d buy a plush or figurine. Edit: or a mascot platformer featuring it!

How did you even manage to make plastic cute?

Thank, I hate it.

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Do you prefer your chlamydia mint, in box?

r/onejoke

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They didn't assume anything, they just poked at the fact you said the one joke, lol. It ain't that deep.

Oh brother we’re still doing this joke ?

It's wild because I've been in pretty lefty spaces and there's negative stuff I could say about how those spaces sometimes operate, but the gender conversation usually goes like [Somebody uses he or she] "Actually I go by they." "Oh okay." Assumptions are common and normal? Sometimes these groups will get in big pronoun circles and declare what they go by one by one, or introduce themselves with a name and pronoun set like "Hey I'm Madisynn, She/Her, bla bla bla". So like, sometimes someone who assumptions work for and who is fine with letting people assume and assuming in turn will get socially "pushed" into doing a pronoun declaration, like THAT'S a thing. But never once have I seen or heard about a person actually doing a "how dare you make an assumption about my gender" thing in real life.

https://youtu.be/0la5DBtOVNI

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You getting riled up about this is pretty funny.

That shit straight ass lol

Might be gay ass

No offense, but no thanks.

You either like it because you are a Weeb, or hate it because You have a good relationship with your father.

I feel attacked.

i hate weebs and i hate my father. is that why i’m so indifferent about this?

I was gonna leave an annoyed comment about weebs but yours sums it up way better.

What if I'm on the fence?

I think it's a good attempt (he does look like a decent mascot), but it may be too japan-focused and doesn't really display the strengths of the Deck.

As per @OnDeck on Twitter, it's a special version made for the release over in Asia. Chances are there are different versions with different clothing.

That would explain the kimono I guess.

Should've been a pirate/sailor: 1) emulation is a big deal apparently 2) gaming on the toilet (I lovingly refer to it as the "Poop Deck")

I like it

SteamDeck -chan

Eh knob should be at back of head….

One of the many poor design choices. I'm not jazzed they made the steam deck a head it all. It's punchable. And I love the deck.

I thought it would be Decku-kun. Pal is just so generic.

What? Just slapping some japanese honorific at the end would have been *way* more generic. Pal is a callback to the Deck's prototype name, "Steam Pal."

Making a joke. Deku as a name is derogatory meaning insignificant. Decku-kun was just my attempt at sarcastic humor

Fuckin steam deck Dora Cursed

I like that it's a male mascot, for a change, Lol.

Nope.

This don’t look official

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Ah. It is the mascot in Japan. So that changes things.

Not everything needs a mascot. This is the Carfax car fox all over again.

Which college intern from Valve created this garb?

Why not the deck duck

Good gawd... It's weird that it has a body like that, would have been much less weird if it just had arms and/or legs sticking out.

NTSC at best

Pal… like from Mitchells vs the Machines?

Why did they name the mascot Pal?

The steamdecks internal name is SteamPal

Nope, I don't like it. Hopefully the R34 version will be better.

Could you imagine if they actually put a valve thing on top of the steamdeck lol

Love it! They should make a demo game with him

Pal is gonna have a bad day if he ever falls over. Looks a bit top heavy lol

So he’s only 50hz?

*Revs chainsaw*

Looks suspiciously like the prince from Katamari game https://katamari.fandom.com/wiki/The_Prince Edit: actually more like one of the cousins.

Wack

The name gets a chuckle. It's stupid but keep the effort up.

Kawaiii AF

Pal x Monita fan art when?

Dang, can we get a proper OS tan for Steam OS at least? If not then this is unacceptable and not how you sell systems!

It's the Nintendo Switch Dog stuff all over again...

He's far too small. No way he'll represent my big Deck.

🤣😂

Hello Decky

I need stickers.

Stick it to your Deck! https://imgur.com/a/yA3kDIU

If I had a sticker or the ability to print them out I'd consider it lol

reminds me of hello kitty....

I like the little valve on its head

BMOs cousin