One of the fashionable puppet characters on YouTube is a pleasant, furry Nintendo loving monster that most individuals have by no means heard of.

Arlo is a self described “monster armchair analyst” who has been sharing Nintendo online game information since 2014. He has a whole lot of 1000’s of subscribers and is the star of a small constellation of websites and channels. Along with his principal channel, they embody Arlo Performs (“let’s play” gaming movies), Arlo Whatevz (unboxing movies), and Arlo Recommends (an “ever-growing catalog of stuff” individuals ought to learn about, a podcast (Arlocast) and a subreddit for followers at r/ArloStuff.

The Arlo puppet was initially constructed by Adam Kreutinger, and he’s carried out by a California Youtuber who prefers to stay largely nameless. Just a few web sleuths have managed to uncover the identification of Arlo’s puppeteer, however his followers appear to favor preserving the phantasm that he’s only a pleasant gaming monster. It’s a enjoyable throwback to the best way traditional puppet characters like Topo Giogo, ALF and the Muppets have been historically offered on TV, and type of reside motion counterpart to the fashionable VTuber phenomenon.

You’ll be able to see extra of Arlo in motion and sustain with all the most recent Nintendo information and gossip by subscribing to ArloStuff on YouTube.