The 9/16 issue of Weekly ASCII, a fine publication catering to the needs of PC and tech otaku, has a feature on overseas TV games that have yet to get a wide release in Japan. Maybe they'll come out some sunny day, maybe never ever...either way, scarcity has inspired the staff to skillfully disguise themselves as foreigners and make for the import stores of Akihabara where they shout out magic words in all-caps English (you know, just like real gaijin do).
The Gaijin Gambit actually works! The gang are soon losing weight, baggin' bucks, and hunting men with the very best of them. Now let's see if this trick works in reverse. What would you do to finally get a chance to play Capcom Vs. Tatsunoko in your neck of the woods?
EXCELLENT
WONDERFUL
UNBELIEVABLE
The guy with the 'fro kind of looks like how I did for a while...
Posted by: wildarmsheero | September 08, 2008 at 03:52 PM
Funny, but I know that Japanese gamers only get excited about four things: ninjas, Giant fighting robots, monster hunting, and playfully undressing underage schoolgirls. Combinations of any of these elements work well, too. Go Japan!
Posted by: | September 09, 2008 at 06:47 AM
I give it 9, no make that 7, months before someone is spotted cosplaying one of these characters at a US con.
Posted by: Gilles Poitras | September 09, 2008 at 07:59 AM
that's longer than I'd give it, Gilles - a few weeks, tops. *looks around for blue wig and band aids*
Posted by: Ralph | September 09, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Import-Exchange program
Obscure western developed games for obscure Japanese developed games and vice-versa
Anyone in Japan want a copy of Psychonauts?
Posted by: Tatsujin | September 11, 2008 at 09:04 PM