Neo Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 A Japanese game maker said Wednesday it would withdraw arm-wrestling machines from arcades after three players -- two of them foreigners -- broke their arms. Players would choose a strength level from 10 characters, ranging from a maid to a professional wrestler, and face off with an artificial arm on the other side of the table. A 25-year-old South Korean man broke his right arm while playing the game in Osaka, while a 19-year-old Frenchman and 24-year-old Japanese man also suffered arm fractures, the company said. Atlus, a Tokyo-based arcade game maker, said it will remove the 155 machines of the game -- called "Udedamashii," which means Arms Spirits -- which were put into service just a month ago. "We had done careful simulations on the possibility of injuries before putting it on sale, but unexpected accidents can happen with game machines when people are too excited or fail to follow instructions," a company spokeswoman said. "But I'm afraid some foreign nationals couldn't understand the instructions well as it was written only in Japanese," she said. By paying 100 yen, or just under one dollar, the player would have two battles of strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 I wonder if they have shooting galleries in Japan ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 "But I'm afraid some foreign nationals couldn't understand the instructions well as it was written only in Japanese," she said. So they have "blame it on the farang" in Japan as well? YimSiam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.