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Machine breaks man in Japanese game

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.


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Is there a joke I'm not getting or do you just want Schild to break an arm ?

No joke really but he does seem to me to love most things Japanese and he has most if not all "game consoles", seemed like a natural to me.

I'm curious to know how exactly those arms got broken.  It's possible (or so I'm told) to break your arm while armwrestling if your muscles can push harder than your bones can handle, but I can't envision that being all that common of a problem in arcades.

I would imagine that on the highest setting it jerks your arm to the table.

If you're not properly prepared for that, I can see you getting fractured.

That would definitely do it, but it's pretty shitty design if so.  High torque does not necessitate high velocity.

2 Japanese guys and a Frenchman...

Yeah.

Schild would only buy it if he could play it from his WiiMote.


<3

Edit: For Christ's sake, I cannot type out s-c-h-i-l-d without spelling it schlid. Fuck my stupid brain.

I'd mod it to be a handjob machine with a highscore meter.

What, the Wiimote?

There's some fairly disgusting videos on youtube and such of people suffering compound fractures whilst arm wrestling and power lifters using heavy weights (squats, bench press, etc).

It's possible.  Hell, anything is possible with the right amount of pressure and a weak spot.

Yeah, like Drink and a 'You'd do it if you loved me' line...

I deleted the post that was here about shock pictures.

Never ever fucking do that again.

I clicked it at work.

I will ban without hesitation.

You have been warned.

Oops. I forgot to put nsfw i think.


Deep, deep apologies.


Edit: I have been shamed indefinitely. *cry*

Schild would buy it, if only because it was made by Atlus.

Shrug.

Subtle.  I like it.

I don't know how many "game journalists" have almost written a piece called Atlus Shrugged.

But then realized it couldn't be written.

Yet.

I was one of them.

*phone rings at ATLUS office*

HERRO?
WHAT?  WHAT?  YOU BREAK ARM?
YOU PRAY ARCADE MACHINE AND IT BREAK YOU ARM?
WHAT?  REARRY?!
YOU READ INSTRUCTIONS?
NO?  YOU NO READ NIHONGO?
NO NO, YOU STUPID FOREIGNER!
YOU READ INSTRUCTIONS, THEN YOU NO BREAK ARM!
OK BYE!
OK BYE!
GOOD RUCK WITH SURGERY!
OK BYE!
*click*

I probably shouldn't of laughed so hard at this, but I did.