Aug 22 2007Arm Wrestling Game Breaks Arms
"Arm Spirit", a Japanese arm wrestling video game, has been responsible for breaking 3 arms during its brief release in Japan. Atlus Company (the manufacturer), which had 150 machines in arcades, backs up their game, but is pulling it as "a precaution". Spokeswoman Ayano Sakiyama says:
"The machine isn't that strong, much less so than a muscular man. Even women should be able to beat it. We think that maybe some players get overexcited and twist their arms in an unnatural way."
Now I'm not saying that the people that got their arms broken were weak or anything, but I am saying that I've played this game before. And by played this game I mean as soon as I started putting quarters in it caught fire and the robotic arm fell off. It could sense the pain coming.
Arm Wrestling Game Breaks Arms [engadget]
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Reader Comments
1. LLL - August 22, 2007 10:41 AM
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2. second - August 22, 2007 10:44 AM
second?
3. Pedro - August 22, 2007 10:45 AM
Hmm....we are talking about Japan here. They invented many types of martial arts so they don't have to be strong.
4. blpressure - August 22, 2007 11:16 AM
LMFAO! You just know they are the same fools who knocked themselves out, trashed their house and killed their pets with Nintendo Wii controllers.
5. KRiPPeR - August 22, 2007 1:13 PM
That machine should do one painfully hand job.
6. Andrewwade - August 22, 2007 1:15 PM
This game was here in America years ago, or at the very least an identical version. I played it when I was six and broke IT'S arm.
7. Joe Mamma - August 22, 2007 1:39 PM
It japanese people. Bumping into them can break their arm. They are little skinny weiners.
8. Yakashi Hochi - August 22, 2007 1:57 PM
Joe Mamma, in Japan we have saying: "You no talk if you are gay." Joe Mamma, you no talk.
9. OperationGericht - August 22, 2007 6:25 PM
Even women should be able to beat it.
Even Women Should Be Able To Beat It
EVEN WOMEN SHOULD BE ABLE TO BEAT IT
Japan rules.
10. Socrazy - August 23, 2007 12:03 AM
I dunno this looks vaguely familiar, perhaps someone switched the normal "woman beatable" arms with this http://www.geekologie.com/2007/08/rocket_fuel_powered_arm.php
11. HotDogger - August 23, 2007 7:46 AM
Wonder if I can rig this thing to rub my amazing cock. I can barely get my own hands around it. Unless your mother is still available.
12. dan - August 23, 2007 8:12 AM
I will not play with this gadget.
I like my arms to be intact :)
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13. dan - August 23, 2007 11:01 AM
I also enjoy punching myself in the groin.
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14. Zigs - August 24, 2007 10:49 AM
It's Atlus, not Atlas. It's the company that makes alot of those tiled RPGs for PS2.
15. ff - September 9, 2007 4:27 PM
ff7 gold saucer game?