“It’s always funny until someone gets hurt, and then it’s just hilarious.”
Those crazy Japanese, what were they thinking?
Arm Spirit, by Atlus Co., is currently suffering a recall over in Japan. The crazy arm wrestling game (shown right) apparently is breaking arms of its opponents. Chalk one up for the engineering team on this one, folks. This is definitely a case of over design meets mental midget. The machine’s rubber hand is proving too much for the overzealous types over there. Or maybe it’s that pink barrel. I mean who wants to lose to a rubber hand over a pink barrel? Hey guys, don’t let a little old thing like a broken arm get you down. Seriously, your crazy antics make such great YouTube material. Keep up the fight! You shall have your revenge!
All 150 units are being recalled due to 3 reported cases of arm fractures. When questioned, Spokeswoman Ayano Sakiyama had this to say:
“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…”
Zing! As our fearless leader, Ron, would say “Those nubs!”. They should have just stuck a sign on there saying “nubs (and elderly) need not apply”.
*cues Over The Top victory song*
You can totally blame GamersReports and endgadget for this one.
3 Comments to Arm Spirit Breaks Arms
by: Daniel
On August 21, 2007 at 5:32 pm
You gotta love that quote:
“The machine isn’t that strong, much less so than a muscular man. Even women should be able to beat it…”
Oh yea, that’ll make me feel better. Not only do I have a broken arm, but now I’ll be teased because according to them, a woman should be able to beat it.
by: Andrew
On August 21, 2007 at 8:22 pm
“chock it up” should be “chalk it up”
by: Steve
On August 21, 2007 at 8:40 pm
@Andrew
Duh. Thanks. Corrected.