A controller dangling off the front of an arcade cabinet? What a flimflam! Like a Toys R Us demo booth with a coinslot.
Pokken tries to get away with it by adding some pokeball styling on the cab and a cool looking joypad. Do they think I'm stupid?
Wait – the controller lights up? OK, I'm in.
Photographer and writer covering Tokyo arcade life – the videogames, the metropolis and the people
The magic and disgrace of Japanese games all in one cabinet.
Caterpillar tracks, Tupperware-grade munitions, thundering tactile feedback. Which toylike kids’ Wii U game would you expect to have an arcade cabinet like this?
Wonderland Wars is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena that lives in Japanese arcades. Japanese gamers recognise and dig the MOBA but the Wikipedia list of MOBAs page is totally different in Japanese and English.
What are all those card readers for on Japanese arcade cabinets? Here’s a quick guide.
Pokemon means pocket monsters. Tekken means iron fist. Therefore: Pokken means pocket fist. Named for the scooping of hundredyens – or the skulking home in the cold.
