Five Freakiest Games At The Tokyo Game Show (Complex Magazine)
The peaceful island of Japan, home of sushi, samurai and anime porn, has produced some of the world’s greatest video games. Many, however, are too weird even for American tastes. We scoured the annual Tokyo Game Show to find the five freakiest. - Damon Brown
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Simple Concert Evio (Tomy - PS2)
Freak Meter: 3 out of 5
Plot: Learn to play the violin with real classical music
Coming To America: If only to rescue troubled inner-city youth from a life of crime. Save the music, dammit!
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Choaniki: Legend of Holy Protein (Masuya - PS2)
Freak Meter: 5 out of 5
Plot: Two oiled bodybuilders fly through space popping “energy” at foes, kind of like the old-school shooter series Gradius. With naked men.
Coming To America: Negative. What do you think they mean by protein?
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Inufuku (Konami - PS2)
Freak Meter: 5 out of 5
Plot: Get a cross-dressing, weight-challenged hamster through different mini-games including, ahem, “meeting” anime women.
Coming To America: The gay protein game (above) has a better chance of making it here.
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Taiko Drum Master (Namco - PS2)
Freak Meter: 2 out of 5
Plot: Hit a real drum in time to the game music. More addictive than Truth Hurts.
Coming To America: Perhaps, since beat games are currently the shit here.
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Singing Bear (Sony - PS2)
Freak Meter: 5 out of 5
Plot: A polar bear writes in his diary, then sings karaoke in different costumes including a samurai, a Mozart wig and a “fey” policeman
Coming To America: An igloo’s chance in Hell.