Things that make you laugh in imports

[MrSmiley381]

Well, this could technically go into the import forum, but this applies just as much to most of you guys, I'm sure. Have you ever played an import game and seen something you would NEVER see in a U.S. game, at least for its time? Or could you not read a language (Japanese, mainly) but despite the language barrier, made you laugh? I mean, there are some moments that language barriers can't stop.

My favorite moment is from Devil Summoner. Basically, you die, and wake up in another dead guy's body. When you wake up, there's a doctor and nurse. My god, I have never seen so many exclamation points in one text box. From what I could tell, the doctor and nurse were FREAKING OUT. Severely. And, actually, the doctor ran out first. The nurse follows. If you go into the room where they ran off to, there's a portrait of just how freaked out the doctor is, with the best drawn fear expression ever.

Well, that's my $0.02. If nobody else has stuff that meets this criteria, no surprise. Just make it a funny moment thread.

*Sigh* I try to make nice threads...

[attilathehun]

I have playing fighting vipers where you can fight pepsi man and blown up panda bear.

Never played this one but it for the playstation and turbo cd. It's a gay game where you bounce around with some guys head up yer butt. The boss spanks his monkey and shoots cum at you.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/5662/choanikiprotein10oq.jpg

[Push Upstairs]

I thought the whole idea behind "Love Ping Pong" was overly absurd.

Attractive game babes and various outfits...with that widly popular ping pong sport! LOL

Then i saw the description for that game where you attack a giant bikini-clad woman with various planes and tanks and such.

Utterly hilarious. LOL LOL LOL

[Ed Oscuro]

Sky Adventure, on MAME...by Alpha. Look it up...

I believe I saw two people say "UHU" by the end of the second mission...and one was the bad guy. Is that cool or what?

Also, the ridiculous cannon shots your plan can be outfitted with.

I also played Last Resort a bit, saw a bit of SNK-glish that's new to me from the "how to play" screen...I'll leave that one as a surprise (hint: it's related to powering up a shot).

[Skyway_Recreation]

ore no ryuri "i am the chef"for PS, omg, this game is off the chain! i only ever had a demo, if anyone has this let me know! but anyway, i decide to play two player and they have contests in the kitchen were you do tasks and have to score a cetain amount, or out score your opponent, one of the games was SMASHING ROACHES! you used the left analog stick to move your foot, and the right analog stick to stomp the shit outta the roaches! man that made me laugh, and if you play through the game demo, random shit liek that happens too, like people skip their check and you gotta run after them! man it's really a great game!

[Aussie2B]

Never played this one but it for the playstation and turbo cd. It's a gay game where you bounce around with some guys head up yer butt. The boss spanks his monkey and shoots cum at you.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/5662/choanikiprotein10oq.jpg

I don't know what the hell you're talking about, as NONE of those things happen in Cho Aniki games. And, no, they're not gay games. There are a lot of funny innuendos, but nothing gay actually happens in them, nor are they marketed towards gay people. They're supposed to be wacky, not gay.

And the PC Engine, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2 games are all entirely different. The only multi-platform game in the series is the PlayStation/Saturn game.

[Haoie]

That so much of it is still in english [especially for those non text heavy titles, like Einhander].

[attilathehun]

Never played this one but it for the playstation and turbo cd. It's a gay game where you bounce around with some guys head up yer butt. The boss spanks his monkey and shoots cum at you.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/5662/choanikiprotein10oq.jpg

I don't know what the hell you're talking about, as NONE of those things happen in Cho Aniki games. And, no, they're not gay games. There are a lot of funny innuendos, but nothing gay actually happens in them, nor are they marketed towards gay people. They're supposed to be wacky, not gay.

And the PC Engine, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2 games are all entirely different. The only multi-platform game in the series is the PlayStation/Saturn game.This is totally gay.
This guy is obviously wearing a trafficone on his head, which serves no other purpose than as a giant butt plug. As you can see the man above him is getting ready to squat on top of his head for a homosexual pogo ride.
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8495/aichoaniki50uo.gif

[CreamSoda]

LMFAO! That could possibly be the best screen shot I've ever seen! LOL

No, I'm not gay. ...Not that theres anything wrong with that!

[Aussie2B]

This is totally gay.
This guy is obviously wearing a trafficone on his head, which serves no other purpose than as a giant butt plug. As you can see the man above him is getting ready to squat on top of his head for a homosexual pogo ride.
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8495/aichoaniki50uo.gif

Maybe the fact that you're reading so much into it says something about yourself. You're the one seeing butt plugs out of traffic cones. I see a bodybuilder posing with traffic warnings as clothing. The only reason they repeated the sprite is to block off your path. Sure, they're goofy looking and there's a degree to innuendo to it in order for it to be funny, but that's it. If the men were replaced with women in bikinis, would you be freaking out about that and calling it a hentai game? There's no sex going on in Cho Aniki, neither straight or gay, and that's the bottom line. Maybe you should actually try PLAYING the games.

[attilathehun]

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8495/aichoaniki50uo.gif

Maybe the fact that you're reading so much into it says something about yourself. You're the one seeing butt plugs out of traffic cones. I see a bodybuilder posing with traffic warnings as clothing. The only reason they repeated the sprite is to block off your path. Sure, they're goofy looking and there's a degree to innuendo to it in order for it to be funny, but that's it. If the men were replaced with women in bikinis, would you be freaking out about that and calling it a hentai game? There's no sex going on in Cho Aniki, neither straight or gay, and that's the bottom line. Maybe you should actually try PLAYING the games.[/quote]Why have you actually played this game before? If so, it saying something about you. LOL

I don't know about you, but this sure looks gay to me.


http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/9886/aichoaniki89uv.gif

I will agree with you that it appears to be a funny game. Those are totally gay inuendos! You can not get around it, so I do not understand why you even bother going off in intagentants defending this gay game to begin with?

[Aussie2B]

Why have you actually played this game before? If so, it saying something about you. LOL

I don't know about you, but this sure looks gay to me.

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/9886/aichoaniki89uv.gif

I will agree with you that it appears to be a funny game. Those are totally gay inuendos! You can not get around it, so I do not understand why you even bother going off in intagentants defending this gay game to begin with?

I've played several of the Cho Aniki games. What does that say about me? That I'm gay? That doesn't really work considering I'm a woman. And I sure as hell don't find anything going on in the games sexy (and I can't imagine any gay men would either). The vast majority of people who enjoy the series are straight men. They like them because they're good shooters and because they're funny.

I hope you realize that the picture you just posted was edited to include that text. As for the pose, the two characters are brothers, and they're both bodybuilders. They train and wrestle together. Yes, the picture is supposed to raise eyebrows, but when you get into the story of the game, nothing is going on. It's not like they have some gay, incest relationship. :/

I'm defending the games because 1) they're very good games, and 2) you have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to them. All this stuff that you claim takes place in the games NEVER happens. No boss ever masturbates and ejaculates at you, no heads go up any asses, etc. Like I said, there are NO sexual actions of any kind taking place in the games, so suggesting that they are literally "gay games" is a misrepresentation of a wacky series that simply uses innuendos for comedy. REAL gay games would be those Japanese PC all-male yaoi dating games (which happen to be mostly played by women, but that's besides the point).

[blue lander]

I've never heard of anybody having problems with the Cho Aniki games being called homoerotic or gay. Clearly the game isn't just generically "wacky", the wackiness is obviously based around men doing sexual things to other men.

[attilathehun]

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/9886/aichoaniki89uv.gif


I've played several of the Cho Aniki games. What does that say about me? That I'm gay? That doesn't really work considering I'm a woman. And I sure as hell don't find anything going on in the games sexy (and I can't imagine any gay men would either). The vast majority of people who enjoy the series are straight men. They like them because they're good shooters and because they're funny.

I hope you realize that the picture you just posted was edited to include that text. As for the pose, the two characters are brothers, and they're both bodybuilders. They train and wrestle together. Yes, the picture is supposed to raise eyebrows, but when you get into the story of the game, nothing is going on. It's not like they have some gay, incest relationship. :/

I'm defending the games because 1) they're very good games, and 2) you have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to them. All this stuff that you claim takes place in the games NEVER happens. No boss ever masturbates and ejaculates at you, no heads go up any asses, etc. Like I said, there are NO sexual actions of any kind taking place in the games, so suggesting that they are literally "gay games" is a misrepresentation of a wacky series that simply uses innuendos for comedy. REAL gay games would be those Japanese PC all-male yaoi dating games (which happen to be mostly played by women, but that's besides the point).
No shit sherlock ofcourse the text was added in. As the the cliches go "Every Picture Tells A Story" "A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words". And that one says it all.

What it says about you playing the game and being so defensive about it.
Is that you are a fag hag. LOL Now I learned that term from watching "Will & Grace" so if you have a problem with that word I suggest you take it up with NBC and the creators of that totally whacky Gay show ok?

Notice where the boss is firing firing his lower adominal area? That's why I previously stated that jerking off from. The game translation is holy protein. Come on do the math. LOL

Even Game Informer claimed it was a totally gay game, or was it EGM?

http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/7487/choanikipsx55jf.jpg

[Fighter17]

Don't forget Sexy Parodius:

http://mo5.com/gamepatria/images/saturn/sexy/ouf.jpg

From the intro. ;)

[Aussie2B]

But they DON'T do any sexual things. That's the whole point. Generally, from what I've seen, they are only called "gay" or "homoerotic" by people who aren't very familiar with the series and have likely never played any of the games. All of the people I know who are big fans of the series will freely admit that the games are loaded with innuendos, but will NEVER called them "gay" or "homoerotic" because it just doesn't fit. It reallys gives the games a bad rap because when somebody hears that the games are "gay" they instantly decide that they will never play the games, just as someone may refuse to play a hentai game. They don't want to play a game with sex in it, but the truth is that Cho Aniki contains none. As far as I'm concerned it's safe for pretty much anyone to play. Heck, my boyfriend and I play Cho Aniki games in front of his 10-year-old sister. She just thinks they're weird and laughs at them. I think it's a hell of a lot more safe for her to view that than to let her play Resident Evil or San Andreas like some parents allow.

"Homoerotic" is an even greater misrepresentation of the games than calling them "gay". There's certainly nothing "erotic" about them. I'd question anyone, male or female, that actually found anything in the Cho Aniki games as a turn on. O_o It's far too bizarre to be sexy.

[Aussie2B]

What it says about you playing the game and being so defensive about it.
Is that you are a fag hag. LOL Now I learned that term from watching "Will & Grace" so if you have a problem with that word I suggest you take it up with NBC and the creators of that totally whacky Gay show ok?

Meh, Will & Grace is a crappy show. I've never seen more than 2 minutes of it. I don't know what the hell that's supposed to mean, but I'm not obsessed with gay men if that's what you're getting at. I just know a good game when I play it.


Notice where the boss is firing firing his lower adominal area? That's why I previously stated that jerking off from. The game translation is holy protein. Come on do the math. LOL

Even Game Informer claimed it was a totally gay game, or was it EGM?

Cho Aniki simply means "Super Big Brother", in regards to the main characters being brothers. The PS2 game's subtitle translates to "Legend of the Holy Protein", which is in reference to a magical ball of holy protein that can give someone the ultimate physique. Adon and Samson (the brothers) escort it to wherever it wanted to go in order to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. It's actually a living thing that moves and talks on its own, so it has nothing to do with the bosses (in fact, it's what's FIGHTING the bosses) or ejaculation. It's all just innuendo.

I OWN the game, and have played it from beginning to end. Yes, some bullets do come from the crotch region of bosses, but there is certainly no masturbating taking place. Bullets come from everything in that game. When they come from an ass would you call it poop? When a female boss shakes bullets out of her breasts is that supposed to be milk? When they come out of a boss's mouth is that supposed to be spit? No, they're just bullets that are coming out of amusing places. Most of the bullets come out of nothing in particular. If you REALLY want to talk about ejaculation innuendo, you'd bring up the Men's Beam.

And do you honestly believe Game Informer is a respectable magazine? ;) I bet they'd call Tokimeki Memorial a hentai game.

[blue lander]

I've played quite a bit of Cho Aniki on the PC Engine (it's actually a sub-par shooter, but so weird it's entertaining), and here's my impression: It's gay. Lots of naked muscle men holding eachother. And glitter.

[attilathehun]

All of the people I know who are big fans of the series will freely admit that the games are loaded with innuendos, but will NEVER called them "gay" or "homoerotic" because it just doesn't fit. It reallys gives the games a bad rap because when somebody hears that the games are "gay" they instantly decide that they will never play the games, just as someone may refuse to play a hentai game.

"Homoerotic" is an even greater misrepresentation of the games than calling them "gay". There's certainly nothing "erotic" about them. I'd question anyone, male or female, that actually found anything in the Cho Aniki games as a turn on. O_o It's far too bizarre to be sexy.A game with alot of oiled up muscle guys in g strings is gay gay gay gay gay . A game with homosexual uendos is gay.

I don't have a problem if you and your boyfriend enjoy playing gay games.
Please quit being so defensive about it.

The boss attacks is extremely symbolic of spanking the monkey and shooting the load. There is no way for you to get around that.

The next thing you are going to tell me is that Michael Jackson is not gay cause he was married to Lisa Marie Presley. LOL

[devilman]

ore no ryuri "i am the chef"for PS, omg, this game is off the chain! i only ever had a demo, if anyone has this let me know! but anyway, i decide to play two player and they have contests in the kitchen were you do tasks and have to score a cetain amount, or out score your opponent, one of the games was SMASHING ROACHES! you used the left analog stick to move your foot, and the right analog stick to stomp the shit outta the roaches! man that made me laugh, and if you play through the game demo, random shit liek that happens too, like people skip their check and you gotta run after them! man it's really a great game!

I did a few screengrabs of that game a little while back (http://www.consolemad.com/main/screens--Playstation_Screenshots--Ore_No_Ryouri.html). Certainly an odd one though! :)

[blue lander]

I think I get the misunderstanding here. Cho Aniki games obviously aren't supposed to be gay porn, it's not us straight people think gays play them and get off on it. It's supposed to be funny, but it also clearly contains nothing but gay themes. I know the games appeal to people who appreciate Japanese weirdness, but I'd imagine they also appeal to people who like seeing oiled up men hump eachother.

[Ed Oscuro]

the wackiness is obviously based around men doing sexual things to other men.
This isn't a porn game. They aren't actually doing sexual things to each other; it's all suggested, not actual. Edit: beat me to it. Still, better language...always a good thing! :P

While I'm not in any rush to play the games, what I've seen has been far more tolerable than certain absolutely disgusting H-games that've come out over the years - games which, I should note, are oriented towards a heterosexual male audience. I would say that being in the majority means you can get away with more, but despite being male I don't really care for them.

I might be wrong, but I'm guessing the industry breaks down like this:

"Dating games" and other relatively tame games about relationships - a relatively large market share
Porn games - subculture.
Cho Aniki - a bit of a phenomenon all by itself. The tradition of humorous games is shared with titles like Toilet Kids (http://gameads.gamepressure.com/tv_game_commercial.asp?ID=2523), Kato Chan & Ken Chan, maybe Pu-Ri-Lu-La, and I don't know what else. I don't believe that games that make random-seeming humor a selling point of the game are as widely sold as these other vague categories I've outlined, though.

[attilathehun]

Well if you prefer gay games over heterosexual games. That's your porogative. I mean I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with it. You can't change who you are. :evil:

[MrSmiley381]

Dear everyone,

Great job de-railing the thread. Everybody's arguinf about gayness now.

CHO ANIKI IS FUNNY. END OF STORY.

Now, if nobody has something funny they've found in an import, maybe this thread would be better off dying. If there are more Cho Aniki screenshots that aren't edited or accompanied by a biased comment, those are still OK, right?

Or keep de-railing.

[Hep038]

I played this game once, but I cannot remember the name. All I know was, it made me laugh like hell and it was not GAY! Here is a screen shot.

http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/ambiguously-gay-duo/888.jpg LOL

[Ed Oscuro]

Or keep de-railing.
It happens. People have those topics that they like to discuss. For my part, it feels like a one sided conversation (i.e. I post something, which is ignored), so...I can't really defend that.

I also wonder if this wouldn't have been more appropriate for...hmm...the Import forum, if you were interested in humorous import games? Just throwing that out there.

For my part, I always smile at those especially puffy mid-90s arcade games with symphonic music that added a lot of pomp and circumstance to simple classics (Arkkanvader, Parodius come to mind). Love them dearly, though!

[attilathehun]

I played this game once, but I cannot remember the name. All I know was, it made me laugh like hell and it was not GAY! Here is a screen shot.

http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/ambiguously-gay-duo/888.jpg LOLDude that's totally gay.

[MrSmiley381]

Well, it's the Ambiguously Gay Duo.

I mentioned it could've been put in the import forum, but that place doesn't seem to get nearly as much light as the Classic Gaming forum.

I may as well just say that Cho Aniki sure looks gay to me, but it's all just funny factor.

[ClassicGameTrader]

When I first clicked on this post, I thought I would post about how Samurai Showdown on the Saturn says VICTOLY!!! Or mention some of the engrish in other games.


Maybe somebody could read this book to determine if Cho-Aniki is gay.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/140530328X.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

My opinion is the reason it does not actually show "gay sex" is that it would then be not allowed by japanese parents if it ws full blown pornography. I have played several of those games and I would bet the farm they are marketed towards homosexuals.

Regardless, thats definatly one of the craziest games out of japan.

I am *NOT* a hentai fan at all, but whenever I have seen any japanese hentai game (Especially some of the really hardcore ones) I have usually laughed my ass off. Picture the sex scene at the end of scary movie in anime.

[attilathehun]

Well, it's the Ambiguously Gay Duo.

I mentioned it could've been put in the import forum, but that place doesn't seem to get nearly as much light as the Classic Gaming forum.

I may as well just say that Cho Aniki sure looks gay to me, but it's all just funny factor.Yeah I saw that cartoon on saturday night live like last year I think from tv fun house.

[Dire 51]

http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/choaniki/choaniki.htm

Gay? Not exactly. Weird? Absolutely. I agree 100% with what Kurt has to say in this article.

[Ed Oscuro]

http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/choaniki/aichoaniki-15.png
What?! How is THAT gay? That's the 1995 game, too. Unless she slips off that gown and there's...um, yeah, let's just stop that thought right there.

Anyhow.

http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/choaniki/choaniki-1.png
That looks pretty cool. I'll have to check it out. Will do for the first two games.

[hydr0x]

http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/choaniki/aichoaniki-15.png
What?! How is THAT gay? That's the 1995 game, too. Unless she slips off that gown and there's...um, yeah, let's just stop that thought right there.


that's absolutely a GUY!!

[Ed Oscuro]

http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/choaniki/aichoaniki-15.png
What?! How is THAT gay? That's the 1995 game, too. Unless she slips off that gown and there's...um, yeah, let's just stop that thought right there.


that's absolutely a GUY!!
Thus, totally gay!

Yeah, I don't think we can blame it on the PC-E palette this time...

[Hep038]

Dude that's totally gay.

Dude that is not gay. They are just teaming up to double their powers. If that is gay then Voltron must be gay. Wait a min..........NOOOOOOOOOOO!


http://lplionclub.tripod.com/Lions/allura2.jpg

LOL

[attilathehun]

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/1448/chops52rn.jpg

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8293/chops2intro3a3ui.jpg

Ok that's final! Anybody that claims this whacky import aint gay is either in the closet or is suffering from demensia, down syndrom or in complete denial!

[Ed Oscuro]

Just one question, Atilla...did you notice that those screens come from two games? I've no need to justify myself, but the two PC-Engine titles I linked the site's pics of are pretty much totally different. The first pic is from the PSOne shooter, basically dissed as an unplayable mess, and the second looks like the Super Famicom game (which is apparently very playable).

[Aussie2B]

http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/choaniki/choaniki.htm

Gay? Not exactly. Weird? Absolutely. I agree 100% with what Kurt has to say in this article.

Exactly. Kurt knows what he's talking about when it comes to Cho Aniki, and he understands imports as a whole. Same goes for Zigfried, who has written what I consider the best reviews on Cho Aniki games - reviews that actually understand the comedy of the games and the purpose of their design. As I said previously, anybody who has played the Cho Aniki games at any degree of length will NEVER call them "gay games". The fans will all freely admit that the comedy of the series is based on gay innuendos, but that does NOT equal "gay game". A true gay game would have actual gay content in the story or imagery, like a yaoi dating sim (AKA a hentai game but with men, for those who don't know the term "yaoi"). Innuendos are all just in the imagination, even if the ones in Cho Aniki are spelled out pretty strong for you.

There's a reason why in Japan nobody thinks twice about the Cho Aniki games but in the US we will NEVER get a release of them and gamers freak out just at the sight of them. Americans are way more close-minded about this kind of humor. To the Japanese, it's just a really weird, really funny, really f'ed series, at Kurt put it. In fact, the soundtracks to the games (which are just as strange) have been the best-selling video game soundtracks ever, topping the pop charts and selling to lots of people who never even played the games. The soundtracks are covered in pictures of the Cho Aniki characters, yet nobody cares or is bothered by it. They just think "Yeah, I like this music. It's weird and so is the album art" instead of freaking out like "OMG! This is so gay! I see jerking off guys even when they aren't really there!"

By the way, that IS a woman. The game's plot revolves around bodybuilding, so that's why she's more muscular than the typical anime chick. I don't see anything wrong with that. I don't think a little muscle suddenly makes a woman ugly and manly. I think it's a pretty sexy picture. One of the few images in Cho Aniki that is sexy, ironically.


I have played several of those games and I would bet the farm they are marketed towards homosexuals.

And you'd lose your farm... If you look at the fanbase, both Japanese and foreign, there are VERY few actual gay people buying the games. Those that would buy it I imagine would be disappointed because it's neither sexy nor portraying gays in a respectful way (not that it's necessarily disrespectful, but you'd have to ask an actual gay person about that, not me). The main audience for the games is by far hardcore shmup fans. They're good games and quite challenging, so they're good buys for anyone wanting a good shooter. Then there's a smaller group that includes myself who aren't diehard shooter fans (I like them, but I'm still a casual fan, pretty much) but enjoy the wackiness of the series. I love showing the games to my friends and seeing the weird looks they make, and then we'll pop it in and laugh our asses off.

[attilathehun]

Just one question, Atilla...did you notice that those screens come from two games? I've no need to justify myself, but the two PC-Engine titles I linked the site's pics of are pretty much totally different. The first pic is from the PSOne shooter, basically dissed as an unplayable mess, and the second looks like the Super Famicom game (which is apparently very playable).Yeah right. Thanks for the review.

AussieWannaB come on get real. Your defense of Cho Aniki not being a gay game is totally pointless. A gay game does not mean it has to some hardcore graphical porn. Will & Grace and Ellen is and was not gay porn, but the shows is and was gay.[/img]

[Ed Oscuro]

Mr. Hun, I agree with you that the series started exploiting the "gay" aspect, but it was also supposed to be funny. I'm just saying that the earlier games were far more about being humorous in general.

[ClassicGameTrader]

And you'd lose your farm... If you look at the fanbase, both Japanese and foreign, there are VERY few actual gay people buying the games. Those that would buy it I imagine would be disappointed because it's neither sexy nor portraying gays in a respectful way (not that it's necessarily disrespectful, but you'd have to ask an actual gay person about that, not me). The main audience for the games is by far hardcore shmup fans. They're good games and quite challenging, so they're good buys for anyone wanting a good shooter. Then there's a smaller group that includes myself who aren't diehard shooter fans (I like them, but I'm still a casual fan, pretty much) but enjoy the wackiness of the series. I love showing the games to my friends and seeing the weird looks they make, and then we'll pop it in and laugh our asses off.

Most of this came from http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/gamescho.html including the text which I didn't write.

Upon closer inspection this all looks like pretty strait behavior that myself and other strait males would probably be found doing on a friday night.

I think cho aniki is hilarious, this game is definatly the funniest to come out of japan!!!

http://nfg.2y.net/games/aichoaniki/sprited.png

http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/gphcs/gameschoani.gif
http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/gphcs/gameschomami.gif
Mami 19 is, as you can see, a pink aircraft with three small dancing men on deck. Naked men. This, my friend, is the Gay Boat. These guys sometimes form a triangle to attack upwards, so they're apparently cheerleaders. From time to time, Mami chucks one of the gay men at her opponent, which... well, it doesn't make sense.
http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/gphcs/gamescholev2.gif
Oh dear god. One regular-sized and three miniature homos battling it out in a field of daisies with a bunch of giant male fairies hanging around in the background wearing purple g-strings.

http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/gphcs/gameschoani2.gif
http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/gphcs/gameschoadam.gif
Adam is a naked guy in a bathtub. I found this pretty disturbing, and my first impression certainly didn't change when I waded through my screenshots and found something that had eluded my eyes while I was playing: he's not alone in there. Also, he has a giant phallic cannon. Did I mention he's a naked guy in a flying bathtub?

http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/gphcs/gamescholev4.gif
Oh yes, I'd almost forgotten the Temple of Gay Pleasure. In the background you can see small lesbian statues, and right behind the players are mysterious semi-transparent purple men wearing loincloths. They're constantly thrusting up and down, but since I can't move further down than you can see at the screenshot, I'll never know what they're up to. That's a good thing. Again, I have nothing against homosexuals. It just strikes me as weird when Nintendo won't allow blood in their games, but endorse gay softcore as entertainment for eight-year-olds.

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The man train. Male locomotives linked together in an endless chain, only separated by carts of fruit

[Aussie2B]

I've seen that article before, and I've never liked it much. I get the distinct feeling that the author just spent a couple minutes toying around with the ROM of the Super Famicom game after hearing that it was "XTREME UBER GAY!", and then, expecting everything to be completely flaming, he went and grossly exaggerated every aspect of the game. The truth of the matter is that the Super Famicom fighter doesn't have half of the innuendos or comedy of the later released titles. Most of the characters are pretty ordinary (or at least, weird in a way completely unrelated to gay innuendos; it should also be noted that to get some of the characters to wear pink you have to use alternate colors). Most of the stages don't even have ANY gay innuendos about them. I was actually a bit disappointed with how UN-wacky the SFC game was. By the way, the person in Adam's half-moon is a woman, and the "naked" men on the boat are just bodybuilders in speedos.

Thank you for bringing up Will & Grace and Ellen, Attila, because they demonstrate my stance perfectly. Those shows are first and foremost SITCOMS, only when you dissect them further do you come to the conclusion that they are gay-themed. Their audiences clearly do not consist of only gay people, and they don't show any gay sex. Similarly, Cho Aniki is first and foremost a comedy shooter, one that upon further dissection uses gay innuendos as the main basis of its comedy. Also, like Ellen, which didn't have anything about gays until she came out of the closet, Cho Aniki didn't start off pushing the gay innuendos extremely hard. They only pushed that aspect of the game stronger as a response to make each title more wacky than the last.

[Push Upstairs]

I find this whole thing hilarious.

Between the games and the discussion its totally LOL


They took an otherwise tame game that offered nothing over any of the other bazillion shooters in the world and added a *REALLY* wacky theme to it.

[Nz17]

DDR 2nd Mix for Dreamcast has hilarious Engrish on the inside cover behind the disc. I can't remember them all off hand, but one that made me laugh was "It Feel So Good!"

Remember, "Stomp Your Best!"
...okay, I can't remember for certain if that last one was in there. :P But practically all of them were very funny to me.

[Push Upstairs]

Engrish is always funny

"WINNER IS YOU"

[Ed Oscuro]

I've seen that article before, and I've never liked it much. I get the distinct feeling that the author just spent a couple minutes toying around with the ROM of the Super Famicom game after hearing that it was "XTREME UBER GAY!", and then, expecting everything to be completely flaming, he went and grossly exaggerated every aspect of the game.
Per's a funny writer, so I guess that makes up for this shortcoming (?)

Oh, and on the "mantrain" ...those are veggies in the cart (at least it looks like it to me).

[Lord Contaminous]

Ganbare Goemon 2 (Super Famicom)

when you hit a villager and soldiers come and attack you.

Just looking at their red angry faces and listening to that music had me on the floor rolling.

[idrougge]

"Mirai" for the MSX:
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THE STORY
THE SEVEN TWO ONE COSMIC
CENTURY HUMAN LIFE KILLED
AND COMPELLED TO MOVE COSMIC
HUMAN DESTINY WAS ENTRUSTED
WITH REINBOW NEBULA
IT CONSITS OF SIX DIFFERENT
ENVIROMENTAL PLANET AND ONE
PLANET WHICH RULE ANOTHER
BUT IT HOSTILES TO US
RIDDLE SOLDIER SCAMPER
WITH TIME WHEN YOU FINED
FIVE GLIMMER ARMORED SUIT
OUR DESTINY CHANGED
TO FUTURE

[Iron Draggon]

I played this game once, but I cannot remember the name. All I know was, it made me laugh like hell and it was not GAY! Here is a screen shot.

http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/ambiguously-gay-duo/888.jpg LOL

The Ambiguously Gay Duo!

That pretty much sums up the Cho Aniki series as well.

Now c'mon folks, the "holy protein" is obviously supposed to be cum. You don't have to be gay to figure that one out.

BTW, for the record, I'm a gay man, and I've only played the SNES Cho Aniki game so far, the one that's a fighting game instead of a SHMUP like the other ones in the series.

Does it turn me on? No, or at least nowhere near as much as Final Fight does. Haggar is way more sexy than the Cho Aniki brothers, and the stage where he fights his way past the obvious tea room in the park late at night is especially filled with innuendo. But it's all so subtle in that game that only gay people see it without it being pointed out to them.

FYI for those who don't know what a tea room is, it's a men's bathroom known for being a place where men go to have sex with other men. They usually have glory holes. And if you don't know what a glory hole is, look it up in wikipedia or something. I'm not explaining that one here.

[EnzoSangiorgio]

Why have you actually played this game before? If so, it saying something about you. LOL

I don't know about you, but this sure looks gay to me.

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I will agree with you that it appears to be a funny game. Those are totally gay inuendos! You can not get around it, so I do not understand why you even bother going off in intagentants defending this gay game to begin with?

I've played several of the Cho Aniki games. What does that say about me? That I'm gay? That doesn't really work considering I'm a woman. And I sure as hell don't find anything going on in the games sexy (and I can't imagine any gay men would either). The vast majority of people who enjoy the series are straight men. They like them because they're good shooters and because they're funny.

I hope you realize that the picture you just posted was edited to include that text. As for the pose, the two characters are brothers, and they're both bodybuilders. They train and wrestle together. Yes, the picture is supposed to raise eyebrows, but when you get into the story of the game, nothing is going on. It's not like they have some gay, incest relationship. :/

I'm defending the games because 1) they're very good games, and 2) you have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to them. All this stuff that you claim takes place in the games NEVER happens. No boss ever masturbates and ejaculates at you, no heads go up any asses, etc. Like I said, there are NO sexual actions of any kind taking place in the games, so suggesting that they are literally "gay games" is a misrepresentation of a wacky series that simply uses innuendos for comedy. REAL gay games would be those Japanese PC all-male yaoi dating games (which happen to be mostly played by women, but that's besides the point).

JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!

[Ed Oscuro]

JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!
In case you didn't notice, that was written five days ago.