Well, there are a lot of little niches that video games can fill. Super Mario Sunshine fulfilled our inner Obsessive-Compulsive's neurotic desire to clean up giant puddles of goo. Manhunt and its sequel fulfilled our need to spill blood by murdering virtual people instead of real ones. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time fulfilled our need to punish ourselves for breathing.
So how surprised would you be if I told you there is a game whose main objective is to find witches by groping high school girls?
Okay, what if I told you it's for the Nintendo DS?
It is called Doki Doki Majo Shinpan!
Holy shit.
So basically, you're asked by an angel to find a witch in your school (or eight, apparently, including a twelve-year-old). You do this by finding a 'witch mark' through touch. According to the wikipedia article, which references amazon.com, its pre-sales in Japan were better than a Zelda game's. Respected gaming magazine NGamer gave it a resounding score of 'NO/10' in every category.
Japan doesn't exactly share the West's ideas about sexuality in media, but this is a little much.
Seriously, it's a game about sexually harassing teenage girls.
So how surprised would you be if I told you there is a game whose main objective is to find witches by groping high school girls?
Okay, what if I told you it's for the Nintendo DS?
It is called Doki Doki Majo Shinpan!
Holy shit.
So basically, you're asked by an angel to find a witch in your school (or eight, apparently, including a twelve-year-old). You do this by finding a 'witch mark' through touch. According to the wikipedia article, which references amazon.com, its pre-sales in Japan were better than a Zelda game's. Respected gaming magazine NGamer gave it a resounding score of 'NO/10' in every category.
Japan doesn't exactly share the West's ideas about sexuality in media, but this is a little much.
Seriously, it's a game about sexually harassing teenage girls.
