
From shops where the staff are literally drunk monkeys, to restaurants where the chefs are literally cats and the food is served by robots who fart neon food froth into your face, there's nowhere quite like it. Here are six arcade games that demonstrate just how "different" Japan can be.
What do you do with said lobster in the event that you manage to win one? Whatever you want. Release it into the sea. Keep it as a pet. Eat it. Or - if you're really into your crustacean cruelty - you could just drop it out of a window.
As much anger-release valve as arcade game, Cho Cabudai Gaeshi features a table controller, which can be used to flip tables - and table-like objects - across a variety of settings (family dining table, school desk, and corpse-inhabited casket at a funeral). The further you flip, the higher your score. Be warned: try this at your next family gathering, and the only thing you'll be awarded is black sheep status. Face it; it's been coming a while.
Spanking or kancho-ing the buttocks nets you points - and for added entertainment, you can choose from a selection of anuses to poke; including ex-girlfriend or boyfriend, mother-in-law, gangster, or 'child molester'. Score particularly well, and the game dispenses a small, plastic trophy in the shape of a poo. We have honestly not made up a single word of this.
The novel controller works exactly as you might expect - whip it away smoothly enough, and you'll get points for everything you don't break (not including hearts).
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