Wierd Game Monday #1 Cho aniki

Ok, got the picture? Good. I'm going to go through a few of the games in the series, both for the sake of knowledge and for the sake of hilarity.


A brief overview: Cho Aniki started as a series in Japan in 1992 releasing on the PC-Engine system (thats turbografix for you red-blooded Americans). Cho Aniki roughly translates to "Super Big Brothers" and in Japan these games are examples of baka-ge, a type of kuso-ge. "Bake-ge" literally means idiot game and "Kuso-ge" translates to either shit game or crappy game. Most of the series' games are side scroller shooters like Gradius or R-Type. Baka-ge's appeal lies in its campness. Indisputably, the game's aesthetic sense — semi-nude men in suggestive homo erotic poses — is a unique one, certainly a quality that has given the series a cult popularity among Western gamers. Though the graphics are more risqué than pornographic, the series references homosexuality and gay sex more directly and more often than perhaps any other video game series in history.

The Story involves two strapping men who fly sideways and shoot "protein" at enemies. yes protein, not semen. OK OK! So it is semen! One of the highlights of the first game is a hugs boss that is nothing but a giant ear of corn with a penis. You think I am making this shit up, believe me... i am not.

The game that is featured in broken pixels is called Chō Aniki: Kyūkyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyō Otoko, which translates to "The Ultimate, Invincible, Most Galactically Powerful Man.". It is the 3rd game in the series and it is a fighting game. here are some of the characters you can fight as...

* Idaten, a warrior with long spiked hair who uses a variety of attacks with his body
* Benten, who in this game is flanked by two cherubs who can transform into mini-hunks
* Samson/Adon, attacks by gyrating and flatulating.
* Sabu, a pagoda-shaped ship with an Elvis Presley-looking figurehead
* Mami 19, a strange amalgam of a cute girl and a battleship transporting three naked, frolicking men
* Adam, a naked man riding in half a moon. He is intended to resemble Adam from the The Creation of Adam portion of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel.
* Uminin, an odd latex creature that resembles a condom

So there you have it! what more could you ask for? i think nothing. Ok well next week there will be another wierd game, look forward with eager anticipation!