8/9/2023 0 Comments Japanese gameshow kidnapped![]() ![]() That way they would feel ashamed of their actions, you know? It was easy for me to get a arcade cabinet cheaply, so I bought one from a distributor. And I told them that one of their employees would be next. I dropped it in front of their offices, smashed it. Nanashi, while describing the story, mentioned how he managed to deal with the Yakuza to show he was serious: The only companies that have been able to do business while staying clean are probably Nintendo and Namco. Because of that, the underworld gets involved. So they’re managed under the same laws that regulate the adult, or “pink”, industry. In legal terms, they’re covered under laws regarding the entertainment and amusement trades. So amusement-oriented industries inevitably become infested with evil companies and ties to the underworld. In Japan, you have these evil companies that always crop up, and unlike the West, in Japan there’s a perception that “play” is bad, the opposite of hard work. What does the Yakuza have to do with the Japanese arcade industry? Nanashi explains this and the culture behind it: They did it to make me stop cooperating with Nintendo. ![]() The developer, operating under a pseudonym (Hideo Nanashi), discussed the event alongside discussion of cancelled titles and politics of companies. ![]() According to NintendoLife, in the newly published exposé about the untold history of Japan’s gaming industry author John Szczepaniak delves into an interview regaling how a developer’s sister was kidnapped to prevent him working with Nintendo. Every once and a while you see a story that stops you dead in your tracks - this is one of those cases. ![]()
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