For example, I can understand in that one minigame that you're running away from a "woman" and you need to move to avoid the kisses. But what I don't understand is why the woman looks like that. Is that actually a man? If so, why is a man dressed as a woman trying to kiss these 3 men? If not, why does that woman look like a man dressed as a woman? Is there supposed to be some joke that all the Japanese would understand in this? I don't know and that really makes the run overall less enjoyable to watch. Another example is the minigame where you have to work when the boss is looking, and play around when the other "thing" looks in on you. First of all, what is that other "thing" looking in on you? Is it supposed to be funny? I don't get it!
That is what the Japanese would call an "okama." Western humor has them too. They're called "drag queens," or perhaps, "ugly trannies". The Kaishain are running away presumably because they're straight. Having transpeople aggressively pursue obviously disinterested men is a time honored tradition in homophobic humor worldwide. Have you never on the internet heard people invoke General Akbar's "It's a trap!"? Figuring out what's going on really is, in most cases, simply a matter of common sense.
You have to be more precise when talking about the games. There are a lot of games that are just "press the indicated button as fast as possible".
You're comparing it to western humor like it's exactly the same.
I can tell what's going on in this mini-game, what I was questioning is whether or not that "woman" was actually a woman or not. If you look back at my post, I said it was either a man dressed as a woman, or an ugly woman that looks like a man dressed as a woman. From the design, it's not easy to tell. Whereas when you look at drag queens, more often than not, it's obvious.
Using the power of emulator tools to max out score though is far more interesting. (And frankly, a welcome change from the usual frame wars. I'm much more in favor of "Tool Assisted Superplays" than "Tool Assisted Speedruns."
(Come to think of it though, if there was a significantly similar run on SDA, I'd agree that this should not be published.)
So am I, which is why I don't like runs like this that are speed-oriented to the point of them being boring. It's just "Hah, I beat it before all of you guys. Now to wait and do nothing for 40 seconds" rather than making something interesting of it.
All the culture and humor aside, there are still some minigames I just don't understand. Like the one with the guy and the 3 buttons. Even if the movie description explained what was being said during this game, it still wouldn't make the minigame any more fun to watch.
I don't know, this kind of sounds like you solidifying my point.
So am I, which is why I don't like runs like this that are speed-oriented to the point of them being boring. It's just "Hah, I beat it before all of you guys. Now to wait and do nothing for 40 seconds" rather than making something interesting of it.
The thing I want to know is, what are all the labels on the staircase they climb/get knocked down after each minigame? I imagine they get pretty grotesque for the CPUs after awhile...
[/URL]The thing I want to know is, what are all the labels on the staircase they climb/get knocked down after each minigame? I imagine they get pretty grotesque for the CPUs after awhile...
