Mosquito Game Stocked In Japanese Drug Stores

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a Reuters/Yahoo story indicating that Sony is teaming up with an insect bite anti-itching product to offer a mosquito-themed videogame at your local Japanese pharmacist. According to the article, "The software, titled, 'Ka (mosquito) 2,' will be available at Kokumin Co. drugstores, marking the first time for video game software to be sold at drugstores, SCE officials said." This game is the sequel to the odd Mister Mosquito for Playstation 2, published in the West by Fresh Games, where the player controls a mosquito as it buzzes around a room and attempts to bite people.

Comments

Surely "Ka 2"...

[Airwall]

..is a type of very small Ford automobile?

Re:Surely "Ka 2"...

[gearheadsmp]

Is that proportional to the lifespan of most Ford automobiles?

To make the Mosquito game more challenging...

[HardcoreGamer]

... can the mosquitoes infect you with the West Nile Virus? ;)

Think fast:

[lightspawn]

What's wrong with the name "Mister Mosquito" for a game about a mosquito buzzing around a room and attempting to bite people?

Re:Think fast:

[Anonymous Coward]

Heh, I said the same thing when I first heard of it (well before Eidos' Fresh Games decided to pick it up), so I know the feeling. ;)

Its actually a very fun game, in that quirky Japanese way. While I doubt its worth the $40 or so it came out as for most gamers, its a great bargain at the ~$10 you can find it at most places like EB.

I'm quite surprised it was ported to the US, but quite pleased as well. Hopefully the sequel will make an apperance here.

Those in the US who liked it should also check out titles like Mad Maestro (also published in the US by Fresh Games) and Incredible Crisis (PSX).

Re:Think fast:

[mowph]

Sure, we know that only female mosquitoes can bite. This sort of elementary-school knowledge is easily suspended, compared to the storytelling requirement of having an anonymous male lead in a Japanese game that has most of its scenes in either the bedroom or bathroom?

It's not too strange to see video games making a break into Japanese drugstores, they've been in convenience stores for years now.

Multiplayer?

[jonadab]

Can we have this as multiplayer, where some players get to be the
mosquitos and others get to be people? Can we have weapons, like
swatters, zappers, netting, and deet?

*slap*

[qwak]

need a mod for this where you find bites on your body and apply ointment to them... still working on treating the mass of bites i got earlier today.

That game was lots of fun!

[Tighe_L]

I have the first game, and I really enjoyed it, I just wish it was longer, and that the final boss wasn't so impossable (I finally did beat it).

It is also the second game that I know of that uses the L3 And R3 buttons. For those of you who don't know L3 and R3 are when you press in the analog stick on a Dual Shock controller. I bet you didn't even know those buttons existed huh?

The only other game that used it was Metal Gear Solid 2. You could press in the stick to zoom in on the characters faces while on the codec screen.

Re:That game was lots of fun!

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe you should play more games. Many o' games use the R3+L3 buttons; Nba Street 2, Socom, Madden 2003, and a bunch of others. It's a good use for another button, except for games were you tend to spaz out with the controller and accidentally press them.

Re:That game was lots of fun!

[Anonymous Coward]

NBA street volume2 at least, uses the l3. A couple different games use the l3/r3 as alternates for other buttons (usually shoulder buttons)

I'd hardly blame people for not using it normally tho. It's hard to use the stick AND press the "button" without screwing up. Works good in NBA street, don't think it would work so well in a lot other games

Advance Reviews are published...

[JasonMaggini]

and there is considerable buzz about the game.

Re:Advance Reviews are published...

[Anonymous Coward]

*da boom ching!*

L3 & R3

[Tighe_L]

Any other games that use L3 & R3?

I not big into sports games, and I already have Socom for my PC.

Re:L3 & R3

[Dsal]

The GTA series uses those buttons too.

Actually, I think the first game to use L3/R3 was Ape Escape for the PS1. It was the first PSX game to actually require the Dual Shock

Hang on a sec

[Atario]

will be available at Kokumin Co. drugstores, marking the first time for video game software to be sold at drugstores

Are you kidding? I bought Missile Command and Space Invaders cartridges for the Atari 8-bits at a Longs Drugs in the mid-'80s -- and they were old games on clearance from the videogame bust by then!

Re:Hang on a sec

[mink]

an this was in japan?