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Mosquito Game Stocked In Japanese Drug Stores

Posted by simoniker on from the buy-one-copy-every-four-hours dept.

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.

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  1. To make the Mosquito game more challenging... by HardcoreGamer · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  2. That game was lots of fun! by Tighe_L · · Score: 2, Interesting

    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.