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Sony's Happiness Controller Game Elevates The Joy

Posted by simoniker on from the more-weird-games dept.

Thanks to GamePro for its preview of Sony's forthcoming Japanese PlayStation 2 game, Happiness Controller. The preview explains: "The goal of Happiness Controller is to make 100 people that you control happy", and details: "Some of the types of people you need to make happy include... Happily married businessman, whose company is about to go bankrupt... A child whose father is a slob, and whose mother comes home late at night drunk... Bar club hostess, who gets paid to listen to rich Japanese businessmen talk." However, the preview ends: "Given the very Japanese nature of the 100 characters, if a North American release is planned it would likely have different characters."

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  1. What the hell is wrong with those people? by fmaxwell · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why is it that Asian products and companies have such idiotic names? "Happiness Controller"? DFI = Diamond Flower Incorporated. Lucky Goldstar? KiKi Joy USB Game Controller?

    They seem to just plop the words "joy", "happy", "golden" randomly next to other words (what the hell is a "data flower" anyway?) and assume that they have a company or product name.

    1. Re:What the hell is wrong with those people? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      not all japanese products have the words "joy" "happy" and "golden" in them....
      I mean, come on now, lets take for example my favorite japanese toy..

      http://www.engrish.com/detail.php?imagename=god- je sus.jpg&category=Toys&date=2002-10-16

    2. Re:What the hell is wrong with those people? by fatgraham · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, I prefer "e-company" "i-company" "company-corp" "companysoft" "company dot com"

      them crazy asians!

  2. Bad Translation? by fmaxwell · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is "Happiness Controller" is what you get when you translate "joystick" into Japanese and then back into English?

  3. If I know my japanese videogames by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 2, Funny

    and, I think I do...
    No matter what you try, the only way to make anyone happy is going to involve lots of dominating sex.

    --
    -- 'The' Lord and Master Bitman On High, Master Of All
  4. official american jobs thread by MORTAR_COMBAT! · · Score: 1, Funny

    what would the 100 americans be doing that needed to have their 'happiness controlled'?

    public high school english teacher with rowdy students
    president of music company struggling with business model
    day-trader whose dot-com bubble has come and gone
    porn star who just turned 40

    etc...

    --
    MORTAR COMBAT!
    1. Re:official american jobs thread by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 2, Funny
      what would the 100 americans be doing that needed to have their 'happiness controlled'?

      Happy Golden Joy Fun Election Day 2004!! Vote for Bush san to beat evil Democrats to reveal the secret power!! What is sekret power? Use happiness controller find out!