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Yoshinoya Beef Bowl Simulator Thrills For PS2

Posted by simoniker on from the yummy-in-yr-tummy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to a hands-on account of Success' Japanese PS2 title Yoshinoya over at GameSpot, the game, based on the popular Japanese/U.S. restaurant chain, 'is quite possibly one of the greatest beef-bowl simulators on the current generation of game consoles.' Sadly, the game probably won't make it out of Japan." Apparently filled with hectic multi-part gameplay: "You'll take the role of a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed trainee at a Yoshinoya store who must work his way up through the ranks of the apron-and-hat-wearing set to be the best employee to ever seat a customer, pour tea, prepare a bowl, and shout 'Arigato gozaimashita!'"

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  1. Sounds familiar... by WinnipegDragon · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Reminds me of a game I used to play on the C64, but I'll be damned if I can recall the title.

    Basically, you work a cash register, and you get a total and a number of bills. Your job is to figure out the correct change, and hand it over using the least number of coins possible. Of course, you are also timed.

    Now the point of this post: These are both simulations to prepare kids for low-paying, repetitive jobs in the service industry. The fact that this one is linked to a particular brand also makes it a form of viral advertising.

    Folks, this is not a good thing.

  2. Sounds like an interesting puzzle game by Fiz+Ocelot · · Score: 4, Informative
    If you do rtfa, you'll discover it's a puzzle game that consists of generating combos or "chains" of customers. You create these chains to score more points and add time to the clock.

    They basically used ideas from other puzzle games that work, and applied beef bowls and some twists. So no it's not a "work simulator". And I'd actually like to try it.