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Arm-Wrestling Game Recalled in Japan
Aug 21, 11:47 AM (ET)

TOKYO (AP) - Lose a game of chess to a computer, and you could bruise your ego. Lose an arm-wrestling match to a Japanese arcade machine, and you could break your arm.

Distributor Atlus Co. said Tuesday it will remove all 150 "Arm Spirit" arm wrestling machines from Japanese arcades after three players broke their arms grappling with the machine's mechanized appendage.

"The machine isn't that strong, much less so than a muscular man. Even women should be able to beat it," said Atlus spokeswoman Ayano Sakiyama, calling the recall "a precaution."

"We think that maybe some players get overexcited and twist their arms in an unnatural way," she said. The company was investigating the incidents and checking the machines for any signs of malfunction.

Players of "Arm Spirit" advance through 10 levels, battling a French maid, drunken martial arts master and a Chihuahua before reaching the final showdown with a professional wrestler.

The arcade machine is not distributed overseas.
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so at what level are they breaking their arms????
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BREAKING ARMS

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It's not like its hard to break an asian arm
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asain arm or not, human bone is pretty strong
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FearPeddler wrote:asain arm or not, human bone is pretty strong
Damn, you really are Fear Peddler! 8O
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AARON SCOTT wrote:
It's not like its hard to break an asian arm
Is that bereft of PC or rife with xenophobia, AARON? :wink:
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Dr. Whiplash wrote:
FearPeddler wrote:asain arm or not, human bone is pretty strong
Damn, you really are Fear Peddler! 8O
who else would I be?? 8O
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jag wrote:AARON SCOTT wrote:
It's not like its hard to break an asian arm
Is that bereft of PC or rife with xenophobia, AARON? :wink:
What you've heard is true -- there really are racial differences in...appendages.
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See a black dude's penis for evidence.


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Now thats funny!!!
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No, it wasn't. It the perfect example of that which didn't need to be said.

Mainly, because it already had.


You guys are like Beavis & Butthead or something...... :? :lol: :?
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Arp2 wrote:You guys are like Beavis & Butthead or something...... :? :lol: :?
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uhuhuh..he said BUTT
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YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
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