We grew up terrified of bees, our fear multiplied tenfold after witnessing Macaulay Culkin's demise in My Girl, so we never imagined just how rippin' rad they could be when militarized. Seriously, guys, wouldn't a huge robot bee with a metal spike stinger and two gatling guns be awesome? You don't need to answer that question; we already know it would be. Nothing could convince us otherwise.
The bee image we've featured comes from a bus that Success Corp. decorated to promote this week's release of Konchuu Wars (Insect Wars) in Japan. It's unlikely that North America will ever receive this niche title, an SRPG filled with war machines fashioned after bugs, but we have dreams of someone being tricked into publishing it here someday.
A 50-inch plasma television has been installed on the side of the transport, playing battle scenes from the game during the bus' route through Tokyo's Odaiba and Shinjuku districts. The bus will be in operation starting today until August 12th. You can check out a few more photos and see what the buzz is all about after the post break.
Success Corp. also added a developer's blog and new description pages for three units to its site over the weekend, one of which is the winged terror pictured above, the other two being an armored pillbug and a blades-for-arms mantis. It's like they're lifting ideas right out of our fifth grade composition notebooks!
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7-30-2007 @ 9:00PM
hvnlysoldr said...
I hope no one tries looking at the TV while driving or crossing the street. It's liable to cause an accident here in the states.
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7-31-2007 @ 3:25AM
MisterL said...
hvnlysoldr, you should see my campus. Students get hit by buses going at 20mph for no reason at all...well stupidity aside.
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7-31-2007 @ 5:26AM
Bill McCai said...
that.is.brilliant.
i wish they advertised DS games like that outside of japan.
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7-31-2007 @ 10:09AM
Spencer said...
We should start a petition to bring this game to the U.S.!
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