Arm wrestling machine recalled after breaking arms!

[stomperrob]

Arm Wrestling Machine Too Violent; Gets Recalled
Machine Only Available In Foreign Markets

TOKYO, Aug. 21, 2007 - 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.

[Popcynical]

It's because of those weak-armed Japanese folk!

[joelamosobadiah]

"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."

Well, then why make it. If its so weak, then people wouldn't want to play it.

[sox 06]

Three broken arms reallly isn't a lot so it could just be those three people were too weak although it shouldn't be strong enough to break someone's arm.

[stomperrob]

...managed to find a pic:

[Omaha Red Sox]

I've actually played something like that. It's pretty weak. I was something like 10 or so and what I played adjusted to my strength (or lackthereof) I believe. It didn't get much attention at the arcade...