Arm Wrestling Machine Breaks Arms

Japanese Arcade Game Recalled After 3 Players Break Their Arms

(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 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.

[tmn]

Once the machine breaks your arm, does that count as an automatic win for said machine?

[extremophil]

It''s a good thing they don''t make urinals.

[bobnjersey]

[Why would anyone want to "arm" wrestle with a machine? Proves nothing. ]
[Posted by godseyesore at 10:00 AM : Aug 22, 2007]

it''s called entertainment ... comes in all forms so that you can express individual preferences ... and proving things isn''t usually the objective.

you should try it out sometime ... known to be somewhat addictive.

[shiptonsarch]

Is that Barry Bonds'' arm????

[godseyesore-2009]

Why would anyone want to "arm" wrestle with a machine?
Proves nothing.

[nothappyatall]

Ive seen a video of a guy''s arm break during a real arm wrestling event, it was bizarre- bone just snapped in half and his arm was like rubber.