# The Japanese Video Game Industry Has An...Interesting Take On US Politics... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324 "2006-09-19T20:28:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/1 "2006-09-19T20:28:55Z")
Metal Wolf Chaos, in which the US President hops into a giant robot, to fight crime for great justice… [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Genl242_ZU8) My nose bled from all the awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/2 "2006-09-19T21:05:24Z")
[QUOTE=slortar] My nose bled from all the awesome. [/QUOTE] So very seconded. I hope it’s coming out over here. The President looks like Michael Douglas, too. “Riiiichaaard!!” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/3 "2006-09-19T21:37:25Z")
I loved the Statue of Liberty with the glowing red eyes. Oh, and the Mecha White House… ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/4 "2006-09-19T23:08:18Z")
Sheeoot, I thought it was an anime, not a video game! Let me know when the TV adaptation comes out 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/5 "2006-09-19T23:26:13Z")
Nothing is pointless! And the reason is because I’m the president of the great United States of America! Yaaah! ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/6 "2006-09-19T23:45:38Z")
All your votes are belong to me! ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/7 "2006-09-19T23:46:39Z")
[QUOTE=Talon Karrde] Nothing is pointless! And the reason is because I’m the president of the great United States of America! Yaaah! [/QUOTE] The translators of this game need to be the writers for the next State of the Union. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/8 "2006-09-20T00:20:44Z")
D’oh! “Video game” is right there in the thread title! I saw “Japanese” and my brain automatically said “anime”! You mean they make other stuff, too?? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/9 "2006-09-20T01:18:24Z")
I wonder how beautiful that lovely building would look if it was destroyed. I feel sorry for the owner, but… ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/10 "2006-09-20T02:14:21Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] The translators of this game need to be the writers for the next State of the Union. [/QUOTE] That line I quoted does sound like something Bush would say. Except for the “yaaah!” part because he wouldn’t want to vindicate Howard Dean. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/11 "2006-09-20T02:36:03Z")
The subtitles were very informative. I had no idea that “Yeah!” was the Japanese word for “Whoo!” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/12 "2006-09-20T06:51:06Z")
I’d vote for him. People calling the president and vice-president by first name sounds a little strange. It would be so much better if the quotes said “I’ll get you, Turd Blossom!” ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/13 "2006-09-20T07:13:28Z")
Totally unrealistic. A news team that LEAVES a story as it’s happening? Nope, they laugh at danger. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-video-game-industry-has-an-interesting-take-on-us-politics/373324/14 "2006-09-20T11:55:52Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] Totally unrealistic. A news team that LEAVES a story as it’s happening? Nope, they laugh at danger. [/QUOTE] They probably left to get a giant robot reporting vehicle. I love the bit where he grabs the tank, goes into an airplane spin while demolishing the bridge and yells “HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?!!” If appears to be one of his standard sound clips, too. That’s awesome. 😃