12 Bizarre Japanese Video Games You Won’t Believe Exist
5. Cho Aniki (PlayStation 2)
Possibly one of the most infamous 'weird' games of all time, Cho Aniki is an example of a 'Baka-ge' game, intentionally relying on schlockiness, campiness, and general outright stupidity to entice gamers. You control a near-naked man, spinning through the air like some kind of homoerotic M. Bison, and firing lasers at all manner of muscular, angelic men, guys wearing thongs holding onto demons with their legs spread, and bosses such as a human pyramid (of near-naked men of course) and Arnold Schwarzenegger with a comb-over (pictured). No words can really do justice to this oddity, which in recent years has found its way into western gamers' hands thanks to its availability on the US PlayStation Store.
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