Brian Ashcraft from Kotaku is reporting about a story from Japan, where a well-known teen idol was attempting to do something to establish her “geekdom” for classic gaming. Article below:
Up and coming idol Haruna Anno may only be 18, but she knows that saying she loves Mother 1 + 2 and Final Fantasy aren’t enough to how to make her in geekdom. She needs to do more, like testing Street Fighter II cartridges to determine how tough SNES cartridges are. And that’s exactly what she did! She wrote “freeze” on one and then stuck it in the freezer for five hours. On another, she wrote “heat” and burned it on a gas stove, recommending children not to try it at home. She wrote “crash” on another and chucked it down a staircase. (Actually, she wrote part of the Japanese word “collision,” but w/e). And what did she find out? The freezer S.F. II worked as did the one dropped down the stairs. The burned one wouldn’t fit in the SNES, so she had to trim the melted bits to make it fit. When it did, it worked. If you are wondering why she’s doing this now, her being two years old when the SNES first went on sale in Japan might have something to do with it.
I’m pretty sure most of us knew Nintendo products — consoles, accessories, and cartridges alike — are built like tanks and can withstand an extreme amount of abuse. As soon as I read the results of her experiments, I smiled and thought, “Score one for Nintendo’s R&D.”
Anyone else try anything like this?
