I think I’ve just discovered my new favourite TV show. It’s called Captain Domino, and it started airing tonight for the first time, I think on the TBS station (I still don’t know what station is what, the numbers are fudged on my TV and my Japanese still wayyyy below the understanding line).
Anyways Captain Domino is genius through and through. Two teams, wearing what can only be described as military and spaceman outfits, battle each other on 5 games, which are by far the best TV games I’ve ever seen in my life:
- A real life version of Super Mario - where you jump across platforms and collect coins on a screen!!
- A real life pong - a giant screen on the floor holds a version of pong, with the contestants controlling the pads by moving along a line at the bottom of the screen
- A twisted version of Dance Dance Revolution - contestants have to tap a rhythm on pads strapped to their bodies (two on the chest, two on the legs, one on the head)
- Memory noughts and crosses - teams battle it out on noughts and crosses but based on memory. They see a number table for 10 secs and then have to say a number each trying to be the first team to make noughts or crosses
- A weird skill game where a contestant is shot down a roller coaster ramp with a lance in his arm and he has to hook a tiny ring onto the lance as he races past
All of which makes for thoroughly entertaining viewing. The Domino Body Beat game is particularly LOLsome. I can’t remember laughing that much to a TV game in years - the contestants’ lack of rhythm being the most hilarious element as they try to catch up to the song by hitting various parts of their bodies :lol: .
Unfortunately no youtube videos of this yet, though I assume it’s only a matter of time. You can see program information and game details here:
Also big up the Japanese TV programming schedule - stuff doesn’t run from 8 till 9pm, cos that would be too boring. It runs from 19.56 till 20.54 :lol:
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