Rose & Camellia: Slap your way to gaming bliss

by John Bardinelli { Jul 21st 2007 at 5:30PM }

Slapping. The fighting style of choice for people wearing mittens, women, small children, and now, gamers. Rose & Camellia is a Japanese-made Flash game where you play a woman named Reiko who married into a noble family only to have her husband die shortly afterwards. The women of the house don't respect her, so its your job to slap some good old fashioned sense into them.

Fights are turn-based and you only have a few seconds to act. When it's your turn, click the "attack" button and swipe the mouse in an arc to slap the other woman. When she's on the offensive, click "evade" and make a mirrored arc to avoid the attack. Successfully dodge and you're ready for a counter-slap!

Tags: casual, flash, independent, indie

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 21st 2007 5:41PM

Oh man you'll get creamed by the end boss if you don't counter every single time. I wish this gets turned into a DS and Wii game.

Ska Oreo @ Jul 21st 2007 5:56PM

This better get turned into a Ds game. That would be awesome!!!

Miharu @ Jul 21st 2007 6:26PM

This is such a great game! Even Nintendo doesn't innovate as much. Would suit well for Wii/DS.

moominsean @ Jul 21st 2007 6:45PM

seriously, what's with the bra-busting ceiling hag that downs you with one smack!?

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 21st 2007 6:47PM

That's why you have to evade and counter-attack. It's the only way especially in the harder difficulties.

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 21st 2007 6:47PM

Don't speaketh the competitor's I mean wannabes name. That name is more dreaded here than JT. Almost.

LuigiHann @ Jul 21st 2007 7:02PM

Hmm. Doesn't work on the Wii. Shame, too. It loads fine, looks great, but the button is missing so you can't actually slap or dodge.

BPM @ Jul 22nd 2007 12:46PM

The problem is that Wii's browser only has Flash 7 (thanks to Adobe being stubborn about providing a newer SDK to developers), and this probably requires Flash 9. You CAN click on the buttons, even though you can't see them.

The bigger problem, though, is that the game won't respond to Wii Remote movements like it does to mouse movements.

Nathaniel C @ Jul 21st 2007 7:42PM

funny game, but why does it have to feel like something out of the grudge?

Stuka @ Jul 21st 2007 8:05PM

That fat bitch cheats!

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 21st 2007 9:19PM

Forget about attacking and focus on counter-attacking.

Rob Accomando @ Jul 21st 2007 8:16PM

I knocked her the f*ck out!

Brandon @ Jul 21st 2007 10:03PM

This is a bit low for Joystiq standards. I saw this on Kotaku as well and that is where it should have stayed.

Tom @ Jul 21st 2007 10:04PM

BEAT HER CHEEK!

DOCTOR DEEP N U @ Jul 21st 2007 10:06PM

Is it just me or did Ike turner create the first slap simulator?

cybereality @ Jul 21st 2007 10:29PM

Flash gaming at its finest. I'd like to see this on the Wii.

Lijik @ Jul 21st 2007 10:49PM

Pretty much half the news on Joystiq was on Kotaku or some other blog first.
The second half isn't news perse, but the game impressions, and other segments that make me stick with Joystiq.

WiNG @ Jul 22nd 2007 12:54AM

Is it just me or did this game PWN SO HARD?!

John Doe @ Jul 22nd 2007 2:27AM

This game so deserves to be on the Wii. Time your right and left slaps with the Nunchuck and Wiimote to get a combo going. LEFT! RIGHT! LEFT! RIGHT! LEFT! [Bitch slap symbol highlights] HARD RIGHT!!!!

EndingMovie @ Jul 22nd 2007 8:05AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOd4GlpTVnY

jopojelly @ Jul 22nd 2007 8:09AM

Why do people say that if it appeared on Kotaku first Joystiq shouldn't post it? It's not like most of us read both Kotaku and Joystiq(I certainly don't waste my time like that).

That's like saying CNN shouldn't report a piece of news if NBC aired it first.