Simpsons Game parodies those crazy Japanese and their wacky games

46 Comments by Scott Jon Siegel Oct 16th 2007 4:55PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Video

Hoping that the Japanese have a better sense of humor than their American counterparts, EA has released a trailer featuring the previously-discussed "Big Super Happy Fun Fun Land" section of The Simpsons Game, which parodies Japanese culture as well as (apparently) Japanese video games.

Pardon the parentheticals, but the only game we see spoofed in this trailer is Katamari Damacy. Yes, we see Mr. Sparkle; We see the anime-inspired cutscene; We (unfortunately) hear the high-pitched "engrish"; But where are the games? Are we missing something obvious?

Take a look for yourselves after the break, and please enlighten us.

Tags: ea, katamari, katamaridamacy, parody, simpsons, simpsonsgame

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Phranctoast: Oct 16th 2007; 5:00PM

regardless of the crappy camera I'm still buying this game.

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring): Oct 16th 2007; 5:04PM

i tried the demo of it last week and it was decent, except I could never land bart on the donut robot's 2nd window, so after 20 minutes of trying to hit his 2nd weak spot, i deleted it

the rest of it seemed fun, but very shallow

Ash: Oct 16th 2007; 5:23PM

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring): Oct 16th 2007; 5:29PM

well you gotta knock open his port near a roof that bart can float up to, then glide onto the robot's platform. I did that about 10 times and it was always just outta reach

HCF: Oct 16th 2007; 5:34PM

To get the 2nd and 3rd windows on the roboguy, you have to use the level geometry, and Bart's "cape" ability. If you didn't know, Bart's special action is he can glide like batman (bartman).

So make the roboguy follow you to some building, use one of the trashcan lids to hop up on top, open the guy's door by hitting it and glide down to trash his circuits.

Bart's slingshot seems to work best for opening the doors.

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler).: Oct 16th 2007; 6:42PM

Actually is pretty easy, change to Bart and shoot the robot port then use Homer inflatable form to get to the second port and with a little bit of luck this would also work for the third port.

I finished the demo and I say is a good ol' 7 all around, the camera is decent but it gets stuck easily, the graphics are acceptable for a Simpson’s game but I think is the humor what makes this a good game.

The comic store guy really made me laugh:” Don’t you know you can't swim until the sequel?" LOL that absolutely true haha.

Sean: Oct 16th 2007; 5:08PM

Katamari is the only game to come out of Japan evar, duh.

Fish: Oct 16th 2007; 5:10PM

What about that other one.. the turn based RPG with the kids with spiky hair? I can't remember the name....

Sean: Oct 16th 2007; 5:14PM

Ah, yeah, I think I know what you're talking about, but the name slips my mind. Something about fantasies and dragons and giant robots.

Fish: Oct 16th 2007; 5:20PM

Mega- something?

Mr Khan: Oct 16th 2007; 6:09PM

No...

they've never done anything except Katamari

maybe you're thinking of Myst?

edgore: Oct 16th 2007; 7:00PM

I believe the game that you are thinking of is Last Imagination.

Aberu: Oct 17th 2007; 12:51PM

Wow you guys are horrible it's Final Fantasy! Freagin idiots. Go play your wiis!

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WiNG: Oct 16th 2007; 5:11PM

Pretty sure the rolling Sumo are supposed to be a reference to the Goro in Zelda.

Bloodworth: Oct 16th 2007; 5:14PM

Just from this one I see references to Katamari, Okami, Pokemon, Final Fantasy, and Super Mario Bros. I think there were some more in the first Super Happy Fun Fun trailer.

junon: Oct 16th 2007; 5:14PM

if you couldnt place the airship- may want to stop playing games...

jaybird1905: Oct 16th 2007; 5:15PM

I seriously doubt 99% of The Simpsons fanbase has ever heard of a video game from Japan besides Katamari. Mario came from Italy, duh.

tim: Oct 16th 2007; 5:30PM

if you think mario was created in italy, you need to have your head examined.

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring): Oct 16th 2007; 5:38PM

you need your head examined tim

Kristof: Oct 16th 2007; 5:22PM

Yeah, the other trailer I've seen for this part of the game shows a few more game parodies.

Blast Processing Megadrive: Oct 16th 2007; 5:36PM

But, Milhouse isn't important enough to be the King of All Cosmos! This is a disgrace to the King.

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring): Oct 16th 2007; 5:39PM

he did play moses in an episode

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler).: Oct 16th 2007; 6:48PM

Milhouse is not a meme!

melloncollie: Oct 16th 2007; 7:09PM

Get out of here.

Blast Processing Megadrive: Oct 16th 2007; 7:20PM

But I live here.

Thatoneguy64: Oct 17th 2007; 11:01PM

Milhouse is not a meme is a meme!

Joop: Oct 16th 2007; 6:02PM

"I summon wonderful magical animal"

Pokemon, obviously. They're not going to cram every cameo into every teaser. They're called teasers for a reason.

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler).: Oct 16th 2007; 6:47PM

Just Pokémon? that phrase could make fun of a dozen anime shows from Digiomon to Yu-gi-oh.

IMO is Pokémon because Lisa is dressed like a Pokémon trainer,now Homer I have seen that before and it could be Street fighter but I'm not sure.

Joop: Oct 16th 2007; 7:48PM

It could be Pokemon, Digimon, Yugi-oh, any number of them, but Pokemon is by far the most ubiquitous and well known.

Slvrgun: Oct 16th 2007; 6:47PM

Lol at Japanese people.

Hashbrown_Hunter: Oct 16th 2007; 9:49PM

hahaha yeah. this looks pretty awesome.

Hashbrown_Hunter: Oct 16th 2007; 9:49PM

hahaha yeah. this looks pretty awesome.

Kael: Oct 16th 2007; 7:02PM

I loved the Dragonball Z action split-screen charge-up rage-filled super poses that Homer and Lisa struck. Comedic gold.

That Lard Lad boss battle in the demo is terrible. The demo showed the game's flaws, which we all knew were going to be many, but the sort of hilarity the game oozes ought to be worth the trip anyway.

Alexander: Oct 16th 2007; 7:11PM

that shit was funny def. getting simpsons game BIG SUPER HAPPY FUN FUN.....FUN FUN HAPPY SUPER BIG LMAO!!!

cynic79: Oct 16th 2007; 7:15PM

In the last quarter of the video there's a short shot of Homer jumping. In the background you can see some mushrooms that have the same color scheme as the mushroom power-ups from the original Super Mario Bros.

flameofdoom666: Oct 16th 2007; 7:35PM

Where? Whats the time when this occurs?

flameofdoom666: Oct 16th 2007; 7:36PM

NM I see it! haha cools

Utils: Oct 16th 2007; 7:17PM

The person that posted this news story fails at life for not spotting more than one Japanese game reference.

SHAME.

LaughingTarget: Oct 16th 2007; 7:56PM

Final Simpsons Z: The Bloodletting MCMXVII

Bart's hair turns (more) golden in this sequel to the final game in the series.

Shattercross: Oct 16th 2007; 8:55PM

They had me at Mr. Sparkle.

vidGuy: Oct 16th 2007; 9:30PM

SMB3, Super Mario 64, Pokemon, plus every anime I have ever had the misfortunate to see on Adult Swim

ThornedVenom: Oct 16th 2007; 10:31PM

Dude, slap on an epilepsy warning tag next time. xD

DirtnSky: Oct 17th 2007; 12:58AM

With that backgrounds and such.. Katamari(Milhouse in getup of the rolling character), Dragon Ball(Super Special Attacks), old '70s and a little '80s Anime (Homer/Lisa poses picture)and of course MARIO 64 (Just the look and action of the Entire game).. since that game was made in Japan, I guess I should add that too.

Tamyu: Oct 17th 2007; 1:14AM

My (Japanese) husband got a huge kick out of this.

Yes, the Japanese have decent senses of humor... Along with a fair bit of curiosity as to how they are perceived outside of Japan. Parodies are big business here.

L: Oct 17th 2007; 4:27AM

Okami, they said, was also an inspiration for this level.

K_G: Oct 17th 2007; 2:48PM

It would seem they are taking shots at Final Fantasy (wasn't that airship like that in in FFX?) as well standard RPG summoning move and near the end is an homage to the typical in battle signature move cutscene from games like dragon ball Z/Naruto fighting games.

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