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The greatest thing to come from Japan: horse racing, featuring headbanging giraffe

UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
edited June 2011 in Games and Technology
Just watch this video. All of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDe1affBYYU

Truly a modern masterpiece.

And you can play this yourself, right now!

World Cup Race 1
http://www.jra-jwc.jp/vol1/

World Cup race 2
http://www.jra-jwc.jp/vol2/

World Cup race 3
http://www.jra-jwc.jp/vol3/

Instructions:
1. After it loads, click the red "Skip" button in the corner
2. Click the "Japan World Cup" button that follows the cursor
3. Click the button at the bottom of the screen that says "Bet" in tiny white letters
4. Click the red button that follows the cursor on the next screen
5. Choose the type of betting - the first option is just betting on who wins
6. Pick your horse(s)
7. Bet your money, click OK
8. Click the button on the right to start the race

Or if you don't want to go to the effort, it's just as entertaining to watch the [VIDURL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Ajb4omtac"]plethora[/VIDURL] of [VIDURL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGGgpBIH1hI"]related[/VIDURL] [VIDURL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAdN6nLE9e0"]videos[/VIDURL] on [VIDURL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK2WKSH-I5g"]youtube.[/VIDURL]

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  • V FactionV Faction Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Quit horsing around, Japan.

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  • EliminationElimination Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    GO GIRAFFE!

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  • DaebunzDaebunz Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    based on the title I was hoping this thread was about asura's wrath.

    though I am still entertained

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  • DJP3710DJP3710 Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    This seems like the kind of crazy stuff a Japanese game show would do, too.

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  • mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWXUVZQYXLA&feature=player_detailpage#t=24s

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  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Oh my.

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Haha oh god I laughed.

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  • UrQuanLord88UrQuanLord88 Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I got a mecha horse, a yeti, a trojan horse, a walrus and a ninja horse amongst other things
    It was fine until the final sprint, when the yeti jumped onto the trojan horse and started whipping it with the rider

    What. The. Fuck.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    GOTY

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    When I saw the title, I thought the thread was going to be about this:

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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  • AgahnimAgahnim Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Riiiiiichaaaaarrrd!

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  • Fig-DFig-D SoCalRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Given it's recent sale numbers, I thought this was going to be a strait faced (but ridiculous) thread about Akiba's Trip.

    I think this is better.

    EDIT: Oh my god this is the best thing. I just "played" Vol 3. Put 100 PTs on the Ninja horse with a payout of 9.6 times the bet. In the final stretch, the ninja rider lies down on the horse and is seemingly crushed when the fucking manatee jumps on top of the ninja horse. The manatee proceeds to jump from horse to horse, knocking off or crushing many of the riders until it passes the finish line. The camera zooms in on the victor and *POOF* the manatee was the ninja horse all along.

    What. The. Fuck.

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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    It took me a moment to realise the white horse is wearing pink fishnets held up by suspenders.

    Edit: First race, I'm betting on the white horse but its at the back of the pack the woman riding it stands up and starts whipping the horse with a whip and goes way out in front. Camera cuts back to Elvis horse, who starts catching up when my jockey's uniform flies backwards into Elvis horse's face, blocking it's sight while my jockey whips her way to the finish line in her unmentionables.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Oh my God... STOP JIGGING HORSE AND RUN!!! COME ON 1500 POINTS RIDES ON YOUR ASS!!

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  • Dongs GaloreDongs Galore Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Ahahahaha what the actual fuck

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  • CadeCade Eppur si muove.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    If this is what they come up with now I can't wait to see what they come up with when they eat those radiated mushrooms.

    Going to be absolute madness and it's crazy enough already.

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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    This is the best one.

    Commentator loses his shit at 45 seconds

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    When I got that ending, karaoke lyrics came up on screen and after the results the song kept going all the way through and showed footage of birds and seals and nature.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Oh
    My
    Fucking
    God

    :D

    They need to somehow put these horses into that Sega world cup breeding/training/racing arcade game.

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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Oh. My. God.

    You guys need to see this one.

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  • John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Kelor wrote: »
    Oh. My. God.

    You guys need to see this one.

    DAMN. I had fifty on the panda.

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  • DiarmuidDiarmuid Amazing Meatball Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Bravo Japan, you win this round.

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    This is glorious.

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  • DunxcoDunxco Should get a suit Never skips breakfastRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Well done, UncleSporky.

    Truly you are a pioneer in the field of the finding-fucked-up-shit-that-is-also-hilarious.

    *Salute*

    Headbanging giraffe. Yes.

    Edit: First race I bet on the sea-lion (seal? Walrus? Whatever) from Australia, and he's flagging a bit.

    Then he just jumps from the yeti, to the trojan horse, and jumps on everybody and leaps across the finish line.

    Fuck. Yes.

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  • fragglefartfragglefart Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Hahahaha got a massive laugh from this, cheers Sporky!

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  • AntihippyAntihippy Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I'll just leave these here...

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  • MrVyngaardMrVyngaard Live From New Etoile Straight Outta SosariaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    This... this is poetry in motion.

    I cannot help but approve.

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  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Haha, I love these things! My Japanese buddy tells me the commentary is equally as hilarious as the footage, and that they're social commentary on different countries. Excellent stuff.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I think it's funnier when you can't understand what they're saying (though I can pick up some of it).

    Do you think I need a better thread title? I didn't think anyone would look if it said "Japanese horse racing."

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  • mr weenismr weenis Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    This was the best possible thing to wake up to today.

    As for a title..."Japanese horses race headbanging giraffe, walrus, and robo-horse"

    I dunno. That might be worse.

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  • RakaiRakai Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    It should involve GOTY in some form, and something about a dancing horse vs. a yeti vs. a trojan horse...and the winner being a horse pulling a truck with an enka singer.

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  • Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Does it randomly generate results or is it essentially a set of funny videos?

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  • chamberlainchamberlain Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Excellent. My day has been made.

    It almost makes up for this.

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  • DietarySupplementDietarySupplement Still not approved by the FDA Dublin, OHRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    chamberlain wrote: »
    Excellent. My day has been made.

    It almost makes up for this.

    Why you gotta do this man?

    Why you gotta make me play this again?

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    This is amazing.
    I've yet to see it repeat.

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  • GdiguyGdiguy San Diego, CARegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    The only thing that could possibly make this better would be to have it terribly dubbed into english (like the japanese iron chef episodes were)

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  • BlurblBlurbl -_- Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Icemopper wrote: »
    Haha, I love these things! My Japanese buddy tells me the commentary is equally as hilarious as the footage, and that they're social commentary on different countries. Excellent stuff.

    Okay, now I want to know why the UK is a giraffe, and the USA two people on a stretchy horse.

    I'm sure it'll be enlightening. :rotate:

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    More interesting question would be why the 2 USA jockeys are doing a russian folk dance

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Jam Warrior wrote: »
    Does it randomly generate results or is it essentially a set of funny videos?

    Across the few videos I've seen, the mounts tend to have a similar set of behaviors, with the only differences being which ones actually trigger. I can't understand the commentary, though, so I can't say whether it's similarly repetitive.

    I assume that it just simulates a race, but with the mounts having a chance each cycle of triggering one of their behaviors, which will either help or hinder them. There's probably more nuance to it than that, though, like I assume the turtle will only trigger its rockets at the point where it will cause a photo finish.

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