The bragging rights found within the world of modern gaming are so lame. Your gamerscore is over 100,000? Congratulations. You’re Hunter is what level? Wow. You the man.
Sorry guys, but I’m just not impressed. What I really want to know is the answer to a burning question that’s been on all our minds since back in the day:
How fast can you tap?
20 years ago, Hudson and living cartoon mascot Takahashi Meijin, realized that a huge part of what made games fun was tapping buttons as fast as you can. This concept gave birth to the Shooting Watch, which in celebration of its 20th anniversary, has just recently become available to those outside of Japan through reputable online import shops Play-Asia and NCSX.
I received my Shooting Watch on Christmas Eve. It was like the scene in A Christmas Story when Ralphie finally received his Secret Decoder Badge. It truly is a thing of beauty. The sunny yellow plastic casing smells like the interior of a brand-new car. Shallow, black concave buttons click with a juicy pop rivaled only by bubble wrap. The overall design of the Shooting Watch oozes with an irresistible Japanese game-fetishism that begs you to touch, and touch you shall.
Tapping on the Shooting Watch is dangerously addictive. Your hand will fly like a hummingbird against the 10 second clock, resulting in muscle pains normally reserved for 30 minute drum solos, all in hopes of breaking your previous record of taps per second (TPS) (as of now, mine is a modest 12.3). “Just one more go” takes on a whole other meaning: the sensation of hitting anything over 11tps is equal parts zen and madness.
Shooting Watch is a blast to play solo, but like any other game (yes I called it a game because it is) the bulk of the fun to be had is in the multiplayer. Hold up a sec…did I just blow your mind? Here’s how you play multiplayer.
-Get some pizza and drinks
-Prepare ice packs (you will get sore)
-Get together with your favorite people and rock the *@#! out of that Shooting Watch.
You’ll have a great time and things will get competitive. We here at Blast Heroes have created a mini strategy guide for the Hudson Shooting Watch that may save you from a bruised ego.
-Hold the watch flat against an even surface
-Tap through the pain. Do not stop, no matter what. Consistency is key.
-If available, use a metronome.
-Grow out the nail on the finger that you are most comfortable tapping with (like a coke spoon, but in this case, shoot spoon.)
-DO NOT LOOK AT THE CLOCK (it will just jinx you).
-DO NOT BUTTON MASH. Button mashing on the Shooting Watch is using any technique that would not be met with approval from Takahashi Meijin. These methods include, but are not limited too; double tapping (using both A and B buttons), rubbing (running ones finger rapidly over the surface of the A and B button) or using any kind of external device.
Like anything else, practice makes perfect, and it will pay off.
The Hudson Shooting Watch will go down history as one of mankind’s most significant inventions. Millions of years from now, when cyber-aliens dig up a petrified Shooting Watch, they will run diagnostics to discover the device’s purpose. These infinitely intelligent beings will be puzzled. “Why?” they will ask themselves “Why would a civilization so obsessed with war and destruction, create such a thing?” Good question. The answer to this question can be found in another question… How fast can you tap?
Sorry guys, but I’m just not impressed. What I really want to know is the answer to a burning question that’s been on all our minds since back in the day:
How fast can you tap?
20 years ago, Hudson and living cartoon mascot Takahashi Meijin, realized that a huge part of what made games fun was tapping buttons as fast as you can. This concept gave birth to the Shooting Watch, which in celebration of its 20th anniversary, has just recently become available to those outside of Japan through reputable online import shops Play-Asia and NCSX.
I received my Shooting Watch on Christmas Eve. It was like the scene in A Christmas Story when Ralphie finally received his Secret Decoder Badge. It truly is a thing of beauty. The sunny yellow plastic casing smells like the interior of a brand-new car. Shallow, black concave buttons click with a juicy pop rivaled only by bubble wrap. The overall design of the Shooting Watch oozes with an irresistible Japanese game-fetishism that begs you to touch, and touch you shall.
Tapping on the Shooting Watch is dangerously addictive. Your hand will fly like a hummingbird against the 10 second clock, resulting in muscle pains normally reserved for 30 minute drum solos, all in hopes of breaking your previous record of taps per second (TPS) (as of now, mine is a modest 12.3). “Just one more go” takes on a whole other meaning: the sensation of hitting anything over 11tps is equal parts zen and madness.
Shooting Watch is a blast to play solo, but like any other game (yes I called it a game because it is) the bulk of the fun to be had is in the multiplayer. Hold up a sec…did I just blow your mind? Here’s how you play multiplayer.
-Get some pizza and drinks
-Prepare ice packs (you will get sore)
-Get together with your favorite people and rock the *@#! out of that Shooting Watch.
You’ll have a great time and things will get competitive. We here at Blast Heroes have created a mini strategy guide for the Hudson Shooting Watch that may save you from a bruised ego.
-Hold the watch flat against an even surface
-Tap through the pain. Do not stop, no matter what. Consistency is key.
-If available, use a metronome.
-Grow out the nail on the finger that you are most comfortable tapping with (like a coke spoon, but in this case, shoot spoon.)
-DO NOT LOOK AT THE CLOCK (it will just jinx you).
-DO NOT BUTTON MASH. Button mashing on the Shooting Watch is using any technique that would not be met with approval from Takahashi Meijin. These methods include, but are not limited too; double tapping (using both A and B buttons), rubbing (running ones finger rapidly over the surface of the A and B button) or using any kind of external device.
Like anything else, practice makes perfect, and it will pay off.
The Hudson Shooting Watch will go down history as one of mankind’s most significant inventions. Millions of years from now, when cyber-aliens dig up a petrified Shooting Watch, they will run diagnostics to discover the device’s purpose. These infinitely intelligent beings will be puzzled. “Why?” they will ask themselves “Why would a civilization so obsessed with war and destruction, create such a thing?” Good question. The answer to this question can be found in another question… How fast can you tap?
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