It may not have been the official game of the tournament, but this 1998 Japanese arcade game knew better than any football game on earth how special and exciting the World Cup can be.
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And this:
And loads more, which have been handily collected in some tweets by Lord BBH
Itās not the Engrish Iām here for. Itās the sentiment.
We truly do become fanatic beasts of nationalism. Especially when the Germans get the boot. But at the end of the day itās just football, weāre all here for a good time, and nobody is killed by this war.
By the way, hereās what the actual game looks like (you can see these text flashes popping up as it goes):