Fanboys are awful. They can make innocent conversations uncomfortable. Just ask Japanese rocker T.M. Revolution. He is one of Japanâs most recognizable singers. Heâs also the proud owner of a new PS Vita.
âJust as Iâd heard, the screen is huge, and itâs beautiful!â T.M. Revolution tweeted. âItâs also easy to use, and, yep, I totally want to play Monster Hunter 3G on this!
âWhatâs more,â the singer continued, âthis is my first tweet from the PS Vita!â
Innocent, enough, no? He got a new piece of hardware, he likes it, and he wants to play a game on it. Thing is, Monster Hunter 3G is on the 3DS. Itâs not on the PS Vita. Suddenly, an innocent conversation is not so innocentâand red meat for fanboys.
âThat bit about Monster Hunter was unnecessary,â tweeted Japanese Twitter user Tekitou. âIt makes a bad impressionâ.
T.M. Revolution seemed surprised, replying to Tekitou, with a âHuh?â
Tekitou is following only eight Twitter users (Nintendo is first on his follow list; T.M. Revolution is not on it). He replied to the singer, noting that Capcom made best use of the 3DSâs features and characteristics when developing and launching Monster Hunter 3G, then asking him what Capcom would think about the singerâs 3DS denial.
Another Twitter user pointed out that T.M. Revolution didnât do anything wrong, forwarding him a Japanese game site link detailing the whole Twitter incident. Online, others commented that itâs natural to say you want to play Monster Hunter on Sony hardware due to its long history on the PSP. Others added that the singer didnât say the 3DS was awful. Yet, T.M. Revolution still apologized.
And then the conspiracy theorist came out of the woodwork, like they always do, pointing out that T.M. Revolution is on Sonyâs music label. Whoâs the fanboy now, eh? Eh? UmâŠ
Speaking of music, you know what the best thing for video games could ever be? If they were like music in that you could play, say, T.M. Revolutionâs debut solo album on cassette, mini-disc, CD, or MP3âwhatever the hell you wanted. If you wanted an analog experience, you could get that. If you wanted something slick and digital, you could get that, too. Or if you wanted to play his latest album on an Apple machine, you could do that. Or a Samsung machine, you could do that, too. But no. Big companies box in hardware and provide fodder for internet bickering and, here, celebrity hassling.
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