{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4066591298d5c198441925f8","clusterId":"c_7fbb6692dade1ac052a70a05","slug":"precision-action-game-heavy-machinery-vs-shumai-launches-on-nintendo-switch","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Precision Action Game Heavy Machinery vs Shumai Launches on Nintendo Switch","summary":"Indie developer Wataru Nakano's precision operation action game 'Heavy Machinery vs Shumai' released on Nintendo Switch July 2 for 300 yen. Players use heavy machinery sticks to remove tiny green peas from shumai. The Switch version adds three new machine types and over 40 winning moves. The game originated at a 2014 game jam and was featured on 'Tamori Club' in 2020.","whyItMatters":"The Switch release brings a cult game from a 2014 game jam, previously praised by Tamori on TV, to a wider audience with new content.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eIndie developer Wataru Nakano\u0026#39;s \u0026#39;Heavy Machinery vs Shumai\u0026#39; launched on the Nintendo eShop July 2 for 300 yen. The game tasks players with using heavy machinery to remove green peas from the top of shumai, operated only with the L/R sticks. Touching the table or shumai itself is a failure, and the peas are only a few pixels wide.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Switch version adds three new machine types-wheel loader, forklift, and crane-each with a different control feel. Over 40 types of winning moves are available to collect. The game originally appeared at the 2014 game jam \u0026#39;Ahoge\u0026#39; and later as a browser and smartphone app. In 2020, it was featured on TV Asahi\u0026#39;s \u0026#39;Tamori Club\u0026#39;, where host Tamori played it and said, \u0026#39;This makes you want to try again and again.\u0026#39;\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Heavy Machinery vs Shumai's Switch release adds over 40 winning moves to a game that started as a 2014 game jam experiment. Nakano's design thesis, precision as comedy, holds up across formats.","twitterPost":"Heavy Machinery vs Shumai's Switch port adds over 40 winning moves to a 2014 game jam concept. Precision as comedy, now portable.","threadsPost":"Heavy Machinery vs Shumai lands on Switch with three new machine types and over 40 winning moves. The game began as a 2014 game jam experiment and got a TV boost from Tamori Club in 2020. Nakano's bet, that millimeter-accurate stick work can be funny, gets a wider audience at 300 yen.","newsletterBlurb":"Indie game 'Heavy Machinery vs Shumai' released on Nintendo Switch July 2 for 300 yen. Players use stick controls to precisely remove tiny green peas from shumai. The Switch version adds three new machine types and over 40 winning moves. The game originated at a 2014 game jam and was featured on 'Tamori Club' in 2020.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260702p\",\"title\":\"Game 'Heavy Machinery vs Shumai' Where You Use Heavy Machinery to Remove Green Peas from Too-Small Shumai: Nintendo Switch Version Releases July 2, Price 300 Yen. 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