Name: Crane Game Secrets Revealed: Japan's UFO Catcher Academy ★ ONLY in JAPAN
Uploaded: 2020-10-24T20:05:08.000Z
Duration: 9 min 14 s
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So here we are at Sekaiichi no Game Center, Everyday

and Director/Producer for MY LIFE JAPAN, Alan Welch

Well, we're here to play some crane game.

Ins and outs, and nuts and bolts of crane game.

We're going to give tips and pointers on how to play better, and how to win more.

and finally we're gonna get a certificate

and it's also known for something else, Alan?

That's right, this place is in the Guinness book of World Records for...

Having the most crane games in the world!

Got to be awesome. We should check it out.

In Japan, game centers like this are still live and well.

This may be retro to the game console generation,

The crane game is also called, UFO CATCHER

This crane has a mechanism called the PINCHER

Yes, there really is a strategy to these crane games.

The technique for winning this machine is obvious.

Remember, don't alway look for that easy win.

even though the instructor makes it look like a piece of cake.

The triangle method works well with long objects.

You want to pick it up in the front third, not  the middle.

between the pincher, and pincher upper base.

It may take a couple of tries to get the object into position.

Lying it up perfectly so it won't slip out.

Well, you can see what the instructor is doing.

The overturned table, named after the angry man at home

who topples off the table over in anger or frustration.

All your frustration over the years may help you win

In a way, the idea is similar to the triangle method.

The instructor overturns the bear in one try.

Bob's been thrown into the crane game world.

This time armed with more crane game knowledge than usual.

Here is an example of a hole hook win from the instructor.

The pincher claws enters one of the holes.

The box leans in, and the prize is yours.

He really wants that "ONEPIECE" action figure.

He's found a popular Hello Kitty stuffed bear machine.

It might be from all that studying today.

requiring the pincher to thread the needle