Challenger of Fire’s Irritating Stick: A Japanese Game Show Retrospective

Since 1999, People have laughed at the PS1 game: Irritating Stick. But finally, the true source of this crazy game’s creation is revealed. In this video I, Your Awkward host, will tell you of the game show Challenger On Fire (Or Challenger OF Fire if you want the literal translation) and how it lead to the most bizarrely titled video game in history. Special thanks to all the people who helped me cull footage for this. In the description you’ll find links to various gameplay from the Irritating Stick games should you wish to see them. As I’ve noted before, I’m not a professional youtuber and this video was really made for fun and to help people learn about Japanese Game Shows. Healthy criticism is fine but please be kind. If you want to know more about Challenger of/on Fire or any other Japanese Game Shows, feel free to ask any questions you may have in the comments below. If you want to see more of these type of videos about Japanese game shows, please make your voice heard. I already have plans for a 3rd video. SNK’s Irritating Maze Footage: SNK’s ウルトラ電流イライラ棒: Jaleco’s Irritating Stick PS1 Footage: Jaleco’s 電擊イライラ棒 リターンズ PS1 Footage: Hudson Soft’s ウッチャンナンチャンの炎のチャレンジャー 電流イライラ棒: Thanks to chairmankaga, Banzuqueen and Lenz Retzer for all the help they provided me in making this video. Special thanks to evilninjadev for making the title card for me. Challenger of Fire is the sole property of the TV Asahi Broadcasting Corporation. No challenge is intended with this video and clips are used under fair use.