Gamer x Sake (2022)
GAMING RAINBOW by Sake Bottlers
“Game x Sake = Gaming Sake” has been realized. Sake Bottlers, a liquor store, is conducting crowdfunding pre-sale of sake “GAMING RAINBOW” for gamers until June 3rd. President Masayuki Suzuki, who himself is a gamer, and President Tsuchida Sake Brewery, Tsuchida Yuji, who worked for a major game company Capcom in the past, are tagging. Suzuki said, “I don’t make it with a light feeling.”
Invented products with the goal of creating a culture of “drinking sake while playing games”. We paid particular attention to the details so that game fans would be satisfied. Former Capcom’s Kinu Nishimura, who was in charge of illustrations for the “Street Fighter” series, and Mika Pikazo, who handles in-game illustrations for “Fate / Grand Order”, were appointed as can label illustrators. The sake inside was finally completed by the second brewing.
The first “finished product” was offered to be remade by Mr. Tsuchida, saying that “the taste is no longer what he wants”. I couldn’t compromise because I understood the “taste that gamers want” proposed to Mr. Suzuki from the standpoint of a former game company employee. Mr. Suzuki said, “It doesn’t matter if it sells because it’s called’gaming’.” “The planners, creators, and illustrators are all gathered together with perfect gamers. On top of that, the contents and patterns were carefully considered according to the game scene,” he said.
In addition to the point that you can easily drink when you want to switch emotions such as “I want to reset” and “I want to raise tension” that gamers tend to have, I was particular about the taste that I was satisfied with without pairing so that I could take a sip and return to the game immediately. The unique taste that is sweet, strong and stretchy but sharp is expressed as “squatting large punch taste”. Mr. Suzuki was very particular about using the name of the normal technique instead of the special technique. “If the taste is strong or too tasty, you will be absorbed in sake and will not be able to return to the game. I made it a taste that is moderately delicious and you can continue to drink.” The alcohol content is more modest than the conventional product and is set to 12 degrees.
It was supposed to be drunk not only in RPGs but also during battle games, but if you get drunk, there is a concern that the operation accuracy will drop. Suzuki emphasized that it is not for competition scenes such as professional gamers, “There is a lot of waiting time after the match is over in the online match. After I was dropped in the FPS game of the team match, I want you to support me while drinking and having fun while watching the rest of the members play. “
(Yorozu ~ News, Kazuki Matsuda)
