Tenya Wanya Teens: Hands on with the Katamari Damacy creator's custom controller expe

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Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy creator Keita Takahashi has premiered his new indie offering Tenya Wanya Teens at GDC's Experimental Gameplay Session last week. Lucky for us, I was there to attend. Lucky for everyone, it's bats*** insane.
Tenya Wanya Teens is a two-player game played with peculiar 16-button controller designed by programmer George Buckenham. As can be seen below, it's a big, almost hilariously clunky thing that's meant to draw the eye at a crowded arcade or party rather than take up precious real estate on a living room's entertainment center.
The game takes place over the course of about five minutes as two players must compete through a series of randomised few second vignettes, not unlike a competitive WarioWare.
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