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Browser Game 'I'll Guess Your Hometown' Spreads On Social Media
The browser game 'I'll Guess Your Hometown' (Shusshinchi, Atemasu) drew attention after a stream by Takechika.NK starting October 27.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Why it matters
The game's appeal is regional trivia specific enough that players recognize their own prefecture in the questions, which is what turns a browser quiz into a shareable social media topic.
Key Facts
- 'I'll Guess Your Hometown' (Shusshinchi, Atemasu) is played free in a browser.
- The game contains 214 questions covering traits of all 47 prefectures.
- Judging usually ends in 10 questions and can continue as overtime for up to 25.
- Takechika.NK streamed the game starting October 27, and it became a social media topic.
- Players' answers are pooled anonymously and used to judge the next player.
Players answer two-choice questions about food, dialects, school events, local shops, and weather, and a 3D map of Japan narrows the answer. The game holds 214 questions covering all 47 prefectures, and judging usually finishes in 10 questions.
Answers from each playthrough are pooled anonymously and used to judge the next player. That pool feeds a map view called 'Everyone's Borderline,' which colors prefectures by things like the east-west split on whether nikujaga uses beef or pork, and the line moves toward the actual answer as more people play.
Other modes reverse the setup. In 'Guess It' the computer picks a hidden hometown and the player chooses questions, with three hints (East or West Japan, whether it faces the sea, which region) that each cost a turn. A daily mode, 'Today's Hometown,' gives players nationwide the same theme to compare results.
Questions are drawn randomly each time. The results screen also reports how rare a player's answers are as an approximate one-in-how-many-people figure.
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- Denfaminicogamer “出身地”を2択問題で特定していくゲーム『出身地、当てます』がSNSで話題に。ご当地ネタを前に出身地を見抜かれてしまう人が続出