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Giant Spiki Descends on GiGO Akihabara Building 5 Until November 23
GiGO Akihabara Building 5 announced on X on October 29 that a giant Spiki, from the smartphone game Trickcal: Mochi Mochi Hop Battle, is installed at its storefront. The display is scheduled to remain until November 23.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Why it matters
A meme that spread from a Korean mobile game's voice line and a fan-made video now occupies physical space at an Akihabara arcade, which is where internet jokes usually end up only after they have already worked as signage.
Key Facts
- GiGO Akihabara Building 5 installed a giant Spiki at its storefront on October 29.
- The giant Spiki is scheduled to remain on display until November 23.
- The store asks visitors for cooperation in not touching the display.
- Trickcal: Mochi Mochi Hop Battle is a Korean-made smartphone game featuring squishy characters called Apostles.
- Spiki is a meme based on the in-game character Spikki's Korean voice and an official illustration of the character on all fours.
The store invites both devoted cult members and those who are not to come take a look, and asks visitors not to touch the display.
The store says it installed the figure at the storefront starting October 29, and that visitors should look but not touch. Trickcal: Mochi Mochi Hop Battle is a Korean-made game built around interactions with squishy characters called Apostles, including pulling their cheeks and petting their heads. Spiki is a meme drawn from the in-game character Spikki's Korean voice and an official illustration of the character on all fours.
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- Denfaminicogamer 「巨大ｽﾋﾟｷ」がGiGO秋葉原5号館に降臨。『トリッカル・もちもちほっペ大作戦』から登場、11月23日まで設置予定