{"id":24434,"date":"2023-12-14T17:37:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T08:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=24434"},"modified":"2023-12-14T17:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T08:37:28","slug":"20231214-24434","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231214-24434\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese users confused but overjoyed at Ghostwire: Tokyo\u2019s random kotatsu update\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Getting into the winter spirit, Bethesda Softworks\/Tango Gameworks released a kotatsu emote update for <strong>Ghostwire: Tokyo <\/strong>on December 14. Needless to say, Japanese players are in love.\u00a0<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231214-276017-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231214-276017-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231214-276017-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231214-276017-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231214-276017-001-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A beloved Japanese household object, the kotatsu is a low table covered by a warm heavy blanket, underneath which is an electric heater. The idea is to sit on the floor and cozy up beneath the blanket, while having a practical tabletop at your disposal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comfy object has made an out-of-nowhere appearance in Ghostwire: Tokyo, a game where you fight ancient spirits in a haunted Tokyo among mass disappearances of the population. More precisely put, a free kotatsu emote was added to the game. Ghostwire: Tokyo features a variety of emotes that can be used in the game\u2019s photo mode, allowing the usually out-of-view protagonist to strike up various fun poses for the camera.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Warm up this winter underneath the heavy blanket of the Kotatsu emote, available now in Ghostwire: Tokyo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CN7E3vJzmg\">pic.twitter.com\/CN7E3vJzmg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ghostwire: Tokyo (@playGhostwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/playGhostwire\/status\/1734954060397379856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This time around, the developers decided to give players a winter surprise by releasing an emote that has the character snuggle underneath a kotatsu, complete with a bowl of oranges and teacup. This of course means that you can basically whip out the kotatsu anytime anywhere \u2013 even on the middle of the street.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the news, many users were surprised by the fact that Ghostwire: Tokyo was still updating at all, but the impact of the on-the-road kotatsu was even stronger, as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wthitthis\/status\/1735127362524840336?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">users joked<\/a> about Ghostwire being \u201cthe open world game with the deepest understanding of Japanese culture\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NAMsenbeiten001\/status\/1735134207012384860?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">renaming<\/a> the game to a more traditional-sounding \u201cGhostwire: Kyoto.\u201d It seems many players are looking forward to getting back into the game and pulling out a kotatsu in the middle of the abandoned Shibuya Scramble Crossing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/\/bethesda.net\/en\/game\/ghostwire-tokyo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ghostwire: Tokyo<\/a> is available for the PC (Steam\/Epic Games\/Microsoft Store), the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethesda Softworks\/Tango Gamework made an unexpected update to Ghostwire: Tokyo &#8211; a cozy kotatsu emote, which has earned amused reactions from the Japanese community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":24437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-24434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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