Japanese gamers have noticed an amusing pattern in some of the titles of pachinko-inspired indie games coming out of the West \u2013 and while English speakers may not suspect anything, those who can speak Japanese probably already get where this story is heading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe need to stop the trend of using the format \u2018something + chinko\u2019 to name pachinko-like games,\u201d a Japanese X user posted upon discovering a couple of recently announced pachinko-like titles. The two games they raised as examples were Rochinko<\/a>, a pachinko-inspired roguelike (possibly a portmanteau of roguelike<\/em> and pachinko<\/em>), and Splatchinko<\/a>, another pachinko roguelike with psychedelic visuals and eyeball-throwing splat action. Though not mentioned in the original tweet, there\u2019s also Ballchinko<\/a>, a mobile take on the genre, and Pokerchinko<\/a>, which blends pachinko with the mechanics of poker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n