Part 4 of the Jun Tsukasa series of posts was about Hot Gimmick 4, so it's only natural that Part 5 be about the newly released
Taisen Hot Gimmick 5 Eternal (対戦ホットギミック5 未来永劫（みらいへゴー）Mirai e Go). Unlike Hot Gimmick 4 (and Hot Gimmick 1), Jun Tsukasa is not the only one producing artwork for the game. In fact, I can only see one character done by him, but it's a good one. Scroll down to the end for a higher resolution picture.
If you've ever wondered what a Mahjongg arcade machine looks like, wonder no more. Here's a pic of pair of Hot Gimmick 5 coin-op machines along with the original arcade flyers. If you look closely, you'll see a series of buttons on the front of the machine in lieu of a joystick. Each button represents a tile position in your hand, and you just hit the button of the corresponding tile you wish to discard.
The game runs on the
Taito Type X arcade system board which is a
PC based system. I'm not certain if it's available to consumer's in the US, but if it was I'd pick it up. Especially since
Taisen Hot Gimmick Mix Party (対戦ホットギミックミックスパーティー) is also available for the system, which
appears to collect Hot Gimmick's 1 through 4. If anyone has any more information about this, please let me know.
I'll end with a few screenshots from a
Japanese site including a good shot of the character I mentioned in the first paragraph.
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