With the rest of the world frothing at the mouth to finally get their hands on the next generation of consoles and all the exciting technological leaps forward that entails, it seems not everyone is as excited for the launch of the PS5 and whatever Microsoft is called the next Xbox. Announced all the way back in September and seeing its official nationwide release just a few weeks later, details on the Moranbong are, understandably, few and far between. Apparently it’s named after some famous North Korean all-girl pop band, the Moranbong looks to be the unholy matrimony of the janky Xbox Kinect camera with the unwieldy control scheme of a Wiimote.
Which sounds like the worse conceivable way to spend an afternoon, but hey, you’re in North Korea. I guess any kind of distraction is a welcome one.
Big question of the article, what kind of games is it running? Honestly, no idea. I have to imagine that the developers for something as…exclusive as the Moranbong are based within North Korea so I’m fairly confident we won’t be seeing Modern Warfare make the highly anticipated Moranbong port. A tweet by industry analyst Daniel Ahmad shows some cagey screenshots of the sort of stuff you could play on the Moranbong, and it largely seems to be a Wii Sports sort of deal. Table tennis, fitness games and apparently shooting games (would love to see that) are all available on the console.
Honestly, this thing is probably just a real poo of a machine, but I’d love to get my hands on it. Wouldn’t be interesting to see a video game console designed and built for a country that so actively rejects Western influence and culture? I mean, I’m not interested enough to go to North Korea, but it’s definitely some kind of incentive to tour one of the scariest nations around.
Last Updated: October 29, 2019
Dresden
October 29, 2019 at 13:35
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Graeme Norval
October 29, 2019 at 13:42
I’m guessing it will get Kim Jong-Un Simulator, which will be the easiest game ever made because creating a game where the Supreme Leader could die or even fail at something is probably a capital offense in North Korea.
Gustav Willem Diedericks
October 29, 2019 at 13:42
Kimmy Kart!
Jacques Van Zyl
October 29, 2019 at 13:42
Alright, so where’s the fundraising page to get the CH staff one of these so the D can do a review for ION?
G8crasha
October 29, 2019 at 13:43
I expect copious amounts of copyright and trademark infringements, obvious clones of existing games on established platforms, and propaganda galore in many games made for the console!
What hardware are they even using?!
HairyEwok
October 29, 2019 at 14:14
Do you think Nintendo will be ballsy enough to sue North Korea.
G8crasha
October 29, 2019 at 14:24
And have a Nuke pointed at Japan! I doubt it!
HairyEwok
October 29, 2019 at 14:14
Did somebody say bong
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MaSeKind
October 29, 2019 at 15:04
Never had a moran bong before.
Or maybe it’s like Mora ‘N Bong. Makes sense if Mora is some kind of munchy
HvR
October 29, 2019 at 15:41
Just make sure you’ve got Mora’s consent before munching.
HairyEwok
October 29, 2019 at 17:23
We could take it as…. moran being the cut version of morango, which is strawberry… soooo strawberry bong?
MaSeKind
October 29, 2019 at 17:33
*cough* Yummy *cough* *cough*
Geoffrey Tim
October 29, 2019 at 14:24
I wonder if the games have a Dear leaderboard
HairyEwok
October 29, 2019 at 15:04
Kim will automatically have all the high-scores, and if you actually beat his high-score you will be dealt with swiftly.
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Spathi
October 30, 2019 at 10:01
Hahahahaha! Comment of the week!
Llama In The Rift
October 29, 2019 at 14:33
But can it run Crysis?