Nekomiya Hinata and Three Others Hunt a Hidden Saboteur in WAZATO

INDEPENDENT — Nekomiya Hinata, an independent streamer, played the cooperative party game WAZATO with Hiragana Nachiko, Horon and Runabo on Nov. 10. The session ran about two hours, and the premise was a werewolf-style one: the group cleared mini-games together while one of them was secretly trying to make the games fail on purpose.

As the group explained it on stream, three successful mini-games would reveal the spy, and when a round went badly the suspects were settled by a punching vote, in which players knocked whoever they suspected off the stage. Between rounds the four talked through who had looked suspicious and who had played well.

“Well, now that I’ve been found out, nothing to be done. Yes, I was the spy.” — Nekomiya Hinata and three others, after a spy was unmasked

The mini-games included stacking 30 kilograms of cargo on a platform, putting rings through a hoop with a bat while a dog wandered in, guarding a pudding from falling, setting up dominoes while mice swarmed in, and a conveyor-belt sushi round in which the players themselves were the sushi. Suspicion landed on Horon more than once, and chat enjoyed it.

Partway through the group raised the difficulty and drew costume pieces from an in-game gacha, and the mushroom-themed items prompted a run of jokes. Late in the stream Nachiko briefly lost her connection while the others checked on her, and she returned a few minutes later. A spy was unmasked in one vote and owned up, and in the final round the group’s guess, Horon, was confirmed as correct.

Hinata closed the stream by saying a separate stream was planned for around 1 a.m. in Palette Town, though it might start a little late.