| Bing Bing! Bingo | |
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Title screen of Bing Bing! Bingo |
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| Developer(s) | KSS |
| Publisher(s) | KSS[1] |
| Distributor(s) | KSS |
| Platform(s) | Super Nintendo Entertainment System[1] |
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| Genre(s) | Bingo board game[1] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player Multiplayer (up to 2 players) |
Bing Bing! Bingo (ビンビン！ビンゴ, "Sweet! Bingo")[3] is a Japanese Bingo video game released on December 22, 1993 for the Super Famicom system. This video game enjoyed an exclusive Japanese market. A party mode is present for two players.
The basic concept of this video game is that the player is on a vacation to a private island somewhere in the world that is known for their Bingo-oriented lifestyle.
He can either play Bingo through a slot machine, while skydiving, aplay a game of Bingo with Santa Claus, and even an option to play Bingo on a pirate ship. There is also arm wrestling and a mode where players get to make imaginary wagers on the horses in case the player does not like Bingo. However, the numbers are announced in Japanese rather than English, so knowledge of Japanese numbers is vital for multiplayer action. Full card Bingo is mandatory for single player games but party games can use any variation of Bingo that the players consent to.
This game was never scheduled for a North American release, because video games over there at that time were made for adolescent males. That specific demographic of players in North America (who were the majority of the games during the 1990s) had a strong preference towards action, arcade, and sports games. Releasing a Bingo game in the North America would have been considered to be committing financial suicide. There was a Bingo-like Game Boy game called Panel Action Bingo which was a puzzle/action game where a bird has to avoid a cat.