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The Fight Is On! Kuratas Accepts Megabots Challenge To A Giant Robot Duel

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In what will become history's first giant robot battle, the Japanese makers of the giant airsoft robot, Kuratas, have accepted the challenge issued by the builders of the American Megabots. For a week, we waited in anticipation and hope that the Japanese would put their country's reputation of being the centre of world robotics on the line and battle for robot supremacy against the brash Americans.

Perhaps too there is another agenda by the Japanese: to avenge the loss of their women's football team to the USA at the Women's World Cup Finals 2015, in Vancouver, Canada last Sunday.

In a video issued by Suidobashi founder Kogoro Kurata, the maker of the Kuratas, he is accepting the challenge as "We can't let another country win this. Giant robots are Japanese culture."

Accepting the challenge from the Megabots is the easy part. The hard part now comes as both teams will need to thresh out details on how the fight should take place such as who shall host the fight? Shall it be on American or Japanese soil, or a neutral third country? Will there be sponsors? Will there be an arena for spectators? Will it be televised? When will it be?

Furthermore, since the weaponry of both mechs are different (Kuratas uses Airsoft whilst the Megabots MK II uses Paintball), they should agree how weapons shall be mounted and installed. Will there be points to achieve to come out with a clear cut winner or will there be judges and umpires?

But, what is interesting is the wish of Kogoro Kurata for the fight to be a melee combat, "But you know, we really need... MELEE COMBAT! If we're gonna win this, I want them to punch them to scrap and knock them down them down to do it." That's an even interesting battle, as it ups the stakes of the fight; one will emerge clearly a winner with the loser lying down as a heap of disfigured metal. Perhaps, that's pushing too far as there's a need to address the safety of the human pilots of both mechanical warriors when they come to blows.

If you'll ask me, anything goes, as long they make sure both robots have Hellfire missiles mounted on  them.

Now, we wait for the fight details. Watch below the acceptance video from Suidobashi Heavy Industries:

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