#nyamco

[yaspup9000]

oh yea I should just post some art of Goro and his wife randomly because I don’t have any good art to share today

If you guys are wondering about their story and history please feel free to ask me anything! This is basically art that I have saved from me and a good friend’s conversations. Also yes she does have a real name we just sometimes call her Mrs. Goro

[robodoggiez]

More experimentation, illustration based on Mappy-Land 🦇🩸🐁

Also my last art spam I will do for today, oops

[salsadepina]

Claws & Careers: Presents! An exclusive interview with Goro the mastermind of Nyamco's greatest tech and beyond! Sponsored by Nyamco.

Me and my lovely friend @yaspup9000 done an art collab together! She did the amazing drawing of our favorite bad boss Goro, while I designed, wrote and mocked-up the magazine itself! We had a lot of fun with this and I hope y'all enjoy this wonderful piece of art. :3

Get your copy of Claws & Careers: today! Sponsored by Nyamco.

[demonogeny]

Goro x Mappy

I ship them so hard and I'm glad it's basically canon. I was pleasantly surprised that the whole plot of this random mini-webseries ended up being a complicated ploy for Goro to enact his toxic yaoi enemies to enemy-lovers fantasy with Mappy. Just the kind of thing I'm into, so relatable bestie.

[smbhax]

Namco Community Magazine NG - Monthly issue #16, Feb. 1988

[13o7billionyearsinthemaking]

my unhinged Taizo doodles to fuel my unkept fixation

[jollytrolley]

@caller-id-cant-stop-me's Nyamco!

[thevideogameartarchive]

Nyamco 'Ridge Racer Type 4' PlayStation

[mmmothies]

ok first actual post and its so niche. anyway mappy and his dig dug and his drill. i cant even describe mappy and dig dugs relationship like. i dont exactly ship them but i dont not ship them. and goro and mappy 4ever anyway. but i know mappy and dig dug sleep in the same bed when they stay over. i watched this video (i cant remember who it is grrrr!!!) where this girl said her best friend makes her husband sleep on the couch when shes visiting so that they can sleep in the bed together and i was like. thats the mappy, goro and dig dug dynamic. sorry this is kind of low effort lol it was a 3 am idea <33 LETS GO NYAMCO

[stevebattle]

Goro (AKA Nyamco cat) by Namco, Tokyo, Japan (1980). Goro is a "Microcat" maze-solving robot created for the First All Japan MicroMouse Contest held in 1980. It's 65 cm tall, weighs 27 kg, and as well as navigating mazes, can move its head and tail, and can activate its eyes. The robots predate their video games; it wasn't until 1983 that Goro appeared in the game "Mappy Arrangement" as a boss character.

[yaspup9000]

How did Goro and his wife exactly meet? I wanna know all details :P

Oh you'll gonna love this one the story of how Goro and his wife first met all started in a speakeasy/bar, The only thing that brought her into this bar was the jazz band inside, and as she tries getting closer and closer to the band she ended up sitting next to Goro himself, a young charismatic cat. He then noticed her, a cat that he had never seen before, and then when the music ended. Mrs. Goro noticed him back and apologized to him thinking that she had taken someone's seat and or thinking he didn't want any company, only to find out that he doesn't mind a bit of company as he chuckles a bit. mainly them having a bit of chit chat about the music and talked about how talented the band members were. they had some drinks together and just basically talk about art and their favorite forms of art.

Basically this is what they looked like when they were in their 20s or something lol. My friend and I geinually like these two they're pretty cute together at times I swear. there might be some bits n pieces missing but yeah they met at a bar and was enjoying music together and thus having a convocation about the arts lol.

[robodoggiez]

ヤババイナ(YABABAINA)│ Mappy the Beat

Mappy - Goro/Nyamco - Dig Dug/Taizo Hori

It's my current new hyperfixation X3 I promise I will make more InvestiGators stuff pretty soon!!!

[salsadepina]

I remade the Nyamco logo for Goro's 'corporation' for whatever corporate things that get done at Nyamco... making drills? Hmm. lol

I made both a drop-shadow version and a non-shadow version for your needs. ;3

If you're going to use this for anything, all I'm asking is for some credit. It's not much, but I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks! :3

[demonogeny]

Goro doodles

I really like him, fat cat my beloved.

[smbhax]

Namco Community Magazine NG - Quarterly issue #8, Jan 25 1985

[zablionsea]

Having a Mappy: The Beat moment

I was working on a document to help me determine the details of Goro and Mappy’s relationship (as enemies!). When it hit me: Both of them are primarily motivated by reliving their glory days.

Goro creates Nyamco to set up the greatest museum heist in history. Mappy joins Nyamco to catch Goro in the act. In this way, Nyamco acts as a symbolic tie between the characters and their desire to relive the 80s.

For both of them, it goes deeper than just vaguely recreating the classic arcade game Mappy in an office building years later. Mappy was absolutely devastated by being fired from the Micro Police. He directly states in Episode 4 ‘Dig Dug and Mappy Are Friends’ that “Unfortunately, work is my life, and that’s been the balance.” While I am concerned a little about Mappy’s workaholic tendencies, he clearly takes a lot of pride in his work and finds a lot of meaning in his life from it. The loss of his “stellar career” took a lot out of him, and even years later, he hasn’t let it go. He calls Goro his worst enemy and vows to get revenge on him, no matter what. He is so fixated on the idea that he takes the job of Head of Security of Nyamco. The job so obviously seems to be a trap from Goro that a joke is made of Mappy acknowledging that but still accepting it. He dismisses his better judgment because he has to catch Goro.

Goro, meanwhile, has a healthier relationship with the past. Of course he does, he won. Even so, Goro misses his and Mappy’s cat-and-mouse chase. He states this in Episode 1 ‘New Hire.’ He repeats in the beginning and end of the series that he loves the thrill of the chase (and also Mappy/half-joking). Just like Mappy, he is also stuck in the past. Sure, he had a thriving business after the chase concluded, but he felt unsatisfied with life.

At the end of the series, Goro draws a clear parallel between his fascination with being chased by Mappy and Mappy’s fixation on catching Goro. They both missed each other, but Mappy took until Goro’s speech in prison to realize it. He feels flattered by Goro’s efforts but ashamed for feeling that way. Mappy has been angry with Goro for so long for basically ruining his life, but he can’t deny that his life feels more complete with Goro in it. When Goro says “We belong together,” Mappy doesn’t deny that. He acknowledges that their antagonistic relationship is why they belong together, adding “as enemies!”

This short exchange most strongly epitomizes the difference in how they see their relationship. Goro loves toying with Mappy and recognizes that it makes his life richer. Mappy initially hates being toyed with by Goro, but eventually realizes it also makes his life richer in some way. But either way, their relationship dynamic ultimately returns to that of the Mappy arcade game (or the 80s, as it is in the show): Mappy chases Goro, and Goro toys with Mappy. But this time, it’s out of desire, rather than necessity. Although Mappy and Goro both lost by getting imprisoned and destroying the city’s economy, they both ultimately got they wanted: reliving their glory days. But, not quite in the way either of them envisioned.