Pachio-kun
is a Japanese anime-style character who revolves his life around gambling, especially pachinko and the slot machines. He is shaped like a ball and looks like a pachinko ball. There has been video games based on this character for the Nintendo Entertainment System (five in the Famicom series) and the SUPER Nintendo Entertainment System.
Pachio-kun is included in both the spin-off video game American Dream (as a player character) and in I Love Softball (as a cameo). Both of these games are compatible with the Nintendo Famicom. In American Dream, slot machines and random card games were prominent in that game instead of pachinko machines. A vaguely American setting (resembling New York City) was used in the game as opposed to the traditional Japanese setting. The story line of most of his video games dictate that the player must rescue his friends that have been trapped inside pachinko machines. This anime character is popular in Japan despite the fact that pachinko parlors are traditionally for adults only.