It’s no secret Japan has long been trying to destroy us westerners with its unstoppable culture for decades. Whether it’s replacing our wives with waifus or cramming our circulatory systems with their nutrient void, sodium-packed instant ramen, we’re being silently destroyed by those incessantly polite islanders. It knows all our weaknesses, so if you think your video games are safe from its corruption, you’re laughably mistaken. Tanuki testicles have been covertly infiltrating our games since the beginning. Japan has been placing its balls in our games all along!
The tanuki — sometimes referred to as a raccoon dog over here for the color patterns it shares with the common trash panda — is a small canine native to Japan. More than just a common sight in Japanese wildlife, it plays a considerable role in the country’s folklore. Statues of the creature can be found all over Japan, often depicting it as a rotund, jovial-looking creature, frequently dawning a hat, carrying a bottle of sake, and almost always sporting a massively heaping scrotum.
Source: Destructoid The secret threat of tanuki balls