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This smooth looking arcade game appears to be a type of RFID /playing card / arcade game that has been out in Japan for about a year now. This source appears to be only speculating at the actual functionality of the game but it does look like some type of RFID technology is being used here.

From an eyewitness:

Each player lays down and moves cards on his playing surface and watches his own viewpoint on a monitor, while a larger monitor (out of sight of the players) shows the overall action to observers

This actually makes me a little nostalgic for both my RPG days and the glory days of American arcades. Console and PC gaming is great, but it just doesn’t feel the same unless you’re feeding quarter-hungry machines your week’s allowance in the span of a few minutes.

link - RFID in Japan

Japanese Product Page