日本宅男與遊戲虛擬人物結婚
A Japanese man has married a character in a popular video game, taking her -- and his handheld game console -- on an overseas honeymoon.
The man, who prefers to use his online moniker SAL9000, met character Nene Anegasaki while playing dating simulation game "Love Plus."
They got married a few weeks ago, broadcasting their ceremony live on Japan's version of video-sharing website Youtube.
SAL9000, who did not want to reveal his real name for fear of being misunderstood, admits to be an "otaku," a breed of Japanese youth obsessed with video games, computers and fantasy worlds.
"In the Japanese otaku or nerd culture, there's a tradition of calling characters my wife, and I sort of thought of Nene as my wife. Since I was calling her that, I thought we'd just have to get married then," he told reporters.
"If more people were to find ways of expressing themselves like this, I think it would make society a bit more interesting."
The newlyweds, who went on a honeymoon to Guam, now go on dates around Tokyo, with SAL9000 taking pictures of Nene, installed in his Nintendo DS, in front of famous landmarks and then posting them on social networking sites.
As the game "Love Plus" has voice recognition software, SAL9000 says it's possible to have a sort of conversation with Nene or even play simple games such as rock, paper, scissors.
He also has vowed to have and to hold, for better and for worse, even if another, updated version of the game is released.
"I think I'll probably continue playing Love Plus. I won't cheat," SAL9000 said.
近日，日本一名男子與一款十分流行的視頻遊戲中的女主角結婚，並帶上“新娘”（當然還有便攜掌上機）去海外度蜜月。
這位自稱網名爲SAL9000的男子在玩戀愛模擬遊戲《愛上愛》時與遊戲中的人物“姊崎寧寧”相識。
他與“姊崎寧寧”在幾周前結婚，並在視頻分享網站Youtube日文版上直播了婚禮全程。
爲避免招致誤解，SAL9000沒有公開自己的真實姓名。他坦稱自己是個“宅男”，“宅男”是對沉溺於視頻遊戲、電腦和虛擬世界的日本年輕人的稱呼。
他在接受記者採訪時說：“在日本的宅人文化中，稱虛擬角色爲‘老婆’是一個傳統。我已經有點將姊崎寧寧當成自己的妻子了。既然我這樣稱呼她，我想我們就該結婚纔是。”
“如果更多的人都像這樣尋找不同的方式來表達自己，我想社會會變得更加有意思。”
前不久這對新人前往關島度蜜月，現在回到東京繼續甜蜜約會。SAL9000在著名建築物前爲在任天堂DS掌上游戲機中的新婚妻子拍攝照片，並把它們上傳至社交網站。
由於《愛上愛》這款遊戲有聲音識別軟件，所以SAL9000可以和妻子交談，甚至可以和她玩石頭、剪子、布等簡單的遊戲。
他還立誓稱未來不管怎樣，他都會一直愛着寧寧，即便這款遊戲推出升級版。
他說：“我想我可能會一直玩《愛上愛》。我不會欺騙寧寧。”
Vocabulary:
handheld game console：掌機，掌上游戲機
moniker：a person's name, esp. a nickname or alias（名字，綽號）
otaku：an avid collector or enthusiast, esp. one who is obsessed anime, video games, or computer and rarely leaves home（御宅族）
nerd：an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit（宅人，沉溺於某種獨特愛好，而不願參加社交活動的人）
voice recognition：聲音識別
to have and to hold：享有，永遠保有
