日本宅男与游戏虚拟人物结婚

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，日本一名男子与一款十分流行的视频游戏中的女主角结婚，并带上“新娘”（当然还有便携掌上机）去海外度蜜月。

这位自称网名为SAL9000的男子在玩恋爱模拟游戏《爱上爱》时与游戏中的人物“姊崎宁宁”相识。

他与“姊崎宁宁”在几周前结婚，并在视频分享网站Youtube日文版上直播了婚礼全程。

为避免招致误解，SAL9000没有公开自己的真实姓名。他坦称自己是个“宅男”，“宅男”是对沉溺于视频游戏、电脑和虚拟世界的日本年轻人的称呼。

他在接受记者采访时说：“在日本的宅人文化中，称虚拟角色为‘老婆’是一个传统。我已经有点将姊崎宁宁当成自己的妻子了。既然我这样称呼她，我想我们就该结婚才是。”

“如果更多的人都像这样寻找不同的方式来表达自己，我想社会会变得更加有意思。”

前不久这对新人前往关岛度蜜月，现在回到东京继续甜蜜约会。SAL9000在著名建筑物前为在任天堂DS掌上游戏机中的新婚妻子拍摄照片，并把它们上传至社交网站。

由于《爱上爱》这款游戏有声音识别软件，所以SAL9000可以和妻子交谈，甚至可以和她玩石头、剪子、布等简单的游戏。

他还立誓称未来不管怎样，他都会一直爱着宁宁，即便这款游戏推出升级版。

他说：“我想我可能会一直玩《爱上爱》。我不会欺骗宁宁。”

Vocabulary:

handheld game console：掌机，掌上游戏机

moniker：a person's name, esp. a nickname or alias（名字，绰号）

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，沉溺于某种独特爱好，而不愿参加社交活动的人）

voice recognition：声音识别

to have and to hold：享有，永远保有