The Sake Bomb is a unique weapon that fires non-damaging projectiles in an arc. If any opponents (including the user) are hit within its small AoE, they will receive a control reversal for 3.5 seconds. A successful hit gives an easier chance at defeating the affected targets while in a disadvantaged position, although they still able to retaliate or escape, but will find it difficult to do so. The weapon is considered a defensive one, and can be used to either disillusion attacking players or to make a potential victim more easy to kill. With 20 ammo, the player has multiple attempts to affect an enemy. Any player under the Sake Bomb's effect will have to endure their reversed movement for 3 seconds, where they are under risk from opposing players and self harm (e.g. suicide via map geographics). It has a moderate 5 second reload.
Originally, the Sake Bomb's effect also caused the player's "aiming finger" to be reversed, meaning that scrolling left would make their view shift right, scrolling up would cause their view to shift down and vice versa, which added greatly to the target's confusion. This was eliminated in a much later update.
Orignally, the Sake Bomb cost 90,000 Joules.
An actual sake bomb is a type of beer cocktail that is made by mixing beer with Japanese rice wine, otherwise known as sake (säkĕ).
The Sake Bomb is the Soldier's only weapon that cannot damage opponents.
During a promotion, the Sake Bomb was offered for 1 Joule, and was also given immediately to new players, free of charge. However, if the player changed back to the regular default secondary - the Bearzooka (BBG) - the standard 90,000 Joule price for the Sake Bomb (at the time) would be reinstated.
