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News Localiser '8-4' Offers To Help Translate 'Retro Game Challenge 1 + 2 Replay'

Game currently not planned for Western release

Tokyo-based localiser 8-4, Ltd. has offered to assist in translating Retro Game Challenge 1 + 2 Replay after Bandai Namco had confirmed that the game was not being planned for a Western release. Likely due to soft sales of the original Retro Game Challenge on DS (which publisher XSEED had previously...

• Thu 9th May 2024
• Nintendo Switch
• Japan

News Retro Game Challenge 1 & 2 Are Getting Switch Ports In Japan

No word on a Western release yet

Bandai Namco has announced Retro Game Challenge 1 + 2 Replay, a remastered collection of two DS cult classics for Switch (thanks, Famitsu). At the moment, the collection has only been announced for Japan, and a release date hasn't been confirmed. Retro Game Challenge is a series of video games based on the Game...

• Tue 5th Sep 2023
• Nintendo Switch
• Upcoming Releases
• Japan
• DS

News New GameCenter CX Title in Development for 3DS

"Kachou ON!!!"

GameCenter CX (also known outside Japan as Retro Game Master) is the chronicle of Kachou (“Chief”) Shinya Arino and his quest to defeat classic games of years gone by. According to Siliconera, the third game about this show about games has been announced as being in development. It's like gameception. G.Rev, developers of the...

• Fri 7th Jun 2013
• 3DS
• Upcoming Releases

News Watch the Translated GameCenter CX vs. Iwata Asks Segment Right Here

Fresh from Japan

If you watched last week's Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation you'll know that at the end there was a special GameCenter CX segment featuring none other than Nintendo President Satoru Iwata. For those of you that don't know, GameCenter CX (known in the west as Retro Game Master) is a TV show starring Shinya Arino, who plays...

• Mon 29th Oct 2012
• Satoru Iwata
• Retro
• Famicom
• Japan
• Nintendo Direct

News Translated Episodes of Game Center CX to be Aired Online

The "Retro Game Master" finally goes English

If you're a retro gaming fan, you might be familiar with Shinya Arino. Part of a Japanese comedy duo called Yoiko, he began presenting a show called GameCenter CX in 2003, in which he attempts to complete one generally difficult retro game in each episode, as well as visiting a different arcade in Japan...

• Fri 17th Jun 2011
• Retro
• Awesome
• TV Shows

News Retro Game Challenge Needs to Sell 100,000 Copies to Justify Localizing Sequel

The guys at XSEED set the record straight regarding Retro Game Challenge 2.

To say that the original Retro Game Challenge has a loyal following might be the understatement of the year, but unfortunately that following isn't quite large enough to justify XSEED localizing its sequel Retro Game Challenge 2. Of course this hasn't stopped the flood of...

• Thu 25th Jun 2009
• DS
• Interviews
• Retro
• Sales Numbers

News GameCenter CX To Hold 24-Hour Gaming Marathon

Show taking fan requests.

Shinya Arino, star of Japanese TV show GameCenter CX (which served as the source material for the stellar Retro Game Challenge), is no stranger to long and torturous gaming sessions. Good thing then, because he's got another one coming up! A really long one. According to the show's official blog (via Kotaku

• Wed 17th Jun 2009
• Retro
• GameCenter CX

News XSEED: Retro Game Challenge 2 Isn't Coming To The US

Publisher replies to personal request regarding the status of the game

Nintendo Life forum member slapshot82 recently wrote a letter to US publisher XSEED Games asking if the company would relent on its non-committal stance regarding the North American localization of Retro Game Challenge 2. Sadly, the reply was less than positive: Thanks for the...

• Thu 11th Jun 2009
• DS
• Localization
• Japanese Releases

News Retro Game Challenge Sequel Localization Looking Dire

Sales not up to snuff for XSEED

Things just ain't what they used to be for niche-localizer XSeed. First they lose the gorgeous Muramasa: The Demon Blade to publisher Ignition due to financial woes, and now another promising gem is stripped from them. Yes, Virginia, Retro Game Challenge 2 for DS (Game Center CX 2 as it's known in the motherland)...

• Tue 5th May 2009
• DS
• Retro