Arnio returns with a new Retro Game Challenge or if you’re in Japan Game Center CX game.

The chances of seeing Game Center CX 2 overseas looks grim. Bummer because the sequel’s faux retro games are better designed and more relevant parodies for North America.

Retro Game Challenge has a string of retro games to beat leading up to an awesome treat. Many of you probably know the “surprise” already, but if you haven’t heard Retro Game Challenge has an 8-bit RPG called Guadia Quest. Before you get your hands on Guadia Quest you need to beat twenty four challenges [...]

Oh no! I’ve been sent back through time by Game Master Arino! His quest to “torment” this generation of gamers with retro game challenges begins with… Star Wars-like scrolling text. A digitalized version of Arino says told me we’re going to “dual”, sends me through time, and turns me into an 80′s kid which is [...]

Retro Game Challenge also known as Game Center CX to some of you is a peculiar title. The Nintendo DS game is tied to a Japanese TV show license and sprinkled with humor that would fly over our heads if directly translated.   The chances of Game Center CX being localized looked slim even though [...]

The same month we get Retro Game Challenge Japan gets the sequel. Game Center CX 2 has a selection of new games. Not all of them are based on the Famicom. Kugure! Girijan Max is a self described “Game Training Tool” and a tribute to hand held LCD games.   In Kugure! Girijan Max players [...]

Disregard the January 5th release date for Retro Game Challenge in Nintendo’s DS line up. XSEED sent us an e-mail stating Retro Game Challenge is set for February 2009. Most of the games in Retro Game Challenge need no explanation since the mock games are based on Famicom archetypes. Anyone that played video games in [...]

We’re waiting for Retro Game Challenge while Japan is waiting for the sequel Game Center CX: Arino’s Challenge 2. Namco Bandai has Game Center CX 2 slated for release on February 26 and it comes with a bunch of new faux retro games to play.   Game Center CX 2 adds Game Boy style games [...]

Whether you know it as Game Center CX or Retro Game Challenge another collection of made for the DS 8-bit style games is coming out in the future. The teaser site doesn’t announce any games in Game Center CX 2 or a even a release window. Visit it to see the ship from Star Prince, [...]

Retro Game Challenge’s Famicom inspired games are simple enough to break language barriers. So, why should you wait for Xseed to localize Retro Game Challenge when you can import Game Center CX? The tips you need to beat Arino’s challenges and complete the game are inside virtual magazines you have to read. In Game Center [...]

Good news everyone! Xseed plans on keeping everything in Game Center CX intact. They are translating all of the virtual video game mags and keep every faux 8-bit game in Retro Game Challenge. There is even a top loading Famicom on the floor. I asked Xseed if they plan on changing it to a Nintendo [...]

Last weekend I talked with Xseed and was shocked when I found out they got the rights to Game Center CX. In the USA it will be called Retro Game Challenge to match the name of the upcoming series of DVDs when it arrives this winter. Populous DS was also a surprise since it’s an [...]

The NYAFF premiere of Game Center CX, soon to be known as Retro Game Center, isn’t a one shot deal. I got in touch with a Retro Game Master representative that clarified the screenings are the start of the KACHO in North America.   “They have produced the English subb'd DVDS and are now looking [...]

Two English subtitled episodes of Game Center CX will be at the New York Asian Film Festival starting this Saturday. One video has Shinya Arino playing the frustrating Famicom game, Atlantis No Nazo (Mystery of Atlantis). The other challenge is Katcho vs. Ghost and Goblins. If you are around the New York Metro area the [...]

In Japan there is a TV show with comedian Shinya Arino trying to complete Famicom games called Game Center CX. Since retro games don’t have save points, Arino struggles through them while the audience laughs at his frustration.   Namco Bandai’s take on the show is rather clever. In Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou [...]