Bandai Namco announced the release date for Retro Game Challenge: GameCenter CX 1+2 Replay in Japan. The compilation remaster will be available for Nintendo Switch on February 22, 2024.
The publisher also updated the game’s website by adding a page detailing the new features in this remaster. The main highlight among the new features will be the addition of Honoo no Kakutou Salaryman Yattaroh, a belt-scrolling action game with characters modeled after GameCenter CX staff members. The protagonist Yattaroh will be able to power up by exchanging business cards with other characters.
GameCenter CX 1+2 Replay will also add offline multiplayer and online ranking features that the original DS releases did not have. The block puzzle game Triotos DX will feature a 2-player versus mode, while the shoot ’em up game GunDuel will include a co-op mode. The compilation will also have special online ranking versions for seven games, including both Triotos and GunDuel.
The player will be able to adjust the gameplay screen in this compilation. They can either view the games from a CRT television with fellow in-game characters or focus entirely on the game screen. Finally, the compilation’s title screen will show a 3D model of Chief Arino’s room as it appeared in the original TV show.
Bandai Namco has also uploaded the release date announcement trailer for Retro Game Challenge: GameCenter CX 1+2 Replay on its YouTube channel.
Bandai Namco first revealed GameCenter CX 1+2 Replay ahead of the Tokyo Game Show in September 2023. This remaster will combine content from Retro Game Challenge and its sequel, which were originally released for Nintendo DS in 2007 and 2009, respectively. Retro Game Challenge is the only title in the series to have a formal English release to date when XSEED Games released the localized version in North America in 2009.
Retro Game Challenge: GameCenter CX 1+2 Replay will be available for Nintendo Switch in Japan on February 22, 2024.
