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19-451: A sequel, Retro Game Challenge 2 , was released in Japan on February 26, 2009 and was never officially localized into English by Xseed, but received a fan translation . A third game, GameCenter CX: 3-Chōme no Arino , also saw a Japan-only release on March 20, 2014. A remaster of the first two games, named Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 1+2 REPLAY , was announced for Nintendo Switch . At

38-413: A "game trainer" modeled after a Game & Watch . All together, the title has 15 games in one. Some of the games include: Wiz-Man , inspired by Pac-Man , Mutekiken Kung Fu , meant to mimic a Western-developed game in the style of Karateka , and Demon Returns , a platformer inspired by both Super Mario Bros. and Ghosts 'n Goblins . Rather than being a story sequel to the previous game,

57-630: A fake gaming magazine, Game Fan Magazine, that has articles about the games, rankings (with other fictional games named), and "game advice" from GameCenter CX ADs who have appeared over the seasons of the TV show. In the case of the North American version, the pseudonyms of journalists better known in English-speaking countries were used. Some parts of the various games are inspired by actual challenges that Arino has faced in his TV episodes. For example,

76-488: A score of 33/40 from Famitsu . As of June 2009, Retro Game Challenge had sold fewer than 100,000 copies in North America. This was viewed as disappointing for its North American publisher, Xseed Games , discouraging them from also localizing the sequel. Director of Publishing Ken Berry said that sales were initially strong but died down. GameCenter CX: Arino no Chōsenjō 2 is the sequel to Retro Game Challenge and

95-489: The Nintendo DS on February 26, 2009, in Japan, and never saw an official Western release due to low sales of its predecessor. It received a fan translation to English that was released in 2014. A remaster of the first two games, named Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 1+2 REPLAY , was announced for Nintendo Switch and set to be released on February 22, 2024. At the time of the announcement, no news of English localization

114-399: The manzai duo, Yoiko , with his partner Masaru Hamaguchi . He is best known outside Japan as the star of the long-running gaming variety show, GameCenter CX . Arino and Hamaguchi were classmates that graduated high school and formed a manzai duo in 1990. The duo would make their first major televised appearance on Mecha-Mecha Iketeru! in 1996. In 2003, Arino became the host of

133-522: The West of "every crappy shovelware piece of lazy trash from here to eternity". An additional, Japan-only entry in the series, GameCenter CX: 3-Chōme no Arino , was later released for the Nintendo 3DS . However, it was developed by G.rev rather than indieszero like the first two games. Kohler described the sequel as "very bad" in comparison to its predecessor on account of the change in developers, saying that

152-473: The bonus character in the second half of stage 1 of "Star Prince" is taken from his attempt to get bonus points from playing Star Force in season 1. The various "special" continue tricks (like in Haggle Man) come from the several instances in which Arino must use these features to complete tasks on the show. Even the ending to the game pulls a trick from Takeshi no Chōsenjō from season 1. The game received

171-568: The game began moving forward in 2011, after it became clear the game would not come to the West. A translation team was set up called the GameCenter CX 2 Translation Project. It was subsequently released years later, in 2014. Retro Game Challenge 2 was the fifth-best-selling game in Japan on the week of its release, selling 44,000 units. Kurt Kalata of Hardcore Gaming 101 called the game's quality more consistent than its predecessor, with no "outright stinkers", though also saying that there

190-413: The game, but Fuji TV for the show it was based on. Xseed Games Vice President Ken Berry called the localization of the previous game "incredibly expensive" due to "multiple IP owners" and "extensive localization programming", saying that their "love for the game blinded [their] business reasoning", and that it was virtually guaranteed they would lose money publishing the sequel. Efforts to fan translate

209-401: The gaming variety show, GameCenter CX , where he was initially tasked with interviewing video game developers before the format switched to a retrogaming focus. The show is often credited as a pioneer of video game commentary online. Arino married the former TV personality Yuuko Kitamura on February 27, 2005, who later gave birth to two daughters in 2006 and 2007. On May 30, 2008, Arino

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228-401: The minigames lacked attention to detail and were simply "by-the-numbers", as well as noting that they were repetitive and boring. He also criticized the replacement of fictional box art with a hub world. Shinya Arino Shinya Arino ( Japanese : 有野 晋哉 , Hepburn : Arino Shinya , born February 25, 1972) is a Japanese comedian and actor from Konohana-ku, Osaka . He is the boke of

247-399: The next. Despite the stated desire of series composer Koji Yamada for the game to be localized, Xseed Games , the publishers of the first game in the series, told the gaming press that it was "close to impossible to justify" releasing the game in the West, citing the sales numbers of the series' previous entry, as well as licensing issues, as the rights not only belonged to Namco Bandai for

266-435: The series, GameCenter CX: 3-Chōme no Arino , was released exclusively in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS on March 20, 2014, with the series switching developers to G.rev . The magazine Game Informer put it on their list of the best games of 2009. Retro Game Challenge 2 Retro Game Challenge 2 is the sequel to Retro Game Challenge . It was developed by indieszero , published by Namco Bandai and released for

285-469: The story functions as a total reboot with the same conceit - the player is sent back in time to 1984 by Game Master Arino, an evil entity resembling a disembodied head based on Shinya Arino. The Game Master then forces the player, now a child, to complete various "challenges" within the game's numerous sub-games in order to return to their own time. After the player is given a game to play by Arino, they must complete four distinct challenges before moving on to

304-605: The time of the announcement, no news of English localization was announced. In the game, the player controls a boy or girl who plays retro games in order to appease the Demon Arino (based on the TV show's host Shinya Arino). The Demon Arino gives four challenges to complete for each game. Each game is original but with graphics, sound, and game-play elements which make it look old or retro. Many of them are similar in both gameplay and appearance to real Famicom games. They come with fully illustrated manuals. Occasionally there will be

323-632: Was announced. Like the original, it is based on the television show GameCenter CX starring Shinya Arino . The game was well received by critics, who called it generally superior to its predecessor and featuring higher-quality minigames. Retro Game Challenge 2 largely consists of NES -styled games reminiscent of actual games released in the late 1980s through mid-1990s. The game also features games styled after Super NES , Game Boy , Game Boy Color and Famicom Disk System games, as well as variants on games included in Retro Game Challenge and

342-456: Was no game that matched the quality of Haggleman 3 . However, he called the text-based Detective Kacho minigames very difficult to navigate without knowing Japanese. Chris Kohler of Wired called the game one of the most brilliant on the Nintendo DS platform and superior to its predecessor, with more varied types of games, lamenting the fact that it was not localized despite the release in

361-598: Was released on February 26, 2009, in Japan. Like the original, it largely consists of NES -styled games reminiscent of actual games released in the late 1980s through mid-1990s. This game also features games styled after Super NES , Game Boy , Game Boy Color , and Famicom Disk System games, as well as variants on games included in Retro Game Challenge and a "game trainer" modeled after a Game & Watch . All together, this title has 15 games in one. The game received an English fan translation in 2014. A third game in

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