[Box of Bunnies]

There is no schedule as such, just whatever episodes the team want to do first.

Speaking of, to mark the one year anniversary of the group SAGCCX have just released a compilation of scenes from the Arino's 40th live special.

[PixyJunket]

There is no schedule as such, just whatever episodes the team want to do first.

Well poo, I need to see Episode #57 really bad!

Patience, I suppose. :)

[John Rabbit]

Funny enough I've never found the GCCX intro music, the remix of Beethoven's 9th, and I don't even know if it's something they did specifically for the show or if that itself is a licensed track from somewhere else. I actually prefer the mix from earlier seasons with the bass than the later ones.

the robot voice at the beginning is from the junkie XL album "A Broadcast From Computer Hell Cabin". i think the ambient bit at the front (with the kids putting the famicom game in) is too, but i don't have the album to listen to at the moment. you can hear the vocoded/robot voice in this track: Junkie XL- Intro 3am

[Interactive Fiction]

I am eternally grateful to the Something Awful translation team for their amazing work on this show.
They keep on turning out great translations at a steady pace.
I now have hope that one day every episode will have been subbed.
I would have never imagined that just a few years ago.

[PixyJunket]

They keep on turning out great translations at a steady pace.

I haven't been following their work, what's their pace been like?

Of course, this is a selfish question so that I may calculate potential wait time for the Bikkuriman World episode. :)

[Gooster]

the robot voice at the beginning is from the junkie XL album "A Broadcast From Computer Hell Cabin". i think the ambient bit at the front (with the kids putting the famicom game in) is too, but i don't have the album to listen to at the moment. you can hear the vocoded/robot voice in this track: Junkie XL- Intro 3am

Thanks! :)

I actually sent a fax during the birthday challenge. It wasn't featured but I hope they got it. Forgot what service I used.

And yeah the SA team tends to pick episodes they think people will like or enjoyed themselves, but they sure get a lot of requests for Battletoads.

Edit: They slowed down a bit since one of the SA members is translating the Kotaku episodes for the DVD. She MIGHT be finished. Not sure. Not even sure if she worked on the bonus episodes yet.

In other news, holy shit someone compiled all (or a majority of) the Tama-ge locations: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=...12995a3d16a8b6

[Box of Bunnies]

I haven't been following their work, what's their pace been like? Of course, this is a selfish question so that I may calculate potential wait time for the Bikkuriman World episode. :)

In terms of the amount of episodes they've released it averages out to a little over an episode a week, but in practical terms it tends to be more like a few episodes close together with breaks in between.

[jooey]

DVD comin' out 9-18.

[Daigoro]

sweet! will buy the dvd's for sure.

I am eternally grateful to the Something Awful translation team for their amazing work on this show. They keep on turning out great translations at a steady pace. I now have hope that one day every episode will have been subbed. I would have never imagined that just a few years ago.

i was just coming to this thread to say the same thing. been watching a bunch of episodes lately.

i love this show.

[jooey]

DVD news from Japan this time: the USA special comes out there on 8/31. Unused footage and more.

[Box of Bunnies]

I re-uped this for a couple people over at Something Awful and figured there might be some fans here that missed it before.

GCCXcomix.zip - 11.6 Mb

Originally printed in the third Game Center CX book, it's basically a comic written by the show's staff writer, Kibe, that details the making of an episode of the show. I don't remember who translated it, but it was posted in the previous GCCX thread over at SA and I think it's pretty interesting from a fan perspective so I'm happy to pass it around. Credit to Kibe, the illustrator and whoever translated.

[firehawk12]

Hah, that's cool.

[Gooster]

They need to make another series of Arino figurines. :P

[Gooster]

New SA episode: Yuuyu no Quiz de Go! Go! on Super Famicom.

I enjoy Arino at quiz games.

[Box of Bunnies]

Yeah, quiz episodes are great. Shame there's only one left after this.

SAGGCX also released a segment from the show Lincoln featuring Arino's comedy duo Yoiko, so it's a double dose of the chief.

[Gentleman Jack]

SAGGCX also released a segment from the show Lincoln featuring Arino's comedy duo Yoiko, so it's a double dose of the chief.

Yoiko and Downtown on the same stage? what the fuhhhhh

[Box of Bunnies]

Yoiko and Downtown on the same stage? what the fuhhhhh

Arino and Hamaguchi turn up cosplaying as Amuro and Char and take the Downtown guys to Akihabara.

[Gooster]

That Lincoln clip was hilarious. Here's another video though that shows the full idea of a tsundere cafe: http://youtu.be/P32bX0xuZfE

Also, another SA translation released: Street Fighter 2010. Never played it but I believe Angry Videogame Nerd did an episode on it and didn't actually hate it.

Edit: I don't know if it's ever been posted in the thread but the SA translation team have a Facebook page.

[Man God]

Capcom and Konami could do no wrong in the 8bit era. Even their worst titles were well above average.

[PixyJunket]

Capcom and Konami could do no wrong in the 8bit era. Even their worst titles were well above average.

Absolute truth!

My God, what happened to them?!

[Daigoro]

Yeah, quiz episodes are great. Shame there's only one left after this. SAGGCX also released a segment from the show Lincoln featuring Arino's comedy duo Yoiko, so it's a double dose of the chief.

one what? ep of Gamecenter? is it ending?

[Box of Bunnies]

one what? ep of Gamecenter? is it ending?

One more episode featuring a quiz game.

[Jackano]

I watched the Arino's 40th anniversary resume episode.
The whole concept in kinda weird, I mean, japanese weird, a 24 hours TV show where the guy celebrate his birthday by playing video games live...

It was fun to see Sakurai's message, he have a much louder voice than I thought!
Also fun to see gifts from Nintendo and SquareEnix!

[Daigoro]

One more episode featuring a quiz game.

ah gotcha, thanks.

so is this a new ep up? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsy9t5hdZiI

Street Fighter 2010, uploaded 3 days ago. watching now.

[Box of Bunnies]

New episode released: #98 - Pilotwings

[epmode]

I don't know how I missed this thread last year but I've been watching episodes for the last month and I *love* this show. These translation teams are doing god's work.

[Interactive Fiction]

New episode released: #98 - Pilotwings

Arino really is the perfect host for this show.
I love how obsessed he becomes with landing on the bonus stage island, and yet manages to do it twice even after the AD tells him it's next to impossible.

[Aaron]

Arino really is the perfect host for this show. I love how obsessed he becomes with landing on the bonus stage island, and yet manages to do it twice even after the AD tells him it's next to impossible.

Then he usually gets overconfident and loses repeatedly to stupid mistakes. :)

[CB3]

I don't know how I missed this thread last year but I've been watching episodes for the last month and I *love* this show. These translation teams are doing god's work.

I agree. But they need help. I think ive seen all the translated episodes and i need MOAR!

Specifically the Super GnG episode translated. And DRC just to hear the great music

[jett]

I watched the untranslated Battletoads episode some time ago. It's impressive how much of the humor transcends without actually knowing what they are saying.

[Chairmanchuck]

I have a question.

How much you think is "scripted"? I mean they even have writers for the show.
I think the reactions and gaming is acurate, but sometimes I am having my doubts, when they talk about the time.

"After 49 tries and 2 hours, he is back at point xyz."
If you played these games yourself at a child, sometimes it really sounds unbelievable. More like "He tried 20 minutes, then ate dinner for 1 hour and then tried another 20 minutes".

What do you think about it? You think they overexaggerate or its true?


Nevertheless I really love the show.

[androvsky]

I have a question. How much you think is "scripted"? I mean they even have writers for the show. I think the reactions and gaming is acurate, but sometimes I am having my doubts, when they talk about the time. "After 49 tries and 2 hours, he is back at point xyz." If you played these games yourself at a child, sometimes it really sounds unbelievable. More like "He tried 20 minutes, then ate dinner for 1 hour and then tried another 20 minutes". What do you think about it? You think they overexaggerate or its true? Nevertheless I really love the show.

Someone's gotta tell Producer Kan (the Japanese narrator) what to say, since he's not a gamer. I'm sure most of the AD - Arino interactions are scripted too (at least the AD's side), but the actual Arino playing the games parts seem fairly genuine. Now, how much Arino is purposefully not trying hard to increase tension, that's hard to tell.

I still think he's usually trying his hardest though, since the general consensus seems to be that he's been getting better over the years. And sometimes he just plain breezes through certain games.

[Chairmanchuck]

I still think he's usually trying his hardest though, since the general consensus seems to be that he's been getting better over the years. And sometimes he just plain breezes through certain games.

Yeah. But even then the narrator seems to say
"After 2 hours replaying this part, he finally arrived at the hard spot he could not pass earlier on."

But yeah. I am also sure the AD-Interactions are scripted. Someone must say "Hey, go to him to "help" him. Prepare something."
I just wonder why they draw maps and things like that, when almost every game in Japan had a guidebook. In one of the earlier episodes I remember Arino even used one of those. But after that it seems the ADs always have to draw maps or do something similar.

[Box of Bunnies]

If you've ever seen one of the live challenges, you'll know they don't exaggerate how long he gets stuck on some stages. The rocket belt music haunts me still.

[Chairmanchuck]

If you've ever seen one of the live challenges, you'll know they don't exaggerate how long he gets stuck on some stages. The rocket belt music haunts me still.

Havent watched them yet.

Just sometimes to me it seems, its a bit of exaggeration and think more like "Ah. Guess he made a 2-3 hour pause, had dinner after than and then continued."
Especially at the Pilot Wings Episode, they say "After 28 tries, he finally landed the plane". Something like that. Somehow I can not believe he needed 28 tries to land the plane. Just these strike me odd sometimes.


Edit: Eh? After about 1 year I became a member. Yay!! What happened??? lol

[OMG Aero]

Arino really is the perfect host for this show. I love how obsessed he becomes with landing on the bonus stage island, and yet manages to do it twice even after the AD tells him it's next to impossible.

I love when he proves the ADs wrong.

[Interactive Fiction]

I have a question. How much you think is "scripted"? I mean they even have writers for the show. I think the reactions and gaming is acurate, but sometimes I am having my doubts, when they talk about the time. "After 49 tries and 2 hours, he is back at point xyz." If you played these games yourself at a child, sometimes it really sounds unbelievable. More like "He tried 20 minutes, then ate dinner for 1 hour and then tried another 20 minutes". What do you think about it? You think they overexaggerate or its true?

A LOT of the episodes fast forward through hours of Arino playing difficult sections over and over, or having to play back up to some higher level once his continues have run out.
It always seems legit to me.
I just finished watching the Kid Kool episode, and screens like this pop up to remind you how punishing these games are:



The only shows where you could watch every single failed attempt are probably those 24 hour live challenges he does.

By the way, Something Awful fansubs just release Episode 99 - Rainbow Islands (and it looks like Episode 100 - Wrecking Crew will be up tomorrow).

[bon]

Arino is pretty bad at games most of the time. That's one of the reasons why he's such an endearing host.

[Hazaro]

Oh nice, we have a thread for this.

I just watched the first Lemmings episode.

[Garou]

Just watched the exclusive Super Metroid-episode on the Nintendo Channel. Was quite good and actually a full 1-hour challenge.

Calling Samus "Roid-san" and constantly reading the English weapon-names incorrectly was quite funny. Too bad he didn't make it to the ship on the first try, that would have been the perfect ending.

[plagiarize]

Havent watched them yet. Just sometimes to me it seems, its a bit of exaggeration and think more like "Ah. Guess he made a 2-3 hour pause, had dinner after than and then continued." Especially at the Pilot Wings Episode, they say "After 28 tries, he finally landed the plane". Something like that. Somehow I can not believe he needed 28 tries to land the plane. Just these strike me odd sometimes. Edit: Eh? After about 1 year I became a member. Yay!! What happened??? lol

well i watched him play pilotwings on the live broadcast, and he spents hours and hours on the same goddamn plane level. i learnt how to say left, right, up and down in japanese.

[Box of Bunnies]

Episoe 100, Wrecking Crew is up. Looking forward to this episode, it's one of my favourite "lesser" Nintendo games and one that seems like it'd suit the Puzzle Chief well.

[Katzii]

For what it was worth, I really enjoyed the Rainbow Islands episode...

...Not that THAT'S a huge surprise, mind you.

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

I have a question. How much you think is "scripted"? I mean they even have writers for the show. I think the reactions and gaming is acurate, but sometimes I am having my doubts, when they talk about the time. "After 49 tries and 2 hours, he is back at point xyz." If you played these games yourself at a child, sometimes it really sounds unbelievable. More like "He tried 20 minutes, then ate dinner for 1 hour and then tried another 20 minutes". What do you think about it? You think they overexaggerate or its true? Nevertheless I really love the show.

I was thinking about this after the Rainbow Island ep, I worked out that we don't watch Gamecenter CX, what we see is the making of.

They talk about things like production, whether or not a segment has worked, even show us them presenting Arino with games they might use in future eps.

For what it was worth, I really enjoyed the Rainbow Islands episode... ...Not that THAT'S a huge surprise, mind you.

http://www.crunkgames.com/?p=87


I wonder why they skipped Bubble Bobble?
One of my favourite oldschool games and would make for a nice dynamic (finiding out you have to play Co-Op for the real ending).

[Gooster]

Translation of Steel Battalion has just been released. I've seen this one before I think, from season one, when the show was about Arino visiting studios and just playing the game for a bit before it got retooled into what most know GCCX as today.

[Box of Bunnies]

I hadn't noticed before because I was just getting the links from Facebook rather than going to the SA thread for the last few releases but they've also been accompanied by new fanart by Zari-Gani.

Translation of Steel Battalion has just been released. I've seen this one before I think, from season one, when the show was about Arino visiting studios and just playing the game for a bit before it got retooled into what most know GCCX as today.

TV-Nihon did that season, but they stripped out the majority of the episode and only did the challenge segments (which, as you said, weren't the focus of the show at the time). The SAGCCX release is the whole thing and was apparently a major pain to translate. I'm not surprised that TV-Nihon did cut down versions if an actually good translator considered it such a challenge.

[Chairmanchuck]

I really wish I could have an autograph from him.

Besides Kojima and Miyamoto his is the only autograph I ever need *haha*


The pilotwings-fanart is great!!!

[Gooster]

Another new episode. I don't think it's a particular game but the staff tours Fukuoka.

[firehawk12]

Wow, 5 episodes total. Amazing!

[androvsky]

TV-Nihon did that season, but they stripped out the majority of the episode and only did the challenge segments (which, as you said, weren't the focus of the show at the time). The SAGCCX release is the whole thing and was apparently a major pain to translate. I'm not surprised that TV-Nihon did cut down versions if an actually good translator considered it such a challenge.

The SAGCCX translation also clears up what was a very strange ending to the Steel Battalion challenge due to the original TV-Nihon translation. Originally, Arino said the controller wasn't very interesting(?!), now, he says the game is fun but wouldn't be interesting without the controller. The full episode is also nice if you want to see a lot of interviews with Capcom producers about a variety of games from around 2004.

I'm really glad SA translated a full season 1 episode, and despite the apparent difficulty, I hope they do more. It's interesting seeing interviews from Japanese developers of that era; even though they're not super in-depth, they're still good. And I'd still love to see the Sakura Taisen episode. ^_^;