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Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

Hello, this is Kakaricho from VR-GCCX. I decided to register an account to say hello to the SA-GCCX team and tell you how much I have enjoyed your releases. I know our group is young, but I really hope that we can make many releases in the future.

If anyone from the SA-GCCX team would like to get in touch with me, please feel free to post here, at our thread in /vr/ in 4chan(current one is here http://boards.4chan.org/vr/res/942758#p955106), or e-mail me at vrkakaricho@gmail.com. I'd like to discuss what episodes you're working on to avoid any overlap in future releases.

Thank you for your hard work and all the best in future projects!

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Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

Kanfy posted:

GameCenter CX is truly one of the most powerful forces in the universe if it can make SA and 4chan work together.

Well, more Arino for everyone can never be a bad thing.

Our GCCX threads in /vr/ are pretty different from the usual/stereotypical image of 4chan. The vast majority of people who post there are well mannered and polite, and a lot of Anons pitch in in on the editing process. Swing by and see for yourself sometime!


Shadow Ninja 64 posted:

Common ground is a cool thing like that sometimes.

Exactly! I just don't get group drama/rivalry, to be honest.

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

Nipponophile posted:

Well, there's the fact that /b/ used to frequently post actual child pornography. I don't know if they still do that, but you should understand why people might want to distance themselves from a site that does that.

Ugh, I know. Back when I was in high school (many years ago) I learned to leave fast if I saw people posting F5 threads. That said, /vr/ is a totally different environment.


Obeast posted:

I think it's great that VR-GCCX and SAGCCX are gonna work together to release episodes, especially since VR-GCCX's work seems to be about the same quality as SAGCCX (I can't tell how well it's translated since I barely know Japanese, but I'm sure it's about the same). :)

Well, I think were mainly just making sure we don't do projects that the other group is already working on. Glad to hear that you think our releases stack up against SA's!

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

Xelkelvos posted:

The mods are much more watchful about stuff like that now. /vr/, /v/ and /b/ are are relatively different entities much like how GBS is different from Games or FYAD. I honestly don't know a lot about how different /vr/ is from /v/ though.

4chan in 2013 is different from years past, and while /vr/ seems to have some trolls and trouble makers (where doesn't?), for the most part, it's a pretty nice community. Our GCCX threads often see people apologize and forgive, and random Anons do most of our script checks, and in that process, I've witnessed some of the most civil conversation I've ever seen on the internet.


Adamant posted:

In short:

*Controls are just plain bad in general. Your characters control like bricks, jump physics are extremely floaty, and the game is awful at recognizing button input for special moves.
*The different-leveled arenas were a bad idea in general, and the way the split screen wraps around when character dash under each other is hideously annoying.
*Many special moves running off a power meter that's charged up by blocking attacks is bad enough, but the super move system is just insane. They all work the same way - move a specific distance from the enemy, input the correct command for the move of your choice (most characters have two, they vary in how much damage they deal and how much of the power meter they eat), which will start a cutscene. The other player can now input a command for one of several counter moves, all similar for all characters, which will either reduce, completely prevent, or return the damage from the move. It should be evident how unfair this system is, especially when fighting the computer.
*The characters lack... identity as far as the gameplay is concerned. There are no real defining fighting styles, and characters tend to have very similar movesets.

Well, it's not like I don't watch every new challenge (if I can), you don't have to sell me on a great episode!

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

I liked the new episode, it's been a while since he's challenged a fighting game. Plus, "Yoga Fire!" for a Kamehameha, I laughed. Also, the first staff battles in a long time, and suddenly, Nakayama out of nowhere.

I'm watching the final version of the Megaman 2 challenge right now, and if it doesn't violate any rules, I'd be glad to post the results of the final ending. Is that okay?

I don't think the SMB battle will have any new footage outside of the previously aired CS version that had the action happening between the commercials of the original broadcast. Also, Producer Kan's Twitter didn't tease anything for it, but he did kind of say "Who knows what the new 10 minutes of the Megaman 2 challenge will contain?"

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

In the just-aired extended version of the Famicon 30th Anniversary Challenge against Megaman 2, in the extra 10 minutes, Arino was able to beat Dr.Wily, a revenge waiting eight years in the making!

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

aers posted:

Oh dear, there's new footage? I had no idea. Are they going to re-air the ones with new footage later?

Just ended now.

Edit - That is, the extended version with the extra 10 minutes just ended a little while ago.

Kakaricho fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Aug 8, 2013

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

Adamant posted:

That bit had already been shown on the eshop digest version of the episode, for the record.

Also, for those of you with Japanese 3DSes, guess who just got distributed as a special Mii!
Hamaguchi, not Arino... but still cool

The only Nintendo system I have at the moment is a Super Famicon, so I didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know.

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

NuclearPotato posted:

Hey guys, what would be a good episode from the DVD to show someone who's never seen GCCX before? My aunt got the DVD for my birthday, and we're probably going to watch it together. :3:

I like SOS a lot, but maybe it's best for people who have suffered at a game's controls. A lot good humor there though, in my opinion.

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

NarbYehoot posted:

https://twitter.com/arimorokoshi415/status/366397136713162752

"Today's end of twitter."

Aw drat, man.


e: Nope, I read that wrong. Sorry for the false alarm.

I laughed when that popped up in my feed, because in a previous message he said "Hello", so I read it as

"Hello"
"Done with Twitter for the day"

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

Adamant posted:

So guys, the hint for the next game is "4 letters of the alphabet".

Dare we hope for...


M.U.L.E on the MSK2. It's going to happen, I just know it.

Kakaricho fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Aug 12, 2013

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

It turns out the next challenge (on the 22nd) will be "The Legend of Kage" for the NES. It's just called Kage in Japan, hence the "4 letters of the alphabet" hint.



http://www.fujitv.co.jp/otn/gamecenter/index.html

EDIT - I was wrong, it's "Shadow of the Ninja", not "The Legend of Kage".

Kakaricho fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Aug 15, 2013

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

Adamant posted:

KAGE is not Legend of Kage (that's called "Kage no densetsu" in Japan), but the highly underrated and mighty entertaining platformer known as "Blue Shadow" in Europe, and "Shadow of the Ninja" in America.
A childhood favorite, really looking forward to this episode.

My Google-fu has has failed, thanks for the correction!

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013


"If you're going to a failed nation where the citizens are staving, try this one".

They're be no shortage of Arino yelling "Look out!" and "Scary!" at least.

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

AzraelDarkheart posted:

The translation isn't bad, but I've already run into a mistake. At around 6:16 the subtitles say "Ah, he's fast! That guy's cool!", when Arino is calling him "Char", the Gundam character, since the enemy was all red like Char's Zaku.

As I posted about that line on /vr/

'drat it, I meant to ask how familiar people were with the original Gundam series and if a reference to it would be understood. Sloppiness on my part, and I'm sorry for it.'

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

SuccinctAndPunchy posted:

It's probably a good rule of thumb that anyone watching a subtitled Japanese TV show won't mind references like that, even if they don't get them.

That's a good point, thanks. Localizing is something I worry about, but maybe just sticking as close to the original references as possible is the best way.

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

To everyone who's watched VR-GCCX's release and posted about enjoying it, thank you very much. Please feel free to offer constructive criticism, as this can help make our releases even better, which means more quality GCCX subs for everyone.



Azazell0 posted:

Incidentally, I'm watching the Karnov RAW episode right now. Who doesn't want to play as a fire-breathing russian strongman? It was never released in Europe, though - not even in Russia!

He's not even Russian in the Famicon version, that game has a different story for each version, I swear it.

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

Azazell0 posted:

Other than the few things I already listed, I feel like the font could be a bit bigger.

The font size issue is being discussed on VR-GCCX. I hope we can work it out in future releases.

quote:

I guess they stripped the backstory off the NES version because all the mentions about God, but honestly, you could just have him be a wizard or something instead of completely removing the story.

As far as I remember, pretty much every version gets it's own story.

Kakaricho fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Aug 22, 2013

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013


My work has let up a bit, so here's a quick translation of the trailer (subbed by Abunai, also of VR-GCCX).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNq829uNAn8

Kakaricho fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Sep 14, 2013

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

zari-gani posted:

I ended up drawing a pretty generic picture, but any busier and I think it'd be too much.



That is one nice drawing. Simple, and shows that people from a lot of different countries like seeing the victory pose. Very nice!


Erwin Tuwonwon posted:

I voted for Punch Out because it's one of my top five episodes, and I'm hoping for a Nakayama vs. InokoMAX revenge match. Even though he doesn't appear in the Japanese game, maybe they could blow the budget hiring AD Mike Tyson.
Suddenly, that man appears.
"Could I play a life, Arino Thinya?"

If it plays out like this, I'll buy another seat just to hold my joy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E50sUAMRH0s

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

zari-gani posted:

I want that Swiss army knife, so of course it's the most expensive thing.

According to Kan's Twitter, they won't be selling it after all. No reason was given, but it's probably because of the stricter laws on knives/selling them.

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

According to a commercial for the Paris Special, Arino will be challenging Mario and Wario during the special.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_%26_Wario

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

The next challenge is Yuyuhakusho: Makyoutou Itsusen.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%BD%E2%98%86%E9%81%8A%E2%98%86%E7%99%BD%E6%9B%B8_%E9%AD%94%E5%BC%B7%E7%B5%B1%E4%B8%80%E6%88%A6

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

The next challenge is Nitro Punks - Might Heads, released on the SNES as Rockey Rodent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Rodent

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

zari-gani posted:

The third trading card (there were three in all) is Inoko MAX, but oddly I haven't seen anyone post a picture of it yet. I've only seen Inoue card owners wishing they got Abe instead...
VVV There were 7000 people.

I got Inoko MAX! I'll throw some pictures up when I get home.

taopriest posted:

Someone know how many people attend at Budokan? Is it sold out?

7000 people, and 10,000 was considered capacity crowd.

Random Stranger posted:

You know that Abe's backstory is even greater than our beliefs.

My seat was close enough that I can confirm that...Abe smiles a lot when filming Arino, at least he did at the Budokan.

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

jyrque posted:

Oh wow, the bouquet is beautiful! Thanks to everyone who contributed. It seems the GCCX team really appreciates it.

They stood out. From Kan's Twitter:

@topazmym - These flowers were sent to the Budokan yesterday. Seems Game Center CX is really popular overseas too.
@kankanp - Nina got a lot of overseas fans together and had them sent. We're very grateful!

https://twitter.com/kankanp/status/398017305247883264

I also overheard some people taking pictures that the art was "super good".



If anyone is interested, here's an Imgur album of pictures I took. Most are pretty poor quality (some because of the dark, some because of always moving, etc), but here you go.

http://imgur.com/a/e9x1G

The 26th picture is of the ribbons that were scattered at the end. I think it was Leather Fedora who mentioned them, but they say

"We'll be waiting for you at Tokyo Dome for our 20th (year) event. Thank you for all the memories. GCCX Chief Arino".

Also, there are some left-over Budokan goods on sale here, in limited quantities.
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/stylejam/c/0000000119/

Kakaricho fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Nov 7, 2013

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

Random Stranger posted:

You know, this could mean something other than zari-gani's name being on that delivery slip. :tinfoil:

'Them' referred to the flowers, unless I'm too sleep deprived to understand what you mean...

Kakaricho fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Nov 6, 2013

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

zari-gani posted:


I think he's implying that Kan follows this thread? But nah, I replied to his e-mail last night with how pleasantly surprised I was by the huge number of people pitching in. Good job, everyone! Arino and the staff definitely feel the love.

Thanks for the photos, and for uploading a shot of the Inoko MAX card! The Budokan logos with the ADs are cool too. I wish they made shirts out of those.

Ah, I see. Been a real long couple of days, no braining good.

You're welcome, I actually added a bunch more pictures of when the merchandise first went on sale. It went on sale at 1 PM, but when I got there at 12:45 there was about 200 people.

http://imgur.com/a/e9x1G

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

zari-gani posted:

- Everyone in the audience wore the cooling sheets handed out at the event, and the sight amused him a lot

At the end he remarked it looked really cool when they shined the blue lights on the audience and he could see them all glowing.

quote:

To make the acted parts look seamless, Arino, Inoue, and Urakawa had to slim down to their 2006 weights -- except Urakawa hadn't gained any weight, so he didn't have to do anything

I thought he looked a lot slimmer than he did at the start of this season, but I wasn't sure.

quote:

He hopes the fans who attended the event felt that "playing games at a friend's house" vibe

"Tonight, the Budokan is your Friend's House" was sort of the motto, it was said/written on the screen right before the event started.

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

Fooley posted:

I also spotted a couple Arino cosplayers :3:.

I saw at least a dozen in line for merchandise, 20 or so if I count people who only had one part of the outfit (jacket, white shirt and orange tie, etc).

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

The movie footage that was shown at the Budokan is available on the movie's website.

http://www.gccx-movie.jp/sp/

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

leather fedora posted:

Before the show, there was a little presentation whipped up by one of the ADs telling the audience what not to do during the show. For the "no eating or smoking" slides were some pretty unflattering shots of Watanabe, but I heard the couple behind me remark "That's terrible" so I guess we're not alone in our dislike of her treatment.

Also they mentioned not to spoil what happened during the event at the very end of the show. After I had liveposted everything. Welp. ʅ(◔౪◔ ) ʃ

I had some guy near me yelling at Nakayama-Luigi "You got fat!", there's all sorts of people. At least Arino had it backfire for once!

They also said to turn cell phones off at the start :cheeky:

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

I added some scans of the movie flyer, game flyer, and merchandise order sheet. I also scanned the Inoko Max card.

http://imgur.com/a/e9x1G

Kakaricho fucked around with this message at 11:24 on Nov 7, 2013

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

The next challenge starts with A or 'Ah'. Speculation?

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

The movie production committee is looking for the fan's favorite lines from the the show to be printed in the booklet that will be sold when the movie opens. Lines from Arino, ADs, the staff, creators interviewed, etc are all okay. Tweet them with the hashtag #gccxパンフ until November 18th.

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

People who pre-order premium tickets for the movie will get a folder with art by Nina!

https://twitter.com/GCCXMOVIE/status/399781604274360320/photo/1

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

The movie production committee is looking for the fan's favorite lines from the the show to be printed in the booklet that will be sold when the movie opens. Lines from Arino, ADs, the staff, creators interviewed, etc are all okay. Tweet them with the hashtag #gccxパンフ until November 18th. Also, the Budokan event airs on January 1st at 00:05.

Kakaricho fucked around with this message at 15:09 on Nov 13, 2013

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

The next challenge is Aigiina no Yogen: From the Legend of Balubalouk on the NES.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aigiina_no_Yogen:_From_the_Legend_of_Balubalouk

Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

Just wanted to say that I'm glad to see people enjoying the Karnov episode, and feel free to tell me any comments or criticisms!

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Kakaricho
Aug 2, 2013

Mister Chief posted:

What happened to your site?

A whole bunch of drama not worth repeating. A shame, but so it goes.

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