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Is there any explanation as to why they are including a KOTAK episode other than because it's (barely) in English? I couldn't think of a bigger waste of space.
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Jul 6, 2012 09:27
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Because they were able to go to the US thanks to the show being finally released overseas on Kotaku. The trip was made to see if the Kotaku run created an American fanbase. It makes sense to show the Japanese fans what the American fans were getting. ETA: The hint for the next episode is "Gan____" which can also be read as "Gun____". zari-gani fucked around with this message at 10:00 on Jul 6, 2012 |
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Jul 6, 2012 09:31
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I guess? If the diskotek release had an untranslated episode I would be asking the same question. At this point they must know about all the goon translated episodes on youtube with 100k+ views each and figure that the fandom goes far beyond the people who watched it on Kotaku.
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Jul 6, 2012 09:38
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Buying the gently caress out of that DVD.
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Jul 6, 2012 09:45
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zari-gani posted:"Abarenbou Tengu" is the original Japanese version of Zombie Nation. At first I thought maybe this means he's going to play the American version, but it's probably going to be the Tengu version and they picked it because of the USA theme. I'd love if it was the American version just to see Arino's reaction to the main character being replaced with a random dead guys head.
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Jul 6, 2012 10:08
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zari-gani posted:Because they were able to go to the US thanks to the show being finally released overseas on Kotaku. The trip was made to see if the Kotaku run created an American fanbase. It makes sense to show the Japanese fans what the American fans were getting. I really hope they got the hint when KOTAK gave up the rights and the show's still popular enoguh to run a DVD release of it.
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Jul 6, 2012 10:11
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ConanThe3rd posted:A Gundam Game, Maybe. Also possible is Gun.Smoke.
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Jul 6, 2012 10:42
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That was another great episode, guys! I've never played any of the Wonder Boy games, but Monster World actually look pretty fun (and somewhat dickish at parts, but that's retro gaming for you).  Also, I kinda hate this episode for somewhat referencing Ninja Gaiden a couple times with the little segment about Haggleman 3 in RGC (I'm not spoiling this because it's not super important to the challenge) and Toujima once again blocking the sun like he did in the NG episode, because I've been trying to beat the game for the past few days and Stage 6 is a loving rear end in a top hat.  I actually haven't seen the Ninja Gaiden episode itself, but I imagine Arino wasn't yelling the Japanese equivalent(s?) of "gently caress!" every time he died of a stupid death caused by an enemy knocking him into a pit.zari-gani posted:Full details about the GCCX in USA DVD have been released!
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Jul 6, 2012 11:26
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zari-gani posted:Because they were able to go to the US thanks to the show being finally released overseas on Kotaku. The trip was made to see if the Kotaku run created an American fanbase. It makes sense to show the Japanese fans what the American fans were getting. Gunstar Heroes would be cool.
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Jul 6, 2012 11:29
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zari-gani posted:Sorta related, but this was sold at the same event. A handmade GCCX fan comic by Kibe, each copy signed by Kibe. Holy poo poo. I medically need to read this ASAP or I will literally die. What the hell is with that cover pic? It looks like the Full Metal Alchemist dude, but with a pen. Please tell me that's not meant to be Kibe himself. 
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Jul 6, 2012 12:28
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zari-gani posted:Oh hey, look: "Music CD LAST CONTINUE English version" I'm really looking forward to getting this set. I'm glad I pre-ordered it Gutcruncher posted:Holy crap, the DVD challenge is loving DIE HARD ARCADE?! I hope Kibe gets to be player 2 and just nerds about how awesome the Saturn was the whole time. This must be part of some American movie theme they're doing. 7c Nickel posted:Gunstar Heroes would be cool. That's what my money is on. It's been a big hole in their games list for a while. Edit: I did a bit of digging to see if I could find any more images from Kibe's comic but I did stumble into one of the iPhone games. Does this look familiar to anyone? 
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Jul 6, 2012 12:36
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Just to clarify a little bit the DVD Exclusive challenge IS Die Hard Arcade. That is, it's Dynamite Deka. If it was Dynamite Cop!, then it'd be a challenge for Dynamite Deka 2. Not to mention, it'd b a challenge on a Dreamcast if it was Deka 2/Cop. Just making sure that's clear so everyone can look forward to seeing Arino play Die Hard Arcade, and not the one that takes place on a boat (Deka 2/Cop). After all, there is a difference (besides the boat).  ...I kinda feel a bit odd posting like that.  Well...I was a Sega kid growing up, so maybe it's just like a little bit of Kibe. 
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Jul 6, 2012 12:56
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Just finished watching the new ep and goddamn, he really did stick up all those stickers. I really hope the writer dude said that was okay beforehand... otherwise he probably volunteered his collection for this challenge on the one condition that Arino not use the special ones.  The White Dragon posted:Yeah, but I figure if he honestly has the entire set, he probably didn't mind that much letting Arino use what were presumably his duplicates. It also sounded like some of the ones Arino was allowed to use were in pretty bad condition, so I don't think there was too much love lost there. You obviously don't know how weird collectors get about their more unique stuff. The ones that Arino used throughout the game would have been dupes, yeah. But he said right at the start that "there are ones you really truly cannot stick up". And I think his notes said that it's literally impossible to find ones in good condition. Or something.At least Arino was nice to Tsuruoka, that was definitely cool of him. Tsuruoka's usually the most extroverted AD in front of the camera but the poor guy seriously looked like he wanted to commit ritual suicide right there.
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Jul 6, 2012 14:22
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Random Stranger posted:I'm really looking forward to getting this set. I'm glad I pre-ordered it Seeing the disc specs convinced me to open an Amazon Japan account and order a copy for myself, even though I can't speak or read a word of Japanese. Now if only the Discotek preorders would open... Thanks for the new episode, crew!
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Jul 6, 2012 15:53
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I really want this DVD, but I'm pretty low on money. How much do the GCCX dvd's usually cost after launch? Do they become rare releases that skyrocket in cost? Oh, and thanks for the new episode. Is it just me, or did Arino seem really tired throughout most of it?
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Jul 6, 2012 15:56
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Japanese DVD prices are loving crazy.
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Jul 6, 2012 16:00
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Thanks as always, team. Episode was pretty good, mostly made me jones for some Wonder Boy. Might play Dragon's Trap on the weekend and pick up the Monster Land collection on XBLA some time in the future. The contents of the GCCX in USA set make it pretty appealing but the only other no-English-at-all DVD I have is a DBZ special double feature thing that came with a comic magazine and cost me a fiver so the $60-ish for this would be a bit of a step up. Die Hard Arcade challenge is super tempting though; it was one of the games I happened to pick up with my first Saturn back in 2003-4 and I have good memories playing it with my brother.
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Jul 6, 2012 16:11
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I know that the prices are generally considered ridiculous to American consumers, but what I'm wondering is if the prices of the GCCX dvd's will go even higher after they launch? Am I look at a difference of $70 now versus $150 later. Are they rare enough that the price goes up dramatically after launch?
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Jul 6, 2012 16:12
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Vlaphor posted:I know that the prices are generally considered ridiculous to American consumers, but what I'm wondering is if the prices of the GCCX dvd's will go even higher after they launch? Am I look at a difference of $70 now versus $150 later. Are they rare enough that the price goes up dramatically after launch? Quickly looking at one of the places I usually buy used games from, most of the sets seem to have hung around the $60-$80 price range. I don't know what the prices were new, but based on what little I know about Japanese home media I'd assume they were also around there.
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Jul 6, 2012 16:17
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7c Nickel posted:Gunstar Heroes would be cool. The first thing I thought of (which makes it automatically wrong) was "GunCon". I know Arino has played PSX games before, but it looks like they use an LCD monitor. In order to get a light gun game to work, they'd have to dust off an old CRT TV. Talk about retro! 
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Jul 6, 2012 16:42
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Should've known better than to volunteer your stuff like that to Arino. He has the kind of personality that he just don't give a gently caress.
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Jul 6, 2012 17:13
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So with all the talk about the DVD, I have a quick question: is this going to see a non-Japan release? Or do I need to have up, like, seventy bucks to buy this thing?
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Jul 6, 2012 17:41
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Frankly the US DVD release is going to be at least $50 and unless zari-gani has anything to say about it we have no idea whether or not anything else is going to be released in English. If you want the JP DVD consider it with the extra  .Also I loved this episode! 
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Jul 6, 2012 18:03
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Just started watching the new GCCX episode (#143 Pilotwings Documentary). Great highlights from the live special. Hope to see this one subbed soon so all the Pilotwings stuff is done. In the new episode(#143), Arino sees 2 people playing Magic the Gathering. It was awesome to see. joek0 fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Jul 6, 2012 |
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Jul 6, 2012 18:13
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FredMSloniker posted:So with all the talk about the DVD, I have a quick question: is this going to see a non-Japan release? Or do I need to have up, like, seventy bucks to buy this thing? Pretty much. Japanese DVDs are unbelievably expensive (e.g. when it was new for them, a single season of 24 was $250US) and second-hand sales of Japanese DVDs in North America are close to non-existant. Within Japan there's a very good (usually) used market, and there's a Book Off in downtown Vancouver BC that has good prices on used DVDs, but I think the GCCX niche appeal means very few people sell theirs (I'm doing a massive DVD purge and my GCCX DVDs are one of the few Japanese DVDs I'm keeping from a collection of a few hundred). The cheapest way to get them new is amazon.co.jp, which usually has them 15-20% off the SRP, plus deducts the 5% Japanese sales tax for you, but you have to use a trackable shipping method (which is 2000 yen minimum) so you may want to order multiple things in one go if you can. Unfortunately DVDs are one of the few things Amazon Japan will ship internationally, which limits your options.
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Jul 6, 2012 18:24
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Corridor posted:What the hell is with that cover pic? It looks like the Full Metal Alchemist dude, but with a pen. Please tell me that's not meant to be Kibe himself. It's Kibe as Haggleman. The cover was drawn by an Indies Zero staff, by the way. Random Stranger posted:Edit: I did a bit of digging to see if I could find any more images from Kibe's comic but I did stumble into one of the iPhone games. Does this look familiar to anyone? A GCCX version of the mountain climber game where you have to climb Mount Takao to meet VE Suda. That's hilarious. univbee posted:there's a Book Off in downtown Vancouver BC It closed down two weeks ago due to rising rent, just like every cool store in this city
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Jul 6, 2012 18:37
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zari-gani posted:It closed down two weeks ago due to rising rent, just like every cool store in this city That sucks, although I have to admit I'm not terribly surprised. At least I got to off-load a good chunk of my collection before then. I was considering hauling some DVDs down there next time I visited Vancouver, now I know I have to keep flying westward until I get to Japan proper
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Jul 6, 2012 18:53
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quote:So with all the talk about the DVD, I have a quick question: is this going to see a non-Japan release? Or do I need to have up, like, seventy bucks to buy this thing? Wow, it's the same situation with the DS games. You have one thing coming out in America weeks before the other thing comes out in Japan, and people wonder if it's all coming to America before any of it is even out. It's just a leeeeetle too early to tell, y'know?
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Vlaphor posted:I really want this DVD, but I'm pretty low on money. How much do the GCCX dvd's usually cost after launch? Do they become rare releases that skyrocket in cost? Not in the slightest. Besides being available for a long time (I know I saw several of the box sets on store shelves in Japan) the back market on them seems pretty typical for DVD's. I hadn't purchased any GCCX DVD's until about two years ago FredMSloniker posted:So with all the talk about the DVD, I have a quick question: is this going to see a non-Japan release? Or do I need to have up, like, seventy bucks to buy this thing? The GCCX in the USA box set is almost certainly not going to leave Japan and there won't be any subtitle of the new material from us any time soon. I think I'm going to pair my shipping on the DVD with that copy of Metal Wolf Chaos I've always wanted just for the full "America!" treatment.
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Jul 6, 2012 23:45
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Random Stranger posted:Not in the slightest. Besides being available for a long time (I know I saw several of the box sets on store shelves in Japan) the back market on them seems pretty typical for DVD's. I hadn't purchased any GCCX DVD's until about two years ago Have you seen prices of metal wolf chaos recently? It's a expensive game to acquire.
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Jul 7, 2012 00:09
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Ineffiable posted:Have you seen prices of metal wolf chaos recently? It's a expensive game to acquire. Yes, I have.  But I've been collecting all of the Japan only XBox releases and that's the last good game in that set that I'm lacking (most of the rest of what I'm missing are visual novels). The fact that it keeps going up while I dither makes me want to get it sooner rather than later.
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Hey if you ever find a copy or two for less than 100 bucks, just do me a favor and hook me up.
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univbee posted:Unfortunately DVDs are one of the few things Amazon Japan will ship internationally, which limits your options. As a proud owner of Reizouko, Arino's excessively bizarre, self-illustrated, "bilingual" food-item soap opera book, Amazon Jp will also ship books, so perhaps you can grab a new or used GCCX book or two. Perhaps one of the ones with a comic inside! Doesn't one of them have Abe's comic? That's definitely worth it. Edit: Bomberman and the Quiz episodes are the first things that come to mind. Super Mario Bros 2 is pretty great for Toujima. Quest of Ki had some special 3D maps, too. I'd recommend 53 Stations and Shadowlands, too. V V V V Erwin Tuwonwon fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Jul 7, 2012 |
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Jul 7, 2012 21:04
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What are some episodes with lots of AD participation? Stuff like the mapping for Kid Icarus, the lunch contest in Densha de Go, and the pizza for Pac-Man 2? Hell, even episodes with heavy co-op like Contra would be nice.
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Jul 7, 2012 22:40
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Lizard Wizard posted:What are some episodes with lots of AD participation? Stuff like the mapping for Kid Icarus, the lunch contest in Densha de Go, and the pizza for Pac-Man 2? Hell, even episodes with heavy co-op like Contra would be nice. Quiz game episodes, though perhaps you've seen those. Okhotsk has lots of Ito drawings and officer Katayama. Kid Kool kinda. I have a hunch Random Stranger could answer this better.
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Lizard Wizard posted:What are some episodes with lots of AD participation? Stuff like the mapping for Kid Icarus, the lunch contest in Densha de Go, and the pizza for Pac-Man 2? Hell, even episodes with heavy co-op like Contra would be nice. It's TV Nihon, but Makai Mura (Ghosts &
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Dr. Furious posted:It's TV Nihon, but Makai Mura (Ghosts & Bomberman is a pretty good episode for ADs. Arino pries into a few of their private lives and Abe is bad at videogames for a bit.
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Spaz Medicine posted:Bomberman is a pretty good episode for ADs. DJI. The best part of Bomberman is the serial realizations that there's no backspace.
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Today I was at Fry's and on the way out I noticed one of the machines Arino used on a tamage (wish I could remember which episode): the barber cut one where you had to position a very tiny blade to cut strings holding up prizes. It was a little surreal, considering I only noticed it when I heard the whistle-stop noise from the show Didn't realize those were on the American side of the pond, too.
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Ciaphas posted:Today I was at Fry's and on the way out I noticed one of the machines Arino used on a tamage (wish I could remember which episode): the barber cut one where you had to position a very tiny blade to cut strings holding up prizes. It was a little surreal, considering I only noticed it when I heard the whistle-stop noise from the show Barber Cut machines are annoying as gently caress.
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