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Tewratomeh posted:The Japanese-language books and DVDs and even both of the DS games (in Japanese) pop up on eBay all the time, along with the stray Arino PVC figure. I'm just wondering why you never see a King Plush or... anything else. You see UFO catchers full of those little figures, and not a single one appears online even at a ludicrously-inflated price. Even outside of eBay. Have you tried looking at Yahoo Auctions? Last I heard that was a lot more popular than eBay in Japan.
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Blackchamber posted:That's what my question is really about. Why do they only sell their merchandise at events and not through an online store or licensing to a retailer? 
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Feb 2, 2013 16:41
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It must be so hard for anyone on the set who knows the game to watch Arino play it and not be able to say anything.
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Feb 2, 2013 16:58
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Hirayuki posted:Has anyone in Tokyo ever looked for merch at the Fuji TV complex on Odaiba? I figured if they sold it "normally" anywhere, that'd be the most likely place. (NHK has kiosks in most department stores with all kinds of goodies.) I specifically made plans to stop by Fuji TV last June when I was in Tokyo, but it has pretty conservative hours and had closed by the time I got there. I'm planning a trip to Japan for hopefully sometime next year (work permitting) and I was thinking of tracking it down with the same idea. I don't know how much time I'd want to spend in Tokyo, I'm mostly planning on heading north to some of those amazing onsen and sightseeing/wandering around.
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You know, guys, there is unofficial Game Center CX merchandise that's available...Heti posted:It must be so hard for anyone on the set who knows the game to watch Arino play it and not be able to say anything. AD Itou the Second has audibly groaned when Arino is about to make a big mistake. I think that was more because he was worried about staying late, though. We have a new record for the newest game Arino has played on the show. He plays an arcade game in the episode that I'm working on that was released barely three months before the episode airs. It could have been even newer but I think that they didn't shoot the trip segment in the three days between when when the newest hardware revision of this game came out and when the episode aired.
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Anime Reference posted:Have you tried looking at Yahoo Auctions? Last I heard that was a lot more popular than eBay in Japan. Why'd you have to go and tell me about this? I'm going to spend days lost in Japamart now.
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Blackchamber posted:I'm planning a trip to Japan for hopefully sometime next year (work permitting) and I was thinking of tracking it down with the same idea. I don't know how much time I'd want to spend in Tokyo, I'm mostly planning on heading north to some of those amazing onsen and sightseeing/wandering around.  It worked, too: I had to cough to cover my laughter.I won't get back again until next year...although hey, I just realized the conference I'll be attending is being held in Tokyo Big Sight, which is on Odaiba!
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quakster posted:Just in case you're not a troll, bpc908, that picture was drawn by a person who posts in this thread and also does most of the SAGCCX subs. Is there any way I can get in contact with them about making a print of the art? I would love to have it on my wall since it's really awesome.
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Random Stranger posted:You know, guys, there is unofficial Game Center CX merchandise that's available... Let me preface this by saying: I love Zari-Gani's art. I have two pieces of her work prominently displayed in my home. I didn't really dig the shirt in the SA-mart thread (which I can't find anymore) and I haven't seen any on other sites that I'd go for (this one I kinda like: http://www.redbubble.com/people/drewwise/works/9173075-kacho-on?p=t-shirt). I want the Arino statue but its crazy expensive (although it wouldn't be the most expensive toy purchase I've made, drat you Hot Toys!) for what it is, and I'm tempted to make my own using my 3D printer. ZG also got me researching making custom Keshigomu for another GCCX related toy she planted in my head. I have a few more steps to go on making custom fake famicom cartridges that will feature the games from the RGC game. I'm cool with unofficial stuff if it really jumps out at me, believe me. I want some of the official stuff though to add legitimacy to my collection, and I want stuff that will display well and fit in with all my nerdy crap. I have been sorely tempted to buy the books but I can't read Japanese at all and I haven't been able to determine how much 'art' is in it as opposed to just page after page of text. I want to get the Japanese DVD sets, but they are a bit pricey (the first in the series is almost $100 on eBay) for me right now budgeting for things like comic-con and so on.
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Blackchamber posted:I want some of the official stuff though to add legitimacy to my collection, and I want stuff that will display well and fit in with all my nerdy crap. I have been sorely tempted to buy the books but I can't read Japanese at all and I haven't been able to determine how much 'art' is in it as opposed to just page after page of text. I want to get the Japanese DVD sets, but they are a bit pricey (the first in the series is almost $100 on eBay) for me right now budgeting for things like comic-con and so on. Are all pretty solidly text. There's some pictures in them, of course, and there's a few comics but that isn't the focus of them. The Japanese DVD's are more cheaply available from Japan than getting them on eBay. Also, the person who wanted Adventure Island on the show is going to happy tomorrow...
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Random Stranger posted:Also, the person who wanted Adventure Island on the show is going to happy tomorrow...  It wasn't me who said it, but I certainly felt that way.  glorious news!
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Blackchamber posted:Let me preface this by saying: I love Zari-Gani's art. I have two pieces of her work prominently displayed in my home. Would definitely be great to have the custom famicom carts. Just something about "owning" a copy of Robot Ninja Haggleman or Rally King, is really appealing.
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Feb 2, 2013 21:09
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 It's been a long time since Arino took on a Nintendo platformer. He's improved, but is it enough to beat Yoshi's Island? This episode is brought to you be zari-gani, the only person to successfully breed dinosaurs in captivity. Download torrent81 (1 files; 871.65 MB) View torrent stats Direct Download (That's right, we're going up against the Super Bowl tomorrow. Think of it as nerd counter-programming.  )
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bpc908 posted:Would definitely be great to have the custom famicom carts. Just something about "owning" a copy of Robot Ninja Haggleman or Rally King, is really appealing. The 'hard' part is getting the art for the cart sticker. You can pick up some cheap famicom cartridges on ebay and so on and slap them on. I copied the design for my 3D printer which for the cost of plastic is even cheaper. Mine can fit the actual pcb but I'm toying with the idea of making ones that open to reveal dioramas depicting a scene from the game mighty max/polly pocket style.
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Blackchamber posted:The 'hard' part is getting the art for the cart sticker. You can pick up some cheap famicom cartridges on ebay and so on and slap them on. I copied the design for my 3D printer which for the cost of plastic is even cheaper. Mine can fit the actual pcb but I'm toying with the idea of making ones that open to reveal dioramas depicting a scene from the game mighty max/polly pocket style. Well you could always get a custom artist to design the cart art and we could find some way of getting them on the actual carts. They are people on Nintendo Age than I know could do custom cart art that looks really professional
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Random Stranger posted:It's been a long time since Arino took on a Nintendo platformer. He's improved, but is it enough to beat Yoshi's Island? Awesome. Bunch of dudebros throwing around a ball ain't got nothing on a middle-aged japanese guy trying to catch a screaming baby with a dinosaur.
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Yaaay, Yoshi's Island. I would say differently if it were my city's team in the super bowl, but gently caress that bowl; GCCX beats it to bits.
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Feb 2, 2013 22:00
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Random Stranger posted:
Great to see this episode right before the Super Bowl. Hope Part 2 is before the Big Game. From Baltimore and am a Raven's fan. Lots of fun for Super Bowl weekend. Wish Arino and the staff do a Tecmo Bowl Tournament. I know that one gameplay video was posted here already, but anymore video links to Metro Cross. Would love to see more gameplay before Arino plays it.
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Random Stranger posted:
A brand new episode? Wwaaahhh? My night just got a whole lot better.
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Feb 2, 2013 23:00
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While they weren't my favorite episodes (I thought they were good, but not as good as something like Parappa), it's nice to see Yoshi's Island get translated so quickly.  Random Stranger posted:(That's right, we're going up against the Super Bowl tomorrow. Think of it as nerd counter-programming.  >joek0 posted:Wish Arino and the staff do a Tecmo Bowl Tournament.
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Random Stranger posted:It's been a long time since Arino took on a Nintendo platformer. He's improved, but is it enough to beat Yoshi's Island? Darn, I would probably be more pumped if I didn't already see this translated by Other Translator Who Must Not Be Named. On the other hand, this means that Part 2 isn't far behind, so hooray either way!
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Feb 2, 2013 23:48
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New GCCX episode + Superb owl + new Top Gear episode = head asplode
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Thank you people of this thread, you have found me a new favorite show in a period of general death-decay in my tv viewing life, also now I want a 3DS.
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Feb 3, 2013 01:11
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Glorious---all caught up with the last few releases at last and we've got some landing up against the big game? You folks do fantastic work indeed.
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I'm probably gonna guess its either the second part to Yoshi's island or something bigger
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Feb 3, 2013 03:51
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I have a translation question. When Arino or Kan says Aka chan Mario, it is translated as Baby Mario. I know for the sake of the translation, that is what it is translated to, but I was wondering. Is the literal translation of Aka chan Mario little red Mario? I know that Aka means red.
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Feb 3, 2013 04:50
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Akachan (roughly) means baby. You're thinking of akai, which is red.
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kirbysuperstar posted:Akachan (roughly) means baby. You're thinking of akai, which is red. Thanks for the Japanese lesson. Picking up little bits and pieces of Japanese when watching the subs. The main phrase other than "Abunai" that I picked up from the show is "mu zu ka shi de" (forgive me if the romanize spelling is wrong, I spelled it phonetically). It means "This is hard.". Being Korean makes picking up an Asian language much easier. Edit: Found it on google translate. I hear Arino say it alot in the show. それは難しいです Sore wa muzukashiidesu Translate "it is hard" to Japanese joek0 fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Feb 3, 2013 |
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It's probably muzukashii, which would be difficult. Adding the ne at the end would sorta be the equivalent of adding ", right?" or ", yeah?" to the end, if I recall correctly.
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"ne" in that case ends up being more like "isn't it" but it's more rhetorical than an actual question.
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Feb 3, 2013 05:14
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Yeah, sorry, that was what I was trying to get at but not as clearly.
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Feb 3, 2013 05:15
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No big, it's a weird little particle. Saying "ne, ne" is more like "hey!~" or you can use it to agree with something that someone has said or... yeah. God drat these episodes make me want to re-watch Liar Game and I JUST did a few months ago...
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Feb 3, 2013 05:27
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Arino no! This isn't that kind of show!
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Feb 3, 2013 06:15
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Is this a new narrator for the tamage segment?
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Yes it is. I think the old one went on maternity leave but then never came back or something like that.
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Ineffiable posted:Arino no! How quickly we forget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me6mx3-pVRY&t=2574s
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kirbysuperstar posted:Akachan (roughly) means baby. You're thinking of akai, which is red. Though the aka part of akachan uses the same kanji as akai. I presume there's some kind of reasoning for this. Japanese! 
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It does? Well that's weird. Uh.. Babies have a tinge of red to their skin initially? Maybe?
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Bocc Kob posted:Though the aka part of akachan uses the same kanji as akai. I presume there's some kind of reasoning for this. Japanese! What do babies turn when they cry a lot? 
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Caitlin posted:God drat these episodes make me want to re-watch Liar Game and I JUST did a few months ago... Because they use the music in those segments I always want the person whose barcode loses to fall to their knees and cry out dramatically while the other guy looks on smugly. Liar Game is just too good.
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