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InspectorCarbonara posted:My favourite parts of Game Center CX are when someone says something that out of context could also be really deep advice about life. Everything In Life I Learned From Game Center CX.
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Out-of-context GCCX is going to be the next big thing.
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Apr 7, 2015 23:42
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Cialis Railman posted:Out-of-context GCCX is going to be the next big thing. 
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Cialis Railman posted:Out-of-context GCCX is going to be the next big thing. 
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Apr 8, 2015 00:13
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Caitlin posted:Adventure Island is not 28 hours hard unless you're Arino. I beat it as a 7 year old. It's significantly more unforgiving than Wonder Boy.
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Apr 8, 2015 00:20
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McLaglen posted:It's already a thing, and just as quotable as you'd expect. Hey, they used some screenshots I made! I have the weirdest sense of unearned pride right now.
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Apr 8, 2015 01:28
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McLaglen posted:It's already a thing, and just as quotable as you'd expect.  Ha ha ha whaaaa? What game is that?
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Apr 8, 2015 02:32
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FredMSloniker posted:
The Child Rearing Quiz. That part was about where to take your kid for a trip - Arino picked the petting zoo, I think.
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Apr 8, 2015 02:34
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kid's gotta learn sometime
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Apr 8, 2015 03:07
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That tumblr reminds me, wasn't there a release of the Crazy Climber episode earlier in the thread?
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Apr 8, 2015 04:36
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Nipponophile posted:Hey, they used some screenshots I made! I have the weirdest sense of unearned pride right now. Likewise, it's probably one of the most screenshotable series around. A couple that might've been there but that I didn't notice.   
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Apr 8, 2015 10:08
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Best.
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Apr 8, 2015 16:53
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I was watching some older GCCX with dinner tonight and I saw I was like, "hey, I know that rear end in a top hat!"  Are weird snack food cross-promotion video games still a thing in Japan? crappy game, but I liked it in high school because the final boss is literally god, as Japanese games do
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Apr 9, 2015 05:41
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I don't know about still, but there's a Yoshinoya game for PS2.
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Apr 9, 2015 05:49
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mikeycp posted:I don't know about still, but there's a Yoshinoya game for PS2. It's pretty bad, too.
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Apr 9, 2015 17:25
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I remember that UFO Kamen Yakisoban game on Super Famicom. I remember it sucking a lot too.
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Apr 9, 2015 18:43
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Complete tangent question, going to be in Japan in a month from now. Is there any Game Center CX related places/things/stores in Tokyo to go to? I actually have a few of the arcades he went to plotted out, and was planning on swinging by the Fuji TV building (for multiple reasons), but I was thinking more of officiall GCCX stuff, if there is any.
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Apr 10, 2015 21:03
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erikotaku posted:Complete tangent question, going to be in Japan in a month from now. Is there any Game Center CX related places/things/stores in Tokyo to go to? I actually have a few of the arcades he went to plotted out, and was planning on swinging by the Fuji TV building (for multiple reasons), but I was thinking more of officiall GCCX stuff, if there is any. You mean like a store that sells GCCX merchandise? Nope.
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Apr 11, 2015 02:16
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Or if theres a GCCX booth or themed area or something. They have a bunch of things like that at the Fuji TV building. I know that GCCX is Fuji TV One, wasn't sure where they film the main show. Even being able to take a picture of the building would be neat just to say I've been there.
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Apr 11, 2015 07:18
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erikotaku posted:Or if theres a GCCX booth or themed area or something. They have a bunch of things like that at the Fuji TV building. I know that GCCX is Fuji TV One, wasn't sure where they film the main show. Even being able to take a picture of the building would be neat just to say I've been there. I just came back from my first trip to Japan and I wasn't able to find anything Game Center CX related. I did go to Super Potato in Akihabara as was recommended in this thread and that was pretty good. Arino visited there in Season 7, Episode 1. I also went to Fuji TV and had a tour, but there was nothing at all related to GCCX and when I asked staff, they had no clue what I was talking about. The main focuses at Fuji TV were One Piece and Assassination Classroom. The most GCCX thing I was able to do in Japan was to eat some squid on a stick and buy some cooling pads.
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Apr 11, 2015 10:44
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Isn't the show filmed at the gas coin offices and not Fuji TV?
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Apr 11, 2015 10:57
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Mister Chief posted:Isn't the show filmed at the gas coin offices and not Fuji TV? With the exception of the Quest of Ki episode they filmed at Bandai-Namco Games HQ, the same game's live challenge they filmed at Fuji TV, and Full Speed Delivery Boy (filmed at Shochiku Talent Agency), I'm pretty sure they're all filmed at Gascoin Company's offices. That said, (and this is just general advice) don't just show up without a call. They might welcome some overseas visitors (I'm pretty sure that's where Pontus and Dennis on the GCCX Channel episodes came from), but it is a busy office, not a museum or public space.
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Apr 11, 2015 12:10
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Encha277 posted:I just came back from my first trip to Japan and I wasn't able to find anything Game Center CX related. I did go to Super Potato in Akihabara as was recommended in this thread and that was pretty good. Arino visited there in Season 7, Episode 1. I also went to Fuji TV and had a tour, but there was nothing at all related to GCCX and when I asked staff, they had no clue what I was talking about. The main focuses at Fuji TV were One Piece and Assassination Classroom. The most GCCX thing I was able to do in Japan was to eat some squid on a stick and buy some cooling pads. It's not that tough to find cooling pads in the States, actualy; most pharmacies carry them under the Be Koool brand. (There's even a kids' version with Disney characters.)
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Apr 11, 2015 14:14
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Encha277 posted:I just came back from my first trip to Japan and I wasn't able to find anything Game Center CX related. I did go to Super Potato in Akihabara as was recommended in this thread and that was pretty good. Arino visited there in Season 7, Episode 1. I also went to Fuji TV and had a tour, but there was nothing at all related to GCCX and when I asked staff, they had no clue what I was talking about. The main focuses at Fuji TV were One Piece and Assassination Classroom. The most GCCX thing I was able to do in Japan was to eat some squid on a stick and buy some cooling pads. Yea Super Potato is on my list of places to go as well. Bummer that they didn't have anything at the Fuji TV station. Where is the Gascoin office? I don't need to go in (I wouldnt want to bother anyone), I just want to take a picture of the building if its nearby.
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Apr 11, 2015 14:22
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Nevermind, I found it. Probably better not to blindly post the address anyway.
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Apr 11, 2015 15:50
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How did Arino end up with that standup game with the ring of cars in his office? I remember an episode where was entranced by it in a game center but I haven't seen the one where he gets it yet.
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Apr 11, 2015 17:03
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IQ was a really fun episode! I never had a PS1 so I never got to play it, but it looks like a great little puzzle game. And it sounds like the soundtrack is fully orchestrated, too. I'm glad that this episode is a two-parter. It's got a lot in common with Metro Cross. which was another very simplistic game which regardless was a lot of fun.
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Apr 11, 2015 19:05
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Andorra posted:Which episode is it where Arino says something like "When it says 'time', does it mean time? ...That was a really stupid thing to say." I want to say it was SOS (Septentrion) and the context was that the game is based on a timer (it being a Titanic sinking ship like situation) and being hit knocked you out for a few hours and every time that happened it says something like "Time Limt : X hours" in english, hence the question. Got it: "When they say "Time Limit", do they mean "Time Limit"?" ... "That was a stupid thing I just said..." about eight minutes into the old SA Fansub so adjust accordingly for the official DVD that I trust you have. ConanThe3rd fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Apr 12, 2015 |
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Apr 12, 2015 20:14
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Encha277 posted:I just came back from my first trip to Japan and I wasn't able to find anything Game Center CX related. I did go to Super Potato in Akihabara as was recommended in this thread and that was pretty good. Arino visited there in Season 7, Episode 1. I also went to Fuji TV and had a tour, but there was nothing at all related to GCCX and when I asked staff, they had no clue what I was talking about. The main focuses at Fuji TV were One Piece and Assassination Classroom. The most GCCX thing I was able to do in Japan was to eat some squid on a stick and buy some cooling pads. - The Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara has a pretty big GCCX display and was blasting Ode to Joy from a tinny little speaker. - Den Den Town (in Osaka) has two Super Potato stores, and the smaller one has a specific GCCX section where you can buy the DVDs (and watch them playing on a TV). They also have games from recent challenges on promotion, along with cooling pads, sweets, the DS games, etc. - I watched some TV one night where Arino and another comedian played (and voiced) a PC dating sim to a live studio audience and celebrity panel. I think the panel were making the decisions too? - Not totally related, but I found a Yoiko DS game (?! I didn't know this existed before) in a Book-Off.
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Kakaricho posted:With the exception of the Quest of Ki episode they filmed at Bandai-Namco Games HQ, the same game's live challenge they filmed at Fuji TV, and Full Speed Delivery Boy (filmed at Shochiku Talent Agency), I'm pretty sure they're all filmed at Gascoin Company's offices. Weren't the Wii Channel challenges and the GCCX DS game challenges played in different buildings, too? I'm pretty sure it was a different room, at least.
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Apr 13, 2015 10:55
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Lurdiak posted:Weren't the Wii Channel challenges and the GCCX DS game challenges played in different buildings, too? I'm pretty sure it was a different room, at least. They may have been. I was mainly just thinking of the main challenges, since I remember them the best. Encha277 posted:I just came back from my first trip to Japan and I wasn't able to find anything Game Center CX related. I did go to Super Potato in Akihabara as was recommended in this thread and that was pretty good. Arino visited there in Season 7, Episode 1. I also went to Fuji TV and had a tour, but there was nothing at all related to GCCX and when I asked staff, they had no clue what I was talking about. The main focuses at Fuji TV were One Piece and Assassination Classroom. The most GCCX thing I was able to do in Japan was to eat some squid on a stick and buy some cooling pads. Super Potato is nice to see, it's like a cool museum. But if you live in Japan, shopping there is laziness/insanity/lack of patience. One Piece is a Fuji tent pole, and Assassination Classroom recently got a movie/anime adaption, so of course they're pushing it. Did you try any fighting games at arcades? You maybe could have had some shy guy who won't speak a word to you just devastate you in versus.
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Kakaricho posted:Assassination Classroom recently got a movie/anime adaption, so of course they're pushing it.  </self-promotion>
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Apr 13, 2015 19:08
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 Hi everyone, Here is nearly 109,000 GCCX screenshots I took for the old episode guide: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132318822@N07/sets/ https://archive.org/details/GCCXscreens This is only as archival as I could get it -- it was always organized by episode, but it's basically a dump of everything I had on my computer, but is *definitely not complete* (apparently I deleted seasons 5 and 6 at some point, 7 is mostly missing, and some resolutions may be wonky). If nothing else, it has very little use to anyone and proves how insane I am! And now I can free up 46GB! Have fun!
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Apr 13, 2015 20:11
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rdbbb posted:A whole lotta screenshots!!!  Woah. This is awesome thanks.
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Kakaricho posted:With the exception of the Quest of Ki episode they filmed at Bandai-Namco Games HQ, the same game's live challenge they filmed at Fuji TV, and Full Speed Delivery Boy (filmed at Shochiku Talent Agency), I'm pretty sure they're all filmed at Gascoin Company's offices. It's actually a lot more complicated than that. I'm fairly certain that most of the seasons one through three challenge rooms were in the Fuji TV offices, though I think Metroid was shot at the talent agency office. Then starting in season four they shot at the Gascoin offices and have moved offices twice since then. There are other one offs in the early seasons, too. Door Door was shot at the developer's office. Steel Battalion obviously used the Fuji TV multitheater. The broad rule is the conference room with two doors at either side is the Fuji TV building (you can see Urakawa's guest pass for the building when he shows up on his first day). The room where the windows is on the left and there's a pillar beside Arino is the first Gascoin office. The room where the window is on the right with the sign visible outside is the second Gascoin office. The window behind Arino with another building right there is the third Gascoin office. erikotaku posted:Nevermind, I found it. Probably better not to blindly post the address anyway. Their address is on their website. It's not hard to find. They happen to be upstairs from the Mozambique embassy! Really! Cat Machine posted:- Not totally related, but I found a Yoiko DS game (?! I didn't know this existed before) in a Book-Off. They have two games, one for the GameBoy color and that one. They're both minigame collections. From what I understand, the DS one can get a bit pricy. Lurdiak posted:Weren't the Wii Channel challenges and the GCCX DS game challenges played in different buildings, too? I'm pretty sure it was a different room, at least. They did it for a couple of them, but for the most part they used the Gascoin offices just redressed a bit. Fire Emblem was the first challenge played in the new office, for example. One thing about the Nintendo channel episodes is that they cannot have any unaffiliated products in view. For a couple of the early ones they left Arino's basket of snacks on the desk and then had to blur out all the labels. Later on they just leave the desk bare. Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 20:50 on Apr 13, 2015 |
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Apr 13, 2015 20:45
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Random Stranger posted:The room where the windows is on the left and there's a pillar beside Arino is the first Gascoin office. I miss that office. The cramped space and scuffed wall reminded me of my friend's basement where I used to play games a lot when I was a kid.
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Kakaricho posted:I miss that office. The cramped space and scuffed wall reminded me of my friend's basement where I used to play games a lot when I was a kid. In September did the sun shine through the window at just the right angle at 4:30 pm to blind you as well?
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Kakaricho posted:Super Potato is nice to see, it's like a cool museum. But if you live in Japan, shopping there is laziness/insanity/lack of patience. I was kind of surprised by how quiet the arcades I went to were, other than the noise of the games themselves, everyone was for the most part silent. I played the original Double Dragon at Super Potato, I'm not sure if I just got really bad at it or if the Japanese version was more difficult, but one of the patrons there sat down to help me out because they saw how awful I was doing. It was definitely worth going there. In addition to the retro atmosphere, I was able to get some inexpensive, but cool souvenirs.
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Kakaricho posted:My friend's basement where I used to play games a lot when I was a kid. Random Stranger posted:In September did the sun shine through the window at just the right angle at 4:30 pm to blind you as well? I think we'd have died if it did. It was a windowless hole. But it was filled with people enjoying games games, playing them too long and just having a great time, hence the nostalgia at that particular room. Encha277 posted:I was kind of surprised by how quiet the arcades I went to were, other than the noise of the games themselves, everyone was for the most part silent. I played the original Double Dragon at Super Potato, I'm not sure if I just got really bad at it or if the Japanese version was more difficult, but one of the patrons there sat down to help me out because they saw how awful I was doing. It was definitely worth going there. In addition to the retro atmosphere, I was able to get some inexpensive, but cool souvenirs. I just had a bad experience. That's why I refuse to play fighting games at arcades until I get a written promise from the maker that you can refuse a challenge and keep enjoying your mediocre skill level on single player, and not get dragged into a beat down by a guy who basically lives in the arcade. That nonsense aside, they're normally great fun, good place to take a date.
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