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>>9811970
>Season 27: Episode 1 (#357) "That legend" premieres on Thursday, April 27th.

I hope it's Link's Awakening. A two parter Zelda would be a nice opening for the season. For those saying: they did Zelda 2 years ago, yes that's a valid concern. They might be trying to speed up going through the series. They could challenge Majora's Mask in 2-3 years and then there's still a few more big Zelda games to takel over the next decade.

Next big guess is a Seiken Densetsu game. The first GB one would be a nice quick challenge.

>Doctor Hauser
>Wolfenstein 3D
>Alone in the Dark

Summer is considered spooky time for Japan right? Challenging one of the 3DO horror games might work. Wolfenstein 3D on the 3DO is a solid port, and would work for a FPS game. How long to beat though?

>>9811970
That looks like a fun puzzle game. Also seeing Goose done did another ep too, happy days. Thank you subtitle dudes!

Wow, I actually missed a bunch of episodes, thanks for the heads up bros.
Going to try and catch some through this week and weekend.
Been a busy couple of weeks for me, so looking forward to unwinding with this show. It's so good for chilling out.

>tfw you will never dock with Ogawa

>>9812330
(forgot pic)

Lads I usually come back every couple of years to catch up on translated eps - isn't there a website that has links to them all? I forget where I left off

>>9812478
https://nyaa.si/?f=0&c=0_0&q=Game+Center+CX

>>9812478
go to nyaa and sort by date. SA-GCCX has been outdated for a few years now and I don't think there's any alternative to it yet

>>9812483
>>9812486
Thanks anons, think the last I watched was Photo Boy so I have plenty to catch up on

>>9811970
Marchen Maze subs when?

>>9811970
For some reason the magnet link on nyya gives me a 403 error, yet the torrent file is working fine.

>>9813290
If you ever can't open or use nyaa for whatever reason, the pastebin has all the info hashes. Those should work okay.

>>9812093
For those doubting: they did Sega CD and Night Trap recently. Sega CD was NOT a big hit in japan and I don't think these FMV games were big there at all.

>>9812330
Ogawa is kinda bad ngl

>>9811970
>Game Center CX #302 - Chack'n Pop [LocationScouts]
>No prize corner or king's hint
Okay, I could see this being an excuse for much older episodes where they needed HD versions. But explain this bullshit for something 2 years ago when you could easily get it in HD the first time.

>>9812330
What are the essential Ogawakino episodes, my brothers?

>>9815104
The spy family segments in the new season where Ogawa is cosplaying Yoru. She looks cute but she's mostly in the background.
Also The House of Fortune Telling segments have the best banter between Ogawa and Arino, but I don't think much of those ones are translated yet.

>>9815127
Do you know the general episode number range offhand for the fortune telling corner? Or does the pastebin include that information?

>>9815129
According to the pastebin, it's in season 24. So out of the translated episodes, it should be:
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood Part 1 and 2
The House of the Dead Chack'n Pop
Pokémon Snap

>>9815143
>>9815127
Mostly because Arino-sama seems to dislike the segment so he intentionally and endlessly sabotages it.

>>9815143
She revealed her age in the bus stop episode a year ago.

>>9815143
The episode where she got to play Sailor Moon was really cute. I was like, she's literally me

>>9815260
When Arino doesn't care for a segment, he'll constantly take the piss out of it.
This is the reason Kibe sat in for the English speaking one, to keep Arino on a tight leash since he'd fuck around the entire time if he could

>>9815268
Kibe should have given him free rein then cause the english teaching one sucked.

The challenge room they've been using looks fucking small.

>>9815270
cozy

>>9815270
It's literally just an office in the FujiTV building. The ADs are not actors or video game experts, but literal ADs that any production company hires. The only difference is that it's such a small production and everyone ends up on screen at some point. The whole show is very low budget. The music they use is not original but part of licsened music FujiTV has the rights to.

>>9815285
>office in the FujiTV building
Nah, that's Kibe's apartment. They just bring the equipment and the table over when they need to shoot. When that's not happening he lives in the empty room crying. Pretty sure this was explained in an earlier episode.

>>9815347
>he lives in the empty room crying.

Here I thought he spent his time worshipping the Sega gods from a shrine.

I thought it was cool how many arcades I went to that had Arino's autograph on display somewhere in Tokyo. What's your favorite game center episode?

>>9815467
Have you seen the ep where he visits the arcade? The date is likely a hint.

>>9815467
the one where they visit the arcade with a lot of fighting games and arino got to insult nakayama for not getting a job is a classic

>>9815285
>The music they use is not original but part of licsened music FujiTV has the rights to.
wow really?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryhwPP_Ilyc

>>9817405

>>9815143
Ogawa's cuter than the plastic Koreans I see on Afreeca and elsehwere.

>>9815143
If I remember right in the bus episode, they revela she was 9 or 11 in 2001. Math then puts her at early 30's. That's not old.

>>9815104
The episode that has the most Ogawa is Sailor Moon, not translated I think, but that's how it be.

>>9815143
Glad Arino shit all over this segment, it was so stupid. Kibe is clearly running out of ideas.
They should outsource to fans again like they did in the early seasons.

>>9820769
at least Kibe had the good sense to put Ogawa in front of the camera instead of his own no-charisma-havin face

Speaking of Variety segments. What is the best variety segment that GCCX did?

>>9815143
OGAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

>>9821675
to catch a catch copy and the call-in ones were my favorites

>>9821695
The call in one with the really crappy game (i forget the name off the top of my head). Was pretty amusing

>>9821675
I liked the segments checking out arcades because it makes me want to visit them

>>9821695
>to catch a catch copy
That would have been one of the best, but then Kibe ruined it by cheating Nakayama out of his win. Even Arino knew it was bullshit.

>>9821675
I really loved the Barcode Battler one. That was dumb in the best way.

Anyone else getting a bit tired of the famicom jank? I'd like to see him play more 5th and 6th gen games especially N64.

>>9815270
lol that lack of any crew
it's all in Arino's head

>>9821729
Ganso Saiyuki: Super Monkey Daibouken. Now that's a legendary kusoge.

>>9823173
It was pretty funny, especially Arino losing his pants in a bet etc.

>>9823307
I want to see him play a (J-)PC game. I don't think Fuji will air hentai though so that limits the options somewhat. Maybe Snatcher or something

to the guy i told i would finish translating bomberman; i'm sorry i haven't touched it in fucking months. life kind of fell apart and have had bigger things to worry about.

bampu

>>9823173
It was the staff that really made it good, especially Arino constantly ragging on Inoko MAX.

Do you guys know where to get good prices on the DVD sets online? When I was in Japan I was able to pick up the first few seasons and the PC engine special box sets for like 1100-1500 yen each 2nd hand, but on eBay they're going for crazy prices.

>>9828123
eBay is always an awful way to by Japanese goods. Try and ask the buyfag thread in /a/, they're pretty good in linking to second hand sites that don't fuck you over.

ace attorney when

I introduced a friend to this series, not sure if they would like it or not. They ended up really enjoying it, mostly due to Arino's charismatic and positive vibe. I think they also really like the variety segments and seeing games they're not familiar with. I remember Atomic Runner really stood out to him as a super difficult looking game and it was fun to watch Arino slowly master it.
It's been some time since I got to enjoy the series, I might jump back in soon now that I finished playing LoZ Ocarina of Time. I'll watch that season, it looks like a good'un.

I'm going through the subbed episodes in order (I'm halfway through S4) now, and being an AD for this show looks like an absolutely grueling job. Very chill and enjoyable show though. I thought I would get frustrated at how unbelievably shitty Arino is at some games like Doki Doki Panic (or most things that aren't puzzles), but I don't.

What's a good way to get into this show? Should I just watch from episode 1? Do they cover more than 1 game or is it just whatever the episode is titled?

>>9828662
>ace attorney when

They did one for a DVD bonus. They're starting to get into the GBA era.

There's one more Detective Joboru for the FC, then the next games in the series are PlayStation. I'd love to see more of these Saturn/PlayStation era adventure and detective titles since they have much more solid art.

Are the Twilight Games actual adventure titles or are they just inter-active movies? Those could be fun as well.

>>9823307
>Anyone else getting a bit tired of the famicom jank?

I think the staff is too, which is why half of last season was Mega Drive Jank. Famicom Jank is the show's bread and butter, and what people expect so it's never going away.

> I'd like to see him play more 5th and 6th gen games especially N64.

If you are serious, then start reccing. I've asked for some Saturn and 3DO games already.

damn Rondo of Blood is really kicking his ass lol

>>9828936
start by watching episodes of games you've played a lot/really liked, and then start going chronologically. You can skip season one, it's basically a different show when they hadn't figured out the format yet

>>9828867
It seems like they really have to play a game a shit ton of times until they've mastered them and become bored (location scouting). But the "AD pulls an all nighter" parts are probably just dramatic effect.

They most likely got the (good) endings during the location scouting and saved the footage.

>>9828137
>>9828123
Use Buyee, you can use it for Amazon Japan, Yahoo Auctions, etc.

It still brings me pain to think that I watched the 40th Birthday 24-hour Pilotwings Special live with anon bros, and Arino is in his 50s now...
what the fuck happened

>>9828936
>>9830040
this
the og started with an episode of ultraman, shit was fun as fuck

>>9829121
That's a fun episode. I need to catch up on Castlevania now that I'm playing the classics.
CV1 was a good one too, quite a tough game and he handles it well (with some help)

>>9833248
I want to see how he Handles Simon's Quest and the strange townsfolk clues, and such. Arino-san writes down hints on the big board so he does well in games that are about solving puzzles rahter than skills. The real hint books are useful.

>Huh. Walk a duck at the graveyard?

This is such a weird translation error. Were they just preserving a mistake from the original game or something?

>>9833935
that's literally what it says bro.

>>9834096
ほねのある isn't about literally having bones

I wish he would play Bubsy.

He'd get stuck in the carnival stages.

>>9835210
>"that legend"
>it's bubsy

https://otn.fujitv.co.jp/gamecenter/index.html

Season 27 starts with Seiken Densetsu on Game Boy next week.

>>9837189
Oh fuckin' nice another GB title. They need to start mixing in more GBA after this. It's actually very zelda-ish, whereas the latter ones become more rpg and less precise.

>>9837189
I tried looking up gameplay - and saw a trailer for a 12 ep anime? what the fug? They can just pull out an anime over the more obscure series but never anything more major? Where's my 26 ep FFVi series?!

Think of all of Square's backlog and how much of that shit would look fuggin' amazing animated?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_Mana:_The_Teardrop_Crystal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQqSWZQLFps&pp=ygUPc2Vpa2VuIGRlbnNldHN1

>>9837189
It was either gonna be that or Zelda gameboy.

>>9837189
>>9837201
Kinda miffed Square didn't release any games for the Gameboy Virtual Console for the 3DS.

>>9837209
Final Fantasy 1 anime incoming?

>>9837189
>Season 27 starts with Seiken Densetsu
kino KINO KINO!!!!!!

>>9834940
what's it mean then

>>9839462
backbone/guts.
https://jisho.org/search/骨のある

>>9825046
Don't feel so bad. My life has been busy as shit so I haven't had any time to continue machine translating it either. It's on hold until I get some time to work on it anyways. Just glad to know you haven't vanished.