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Blackchamber posted:Its not often that the statue is on ebay (too rich for my blood) but I havent seen anything with his signature pop up... and I want one. Goons with LA treasures, sign in! 
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Random Stranger posted:Goons with LA treasures, sign in! I hate you so much right now.
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Jan 8, 2013 04:34
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I think Princess Tomato is worth it as a "historical" episode. In that it's the only time it really seems like Arino just does not give a poo poo about the game at all. And he's on his own TV show, being filmed falling asleep on the job. Basically it's an interesting curiosity of an episode to see him so far from his normal cheerful self.
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Jan 8, 2013 04:44
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Ofecks posted:Given its reputation as an arcade-at-home powerhouse, there were a pathetic amount of ports released here. I guess it makes sense, though, since arcades in the US were dead by then. At least Taito was brave enough to put out the only two shmups - Darius Gaiden (meh) and Galactic Attack (friggin awesome). There were definitely more shmups than those two released for Saturn, even internationally.
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Jan 8, 2013 05:02
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:There were definitely more shmups than those two released for Saturn, even internationally. Talking about Saturn shmups, now I want to play Thunderforce V (the Saturn version of which got me hooked on shmups, but I love the PS1 version too).
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Ofecks posted:Given its reputation as an arcade-at-home powerhouse, there were a pathetic amount of ports released here. I guess it makes sense, though, since arcades in the US were dead by then. At least Taito was brave enough to put out the only two shmups - Darius Gaiden (meh) and Galactic Attack (friggin awesome). The Saturn was woefully underrepresented in the US market when you consider all the incredible games that never made it here like Treasure's Radiant Silvergun, the non-gimped version of X-Men vs. Street Fighter, and the reason I bought a Saturn - the Dungeons & Dragons Arcade Collection. Heck, a friend of mine brought back a suitcase full of Saturn games from a trip to Japan years ago, and even digging through the myriad of licensed anime games, we were able to find some gems. The Gundam Gaiden games were far better than expected, and if we had been able to read enough Japanese to play the Legend of the Galactic Heroes strategy game he found, I'm sure it would have been fantastic. Nipponophile fucked around with this message at 07:13 on Jan 8, 2013 |
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Jan 8, 2013 05:42
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I've got to agree with Nipponophile about the licensed anime games for Saturn. A lot of them were way better than they had any right to be. Then there was the Utena visual novel game that had no save at the end of a disc and my US Saturn with import enabler cartridge would go back to the console menu when I opened the lid to change discs. 
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Jan 8, 2013 06:07
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The irony there is that the Saturn is one of the easiest consoles by far to modify to play imports, though it ideally requires someone with some knowledge of a soldering iron. My Saturn has a convenient switch placed on the back panel that I can flip depending on which region's games I am playing. It didn't require any special chip like the Playstation, just a bit of wiring.
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Jan 8, 2013 07:11
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Screw modding, I just use an action replay. Plays imports, is a memory cart, and on top of that is a RAM cart. Besides Panzer Saga, which for some reason makes you remove the cartridge to play, Ive never removed it. Theres simply no need to.
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Jan 8, 2013 07:30
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Screw Action Replay, I'll just switch the cables from my US Saturn to my JP Saturn...  ...on my TV that doesn't even have a composite A/V input.  I really need to get a small CRT TV for my older systems. 
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Jan 8, 2013 07:43
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Watching the Princess Tomato ep, seeing the SG-1000 II. Fun facts (for a certain definition of fun at least): The original SG-1000 turns 30 this year (as does the NES, naturally), and despite its lack of success overall it found a pretty comfortable niche in a lot of the rest of Asia; since the original MSX had almost the exact same hardware, over the years a bunch of MSX games have been ported to the system (or clone hardware) in Taiwan and Korea from what I've seen. And there's also these crazy guys
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I just found out that Arino was in the US last week. Apparently he took his vacation in Hawaii this year...
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Man, as much as I love Arino, it really of bothers me how he always acts like a dick to AD Watanabe. Sometimes it's just playful teasing, but he can also get pretty cruel. Just because she's fat doesn't mean she doesn't have feelings...
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Time_pants posted:Man, as much as I love Arino, it really of bothers me how he always acts like a dick to AD Watanabe. Sometimes it's just playful teasing, but he can also get pretty cruel. Supposedly they're jokes that everyone on the staff, including her, is in on. You're still right that they're really uncomfortable jokes and the low point of any episode they're in.
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Jan 8, 2013 15:45
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ImpAtom posted:You're still right that they're really uncomfortable jokes and the low point of any episode they're in. With the one possible exception of the time that Arino gave her some food to hold while he played an arcade game and she ate it.
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xamphear posted:With the one possible exception of the time that Arino gave her some food to hold while he played an arcade game and she ate it. That part made me believe the whole thing is just their shtick and she's in on it as well. That still doesn't make it good (or funny) however.
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Jan 8, 2013 15:56
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Katana Gomai posted:That part made me believe the whole thing is just their shtick and she's in on it as well. That still doesn't make it good (or funny) however. I am 100% convinced that it's her shtick and that she's absolutely fine with it and that she most likely suggested the shtick herself so she wouldn't feel awkward about being on air. And I also agree that it doesn't make it okay (or funny); watching it makes me uncomfortable as hell, but at least they are mercifully short sections of the show to get through.
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Jan 8, 2013 16:38
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Time_pants posted:Man, as much as I love Arino, it really of bothers me how he always acts like a dick to AD Watanabe. Sometimes it's just playful teasing, but he can also get pretty cruel. I like how people always talk about this, but not him and hell, the whole show being a dick to Inoue, Nakayama and Tanii sometimes when he shows up.
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Jan 8, 2013 16:43
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Like I posted a few pages back, I always feel bad about the female announcer guests treating Nakayama so badly.
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So I was watching one of the episodes and it had an Arcade trip where some kids where playing videogames and one of the Kids goes "Wheres your comedy partner?", how famous in japan is Arino without GCX?
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Jan 8, 2013 17:47
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Katana Gomai posted:That part made me believe the whole thing is just their shtick and she's in on it as well. It unquestionably is.
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Jan 8, 2013 18:04
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http://fangamer.com/blog/2013/01/08/game-center-cx-day/ Fangamer selling GCCX goods (official or not) would just be too perfect.
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Random Stranger posted:I just found out that Arino was in the US last week. Apparently he took his vacation in Hawaii this year... And not even where I live, this "multiple islands" thing is pretty bullshit 
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cronox2 posted:http://fangamer.com/blog/2013/01/08/game-center-cx-day/ Given how open (surprisingly so, at the best of times, Japan's tighter than a duck's arse) the CX doods are, I wouldn't be surprised if it happened.
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Jan 8, 2013 19:40
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I continue to amass a collection of official GCCX merchandise thanks to Chococat!  At this point I have two copies of the first DS game, the Discotek DVDs, a keychain, a pencil case, a bandanna, the tea towel, the folders and the pins... need more... So yeah I'd be thrilled if Fangamer started selling the stuff.
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Caitlin posted:I continue to amass a collection of official GCCX merchandise thanks to Chococat! Two copies of the first game and no copies of the second?
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If RGC2 was finished I had a couple of ideas for related merchandise that I was going to pass on to Fangamer, but now that's on the back-back-back burner.
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Ineffiable posted:Two copies of the first game and no copies of the second? Haven't had the extra money to burn on an import copy I can't really play through without a walkthrough. My Japanese is kinda lovely. I'll end up with it eventually, though, don't worry. 
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Caitlin posted:I continue to amass a collection of official GCCX merchandise thanks to Chococat! My GCCX stuff consists of only the 1st NA GCCX DS game and the 2nd Japanese GCCX DS game. Money has been tight for me to get the Discotek DVD and stuff from Chococat. I hope to get the Discotek DVD soon as well as an import copy of the 1st DS game. The reason I want the Japanese version of the 1st DS GCCX game is because I like to have Arino's voice in the game as well as the AD's pictures in the game magazines. I hate the voice and pictures they used in the NA version of the game. Another thing I would like to get imported from Japan is the Official Strategy Guide for both DS GCCX games. It is currently sold out at many import stores that I check online. I am trying to find a used copy online that isn't to expensive. If anyone can find me a copy of the strategy guide online, let me know.
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pnumoman posted:I am 100% convinced that it's her shtick and that she's absolutely fine with it and that she most likely suggested the shtick herself so she wouldn't feel awkward about being on air. And I also agree that it doesn't make it okay (or funny); watching it makes me uncomfortable as hell, but at least they are mercifully short sections of the show to get through.
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Justin_Brett posted:I like how people always talk about this, but not him and hell, the whole show being a dick to Inoue, Nakayama and Tanii sometimes when he shows up. Inoue is so pathetic he deserves it.  cronox2 posted:Fangamer selling GCCX goods (official or not) would just be too perfect. Don't forget that there is some unofficial GCCX merchandise available...
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Random Stranger posted:Inoue is so pathetic he deserves it. Don't disrespect my husbando, uguu~  . Inoko MAX will settle all in the ring!
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Random Stranger posted:Don't forget that there is some unofficial GCCX merchandise available... No offense intended. I'm just biased because I've bought from Fangamer for years and think they have the most consistently great designs (and artists) out of any of the gamer t-shirt types of online stores.
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cronox2 posted:No offense intended. I'm just biased because I've bought from Fangamer for years and think they have the most consistently great designs (and artists) out of any of the gamer t-shirt types of online stores. Don't forget Meat Bun. I'm biased because I do work for them but they're up there with Fangamer. I'm a happy customer of both stores.
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Just wanted to pass this along. Zarigani posted a great watercolor fanart on Tumblr of Yoshi from Yoshi's Island. I suggested that she try to add Arino in the pic for the Yoshi's Island episode. Quoted from the Tumblr page: "Tonight’s watercolour is Yoshi’s Island fanart! I’m watching The Speed Demo Archives’ Awesome Games Done Quick 2013 marathon for charity and saw an awesome speedrun of Yoshi’s Island, one of the most adorable video games ever. It has a great art style and I especially like the birds. This fanart isn’t very inspired, so maybe tomorrow I’ll do a creepy realistic Yoshi or something." http://space-coyote.tumblr.com/post/39918841425/tonights-watercolour-is-yoshis-island-fanart
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Princess Tomato isn't too bad. I'm only about a quarter of the way through the episode but the Tamage segment was wonderful. Abe arguing with the old woman about stamp prices is probably the highlight.
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Random Stranger posted:The whole Aces of Hardware segment might as well have been Kibe's Corner. Look at their system selection: Sega Master System, Sega SG-1000, Sega Game Gear, and then if they have time for it they'll do the 3do, Cassettevision, and Puter. I suppose it could be that Sega had more failed hardware than anyone but it really feels like Kibe just wanted to show off his collection. Any fan of the Pyuuta / Tomy Tutor has my eternal admiration.
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