Retro Game Challenge 2 translation update!

Can you believe this is our 5000th post on this goofy site? I was worried we wouldn’t find a news post befitting this milestone, but news about the fan translation for Game Center CX 2 / Retro Game Challenge 2, one of our most anticipated tiny cartridges ever, is perfect for the occasion!

We haven’t heard much about the translation team’s efforts since its site launched in February, but they’ve now revamped the project page to make it easier to relay updates. It’s still light on content, but you can see a few new English screenshots from there. Make sure to click the sprites at the bottom, too, for some nice character art.

Ryuza, who maintains the site, tells us that we’ll likely get some new screenshots soon to show off the progress made from project lead Xvirus and his team. He adds, “From what I’ve seen, the translators have a lot of the text from the conversations with Arino translated, so things are going pretty well.” I’m just thrilled this isn’t dead!

Buy: Retro Game Challenge ($13.81!)

Import: Game Center CX 2

See also: More Game Center CX 2 posts

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Retro Game Challenge romhack ruse revealed

Okay dudes, bad news. The enigmatic “arino2011” who has been posting videos of a seemingly translated Retro Game Challenge 2, featuring references to our beloved mascot, has revealed that the project is not an official localization, but, indeed, a fan work.

Xvirus, who also worked on the translation patches Shiren the Wanderer DS 2 and Torneko no Daibouken Advance, told us that he is the one behind the mysterious videos, rather than any official DS publisher.

“Shiren and Torneko have been put on an indefinite hiatus as I don’t currently have a translator (they all seem to disappear on me),” Xvirus said. “After watching a video review on CX2, I thought I’d give it a go and, after a few hurdles, found out that it wasn’t too incredibly complicated.” So it is a fan translation project after all!

“Unfortunately,” Xvirus continued, “I can only do so much by myself and as like… 90 percent of the dialogue is in Kansai-ben, I’m at a bit of a loss.”

The potential good news here is that by revealing the project’s status as a (troubled) fan effort, we’re now able to put out a call for translators. If you know Game Center CX and have an eye for Kansai dialect, you could be part of something very important. 

VERY. IMPORTANT.

[Update: Xvirus’ contact info: baka_neko@comcast.net]

Buy: Retro Game Challenge ($13.99!)

Import: Game Center CX 2

See also: More Game Center CX 2 posts

[Image: “Boys and Girls” by Imai]

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Nice try, Xseed

Perhaps as a response to our posting of exp.’s open letter to Xseed asking the company to bring Game Center CX 2, the Japanese sequel to Retro Game Challenge, to North America, the publisher tweeted this a few days ago:

We give a heartfelt thanks to TinyCartridge for their undying devotion to Retro Game Challenge, but Retro Game Challenge 2 is not up to us. Lots of people seem to love Retro Game Challenge 1, but not many bought it. ;_; Thanks for all the special efforts though.

What a perfect way to trick gamers into believing you’re not going to localize Game Center CX 2, only to turn around next week at E3 to announce that you’re bringing it to the States! That’s what’s going to happen, right? Right, Xseed? That the plan, isn’t it? Right?

What am I talking about? Of course that’s the plan! Great prank, Xseed. Seriously. HAHAHAHAHA.

Buy: Retro Game Challenge

Import: Game Center CX 2

See also: Ignored incentive to sell more copies of Retro Game Challenge, Unanswered call for fans to buy 20,000 more copies of Retro Game Challenge, More failure, More disappointment, More heartbreak, Might as well kill myself because nothing really matters anymore anyway

tags / game center cx 2 / retro game challenge / game center cx / imports / xseed / indies zero / ec / e3 2010 / desperation / what do i need to do xseed? is this because i didn't buy ju-on the grudge after all those negative reviews? if i buy 10 copies of ju-on will that fix everything? just tell me what i need to do. please. i'm on my hands and knees here. just tell me what you want.