Namco Bandai's pixelated journey through a retrogaming past that never was is currently catching on with American audiences the same way it did in Japan last year when it was released on Nintendo DS as Game Center CX. It did well enough there that a sequel is already available, and everything's been overhauled. The graphics are nicer, the fake retrogames are much more varied and deeper, and there are many different play modes that round out the experience.
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido released earlier this month! We say that because E3 makes June a busy time, and also because, if early reports are accurate, not a lot of players picked it up. This is not new for developer indieszero, making its decades-long mission delivering interesting, quirky games that may slip your notice! Let's look at the team's history and break down what you may have missed.
From the article, "Which is a shame, because Retro Game Challenge, and the succession of Game Center CX games that have been released since, offer an equivalent, and often superior experience. Granted, they don’t cash in on the real nostalgia value of offering actual NES and SNES games to play, but the fact that people are earning full games makes up for that."
According to part of an interview with XSeed Games, the first Retro Game Challenge has not sold quite as well as they were hoping, so the localization of the second game from Japan to North America is not exactly in the cards at this moment in time...
