Retro Game Challenge would be an easy game to overlook. The Nintendo DS has seen no shortage of "classic" gaming collections, and the game's unassuming, though admittedly stylish, front cover does little to distinguish the game from the crowd of ubiquitous 2D shooters. But Retro Game Challenge aims for something far more ambitious than your average retro game collection - it revels in nostalgia for the NES era while creating its own original "classics." The title consists of nine brand new nine games that look, play, and feel as if they could have been created in a time long ago.
In Anthony's final 8-Bit Chronicles for 2019, he dives into...a DS game? That's right: it's Retro Game Challenge -- based off the Japanese TV show Game Center CX!
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."
