Takeshi Kitano, Japan's most extreme eliminator, hates technology. Naturally, he was the best person to ask to help make a videogame. The result was Takeshi no Chousenjou (Takeshi's Challenge), a Famicom title that was nearly impossible to beat thanks to several ridiculous tasks required of players, such as singing karaoke in the second controller's microphone or not pressing any buttons for an hour.
Some jerks thought it would be a great Christmas gift to translate the original ROM into English and share it online. If you feel as though there isn't enough irritation in your life, give the game shot. Be strong, friends.
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I am actually really excites about this (excites!).
I remember hearing about this game back in the day. I have to see just how much of an asshole the teacher or whatever he was from battle royale really is.
The TAS breaks most of the myths surrounding this game, but it still looks interesting to play. Are there any emulators that support the player 2 microphone?
This game has one of the best endings ever. It also totally pre-dates the 'Why so serious?' fad that Dark Knight started:
'The game has no ending credits, and if the player leaves the ending screen on for 5 minutes, the words change to konna gēmu ni maji ni nacchatte dōsuruno (こんなげーむにまじになっちゃってどうするの?, Why are you taking this game so seriously?).'
The ultimate troll game, I'm so glad that it's been translated.
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7:00 PM on 12.30.2011
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I remember hearing about this game back in the day. I have to see just how much of an asshole the teacher or whatever he was from battle royale really is.
Anyways, how old is the header pic? The girl bending down in the top left of the header is freaking hot. Bending AND wearing glasses? HAWT!
god... DAMMIT, i hate you.
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sigh, *hugs*
'The game has no ending credits, and if the player leaves the ending screen on for 5 minutes, the words change to konna gēmu ni maji ni nacchatte dōsuruno (こんなげーむにまじになっちゃってどうするの?, Why are you taking this game so seriously?).'
The ultimate troll game, I'm so glad that it's been translated.
I just made everything up,so it has to be true.
Never knew about this game, myself..... always nice to hear some famicom/nes history.