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2nd Q Transformers Episode Has Optimus Discussing 'Crappy Games'
posted on by Sarah Nelkin
The official anime on Tuesday. The episode is titled "Kakujitsu na Kusogee no Nazo" (The Mystery of a Game That Certainly Stinks). (Kusogee or kuso-game literally means "crappy games.")
The episode begins when Optimus Prime (Nintendo Entertainment System) game The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy.
When asked further why the game was chosen, Bumblebee quips that because it is famous as being a game that stinks. Optimus Prime says that instead of calling it a game that stinks, people should call it an "impossible game" due to its difficulty.
In an improvised, unscripted dialogue segment, Optimus Prime explains that he thinks that games without difficulty settings stink, giving the example of Dai Makai Mura (known in the west as Ghouls'n Ghosts) which he played on the PC. Bumblebee says that playing RPGs after you already cleared them stink, since all your levels are high and your equipment is top-notch. After all, the town is already peaceful, the last boss is dead, and there is nothing to do. Lockdown comments that they have been talking about the contents of the game, but suggests that a cartridge that actually stinks like a toilet or natto (fermented soy beans) would be a true "game that stinks."
The TV anime is inspired by the 1986 Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) game The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy. The Famicom game also inspired a smartphone app last year.
Additional cast include:
Yūichi Nakamura as Rumble & Sunstreaker
OLDCODEX performs the opening theme, "physical."
The remainder of the staff includes:
Music: Jiro (from LiLi)
Animation Director: Mame Suzuki
Background Art: Sanae Fujioka
Organization Cooperation: Kuniosa Hirama
Recording Adjustment: Sōichi Tsunekawa
Scripts: Kōtarō Ishidate
Sound Effects: Yoshiaki Tokunaga
The series Tokyo MX on January 6.
