Santa Claus is coming to town🎅
But Usada Pekora and Mori Calliope are coming to #GrooveCoaster on Dec 22nd!!
Voiced navigators, avatars, and songs!
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Usada Pekora & Mori Calliope wireless earphones models now open for pre-order!
cafereogroup.com/cr-goods/groov
#GrooveCoaster #Hololive
Bub's first video as a VTuber!
Learn a little bit more about everyone's favourite (green) bubble dragon 🔵🟢🔵🟢
youtube.com/watch?v=h61yWI
#BubbleBobble
As announced this week, an international version of the Taito LD Collection, featuring
💿Time Gal
💿Space Battleship Yamato
💿Ninja Hayate
is currently underway!
Stay tuned for more news👀
#TimeGal #SpaceBattleshipYamato #NinjaHayate #LaserDisc
To celebrate #RainbowIslands' inclusion on the #GenesisMini2, we dug out the original design docs for the game!
Maybe would be interested?
🌈sega.jp/genesismini2/🌈
Remember when we went digging for the #TheNewZealandStory docs? Look what else we found!
It's the #BonzeAdventure (AKA #JigokuMeguri or #地獄めぐり) game design docs!
Coming to #ArcadeArchives next week! 👹🔥
Ever wanted to drive a train in Tokyo, but can't make the trip? Then DENSHA DE GO! to in Dallas, Texas to play in English!
On test at:
Dave & Buster's
9450 N. Central Expressway Dallas, TX 75231
#denshadego #電車でGO #DaveandBusters #Dallas
Coming later this week: Touhou Spell Bubble!
Puzzle Bobble meets Touhou Project in a new Rhythmic Puzzle Game for Nintendo Switch!
#SpellBubble #PuzzleBobble #BustAMove
The world might end with you, but our next Groove Coaster Wai Wai Party music pack will make you wish the #TWEWY & #NTWEWY tracks included never end!
Coming to international eShops this month🎧
N/S America: April 21st
Europe: April 28th
nintendo.com/store/products
#GrooveCoaster
After a long hiatus, Taito is back on Twitter, in English!
We'll be keeping you up to date with news, releases and more about our console and PC games!
Retweet, tell your friends and don't forget to follow us!
"Why Darius II and not Bubble Bobble?!"
Bub asks 's -san the hard questions even the media were afraid to ask about #LostJudgement!
Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=bJN5vQ
Happy 30th birthday to #EstopolisDenki, or #Lufia and the Fortress of Doom, launched in Japan on June 25th, 1993!
We dug up some of the design docs to celebrate: first is the rough design for the Japanese key art and the finished package!
Spot the difference🔍👀
#Lufia30th 🎂
So what was Bub's big birthday announcement?
Take a look (listen?!) for yourself 😉
youtube.com/watch?v=iLqBez
#BubbleBobble
It turns out that Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Kirby and Smash Brothers, is actually really good at Darius!
All 26 bosses, smashed!
🥷These Ninjas run on Steam!
The Ninja Saviors Return of the Warriors - coming to Steam in two weeks!
✴️Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2288070?ut
#TheNinjaWarriors #TheNinjaSaviors
Sega just announced #RainbowIslands for the #GenesisMini2 in North America!
This 1987 arcade spin-off features Bub & Bob in their human forms, now able to fire 🌈!
Packed with bonuses, secrets and guest appearances, the game was widely ported at the time!
sega.jp/genesismini2/
Happy Birthday, Space Invaders!
That's right, 16th June is the day arcades were first invaded in 1978.
Here's the hashtag so you can see what Japan's been tweeting while you were asleep!
#スペースインベーダーの日
And if you visit the arcade today, remember social distancing!
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We recently found the development docs for the MegaCD version of #TheNinjaWarriors! Just in time for Sega's #MegaDriveMini 2 announcement!
But what secrets do they hold?
#TaitoMilestones
We hope you like shark, because is coming to groove this month, and she's bringing !
AND!
Online play is coming too!
Mark those calendars for 16th December🗓️
youtube.com/watch?v=gnAESO
#GrooveCoaster #hololiveEnglish
May 16th, 1992
Game World, our TAITO STATION arcade in Shinjuku was the largest street-side urban arcade in Japan at the time and on it's 6th floor was the Game Museum: a retro game arcade!
#Taito70th
Happy 9th Birthday to 's #ArcadeArchives!
A treasure trove of Taito titles are available for play on PlayStation4 and Nintendo Switch thanks to them
🐹🎂
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Arcade Archives celebrates its 9th anniversary today, May 15. Over the past 9 years, we have released 364 titles, up to last week's "Mazinger Z." Thank you very much to everyone who has supported us this far. And thank you for your continued support.
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If you guessed #TheWorldEndsWithYou or Neo as our surprise for the next game music release, you were right!
Coming to #GrooveCoaster Wai Wai Party!!!! on Nintendo Switch this month!
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【特報】『すばらしきこのせかい -Final Remix-』、『新すばらしきこのせかい』コラボ開催決定！
4月21日(木) Nintendo Switch版『グルーヴコースター ワイワイパーティー!!!!』でコラボ楽曲、キャラクターを含む「ゲームソングパック」配信開始！
#グルコス #すばせか #新すばせか
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Look what (who?!) we found under the Christmas tree at ! It's everyone's favourite bubble dragon brothers, and Bob!
Merry Christmas from everyone here at Taito!
Sad news for #BubbleBobble fans: Bub, one half of the game's eponymous duo has been arrested for plotting to keep series villain, Baron von Blubba, out of Bubble Bobble 4 Friends!
Say it's not true, Bub!
#BB4F
Is #Everybubble ready for the new Bust-A-Move game?
🟢4 player co-op story mode
🔵2v2 team battles
🟡1v1 online
🔴and more!
Out now on Nintendo Switch with a free, online demo!
nintendo.com/store/products
Remember when Bub visited Sega? Well, this time, he's at Bandai Namco Entertainment, meeting Pac-Man and learning all about Pac-Man Museum +!
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=V5SAiU
#BubbleBobble #PacMan
If you long for the authentic arcade experience during an online meeting or chat, try a Taito Station background!
#StayHomeWithTaito
So, we heard you like mini arcade cabs?
Want to hear more about the EGRET II mini?
It features a 4 and 8 way stick, six buttons, a marquee holder, and did we mention the rotating screen for all that authentic arcade experience?
🕹️Only announced for Japan🕹️
One of the new navigators, Nana Kagura, will be aiming to get a full combo on her own song: Second Sight Stella !
Time: Feb 11th 8pm JST (3am PST😴)
twitter.com/nana_kaguraaa/
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#グルコス 案件配信
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-` ̗GROOVE COASTERにナナ参戦！ ´-
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ナビゲーター『カグラナナ』を解放
オリ曲『Second Sight Stella』フルコン
をミッションに、プレイしていくよ
Wait here!!!
#カグラナマ
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オリ曲『Second Sight Stella』フルコン
をミッションに、プレイしていくよ
Wait here!!!#カグラナマ
〘youtube.com/watch?v=YjRPnA〙NatsumeAtari's Tengo Project team just announced the return of Taito's Kikikaikai (Pocky & Rocky in the West) to Nintendo Switch via a new official homepage:
natsumeatari.co.jp/kuromanto/
Check the trailer and follow them for more news!
The office even has a mini tree, which Bub & Bob seem rather happy with!
Bubble Bobble fans will know where the candy canes are...😉
Merry Christmas & happy holidays to you all🎄🥰
Yuzuru Hanyu, a Japanese figure skater currently competing in the Winter Olympics recently revealed he was a gamer and one of his two favourite games is #Lufia II on the SNES!
Team Taito in action on the production line, circa early to mid 80s, preparing cocktail cabinets for shipping to arcades, coffee shops etc.
#Taito70th
How about some patches to boost(*) your gaming ability?
*boosts in gaming ability may not be real
#KikiKaikai #PockyAndRocky
#BubbleBobble
#DariusBurst
#MetalBlack
taitostation.shop/shopbrand/ct21/
"You will see the creation of new lives in HD!!"
G-Darius HD, one half of the Darius Cozmic Revelation release, is the first faithful port of the arcade original, featuring new, HD graphics!
#DariusSeries
It's Christmas day here in Japan, and Christmas trees don't get much cuter than this!
Merry Christmas to you all from the future🎄🎅
#BubbleBobble
It's already 2023 in Japan, so Happy New Year from the #GrooveCoaster team!
☃️Winter Sale☃️ nintendo.com/store/products
Following our own birthday, today we celebrate another part of Taito that's always close to our hearts: #BubbleBobble!
That's right, today is 's b'day and he's got a few big announcements for you all...
TFW you ate one too many giant bonus cakes, but need to get in an elevator 🎂🛗
Bub's visit to for #ArcadeArchives was a close call!
Ken Sugimori drew Lutia Feen, heroine of G-Darius for the new Darius Odyssey book!
Armed with her capture ball, she's gotta capture em all! 🎣
store.strictlylimitedgames.com/collections/da
#DariusSeries
Taito Trails
1973
One of the very first arcade video games in Japan, Elepong was a Pong PCB, housed in a new cab and renamed for the domestic market.
Such a hit, that the phenomenon of overflowing coin boxes is said to have begun here🪙
👣bit.ly/41zFKJ2 #Taito70th
Multi-monitor & sub woofer support so you can recreate the arcade experience at home!
Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade, coming soon!
🐟Darius (Old, New, Extra)
🐠Darius II
🐡Sagaia (ver1, ver2)
🦈Darius Gaiden
store.steampowered.com/app/1638330/Da
40: Dan-Ku-Ga (1994)
🖥 hori. 🕹️8-way + 6 buttons
The final game in the standard lineup is the cancelled upgrade to Kaizer Knuckle featuring balance changes and the ability to control two of the bosses.
The game will make its official debut on the Egret II Mini!
#EgretIIMini
...and the ninjas have teamed up with 's #PockyAndRocky for an arcade-action packed bundle!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/33576/P
#TheNinjaWarriors #TheNinjaSaviors
Unless you've finished the game, you might not have seen #TheNewZealandStory's... er, story, but it revolves around the nameless leopard seal kidnapping, and selling (cheap!), kiwis.
Out now, on #ArcadeArchives for PlayStation4 and Nintendo Switch!
Q: How could we celebrate Bub's birthday without a surprise❓
A: We couldn't ❗️
🎂So we showed him the new Puzzle Bobble game!🎂
Full video here: youtu.be/Y-iyNft-5W0
#BustAMove #PuzzleBobbleEverybubble
16: Elevator Action Returns (19xx)
🖥 hori. 🕹️8-way + 2 buttons
Become a member of a special task force and stop the terrorists' plot over a series of action packed levels including high rise buildings, airports, underground oil fields and more!
#EgretIIMini
Recognise anyone from these early character designs for #Lufia's four main party members? Who was your favourite?
#Lufia30th #EstpolisDenki
#Taito70th
Mar, 1997
Densha de Go!, our hit train-driving simulation game, arrived in arcades for the first time. Met with internal opposition at Taito, it proved just the ticket for fans, and steamed to success!
#DenshaDeGo
It's our birthday!! 60 years ago today TAITO (the Taito Trading Company) was founded. Thanks for a great 60 years!!
#TheNinjaWarriors development docs are full of behind the scenes info for the MegaCD opening!
Here's a first-ever sneak peak from storyboard to photo shoot to digitised opening!
For more, watch #Zuntata Night, this Saturday!
youtube.com/watch?v=u9inj3
#MegaDriveMini
2023 marks our 70th birthday, but that's not all...
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タイトーは今年で創立70周年を迎えます。
遊びを追求し続けた70年分の楽しさを
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本年も
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タイトーは今年で創立70周年を迎えます。
遊びを追求し続けた70年分の楽しさを
みなさまにお届けできるように
今年も精進いたします
本年も
タイトーを
宜しくお願いいたします
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#BubbleBobble's design docs cover all the basic strategies (master the bubble jump!) and even details Benzo's origins; hidden in Chack'n Pop's game data!‼️
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Bubble Bobble is this week's #ArcadeArchives Nintendo Switch release & available on PS4 now:
store.playstation.com/en-us/product/
Metal Black is coming to Arcade Archives this week!
Catch the broadcast on Nov 11th Japan time with 3 special guests:
Takatsuna Senba - game design
Yasuhisa Watanabe - music
Katsuhisa Ishikawa - sound fx
youtube.com/watch?v=bIr0mf
#MetalBlack #ArcadeArchives
#GrooveCoaster Wai Wai Party's online play update is go! Get it now with a 40% discount, 2 new navigators ( & ) and a new track for each of them!
nintendo.com/games/detail/g
How are you spending the holidays?
's been checking our office decorations!
Are they ready, Bub?
An issue with some of the DLC lyrics in a recent Groove Coaster Wai Wai Party DLC has caused the age rating to be raised and the game & DLC is currently unavailable in N. America and Europe. We're now working on an update to allow the game to be sold again. #GrooveCoaster
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【お詫び】現在海外地域では、Nintendo Switch版『グルーヴコースター ワイワイパーティー!!!!』のレーティング変更に伴うアップデートのため、一時的にゲーム本編及びDLCの販売を停止しております。アップデート完了次第、販売を再開予定です。ご迷惑おかけして申し訳ございません。 #グルコス
16th June is #SpaceInvaders Day in Japan, and this year marks their 45th birthday!
#SpaceInvaders45th
This week's #ArcadeArchives release is Gun & Frontier!
The people of Gloria needed a hero...
Can you bring peace to the frontier? Find out, when the game releases, later this week 🤠
#GunFrontier
Animator & artist extraordinaire, Paul Johnson , provided a rather fantastic piece for #RayZACC, a variant of which is used on the cover of the overseas releases👀👉
store.strictlylimitedgames.com/collections/ra
Catch Paul's animation here: youtube.com/channel/UCRBNW
#rayzacc
Have you ever stared at a 404 error so long, the text started to move?
taito.co.jp/Error/404
*Cursor keys to move left & right, space to fire 😉
WARNING!
A Huge Battleship
Is approaching Steam fast!
#DariusSeries
store.steampowered.com/app/1638330/Da
Taito's Ohayashi-san and talked to Takatsuna Senba, #GunFrontier's director, on the #ArcadeArchive show to celebrate the game's release on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch!
Have you ever seen a game design document this detailed?!
youtube.com/watch?v=b93CrO
Bub, ever the optimist, tries to wear a VR headset😅
He might struggle, but non-bubble dragons can enjoy Puzzle Bobble here:
oculus.com/experiences/qu
Bub is back!
Puzzle Bobble Everybubble! will be bursting onto your screens in 2023, full of fun, 4 player thrills and bubble shooting action!
New series-first feature reveal - team battle!
youtu.be/qxmG0dhmjJY
#PuzzleBobble #BustAMove
WARNING!
We just updated the Darius Cozmic Revelation page with comments from the developers, M2 (G Darius HD) and Pyramid (Dariusburst ACEX+)!
Rushing into more news soon!
Be on your guard!
darius.jp/en/revelation/
#DariusSeries
Happy New Year from all of us at Taito to all of you!
We hope you catch your dreams in 2022!
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The secret to how Taito employees get ready for a day at work is out: coffee and Puzzle Bobble☕️
What a fantastic invention 😍
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Using my parents' old coffee grinder as a game controller to play Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move! This is a re-edit of an older video that gets straight to the grinding action.
Music: Back To Cool by Shane Ivers - silvermansound.com
Music: Back To Cool by Shane Ivers - silvermansound.com
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It's Friday, so that means Bub is back for his Bub Braves series!
This week he's playing Happy Button 3 and it looks like he's doing OK...?
How will he fare against Taito ninja though...?
youtu.be/0KAQdjfbPkE
#BB4F #BubbleBobble
⚡️Ray'z Arcade Chronology⚡️
Locked on like a laser for 2023!
Follow us for more international release info😎
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#タイト ーのシューティングゲーム「レイシリーズ」3部作を移植した『レイズ アーケード クロノロジー』が2023年発売決定
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「 #レイフォース 」「 #レイストーム 」「 #レイクライシス 」を忠実移植、3D描画の2タイトルは高解像度化したバージョンも収録!
詳細情報
taito.co.jp/mob/topics/253
#タイト ーのシューティングゲーム「レイシリーズ」3部作を移植した『レイズ アーケード クロノロジー』が2023年発売決定／
「 #レイフォース 」「 #レイストーム 」「 #レイクライシス 」を忠実移植、3D描画の2タイトルは高解像度化したバージョンも収録!
詳細情報taito.co.jp/mob/topics/253
Taito Trails
1973
Our former HQ building (TAITO Building) was completed in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. It included a telephone switch board and a showroom with arcade machines!
This building supported TAITO's operations all the way to 2007.
👣bit.ly/41zFKJ2 #Taito70th
Even bubble dragons take the weekend off!
Hope everyone has a fantastic two days!
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Touhou Spell Bubble isn't the only rhymical game getting more content on Thursday! Groove Coaster Wai Wai Party will see the 5th Vocaloid pack released with new songs and avatars, as always!
nintendo.com/games/detail/g
#GrooveCoaster
#Hololive pack launches next week!
🎵10 new songs!
🧍♀️4 new avatars!
🎤2 new navigators!
🎲🎲
☄️✨
Are both getting in the groove on March 16th!
nintendo.com/store/products
Us? Just doing some research for the #ArcadeArchives livestream release of #TheNewZealandStory (Jan 26th)...🥝🇳🇿🐋
We'll be talking about the game with , so if you have questions, let us know!
#KiwiKraze
DLC Sale now on for the following rhythm game tie-up packs!
#Lanota Happy 6th birthday🎂
#DJMAXRESPECT out now: Season 6㊗️
#MuseDash Happy 4th birthday🎂
#WACCA Complete Album㊗️
#TANOC Jul 15th NEW RELEASE㊗️
#arcaea congrats on Final Verdict release㊗️
#GrooveCoaster
Ever wondered who Sakou Menme was in the #MetalBlack staff list? 😻
It's Hiroyuki Sako's (Chase HQ) cat, Menme, who makes a guest appearance on stage 6🙀
#ArcadeArchives #TaitoTrivia
nintendo.com/store/products
store.playstation.com/en-us/product/
It's 2049, a leading optical laser expert has been kidnapped by terrorists! Pilot the Inter Gray and rescue him!
The MegaCD version featured the same gameplay, but used the CD's storage to offer both arcade original and arranged soundtracks!
#MegaDriveMini #NightStriker
#Undertale is 5 years old, so we're celebrating too!
Buy Groovecoaster Wai Wai Party and get the Undertale DLC free (bundle ends Oct 4th)
#Undertale5 #Groovecoaster
Happy 35th birthday, Rastan!
Rastan first rocked arcades in March 1987!
The series tells the story of Rastan and his journey from lowly thief to king: set in a world of sword and sorcery, each game featured varied gameplay and a soundtrack from Zuntata!
#RastanSaga
These are some rough drafts for the #EstpolisDenki logo, but did you know, the original title was planned as EsTALE?
The story however, was always planned to be focused on the heroine #Lufia, and love 💘
#Lufia30th
🤯SHBROOM!
Growl, AKA #Runark is coming to #ArcadeArchives next month!
Gather 3 friends and prepare your steely fist of justice to battle the evil poachers!
🗓️July 27th
New pack out today!
If you like Eurobeat in your puzzle/rhythm-game mix, we've got you covered!
nintendo.com/games/detail/t
#TouhouSpellBubble
Brighten up your virtual meetings with the bubbliest little dragon as your background!
#BubbleBobble
Bub's ready for the new #GrooveCoaster DLC coming on Thursday (29th), are you?
nintendo.com/games/detail/g
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An update regarding Taito arcades in Japan affected by the Emergency Declaration to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Stores located in the restricted areas are closed temporarily, and other stores have adjusted opening hours.
Stay safe everyone!
Bub's back in school for his third lesson on Japanese net slang!
Scream on your keyboard!
Noble gases?
Baldness?!
Learn more here:
youtube.com/watch?v=9vdu2a
#BubbleBobble
For Bubble Bobble fans, #ChackNPop features some MIGHT(A)Y familiar characters😉
Let's take a look at the original planning document we dug up and see who you recognise!
#ArcadeArchives #TaitoTrivia
July, 1973
This was the first arcade video game in Japan, built with an imported PCB. It proved so popular in arcades that the machine's coin box overflowed, causing the game to malfunction!
#Taito70th #Elepong
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Taito Trails
1973
One of the very first arcade video games in Japan, Elepong was a Pong PCB, housed in a new cab and renamed for the domestic market.
Such a hit, that the phenomenon of overflowing coin boxes is said to have begun here
bit.ly/41zFKJ2 #Taito70th
bit.ly/41zFKJ2 #Taito70th
Fancy some practice at pixel art the old-fashioned way? Break out the felt-tips and get colouring!✏️
🖌️🎨More here:
taito.co.jp/Content/images
#StayHomeWithTaito
Bub and Bob are breaking out the traditional Japanese New Years decorations in preparation for ringing in 2021!
This is a "kadomatsu" 🎍, placed in front of a house to welcome the spirits of the coming year🐮
#BubbleBobble
Here's the details of #GrooveCoaster Wai Wai Party's update, coming to Switches everywhere on Thursday!
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Improvements to Ranked Match, balance changes, bug fixes and 4 new, voiced navigators, including 2 #hololive stars💀👯♀️
nintendo.com/store/products
Using his new-found Private Detective skills, Bub found out what the secret meeting was about after all:
🔴A new Puzzle Bobble game! 🔴
taito.co.jp/en/mob/topics/
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Watch him in action here: twitter.com/TaitoCorp/stat
#BubbleBobble
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Bublock Holmes the great (?!) detective!
Bub's been playing too much #LostJudgement and starts tailing people in the office and discovers a new game in development?!
youtu.be/RJywKHdoYf8
#BubbleBobble
So you _do_ like mini arcade cabs?
Let's check the peripherals before we look at the games!
The Egret II Mini has three optional controllers: a pad, a stick and a trackball/paddle controller combo! Have any of you tried one before? What did you play?
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So, we heard you like mini arcade cabs?
Want to hear more about the EGRET II mini?
It features a 4 and 8 way stick, six buttons, a marquee holder, and did we mention the rotating screen for all that authentic arcade experience?
Only announced for Japan
Only announced for JapanZuntata leader Katsuhisa Ishikawa was puzzling over why Elevator Action Returns is so popular outside Japan with composer Yasuhisa Watanabe and Zuntata alumni Nakayama Raiden.
Does anyone want to tell him?
youtu.be/ovy4mn5lzuU?t=
#Zuntata
New DLC coming next week (Feb 3rd)!
10 tracks, 3 new navigators and 5 avatars🎢🎶
nintendo.com/games/detail/g
#GrooveCoaster
