GameCenter CX is so good. Soooo gooood. SO GOOD.
If you really consider yourself a gamer of any sort you really have to watch it. Like drop everything and
start now have to watch it.
Announcer is not just a character. He (Kan, stern-looking dude in glasses) is actually one of main producers of the show. He wasn't even supposed to be narrator, he just started doing it and found out he's great at it.
The best episodes i think is when Arino is playing the game with someone. Recent episode had Arino playing NES Remix and it was amazing. Previously he played Baloon Fight with Iwata.
And episodes with
quiz games where entire staff chimes and they split subjects depending what they're into: bikes/motors for Abe, anime for Arino and such. There are very amusing episodes with him playing
dating games, or train game.
Games that end in multiplayer sessions are also great: Street Fighter 2, Bomberman on PC Engine.
Power-pad episodes are also very funny because they involved Arino and other stuff doing lots of exhausting physical stuff.
One of the funniest episodes don't even involve much games at all:
travel episodes where Arino just goes to places and does his stuff and it is just as entertaining if not more.
As to goty list: it's a huge shame Toki Tori 2 isn't getting more coverage. Absolutely fantastic and very inventive. It's especially bittersweet with recent news that developer of the game had to lay off majority of staff due to game's bad sales.