Season 8

01 Aim For 100! "The Quest For Kai" (#55) (Part 2) Episode 124th October 2007 A month’s rest leaves Arino ready and willing to finish the game he had to give up; Kai No Bouken. 02 Another Weird Western Game: "Flashback" (#56) Episode 27th November 2007 It was just a few months ago when Arino defeated the French classic Another World, and now he’s ready to take on another European classic, Flashback: The Quest for Identity. Flashback looks and plays very similarly, but with a greater emphasis on puzzle solving… and firepower. 03 Stick and Be Stuck "Bikkuriman World" (#57) Episode 321st November 2007 Arino takes on "Bikkuriman World", a port of Wonder Boy in Monster Land on the PC Engine with characters from the Bikkuriman sticker franchise featured in the game. 04 Don't Lose to Haggleman! "Masked Ninja Hanamaru" (#58) Episode 45th December 2007 "Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru" is a ninja Famicom game from Capcom. However, it was released outside Japan and heavily reworked into the NES game Yo! Noid. 05 Leave the Shooting to Me! "Super Fantasy Zone" (#59) Episode 519th December 2007 Despite his lack of skills with shooters, Arino must face the challenge of Super Fantasy Zone, SEGA's smash hit shooter series. 06 Honk If You're Bonk! "Bonk's Adventure" (#60) Episode 616th January 2008 Arino attempts to clear Bonk's Adventure. In addition a recap of Arino's live Kai no Bouken Christmas Challenge narrated by Toujima is shown. 07 Headin' to Edo! Or Not...? Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi (#61) Episode 730th January 2008 The goal of The Toukaidou Gojuusan-tsugi is to guide the fireworks maker, Kantaro through 21 extremely difficult stages. The game's difficulty may prove too much for Arino to handle, and in an effort to help Arino AD Tsuroka ends up showing the staff his "singing" skills. 08 Who're YOU? "Kid Dracula" (#62) Episode 813th February 2008 Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-kun (Kid Dracula) is a unique Castlevania spinoff starring Alucard. 09 Blinding Exhilaration?! "Mendel Palace" (#63) Episode 927th February 2008 Satoshi Tajiri, head of Game Freak and creator of the Pokemon series idolized Namco, and in the mid-’80s he and Ken Sugimori created their own Famicom game, Quinty, and managed to sell it to Namco. And at the end of season 8, Quinty becomes Arino’s next challenge.