Hudson Soft is bringin’ it real old school with 16 Shot! Shooting Watch. I’d imagine it’s a bit difficult to tell what the game is about from the title, but in reality, it pretty much describes exactly what the game is.

16 Shot! Shooting Watch is a remake of the original Shooting Watch, which was released by Hudson Soft in 1987. So, what is a shooting watch?

It’s a Japanese measuring device to see what your physical capacity for gaming is: it measure how fast you can tap two buttons within a 10 second span. The world record is held by Toshiyuki Takahashi, or better known as Takahashi Meijin (高橋名人), at an average of 16 shots per second! This alone has made him a video gaming icon in Japan.

Hudson brings this retro, hardcore challenge back onto the DS to give everybody a chance to challenge the king. But of course, it’s not just a recreation. This game includes many features, such as a “one-button” style and “two-button” style to accommodate for different players’ preferences, as well as real-time progress-tracking graphs. And of course, the best scores are kept on local leaderboards, and the top five scorers get to leave their autograph as well. Oh, and this game also has a stopwatch and slot machine mode… you know, just for kicks.

Are you ready to take on the video gaming legend? 16 Shots! Shooting Watch is available now on DSi Ware.