Chuck E. Cheese’s newest concept — which actually involves stripping down to one thing that has always been part of its draw — has come to California, with the entertainment company’s first Chuck’s Arcade opening Friday at the Brea Mall .

Since its beginnings, Chuck E. Cheese has featured arcade games among its entertainment attractions and with this new concept it has been rolling out across the country it is leaning into current trends around the popularity of both retro games and those machines where players swing a crane over a pit of prizes, dropping a claw with the hopes of snagging one and holding onto it as the crane maneuvers back over to the dispenser.

Reem Allouh celebrates getting her toy at the Crazy Toy claw machine with her mother, Asmaa Amorurah, and brother, Omar Allou

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