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| Maou 1376th Post
 
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|  "Re(8):Random new random news thread" , posted Thu 21 Feb 06:06
Quick, join the avatar party before it's too passe!
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While I'm sure that the Japanese arcade scene is a bit better off than their flat-lining American counterparts how many of them are now soley based around crane games or the like?
Crane games and Mah Jong will never die! In all seriousness, they probably won't. But in 06 Guilty Gear, 3S, Soul Calibur 3 Mildly Less Terrible Edition, Tekken5/6(forget, lost since 3), and Zero 3 (seriously) still seemed like among the most attractive choices, so clearly it's time for something new, but it seems like it's been time for something new since, say, 2004 at least? Is 2D interest on the rise? I really don't get what's going on in 2008.
人間はいつも私を驚かせてくれる。不思議なものだな、人間という存在は．．．
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| Iggy 8379th Post
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| "Re(8):Random new random news thread" , posted Thu 21 Feb 07:14
Maou : you forget Virtua Fighter 5. The game is not as popular as it could have been, but it still had a solid base.
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Dang it, nobody told me it was time to switch avatars.
Yeah, sorry. With the AOU, I forgot for several hours that Vampire was the greatest series ever, and I vowed to never let that happen again.
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While I'm sure that the Japanese arcade scene is a bit better off than their flat-lining American counterparts how many of them are now soley based around crane games or the like?
That's the problem. The times are harsh since 2001, then with the Atomiswave's travesty, and now things have been even worse with the release of the Wii. I don't know where this is going, but it seems like the '98 bubble, except the fighting game scene is ten times smaller. I really don't understand.
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I do wonder if some of these titles -such as Basara and SF4- are being used more as advertisments for the home release than anything.
Basara is especially an interesting subject in that it aims for a totally different demography : the yaoi fangirls. If they manage to attract them, then they can survive since their public is essentially different from the other's. It might be a good idea for the arcades to buy one, to have a wider offer.
But the game is sooooo late... It could have worked if it had been released last autumn. Now...
The problem with yaoi fangirls is that they fall in love with something new every ten seconds. I'm not sure there will be much Motochika X whoever next summer.
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| TreIII
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| "Re(10):Random new random news thread" , posted Thu 21 Feb 10:38
I'm betting that BASARA X will probably end up on the Wii and PS2 alike, just like its "predecessors" (in different respects), GG:AC and HEROES did so last year. That much is pretty much definite.
Any way, I'm still willing to bet that things will probably work out, even for supposedly "lower-tiered" games like SBX, KOF:UM, Akatsuki and SSS. For the first time in a long while, arcade-goers will actually have multiple things to look forward to over the course of Golden Week and the Summer months, times which usually are dry, utterly-boring months. Instead of going to the arcades, and only having old crap to play, now they got a whole bunch of new stuff to play! There's gotta be SOME THING that will attract everyone. :D
If nothing else, this plethora of arcade gaming will hopefully do more to stimulate the business for at least a good spell. And furthermore, the "big guns" that everyone is waiting to see more of still won't arrive until a number of months down the road.
Dokuganryu wa Date jya ne you see?
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| Cain Highwind 775th Post
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| "Re(1):KOF MIA 2 is not dead (yet)" , posted Sat 23 Feb 05:50
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So, I was feeling naughty and I was thinking "let's make fun of Falcoon".
Turns out the game is announced for summer. Yes, against SF4. I LOLed.
As for the characters, two are mentioned on the side storis published on MIA's site : Andy on one hand, A NEW CHARACTER who happens to be... Joe's student on the other. Female student. A new female Thai fighter beside king ? The equivalent to Kim's Chae Lim ?
Who knows. Also, nothing says they will be in the game, maybe they only have a role in the scenario (and we all know what MIA's scenario is worth).
There were other characters as well (including a pathetic scene with Ninon talking to Goenitz's ghost) but these two seem the most important.
Also, we know one (some ?) characters will be from Ryűkô no Ken, and rumor on the street say Tôdô would be the first (or the only one)(with maybe Kasumi as a copypasta).
You know I was JUST THINKING about Muy Thai representation for MI since that was still missing. I was figuring King would be the best bet since I;m sure Falcoon would just LOVE to get her out of her business suit and intro something with more fanservice.
But a female student of Joe's? That just sounds incredibly odd, not to mention repetitive as it's just the same thing as Chae. But Chae actually made sense as Kim isn't a ladies man (unless she was some goofy fan or something and resembled MKomoko, that I could see). I was also hoping for Joe to see some Joe/Lily interaction. I mean are they still dating?
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| Sensenic 1607th Post
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| "Re(8):Random new random news thread" , posted Wed 19 Mar 01:30:
Double post for Persona-ness -which piques mny interest ever since ifrit_crisis showed me P3 ^_^-
Persona 4 announced for PS2, seems they're going for the direct sequel approach (at least gameplay and presentation-wise, dunno about the plot).
First Famitsu scans:
http20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/KidMarin/P4c.jpg
http20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/KidMarin/P4-1.jpg
http20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/KidMarin/P4a.jpg
http20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/KidMarin/P4b.jpg
Some points someone brought up (can't give sources as where I got it from don't give 'em)
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- Trailer on DVD
- July 10th release
- 85% Complete
- Looks like Persona 3 but better
- 180+ Personas
- Hashino is directing, Soejima is art director and character designer, Meguro is composing
- Takes place in the countryside, a more nostalgic environment
- The theme is murder mystery/suspense, it's a mystery thriller with twists and turns
- Multiple endings
- 1.5x the size of P3
- 60-70 hours
- There is a weather forecast system, and whenever there is a fog, a murder occurs.
So it's weather this time instead of moon phase, Japanese mythology-inspired Personas (Izanagi, Tomoe, Jiraiya) instead of Tarot, more realistic, present day looking ambientation... And the "dating sim" part seems to cover all of the town instead of just the school?
But perhaps the most curious thing is that now personas are summoned not through firing a gun but... wearing glasses? Guess they clearly don't want any polemics this time... ^_^U
EDIT: linkin'
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-Obelix-
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| Arngrim 327th Post
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| "Re(9):Random new random news thread" , posted Wed 19 Mar 04:03
Finally first pics on Persona 4!!
The premise really looks really interesting.
On the one hand, I like the direction they have given to the characters. While looking pretty plain, I'm sure that they will be well-built, with complexities and lights and shadows. And this apparent plainness on the surface suits with the rural setting this time around, as opposed to the urban vibes of the P3 characters.
In my opinion, the timing of the events in P3 was very skillfully set, and this, I hope, will be an axiom on how the plot on P4 will unfold intelligently. This is a key point in a mystery/murder plot premise, and I have high expectations on this one from my experience with P3.
On the other hand, this issue about glasses sure is... striking, to say the least. I was really sure that they would come up with something even more farfetched and controversial than the guns in P3, but this thing about glasses is... well, for the moment I'll say that it is a pretty cliché idea (some people who can see whatever for whatever reasons that most people does not detect). However, this will give the opportunity to all those closet meganekko lovers will have a great time being able to put glasses on all the characters not seen since the likes of Biko 3.
Looking forward to more info on it!
But I still want to quench your thirst.
Because I am the one that put you into the desert.
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| Pollyanna 2462th Post
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| "Re(10):Random new random news thread" , posted Wed 19 Mar 05:44:
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The premise really looks really interesting.
I can agree with this, but that's about it. I want to be hopeful, but look. LOOK.
We have a cool hero, a buddy guy character and a semi-spunky girl. Could there be a worse start?
It's looking like Persona 3 all over again. I tolerated the changes in P3...I even enjoyed a lot of them, but having finished the game now, I can't call it anything other than a complete insult to Persona. The game was crushed under the weight of its own mediocre writing.
The characters barely had an hours worth of development in them, let alone 100, but the game just plows on with pages and pages of text from people who don't have anything good to say. This could have been saved if the social link scenarios were interesting, or required any thought from a gameplay perspective. But no... you max out your personality stats by halfway through the game and still have 40-50 hours of 1-dimensional characters in meaningless scenarios to sit through.
I admit, I've seen worse writing and worse characters than in P3, but it's about as far from my ideal model as you can get and still have me pick the game up.
When I finished Persona 3, I felt like calling it "Persona 3" was a much greater insult than it would have been calling the first Persona "SMT 3".
Ah, but on the bright side, even if I'm not excited about the characters behind them, the designs look great, the world looks good, the concept seems solid enough and I'm sure the music and cut-scenes will be awesome.
EDIT: And if it's shorter than P3, that's good too.
青春謳歌 弱肉強食
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| TreIII
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| "Re(7):Random new random news thread" , posted Fri 4 Apr 11:47
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wow... is this game even going to be released in arcades, then?
because it sounds like the console game will be out within such a close time frame of the arcade version that i wonder if any arcade owner would want to stock it...
Well, because they took so long to just release the damn game, they'll basically give arcade goers a 2 month lease on the game, before it will hit PS2s. Almost like a karmic balance for having us wait practically two years between HnK and its PS2! XD
But any way...it's not like Arcade Owners would stand to have that much to lose. The game is already dirt cheap (thanks to being on the System 256), and the quick PS2 port will just mean that people will have an additional means to practice their game before they may "take it to the streets".
Besides, it would be best to release the game now, as opposed to releasing it later, amongst the slew of other fighting games that may stand to overshadow it, or the eventual, proper BASARA sequel that would be of more importance to fans than a "mere spin-off".
So, such as it is, this is probably the best move that ASW and Capcom could make for the game.
Dokuganryu wa Date jya ne you see?
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| Just a Person 1121th Post
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| "Re(3):SFIV Loketest this weekend" , posted Thu 10 Apr 04:47
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I hope you can attend, I'd love to read some first hand impressions of El Fuerte.
...You can attend, right?
Confirmed. I will be there.
If I can sneak in some vids, I'll do it. I'm not going to risk getting kicked out, though. Last loketest, no cameras were allowed.
That's great! Thank you!
I wonder if El Fuerte will be the only new feature in this loketest... wasn't Abel revealed only at the first SFIV public demonstration?? Maybe this time Capcom could also reveal a fourth new character? Or another returning character (Vega, Cammy, etc.)? Or at least making Sagat and Balrog playable this time?
Yeah, maybe none of these things will happen, but at least we'll find out more about El Fuerte! Yay!
I can be any person in the world... maybe I'm this person right in front of you... maybe I'm not.
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| EddyT 680th Post
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| "EDITED: SFIV Loketest info" , posted Fri 11 Apr 13:17:
Reno from shoryuken.com has reported that the phone website for SFIV now features a use for "zenny", which is currency you win during games played with your IC card. You can use zenny to buy new colors for your character's outfits.
"Zenny" of course, refers to the old type of currency used in classic games such as Forgotten Worlds and Black Tiger. The zenny feature was in the last loketest, but you couldn't buy anything with it. All records of last loketest were wiped, so the zenny on my IC card may be gone with it.
Also, there is rumors flying about, saying that a new character named "Rufus" is in the game. Although the person from 2ch (source of the rumor) says "Rufus" is a Chinese-African who is female, nothing has been confirmed about what the character looks like. However, checking the keitai site, I did see the name "Rufus" in katakana for the character rankings.
I am leaving now for Osaka, so this is the last time I will post until after midnight Japan time.
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| Just a Person 1122th Post
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| "Re(2):EDITED: SFIV Loketest info" , posted Fri 11 Apr 20:23
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SSF2 - 4 new 空気 characters + 4 new 空気 characters.
Ryű Ken Chunli Honda Blanka Zangief Guile Dahlsim
C.Viper Abel Fuerte Rufus
Bison Vega Sagat Vega
Rufus is a heart-sama class fatty.
Vega is neither fat nor slim. Average.
Vega is playable twice? Or are they referring to Vega and M.Bison? Then again, I wonder how Bison can be in SFIV if he died in SSFIIX (story retcon? it's actually a clone, a cyborg or a twin brother? maybe he time-travelled to the future?)...
EddyT's description about this rumoured Rufus character sounds interesting. I like the idea of a Chinese-African female fighter. If she's fatty, like Iggy said, that makes her even more unique (hey, not every videogame woman needs to have a fit body...).
However, are both information related to the same character? Or is one of them a rumour and the other is the real one referring to the character?
Anyway, I'm really glad with SFIV team so far: I was just expecting for Fuerte, Balrog and Sagat playable in this loketest (together with Viper, Abel and the 10 World Warriors, I mean); and not only they showed that, but also included Vega (and maybe M.Bison) and another new character! On the other hand, I hope there are more new characters; after all, four new characters + 12 SFIICE characters = "Super Street Fighter II Turbo '08: The NEW New Challengers"...
I can be any person in the world... maybe I'm this person right in front of you... maybe I'm not.
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