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Sorry for the lapse in updates, work has been pretty rough.

-Tasofro has updates their main page with a new demo of Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody.

-LUBULA updates with a great example bread and butter combo for Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 utilizing glitch cancelling ( Human Smoke ).

-Check4900 updates with a quick Mortal Kombat Armageddon wall combo example without air cancelling ( Shang Tsung ).

-xDragonInstallx updates with an excellent Guilty Gear XX Slash all character combo exhibition entitled “D-End”.

-Shwa updates with a really cool MUGEN match, Yashaou ( Asura Blade ) VS Chen Mao @ Extra Stage 2 converted from Power Stone 2.

-agdaemon updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D ( Eileen VS Kage ).

-devilroar awakens from a long hiatus with Bloody Roar 3 match footage ( Marvel VS Marvel ).

-tianyuan updates with Sengoku Basara X footage ( Oichi VS Kenshin ).

-Rakuten has pictures of Windy X Wisdom, a new Nintendo DS fighter from Success ( who I believe created the Psyvarier shmups? ).

-According to Magic Box, Nintendo has sold 4.85 million copies of Super Smash Bros. Brawl as of March 31st, 2008….

-Fighter’s Frontline’s Youtube account, MizuseRyo, updates with footage of the battle against the two last battles in the story mode of Bloody Roar 4 ( using Long ).

-Play Asia lists Bleach: Heat The Soul 5 for a May 15th release for importers.

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A dash of info before bed.

-Jys2k7 updates with King Of Fighters ‘98 PROJECT DNA Japan Preselection Group B tournament footage.

-MarkMan23 of SD Tekken updates with Tekken 6 footage from Nico Nico Tekken Club ( Leo VS Jack-6, Miguel VS Law ).

-CarolinaCoreCGS updates with Dead Or Alive 4 high level match footage from this year’s Championship Gaming Series training camp ( Ayane VS Lei Fang )
-TheShend updates with Street Fighter III 3rd Strike team ranking battle footage from 4/5/08 @ GAME CAP Arcade in Ibaraki, Japan ( Ken/Urien/Ibuki VS Ken/Alex/Chun Li )

-swbrwnskin1 updates with Dead Or Alive 2 Ultimate match footage ( Ein VS Kasumi ).

-wahagetswaha updates with what is truly some of the most bizarre MUGEN footage I’ve seen thus far ( Ronald McDonald…..nuff said )

-Hylianlord updates with Super Smash Brothers Brawl match footage ( Wolf VS Snake @ Yoshi’s Island )

-itchittyitch updates with Mortal Kombat Deception match footage ( Subzero VS Bo Rai Cho )

-gigidei updates with King Of Fighters XI match footage from Argentina ( Duck/Gato/Oswald VS Duck/Kyo/Kim - Note: Shaky Cam )

Make sure to pick up the USA release port of Fatal Fury Battle Archives Volume 2 by the way, which features the exceptional Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers, one of our favorite games ever!

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Well, technically it’s 3:04pm here, but anywhoos:

-Geesendou/JOYBOX’s 142th Arcana Heart 2 match is up. Which, if you consider that on average match videos are about three minutes long, makes for almost over seven hours of new Arcana footage.

-Soh85 updates with Neo Geo Battle Coliseum finals tournament footage from Alpha Station’s end of 2007 event ( Fuma / Hanzo VS Terry / Washizuka, others ).

-Oofmatic updates with Soul Calibur 3 Grand Finals from Team Crooked Jester’s Hammertime tournament ( Xianghua VS Ivy ).

-shinbashijeff updates with a very peculiar Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D glitch ( Jeffry VS Wolf, Statues stage, ring out glitch )

-xDragonInstallx updates with Tekken 6 footage ( Miguel VS Bob )

-Wannafightus has more footage from the Virtua Fighter 5-R location test ( Shun VS Eileen ), along with footage of the new characters Taka Arashi and Jean, check it out if you haven’t seen it yet.

- bigooooooohh updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core footage ( Millia VS Jam )

-wahagetswaha updates with some peculiar MUGEN stuff ( Natsumi Aihara VS Luna ( a Hotaru Futaba edit with Melty Blood style airdashing / gatlings? ), Natsumi Aihara VS Sektor, Citan Uzuki VS Shion Uzuki ( w/Momo assist! Go Xenosaga! )

-axel07 updates with a Guilty Gear XX Accent Core combo exhibition ( Potemkin )

-LazloEnKuldes updates with a boss run of Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin ( VS Whip’s Memory / Richter Belmont - not fighting game related but still cool )

this is just the beginning

Current events:

-Nohoho’s blog currently has some great links to footage from Mikado’s Super Street Fighter II X 3 on 3 and Vampire Savior Singles recent events.

-agdaemon updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D matches ( Pai VS Eileen )

-one2one2v2 updates with Dead Or Alive 4 matches ( Zack VS Brad Wong )

-itsumobasho updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D matches ( Goh VS Kage )

-gipson123 updates with Super Street Fighter II X footage from Mikado ( Fei Long/Blanka/Dictator VS Ryu/Cammy/Dictator )

-bdcool187 updates with Super Smash Brothers Brawl friendlies ( Ike VS Donkey Kong, Mario VS Pokemon Trainer )

-Warcueid updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core combo footage, a Slayer combo exhibition.

-shick3 updates with Arcana Heart 2 footage from a 3 on 3 Japan tournament ( not Tougeki related- the Tougeki qualifiers will be 1v1 )

Some nice resources:

For Street Fighter Zero 3 information:

http://sfzero3.web.fc2.com/ - Zero Gravity 2, excellent SFZ3 resource.

http://www.geocities.jp/vegascup07/ - Home of Club Sega SFZ3 10th Anniversary Cup and the world’s best masterclass SFZ3 players.

http://vegasmaster.blog106.fc2.com/ - Above site’s official blog.

http://weaponlord.crunchtimegames.com/ - DJAMES’s Weaponlord online portfolio, chronicling his development of the game and many gameplay and insider nuances.
http://www.sirlin.net/blog - David Sirlin’s most recent blog post discusses the entirety of his balance changes so far in Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix.

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~whperfect/index.htm - Very thorough information page on World Heroes Perfect, character strategies, combos, etc. ( Japanese )

http://www.gameriot.com/blogs/Get-Your-Tournament/ - Highly informative blog mostly dealing with nuances of the Super Smash Brothers Brawl tournament scene.

Cool stuff:

EJRaven updates with the full Armored Core: For Answer CG Intro!