burnout

• Nohoho has an article concerning the current Super Street Fighter II X Tougeki qualifications.
• The official site of Arcana Heart 2 has updated.
• The Japanese Nintendo Wii VC lineup now includes SNK’s Neo Geo version of Art Of Fighting 2.
• The official Virtua Fighter 5 site developer blog has updated.
• Gamespark has a virtual TON of new Soul Calibur IV footage, highly recommended viewing.
• Ko-hatsu arcade, with cooperation from other locations, seems to be planning a rather large and officially sponsored Akatsuki Blitzkampf Ausf.Achse regional tournament.
• The official site of Ikki Tousen: Eloquent Fist has a movie trailer available for your viewing pleasure right here.
• As of yesterday the US Nintendo Wii’s Virtual Console now has the Neo Geo version of Samurai Shodown available for 900 Wii points.

• kanwoo updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage.
• TatariSion updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• Goldenrody updates with Melty Blood Act Cadenza ver.B match footage.
• gipson123 updates with Street Fighter Alpha 3 match footage.
• Hyperhelen updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage.
• BoyUzi updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 match footage.
• CursedTiamat updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• bigooooooohh updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• TheShend updates with Street Fighter III 3rd Strike match footage.
• IzunaOtoshi updates with Love Upper match footage.
• swedishkessler updates with a Touhou Hisouten Scarlet Weather Rhapsody match highlight.
• SBNnamz updates with a Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit advanced combo example ( Goku ).
• xiaoyuryu updates with a Guilty Gear II Overture multi character combo exhibition.

a matter of time

• Nohoho recently updated with an article detailing Vampire Savior footage from Mikado.
• New screenshots and promotional details of Ikki Tousen: Eloquent Fist have surfaced over at Dengeki.
• The official site of Windy X Windam updates.
• The official site of Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes has updated.
• Game Watch has a ton of new quality screenshots taken from the current build of Blazblue.
• The official site of the ambitious MUGEN project Card Sagas Wars recently updated with a fourth trailer, check it out, looks promising.
• Capcom is offering fans a chance to submit a high resolution photo for the opportunity to potentially appear in the background of a stage in Street Fighter IV.
• The Magic Box has shots of Samurai Michi for PSP, which will feature a new versus mode with one on one previously absent from the PS2 console version. It also features a trailer for Samurai Michi 3 for PS3 which may also end up including a similar mode.
• Play Asia has a nice importer combo deal going right now for a preorder combo pack of The King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match ( due in stock June 26th ) and Sunsoft Collection ( Galaxy Fight + Waku Waku 7 ) for PS2.

• yashinayytu updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• UberCyberBeast updates with Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting match footage.
• psychochronic updates with Street Fighter Alpha 3 match footage.
• gamersvision updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core ranking battle footage.
• PlagueVFDC updates with Virtua Fighter 5 match footage.
• geesendou updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• Shwa updates with a MUGEN combo example ( Heita of Big Bang Beat ).
• axcx444 updates with Virtua Fighter 5 match footage.
• getyourtournament updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament footage.
• SBNNamz updates with a Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit advanced combo demonstration ( Tienshinhan ).
• TatariSion updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• DeceasedCrab updates with Joy Mech Fight sample footage.
• StridaJin updates with Tekken 6 tournament footage.
• OOFMATIC updates with a Soul Calibur 3 stage / game modification exhibition.
• xDragonInstallx updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.

regularly scheduled programming

• The official mook for Sengoku Basara X can be ordered through Amazon.jp for 1,550 yen.
• The official website of The King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match has updated.
• Arc System Works will be having another Blazblue location test from June 13th through the 16th ( this weekend ) in Osaka.
• Courtesy Famitsu, on June 16th, Guilty Gear XX #Reload The Midnight Carnival will be added to the Xbox Live Marketplace as a downloadable title with netplay.
• Tidus and Jecht of Final Fantasy X fame have been confirmed as playable characters in the upcoming Square-Enix PSP fighter Dissidia: Final Fantasy. Magic Box has shots here.
• The official Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix beta begins June 25th.
• The official website of Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe has preview renders of two new stages ( Gotham City, The Batcave ).
• Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit for PS3 topped console software sales for the week of June 2nd through 8th, boasting just over 92,000 copies sold by week’s end. ( Source: Magic Box )
• AkibaCh has an article about the June 11th official arcade release of Fate Unlimited Codes.
• The official website of EA’s Facebreaker is here.
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• Pharaon92i updates with Hokuto No Ken match footage.
• BoyUzi updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 match footage.
• bellreisa updates with Touhou Hisouten Scarlet Weather Rhapsody combo footage.
• bigooooooohh updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• atheisticfury updates with Hokuto No Ken match footage.
• getyourtournament updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament footage.
• kingofvf4 updates with Virtua Fighter 5 match footage.
• nanaseakasumi updates with Soul Calibur 3 match footage.
• xDragonInstallx updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• koyori6671 updates with Sengoku Basara X match footage.
• Hyperhelen updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage.

playing catchup

My computer was out of commission for a few days, let’s see if I can recap what I missed.

• This Gamestop preview for Capcom’s Commando 3: Wolf Of The Battlefield reveals that a purchase of the downloadable title to PSN or XBLA will net you the beta of Super Street Fighter II HD Remix and has a ticker counting down until the game’s release. Seth Killian has uploaded sample combo footage of the game here.
• The Street Fighter Zero 3 / Street Fighter Alpha 3 10th Anniversary Cup recently happened at Club Sega, with over 60 players, you can get footage from the official site ( please do not repost anywhere ). This year’s Japan national, Ultimate Zero Direction 8, will happen in October at A-Cho.
• This website seems to be the homepage of a team of players in Japan releasing a comprehensive combo mook DVD called “Heart 1/2″ for Arcana Heart 2. You can view the trailer for the pending DVD’s release right here at Hatena Diary.
• 2008 continues to be a year full of new fighting game franchise releases that seem full of promise, check out the official website for High Five Entertainment’s Extreme Fighter for PC / Windows.
• The official blog of doujin fighter developer circle D.C.S. has updated, check it for information and trials of their projects Rena Fighter, Haruhi Grapper and Lucky Fighter II.
• The official site of Success’s Windy X Windam updates with details on the game’s system, official movelists and some nice artwork / wallpaper.
• Namco Bandai have revealed that the as of yet unnamed Sith apprentice of Darth Vader from the upcoming game Star Wars: Force Unleashed will be playable in Soul Calibur IV. Magic Box has high quality shots here.
• The first major online Japanese tournament for Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody has concluded, having had well over 300 players. Results are here. Replay files have been uploaded here, you will need the game to replay them. Serikamo is currently uploading all of the matches to his Youtube channel.
• Nohoho’s blog updates with an entry about the A-Cho Olympics tournament for Vampire Savior and Super Street Fighter II X.
• Hori, beginning June 10th, will start taking preorders for the Hori Real Arcade Pro EX for the Xbox 360 at 12,000 yen. Check Play Asia’s page on it here.
• The official website of The King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match has updated.
• The full arcade release of Street Fighter IV is currently dated for July 18th, and PCB orders will begin August 10th ( source: professor @ MMcafe forums, insert credit ).
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• feichunwong updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• daruism updates with Melty Blood Act Cadenza ver.B match footage.
• DVCrecROOM updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl match footage.
• bellreisa updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody match footage.
• Hyperhelen updates with Arcana Heart 2 match footage.
• trueninjatactics updates with Jump! Ultimate Stars match footage.
• psychochronic updates with Capcom VS SNK 2 match footage.
• BrettH123 updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 match footage.
• CHECK4900 updates with Mortal Kombat Armageddon combo footage.
• gipson123 updates with Super Street Fighter II X match footage.
• meattofu updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• WhiteKhakis updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl match footage.
• AlphaZealot updates with a Super Smash Bros. Brawl character exhibition ( Diddy Kong ).
• SuperArcadeBox updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• SpaceMandono updates with Mortal Kombat 3 ( SNES ) match footage.

naturally....

• Neo Arcadia reports on the release of the new Arcadia Magazine, with a lovely cover illustration of Chun-Li by Kinu Nishimura and featuring articles concerning Street Fighter IV, Tatsunoko VS Capcom, Fate Unlimited Codes, Melty Blood Actress Again and Virtua Fighter 5 R. ( May also have Blazblue info? )
• Joystiq has an article concerning the future of Tecmo’s Dead Or Alive series developers Team Ninja in the aftermath of Tomonobu Itagaki’s resignation and legal proceedings. Gamasutra has Tecmo’s official statement and thoughts here.
• Dengeki Online has new screens of Street Fighter IV- Dan and Fei-Long have been confirmed for the console roster.
• The official blog for the new movie “Street Fighter - The Legend Of Chun-Li” has updated- Ken and Ryu will not be appearing in the film.
• IGN has a hands on report of Super Street Fighter II HD Remix.
  
• Near the end of May a new version of the doujin fighter Super Cosplay Wars Ultra was released, check creator Suneo’s official blog here.
• The doujin fighter Mind Arms is now up to version 0.70 and has netplay, you can get it from the creator’s official page.
• As of the new Comicket the official website for doujin fighter Mai-Hime Fuuka Taisen has updated.
• A bit late on this, pretty old actually: Gamespot Japan has hi-res shots from the HEY@Akiba Blazblue location test featuring Rachel Alucard and Taokaka.
• The official site of Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe has updated with a preview render of Batman.

• sf2ce updates with Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition / Street Fighter II’ Dash match footage.
• kingofvf4 updates with Virtua Fighter 5 match footage.
• bloodybladesboys updates with Dragonball Z Burst Limit sample footage.
• sibladeko updates with Touhou Suimusou: Immaterial And Missing Power tournament footage.
• gipson123 updates with Street Fighter Zero 3 / Street Fighter Alpha 3 match footage from a-cho.
• AmusementStagePOPY updates with Tekken 6 tournament footage.
• jerichompm updates with Samurai Spirits IV combo footage.
• Mind4Media updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• xDragonInstallx updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• MrMamation updates with a Guilty Gear XX Accent Core combo exhibition ( Ky / Eddie ).
• Rollcancel updates with Capcom VS SNK 2 match footage.
• BrettH123 updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 match footage.
• highkickradio updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• kijounokuuronn updates with Sengoku Basara X match footage.
• MarkMan23 updates with a new Street Fighter IV trailer from CAPTIVATE’08.

serial experiments

• Lost Games Blog has a feature on the very underexposed fighter for Windows entitled “The Untouchable”, which used digitized 2D fighters much like the earlier Mortal Kombat games.
• GameVideos.com has new HD quality match footage of Soul Calibur IV ( Hilde VS Raphael, Sophitia VS Voldo ).
• The official site of Fate Unlimited Codes has updated.
• According to the official Japanese Nintendo Wii VC schedule lineup, Ryuuko No Ken 2 / Art Of Fighting 2 has been added as of June.
• Dengeki, in this post, and Gpara, in this post, respectively have new screens of Soul Calibur for XBLA.
• Nohoho’s blog updates with Battle Fantasia frame data!
• The official site of NRF’s Million Knights Vermillion has updated.
• The 2008 Championship Gaming Series, which prominently features Dead Or Alive 4, has begun in North America and will run until the World Finals on July 14th, check the official website to watch exciting Dead Or Alive 4 qualifier match footage and see the full schedule of gaming events.
• HobbyBlog has a feature from the Taito HEY Street Fighter IV location test, displaying the first look at the game’s move list.
• Xbox Kings has a retrospective on the Killer Instinct series and details of the rumors surrounding the possibility of a Killer Instinct 3.
• EDIT: 1up.com just ran this piece of breaking news: Dead Or Alive 4 creator Tomonobu Itagaki is leaving Tecmo and Team Ninja and has filed a lawsuit for unpaid compensation with Tecmo Ltd. In the letter concerning the lawsuit’s circumstances he also apologizes to gamers and strikes down the possibility of a Dead Or Alive 5.

• atheisticfury updates with Hokuto No Ken match footage from Taiwan.
• axcx444 updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• getyourtournament updates with Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament footage.
• megamands updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 tournament footage from Family Fun Arcade.
• DjB13 updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 combo and strategy footage ( Ruby Heart ).
• feichunwong updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• koyori6671 updates with Sengoku Basara X match footage.
• Tapion013 updates with a Super Smash Bros. Brawl match footage compilation.
• jaykho213 updates with Tekken 6 match footage.
• sibladeko updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody match footage.
• McWzakky updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• MasterBigode updates with the new Street Fighter IV promotional trailer ( Guile VS Abel ).
• Rollcancel updates with Capcom VS SNK 2 match footage.
• akatubaki updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody combo footage ( Aya ).
• trueninjatactics updates with Jump! Ultimate Stars match footage.
• sf2ce updates with Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition / Street Fighter II’ Dash match footage.
• xtmnx updates with a Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody glitch example ( weather crystal glitch ).
• Tronich updates with Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection match footage.

back once again

Sorry for the lapse in posts: had some computer troubles / woes to sort out.

• June 20th will mark the release of the King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match Master Guide Arcadia Extra mook from Enterbrain.
• See the new “Transcendence” trailer from UBIDAYS 2008 of Soul Calibur IV right over here at Game Spark.
• Famitsu reveals the cover art for the PS2 release of Sengoku Basara X.
• The official site of Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes has updated.
• The official site of Windy X Windam has updated.
• The mysterious character “Raven”, who has appeared a few times before in the Guilty Gear storyline, has been confirmed for the character roster of Guilty Gear II Overture by Famitsu.
• Famitsu has new screens of Soul Calibur for Xbox Live Arcade. The version seems to be based on the Dreamcast revision?
• Famitsu has reported that Yoshinori Ono has confirmed that Street Fighter IV will have online multiplayer in its console release.
• WorldsCollide.com has updated with a render of Sub-Zero from the upcoming Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe.
• Haze’s MAME WIP has a progress update that reports that Tecmo’s little known fighter Angel Eyes is now emulated in MAME properly.
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• BoyUzi updates with Marvel VS Capcom 2 match footage.
• daruism updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody match footage.
• axcx444 updates with Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match footage.
• Xenozip updates with Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody match footage.
• UberCyberBeast updates with Hyper Street Fighter II match footage.
• xDragonInstallx updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• Monopr updates with Street Fighter III 3rd Strike match footage.
• typeYoshi updates with Battle Fantasia match footage.
• raybladex updates with Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection match footage and Virtua Fighter 5 footage from World Cyber Games South.
• altergenesis2 updates with Fate Unlimited Codes combo footage.
• bigooooooohh updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage from TRF.
• TheShend updates with Street Fighter III 3rd Strike tournament footage from Gamers Vision’s 8th Ranking Battle.
• psychorarity updates with Street Fighter Alpha 3 / Street Fighter Zero 3 match footage from VIPZero3.