Friday, April 3, 2009

long time no see

Long time, no updates. Apologies....

  • Not quite thoroughly done for its July arcade release, April 4th and 5th at Sega Gigo marks the next location test for G.Rev's Senko No Ronde DUO: Disunited Order.
  • Sugoi! Arcana Heart 2 will release for import only PS2 on April 9th ( with all the 2.6 patch stuff intact, presumably ).
  • Million Knights Vermilion goes on sale in Japan on April 26th at most distributors of doujin titles.
  • May 14th marks the release date for Bleach: Heat The Soul 6 for the PSP.
  • In case you hadn't seen them, there's a lot of cool wallpaper featuring Street Fighter IV artwork here at http://www.capcom.co.jp/sf4/download.html.
  • June 25th, 2009 marks the PS3 and 360 console release of Arc System Works's Blazblue in Japan, with a US release currently scheduled for third quarter.
  • Good news for fans of this under-appreciated classic; Sega is bringing Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram Ver. 5.66 ( the last NAOMI build ) onto Xbox Live Arcade, complete with online play, color edit and HD display support. Cost will be 1200 Microsoft points ( 15 bucks ), game is out later this month in Japan.
  • Atlus's new HD fighter Shin Gouketsuji Toukon 2 / Power Instinct Festival: Ancestors' Ritual adds four new characters to the existing roster from Matrimelee and Bonnou Kaihou and is due to begin location testing today through April 10th at locations listed on its official site.
  • Signups begin at 10AM pacific standard time on April 6th at evo2k.com/koftournament for a 128-man single elimination tournament event for The King Of Fighters XII, sponsored by Ignition Entertainment and Evolution Championship Series, to take place May 30th in Hollywood California. Hit the link for more details. The game's console release will be in June.
  • April 30th, 2009, the official DVD boxset of the Street Fighter IV Japanese Nationals goes on sale. You can preorder the disc at Play Asia here.
  • This month's Arcadia magazine's current power rankings for the most popular titles:
  • 1. Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion - 365.4 (-)
    2. Blazblue - 274.2 (-)
    3. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs Gundam - 260.3 (-)
    4. Sugoi! Arcana Heart 2: Tenkousei Akane to Nazuna - 217.2 (UP)
    5. Melty Blood: Actress Again - 184.7 (DOWN)
    6. Virtua Fighter 5R - 115.6 (-)
    7. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core - 111.5 (UP)
    8. Street Fighter IV - 83.4 (DOWN)
    9. Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - 76.1 (UP)
    10. Death Smiles Mega Black Label - 52.4 (-)
  • Tekken 6's update is certainly doing the rounds.....also, Arcadia's Tougeki Spirits Vol.12's character rankings info, as of last month:

  • Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion - Character Ranking

    S: Steve
    A: Lars, Lili, Lee, Law
    B: Asuka, Armor King, Eddy, Ganryu, Xiaoyu, Julia, Jin, Devil Jin, Hwoarang, Feng Wei, Bryan, Bruce, Heihachi, Baek, Marduk, Roger Jr.
    C: Anna, Alisa, Kazuya, King, Kuma/Panda, Christie, Jack-6, Dragunov, Nina, Paul, Bob, Lei, Leo, Wang
    D: Zafina, Miguel, Yoshimitsu, Raven

    Street Fighter IV - Character Ranking

    SS: Sagat, C. Viper, Akuma, Zangief
    S: Ryu, Boxer (US Balrog, JPN M. Bison), Rufus, Blanka
    A: Chun-Li, Dictator (US M. Bison, JPN Vega), Ken, Dhalsim, Abel, E. Honda, El Fuerte
    B: Claw (US Vega, JPN Balrog), Guile


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