Sat 4th Apr 09

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 ).
• 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

• shinikakepink42 updates with Samurai Spirits Sen: Edge Of Destiny match footage.
• napolidon updates with Street Fighter IV match footage.
• beebeekannami updates with Blazblue match footage.
• ninj hiro 462 updates with Virtua Fighter 5R match footage ( zoome ).
• clublqoo updates with Senko No Ronde SP match footage.
• komakun updates his blog with Virtua Fighter 5R match footage ( scroll down ).
• sirorim updates with Samurai Spirits 64 II Asura Zanmaden match footage.
• eniragram updates with Virtua Fighter 5R match footage ( zoome ).
• RoyalFlush updates with Tatsunoko VS Capcom ranking battle footage.
• ArcadeInfinity updates with Street Fighter IV ranking battle footage.
• skillian1002 updates with the Korean Street Fighter IV national finals.
• Jon747 uploaded the Tekken 6 Korean battles from the Tekken Crash event last month.
• EWAshock updates with Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 combo footage ( may be the last video from this group – recommended viewing ).
• dreemernj updates with Avengers In Galactic Storm combo footage.
• bucklesmybuckles updates with Guilty Gear XX Accent Core match footage.
• AtTheGates updates with Blazblue match footage.
• Soh85 updates with Capcom Fighting Jam match footage.
• hyomahyoma updates with Tekken 6 Bloodline Rebellion match footage.
• EggoGF updates with Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix match footage.

Other recommended viewing:

• Hinako KOF 2002 Ultimate Match Various Combos, uploaded by DarkChaotix187.
• Melty Blood Actress Again match footage, Nero Chaos VS Hisui And Kohaku, uploaded by sibladeko. ( crazy last round! )
• The Beginners’ Incomplete Guide to KOF by DandyDLC.
• Dragonball Evolution PSP All Character Combo Exhibition by ESE Dancers, uploaded by tobemorecrazy.
• King Of Fighters 2002 Ultimate Match Goro Daimon “Japanese Earwig” Unblockable Setups by DarkGeese
• pimpproductions’s Street Fighter IV Combo Exhibition, from MrWhiteFolks.
• King Of Fighters ‘94 Rebout All Character Combo Exhibition, uploaded by Soh85.
• Hokuto No Ken from TRF – Jagi Killing Spree! Uploaded by AtTheGates.