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Hey, here’s something pretty cool-

For those attempting to enjoy the fighting game footage from Japan’s Nico Video, you can now do so without having a Nico Nico account.

Just use the URL “http://d.hatena.ne.jp/video/niconico/” and use the video’s ID as the last bit of the URL, like so:

“http://d.hatena.ne.jp/video/niconico/sm3059925″ – this should link to King Of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match footage from Popy Niigata.

Thanks to Professor at MMCafe’s forums for posting about this!

-Geesendou is up to its 961st piece of Tekken 6 match footage ( Jack-6 VS Zafina ).

-psychochronic has updated psychorarity with Capcom VS SNK 2 footage from Midwest Championships of 2002 ( N-Ryu/Blanka/Sagat VS N-Ryu/Blanka/Sagat ).

-Pharaon92i updates with very nice Hokuto No Ken footage from TRF’s 2 on 2 ( Raoh VS Kenshiro ).

-GenosisDX updates with some very rare footage I’ve been waiting to see – an Evil Zone / Eretzvaju playthrough with Keiya!

-yuuichipey updates with Touhou: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody demo netplay match footage ( Marisa VS Alice ).

-karitakanehakaesanai updates with a MUST SEE Sengoku Basara X match ( Oichi VS Kenshin – watch the INSANE infinite Kenshin pulls off first round! )

-kingofvf4 updates with a Virtua Fighter 5 ver.D match ( Aoi VS Goh ).

-Play Asia lists Samurai Spirits Collection as being released on July 24th 2008, US retail $49.90

Some good resources for the older Samurai Spirits games ( Japanese ):

http://poormanweb.ddo.jp/~shinsamurai/SinSamurai_Main.htm

http://samurai.mania.cx/kekka/free/5f/5f.html ( Lots of SS1 matches here, viewable via the Nico Video trick I showed you earlier in this post! See, I know where I’m going with this. )

-For those looking for Arcana Heart 2 resources, a very thorough page lies here:

http://arcanaheart.sakura.ne.jp/0314arukana2/top.html

-Billy Lee from Evoga’s Rage Of The Dragons has been confirmed to be playable in King Of Fighters XII! For more info check out Cyberfanatix.com.