Most popular arcade games in Japan for December 2008!

[kokujin]

I only got to play it for about 10 hours total, I will probably buy it still, but as of right now i don't like as much as 3S.

[garyoak99]

Japan actually prefers VF over Tekken,Tekken 6 is just new right now.Tekken is not deep enough to take seriously.

 

Oh, really? What source are you basing that conclusion on? Virtua Fighter hasn't been more popular than Tekken since the disaster that was Tekken 4. Virtua Fighter 4 and Evolution proved to be more popular than Tekken 4 because players largely hated how hard it was to launch and the uneven stages. The fact that Sega introduced the customization feature in Evolution also gave their game even more replay value too.

 

Tekken 5.0 and the subsequent Tekken games simply crushed Virtua Fighter because it went back to what made it so popular in Tekken 3 and it introduced its own customization features too. Virtua Fighter's extremely demanding learning curve is what limits its popularity even among the Japanese population. This is why even Banpresto's Gundam vs. Gundam is listed as being more popular than VF5R in December.

[L.S.D]

Japan actually prefers VF over Tekken,Tekken 6 is just new right now.Tekken is not deep enough to take seriously.

 

Oh, really? What source are you basing that conclusion on? Virtua Fighter hasn't been more popular than Tekken since the disaster that was Tekken 4. Virtua Fighter 4 and Evolution proved to be more popular than Tekken 4 because players largely hated how hard it was to launch and the uneven stages. The fact that Sega introduced the customization feature in Evolution also gave their game even more replay value too.

 

Tekken 5.0 and the subsequent Tekken games simply crushed Virtua Fighter because it went back to what made it so popular in Tekken 3 and it introduced its own customization features too. Virtua Fighter's extremely demanding learning curve is what limits its popularity even among the Japanese population. This is why even Banpresto's Gundam vs. Gundam is listed as being more popular than VF5R in December.

I definitely agreed.

[kokujin]

I stand corrected.

[Skythe]

Guilty Gear has been clinically proven to abort fetuses.

[garyoak99]

I just hope KoF XII doesn't let me down.

 

I think KoFXII has already let some people down by featuring the fewest number of fighters in any KoF game. The new sprites do look better in high resolution than the old ones; you can see them in action in this location test footage (HD footage available!):

 

What do you expect from KoF XII?

[kokujin]

Holy smokes, that looks amazing.How many people are in this iteration?Maybe with less people they'll focus on balancing the game.It doesn't look like they added anything gameplay wise, it looks like the KoF games.I expecting KoF XII to play like Garou MoTW or at least some kind of new system, but I am not sure what they're doing.

Edited February 15, 2009 by kokujin

[Wizard]

Using the much better 3 on 3-single elime battles and not the MAHVEL style switching anymore.

[garyoak99]

Holy smokes, that looks amazing.How many people are in this iteration?Maybe with less people they'll focus on balancing the game.It doesn't look like they added anything gameplay wise

 

There will be twenty in the final arcade release tentatively scheduled for April according to Gamespot. They even did a nice detailed interview for Gamespot back in September. Here it is in case you missed it:

 

SNK's long-overdue revamp of flagship brawler set to arrive in Japanese arcades in April of 2009

 

Here is video footage that includes the character selection screen in the opening minute and as always you can click on it to view it in full screen (high quality available):

[kokujin]

Thanks for the information.I like the classic 3 on 3, but what's up with that red flash when they hit each other.

[garyoak99]

Thanks for the information.I like the classic 3 on 3, but what's up with that red flash when they hit each other.

 

That sounds like the critical counter system at work to me.

[L.S.D]

Look good. but i know i will not find it in the arcades here.