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haunts | Monday, May 4, 2009 at 9:20AM | in Guilty Gear, arcade, street fighter 4, street fighter IV, tekken 6 
Thanks to VersusCity and SDTEKKEN.com for posting up a ton of new information from the newest Arcadia Magazine (June 2009).
First off, there is the new Street Fighter 4 tier list from Arcadia which is probably the most reputable tier list in Japan at this point. You will see a lot of tier lists floating around but most of them are composed from random Japanese wikis and what not while this comes straight from the players. This is for the arcade version of the game, so no console characters.
S: Sagat
A: Ryu, Akuma, Zangief
B: M.Bison, Rufus, Balrog, C.Viper, E.Honda
C: Abel, El Fuerte, Dhalsim, Chun-li, Blanka
D: Guile, Ken
E: Vega
Personally I find it interesting to see Bison higher than 'Rog and Viper, although Bison is a real hard match up for Viper. Also, why is Chun-Li and Dhalsim rated so low? Not that it matters (except for maybe Guile and Vega), considering that most of us have seen first hand if you master your character in SF4 you can give anyone serious problems.
If there was an "official" USA tier list things may look a bit different when it comes to Balrog, 'Sim, Chun and Blanka. Maybe we'll get an offical USA tier list after EVO?
Next up we have the top 10 Arcade games in Japan with Tekken 6 dominating once again.
1. Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion - 372.9
2. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam VS Gundam NEXT - 284.1
3. BlazBlue - 256.1
4. Sugoi! Arcana Heart 2: Tenkousei Akane to Nazuna - 206.7
5. Melty Blood: Actress Again - 179.4
6. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core - 121.3
7. Street Fighter IV - 116.5
8. Virtua Fighter 5R - 80.2
9. Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - 77.5
10. Tatsunoko VS Capcom - 62.1
