Registration open for AnimEVO 2018, six more games added

AnimEVO has opened signups for its myriad tournaments that will take place during Evolution 2018 and has also added six more games to the field.

Samurai Shodown II, Aquapazza, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition, Akatsuki Blitzkampf, Windjammers and Granblue Fantasy have all been added to the AnimEvo roster. In addition, the Windjammers tournament will be part of Dotemu's Flying Power League with a $3,000 prize pot and free entry for players.

Registration for all AnimEVO games can be found at Smashgg except for Gundam Versus which will open at a later date. Players interested in AnimEvo events must be a registered attendee of Evolution 2018 to participate, and BlazBlue Central Fiction, Koihime Enbu, Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] and King of Fighters XIV will not accept on-site signups.

For more information on AnimEVO and its games, readers can head to the AnimEVO website or follow the group on Twitter. AnimEVO takes place as part of Evolution 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Aug. 3-5, 2018.

Lineup announced for AnimEvo 2017

Daryl "DJCream" Bunao joined Super Desperation Radio to announce the games that will be part of AnimEvo at Evolution 2017 on July 14-16, 2017. 

The list contains 11 games at this point, but can be expanded if players step up to run other games. The AnimEvo games are: Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late, Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code, Gundam Extreme Vs Full Boost, Vampire Savior, Nitroplus Blasterz, Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe, Aquapazza, Puyo Puyo Tetris and Arcana Heart 3: Love Max!!!!!

Players with questions about the AnimEvo lineup can contact the tournament series or DJCream on Twitter.

PlayStation Store Flash Sale gives big discounts to fighters

The PlayStation Store is running a short sale with large savings, and several fighting game titles are priced so that players who were only considering a purchase before might be persuaded to spend some cash.

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- (PS3 and PS4), BlazBlue Chronophantasma Extend (PS4), Skullgirls Encore (PS3), AquaPazza and NitroPlus Blasterz (PS3 and PS4) are all on sale from Sept. 23 at 10:00 a.m. until the same time on Sept. 26. Most of the titles are priced at 60 percent off the retail cost, with Skullsgirl Encore offering savings of up to 80 percent.

There are also plenty of other non-fighting game titles being offered at great prices,. For the full list of games, head to the PlayStation Store.

AnimEvo Lineup, ASW-Sanctioned Team Events Announced for Evo 2015

During the May 18 episode of Super Desperation Radio, Daryl "DJ Cream" Bunao and Alan "St1ckbug" Bakes joined the cast to announce the side airdasher tournaments that will be taking place at Evolution 2015. The two announced eight titles that will be part of AnimEvo, which be handled by a collaboration of East and West Coast organizers.

In addition, Bakes also announced that Arc System Works and Aksys Games will be sanctioning two 3-on-3, single-elimination tournaments for BBCPEX and Xrd aside from the main tournaments at Evolution. The entry fee, prizes and rules for the tournament, however, are still to be announced in the future.

Check out the full list of games below.

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Top 3 Footage of Guilty Gear Xrd, Under Night In-Birth, Blazblue & More from KVO x Team St1ckbug

If you missed KVO x Team St1ckbug in Japan, check out the best players from multiple anime fighting games duking it out after the jump!

The Japanese streaming group OgreLive streamed the event for English speaking viewers. At KSB 2015, players competed in Guilty Gear Xrd, Blazblue: Chronophantasma Extend, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, Under Night In-Birth EXE:Late, Arcana Heart 3 Love Max!!!!!, Aquapazza and Shin Koihime Musou Otome Taisen Sangokushi Engi.

It features English commentary from St1ckbug himself, Jiyuna and more! You can follow OgreLive's stream on Twitch!

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Videos: Aquapazza and Chaos Code from Evo 2014

For those looking for more action from Evolution 2014, Numakie has uploaded footage from the Aquapazza and Chaos Code side tournaments to YouTube.

The Aquapazza videos are comprised of the start of the first pool, the start of the second pool and top 4. Numakie notes that KOG was disqualified from winners top 4 because he was playing in Ultra Street Fighter IV at the time.

Chaos Code features all of top 4 as well as the last match from the second pool.

These videos are a great chance for players interested in Chaos Code or Aquapazza to see what high-level play for the titles looks like, and to see how U.S. players fare against international competition. Hit the jump for the playlist.

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KVO 2014 Announced, Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, Aquapazza & Both Super Smash Bros. Melee/Brawl Featured

The next edition of the Japanese Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 tournament is coming!

KVO organizer Kyamei announced that the dedicated Marvel tournament will take place in March 2014. Along with UMVC3 as the main game, Kyamei also announced that Aquapazza, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Melee will be there as side tournaments.

No other information behind the event have been announced, but stay tuned to KVO's official site and Kyamei on Twitter for updates on the event!

BlazBlue: CP, Dead Or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade, Garou & AquaPazza Match Archive From Kohatsu Game Center

Let's get started on 2014 with match videos from Japan's Kouhatsu game center.

The Osaka arcade uploaded videos on New Years Eve featuring their regular hits including BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, Garou: Mark of the Wolves and Aquapazza. They also premiere Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade with more footage of new character Marie Rose.

You can find the videos after the jump! You can also subscribe to Kouhatsu on YouTube!

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North American Release Of Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match Coming Nov. 19 With Latest Update

Atlus US will be bringing Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match aimed for a Nov. release. at its most current form.

Examu's collaboration fighter with Aquaplus and Leaf will finally be available outside Japan on the PlayStation 3 on Nov. 19. This release will be based on the current version 2.01, similar to what's currently available in Japanese versions of the games, with more characters and move modifications.

The game will be priced for $29.99 with localization and Japanese voices retained in this North American release.

Publisher Atlus USA Bringing Aquapazza This Holiday 2013

Examu's Aquaplus property fighter is now planned for North American release!

Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match is known in Japan for bringing multiple visual novel properties from company Aquaplus to battle it out in this crossover. The game features a traditional 2D fighting game approach with an assist system like in Marvel vs. Capcom. The game was also known for appearing in the last two years of Tougeki -Super Battle Opera-.

This international version will be published and localized by Atlus USA and will be based on the current arcade build.

Aquapazza will be available Holiday 2013.

Aquapazza Announced As Choice Game For GODSGARDEN 8

The eighth edition of the special Japanese GODSGARDEN tournament series have been announced with the game of choice for this iteration!

Following the past iterations of GODSGARDEN, the tournament series are continuing to provide events for various anime-centric fighters including the Blazblue and Melty Blood series. This edition, GODSGARDEN chose Aquapazza: Aqua Plus Dream Match this time around. The tournament is dated for May 3, 2013 at Osaka, Japan's CCO-cha Nipponbashi café.

Confirmed competitors including popular Guity Gear player Ogawa and Persona 4 Arena player GO1. Players can soon vote for others to be part of the event. Along with the main double-elimination tournament, there will be a special 5v5 team battle with Ogawa, ?, OZ, Daigohei, and Super Riannon up against Kouji, Doremifadeguchi, GO1, Itorin, and Maku.

AquaPazza for PS3 to Receive New Support Character, More Netplay Details and Screenshots

AquaPazza is coming to PS3 at the end of July and will be receiving new support character Ma-Ryan, who is not found in the arcade version of the game. The PS3 version of the game will also include a brand new story mode and of course online play. Netplay includes Player Matches, Ranked Matches and Friend Matches with the ability to voice chat and save replays. 

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Persona 4: Arena Console Release Date Pushed to July 26th

Andria Sang is reporting that the Japanese console release date for Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena has been changed from early August to July 26th. While there is no word on the date changing for North America, keep in mind that Persona 4: Arena is now directly competing with the console release of EXAMU's crossover fighter AquaPazza which also comes out on the same day for PS3.

AquaPazza Online Functions to Include Spectator Mode and the Ability to Save Replays

AquaPazza is coming to Japanese PS3s on July 26th and Siliconera is reporting on a few of the features you can expect from its netplay. The game will include both ranked matches and player matches, with the player match lobbies allowing up to 6 players at a time. 

AQUAPAZZA SCREENSHOTS

You will also have the ability to save your replays. You can review each fight in a temporary log and decide to save or delete it. 

It's still not clear if this game will ever see a US release and the game was recently pushed back in Japan to release a week before the ever popular Persona 4: Arena -- a move in which many gamers feel will have a negative affect on it's sales.

Are you looking forward to eventually trying this game or do you agree it will forever live in the shadow of Arc System Work's Persona 4: Arena? 

AquaPazza Delayed, Now Set to Release a Week Before Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena

Andria Sang is reporting that the PS3 port of AquaPazza has been delayed about a month and is now set to release come July 26th. This is a week before the console release of another fighter, Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka arena which is currently one of the most popular fighting games in Japan. 

As a few of the commenters on Andria Sang pointed out, changing this release date will most likely hurt the sales of EXAMU's crossover fighter as it's expected to have a hard time competing against Persona 4: Arena. 

No specific reason was given for the delay. 

AquaPazza Coming to PS3 on June 28th, New Trailer & Arcade Stick Images

EXAMU x Aquaplus's crossover fighter is coming to Japanese PS3's on June 28th according to Andria Sang (via Famitsu) and with that comes a new trailer and an image of the HRAP arcade stick that will be included in the limited edition of the game. They also mention the PS3 version has netplay and an updated version of the arcades training mode. 

An official website for the game is now open too though it looks to be a little light on content at the moment. 

Hit the jump for the trailer and arcade stick image.

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Aquapazza: New Info On Upcoming PS3 Version

Some of you guys have been familiar with the game Aquapazza when it became part of 2011's Tougeki ~Super Battle Opera~ tournament series. Now, the fighter is being ported for the PlayStation 3 with new additional content.

NEW AQUAPAZZA PS3 SCREENSHOTS

Publisher Aquaplus will be adding new modes special to the PlayStation 3 version including two story modes, score attack, and its own training mode. In addition to modes, the version will recieve exclusive characters based on characters from visual novel studio Leaf. These characters are Chizuru Kashiwagi from Kizuato and Oboro from Utawarerumono.

Aquapazza will be hitting Japan in June but there is no date for an English localization.

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An Endless Supply of Aquapazza Gameplay Footage

This is one of those "I'm just going to leave this here" posts as there is no way any sane human being can digest this much Aquapazza in one sitting! That said, those of you who are looking forward to the game hitting consoles in the future and want something to hold you over until then, ReXXXSoprano has you covered as he uploaded hours upon hours of gameplay footage for EXAMU's crossover fighter. 

Check out all the videos after the jump. 

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AquaPazza is Coming to Consoles

Both Siliconera and Andria Sang are reporting via Famitsu that AquaPazza, the most hype game of SBO2011, will in fact be coming to consoles at some point in the future. This was announced at Leaf/Aqua Plus booth at Comiket 81 which is currently taking place in Tokyo, Japan.

No additional details are available at this time but we'll be sure to update more info rolls through. 

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The Most Hype Game of SBO2011 Receives an Update December 1st

Yep, that's right! An update is on the way for everyone's favorite crossover fighter, Aquapazza! The 1.5 update adds two new characters, Sasara Kusugawa as a playable character and Yu Inagawa as a partner character. EXAMU also released a promo trailer for the update which you can view below, though it's slightly NSFW. There are also a few screenshots over at Andria Sang.

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