Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS. Maxi Boost Post-Release Match Videos, Playable Now In Japanese Arcades

The third iteration of the Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS. series is now available to play in Japan and here are some videos following its release!

Compiled by the Gundam Versus YouTube fan channel, featured after the jump are various versus matches as well as a snippet of arcade mode play. EXVS players can check out the capabilities of the new mobile suits, including Gundam AGE-2 and Gundam Astray Red Frame Kai, as well as see what the new EX Overdrive mechanic can do.

You can subscribe to Gundam Versus on YouTube for more Maxi Boost and Extreme VS Full Boost PlayStation 3 videos!

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Nemo's Faust Vs. FAB's Potemkin In Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- Set At Takadanobaba Mikado

One of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3's best players in Japan went against the best Guilty Gear XX Potemkin player in the latest Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-!

Nemo was at Takadanobaba Mikado game center in Tokyo, Japan to try out his original main in GGXX, Faust, and played FAB in a short set in Xrd.

Despite the low video quality, both players' experience carrying over to Xrd is something to watch!

You can find both videos after the jump!

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Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix 2 Tournament At Takadanobaba Mikado Game Center

One of Tokyo, Japan's most popular independent game centers held a tournament for an interesting fighting game.

Takadanobaba Mikado featured a special tournament on Jan. 26, 2014, for Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix 2, a wrestling-themed fighter based on the manga series Kinnikuman developed by Syn Sophia (formerly AKI Corporation). This 3D fighter has players fight in a four sided ring and can charge their meter bar for stylized special moves and super moves.

For those familiar with the Kinnikuman franchise or at least watched the Ultimate Muscle anime series might notice characters in Grand Prix 2. Syn Sophia's past projects include WWF Wrestlemania 2000, WWF No Mercy, Def Jam Vendetta and Def Jam: Fight For NY.

You can find all three videos after the jump!

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Arcade Version Of Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- Playable On February 20 In Japan

The next chapter in Guilty Gear is coming real soon!

Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- will be playable in Japanese game centers on Feb. 20, 2014. Xrd will be running on Sega's RingEdge 2 machine and will utilize Sega's ALL.Net P-ras MULTI digital distribution system. Xrd will also be utilizing Unreal Engine 3.

Aside from updates, Xrd is the first major Guilty Gear fighting game since the release of both Guilty Gear XX and Isuka in 2002 and 2003 respectively.

If you live in Japan, you have the chance to play Xrd before the anticipated PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 release! Stay tune for more news on Guilty Gear Xrd!

Street Fighter II: Rainbow Edition Ranking Battle From Neo Amusement Space A-CHO Game Center

Kyoto, Japan's most popular arcade uploaded new videos of the well-known Street Fighter II hack.

Street Fighter II: Rainbow Edition returns to Neo Amusement Space A-CHO for 1vs1 matches as part of their ranking battle series. With nearly an hour of footage, you can expect projectile lockdowns, in-match character switching and more unusual strategies.

Both videos can be found after the jump and more fighting game matches on A-CHO's YouTube channels (main, tournament)

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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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Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold Now Playable In Japanese Arcades

The followup to Persona 4 Arena is now playable in Japan!

"Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold" is playable in various arcades throughout Japan who have the NESiCAxLive downloadable platform.

This version is another continuation of Persona 4 with all characters from Arena returning. Ultimax also introduces Persona 3 characters Yukari Takeba and Junpei Iori along with new character Sho Minazuki.

If you live in Japan, go check out Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold now! The PlayStation 3 version is scheduled for a summer 2014 release in Japan! You can find some gameplay footage uploaded by Jourdal after the jump!

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Information On Ultra Street Fighter IV's Release Time Frame & Delayed Wakeup Mechanic

Here is some new info for the upcoming Ultra Street Fighter IV including a new mechanic to the existing formula!

The next edition of Street Fighter IV will be first released through Japanese arcades on the NESiCAxLive digital download platform. Months following, but before EVO 2014, players in North America and Europe will be able to download Ultra on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

In an interview with Famitsu, producer Koichi Sugiyama and assistant producer Tomoaki Ayano talk about the new mechanics as well as announcing delayed wakeup. Sugiyama mentioned that delayed wakeup would serve as "a counter-strategy to difficult-to-guard wake-up offense." Ayano expressed that they want to see feedback from the tests to know what needs to be considered.

For those in Japan from Nov. 22 to 24, you can also test out Ultra in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sendai and Sapporo. For more information behind the location test areas as well as the interview with both Sugiyama and Ayano, please check out the translated piece here!

More Info Behind Dead Or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade's New Character Marie Rose

Courtesy of FamitsuHere is a follow up to the new character announcement for Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade!

Siliconera translated the official report on character Marie Rose. Marie will use a special military fighting style called "Systema;" The only available info found from the report is that Systema "has no particular fixed stances or postures" and that she can "fight using versatile movements." Also featured is the non-Halloween version of the Dead or Alive 3 stage Lorelei featuring the same multi-floor layout.

You can find the DOA5UA trailer featuring a snippet of Marie in action after the jump! For those who play DOA5U and live in Tokyo, Japan, make sure to go to Club Sega on Nov. 16-17 to try out the character; Shoryuken's d3v also has a post of the other location test areas here. You can also find d3v's post on the new character with scans from Famitsu here!

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Hour One Of Razer's Latif Versus Japanese Oni Player Wao In Long Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Ver. 2012 Set

Latif was in Japan and did a long set with Japan's best Oni player Wao in Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver. 2012 and was entirely recorded.

The whole session, dubbed as "Unleash The Oni", in a Japanese arcade lasted over three hours long featuring the powerful Saudi/American C. Viper player against the top ranked arcade Oni player (also #3 in overall leaderboards). Make sure to follow Latif on Twitter and subcribe to his YouTube channel for updates on the session.

For now, you can find the first hour of matches after the jump!

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The King Of Fighters XIII At Nishinippori Game Spot Versus Aug. 3, 2013

Nishinippori Game Spot Versus game center is still holding their weekly sessions for The King of Fighters XIII!

The independent game center in Tokyo, known for their Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike danisen, last weekend is still going strong with providing KOFXIII to the area. Strong players including Rinomoto, Dune and Koukou were there to fight!

You can find the three videos after the jump!

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San Mateo's Gamecenter Arcade Closing Down, Last Opening Day On Sept. 22

Along with Starbase Arcade, another arcade will be closing its doors this year.

Located in San Mateo, CA, Gamecenter was one of the major arcades in the Bay Area. It housed many events including the NorCal Install and NorCal Dogfight tournaments, Shoryuken's Thursday Night Throwdown and Ex-Factor events and the Persona 4 Arena Launch Day celebration. For over two years, Gamecenter became a home to NorCal's Arc System Works community as well as the Super Street Fighter II Turbo and the Super. Smash Bros. scenes.

For those who are patron or someone who wants to come by for the first time, GameCenter's final opening day is on Sept. 22, 2013.

You can read the initial announcement as well as additional information in regards to the closure here.

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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Japan Vs. Korea 5vs5 Tournament At Namco Sugamo

Some of South Korea's best and well-known players went to Japan to compete in a special team tournament against some of Japan's killers!

Located at Namco Sugamo game center, four Japanese teams consisting of five very strong players in each squad played each other to see who was strong enough to play against the Koreans consisting of Knee, JDCR, Nin, Saint and Chanel!

You can find out the player information as well as the video, compiled by Flying Wonkey, after the jump! For more information such as match statistics, you can find it on the Avoiding The Puddle post!

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Skullgirls Hits Japanese Arcades Via Way of Taito's NESiCA

In case you haven't already heard something truly amazing has happened for the folks at Lab Zero Games as their amazing game Skullgirls is now going to be available for Japanese arcade players via Taito's NESiCA platform. This is truly amazing as they are probably the first and only American-made fighting game to be widely available in Japan on the NESiCA. This is confirmed by the official Skullgirls twitter and by Lab Zero Games CEO Peter Bartholow showing his excitement on NeoGAF.

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Game Center KO-Hatsu Featuring Super Turbo, Garou, Psychic Force, And Akatsuki Blitzkampf

Game center KO-Hatsu in Osaka, Japan is dedicated to older fighting games, the Arc System Works games, and the more obscure alternative fighters.

Their recent uploads features all of these types of games especially the latter. Along with Super Street Fighter II Turbo, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, and Aquapazza, they also recorded tournaments for Psychic Force 2012 and Akatsuki Blitzkampf Ausf. Achse.

You can check out these videos after the jump! You can also check out their Ustream and YouTube channels! They also have a Twitter!

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TTT2: South Korea's Green Game Land Twitch Archives

Green Game Land reached Twitch and you can check out the channel here but here are hours of footage captured from the week.

You can expect players like Knee, Lowhigh, and Nin to appear in one of these archives to participate in deathmatches, play sessions that end when someone is promoted or demoted.

The stream is available every night and can sometimes last for up to eleven hours. For now, check out the archives after the jump!

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Neo Amusement Space A-Cho Archive Of All Capcom Historical VS Game Olympic 2013

At Kyoto, Japan, A-Cho did their annual All Capcom Historical VS Game Olympic tournament event a couple of weekends back featuring a couple of past and present Capcom arcade fighters.

Spanning three days, players competed in a variety of games made or published by Capcom. Aside from the familiar hits like Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Ver. 2012, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, and Vampire Savior, there are more older and less common entries including Marvel vs. Capcom 2, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Street Fighter EX2+.

You can check out all the videos and the bracket links after the jump!

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Chaos Code: New Update Announced For Japanes Arcades

Coming to Japan Amusement Expo next week is a new version of Chaos Code.

Subtitled "New Sign of Catastrophe," this version will feature an extra character found on the PlayStation 3 version. The update will also utilize NESiCAxLive downloadable system so you can find them on Taito Type X2 DIA cabinets and can add any necessary patching whenever available. No info in regards to whether this update will differ in terms of balance from the original arcade of PlayStation 3 versions.

If you are going to Japan Amusement Expo next week, you can try it out when it's on display!

Taito's Psychic Force 2012 Coming To NESiCAxLive

While Taito is known for its Vewlix cabinets and many other things, they also dabbled in fighting games including their Psychic Force series. The sequel Psychic Force 2012 is now available to play for the NESiCAxLive digital download arcade service.

The Psychic Force series utilized a 3D-style perspective where players fight all around a cubic space. Using levitation powers, the characters can fly around the arena; sort of like a Dragon Ball Z battle confined in a limited space. In 2012, the game was originally released in arcades and was later released on the Sega Dreamcast.

If you live in Japan, the game is out now through NESiCAxLive! If you want to see footage of the game, make sure to check some of the videos after the jump!

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Arcade UFO Temporarily Closing For Renovation

If you live in Austin, Texas and want to go to Arcade UFO anytime soon, this Friday will be the last day until January.

The arcade will closed for a renovation project that's expected to be completed around the middle of January. Make sure to get in your matches before Saturday. Thursday and Friday's operating hours are normal, 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM and 1:00 PM to 3:00 AM respectively.

Make sure to follow Arcade UFO on Twitter for any updates!