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Captain Crotchspike



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:28 pm Reply with quote
Just to note, the cover for the US version of King of Fighters: Orochi Saga has since been changed. It's stylish as hell.

Also, for anyone considering their platform options, there will also be a Wii version in late November for $29.99. You know, if you bought that Wii arcade stick for Guilty Gear and need something else to do with it.
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Ohoni



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:04 am Reply with quote
Lol, how dare you pick on Toshinden?! That game was great when it came out. It was one of the first 3D fighters, and one of the relatively few to this day that involved both full 3D movement AND energetic special attacks (like fireballs and stuff). For years after that game came out the only 3D fighters you could get were boring technical fighters like Virtua Fighter and Tekken.

I wouldn't say that the Toshinden brand is itself a huge draw, particularly without any of the original characters, but the original game was great.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:11 am Reply with quote
isn't the new Castlevania out this week?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:24 am Reply with quote
You forgot to mention with the character news for Street Fighter 4 that schoolgirl Sakura, SF4 boss Seth, and Ken and Ryu's master Gouken will also be playable characters in the console versions of the games. I heard this news confirmed on G4's X-Play block a couple weeks ago.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:02 am Reply with quote
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I had the habit of frequently checking with stores, and I'm
convinced that several Software Etc. clerks still hate the kid who'd call several times a week to see if Breath of Fire was in yet (though they could've saved me forty uneventful hours by telling me it had been canceled)


Why? It sucks, compared to the sequels. Or were you just one of those gamers who was getting tired of Nintendo screwing over RPG fans until Pokemon came along. Wink

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I'll probably need a few more years before I can talk about what the now-defunct publisher Working Designs and its release schedule did to my stress levels.


Still hoping we'll see that PS Goemon one day myself. Crying or Very sad

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Some maintain that the Toshinden series was at its best when the original game, vapid as it was, amazed new PlayStation owners with its polygon visuals back in 1995. I, on the other hand, believe that the franchise peaked with the climax of the terrible two-part Battle Arena Toshinden anime


I thought Toshiden lost its rank after Tekken came along, but both had equally horrible anime spin-offs. [Though the live-action Tekken not featuring Sammo Hung seems to have a better cast than the Chun Li movie.]

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So there you go, Dan fanbase. He's arguably surpassed the SNK characters he was originally supposed to parody.


He dies in the original Alpha anime, but fan complaints convinced them to save him.
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Ohoni



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:58 am Reply with quote
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isn't the new Castlevania out this week?


It's out right now, and it's magnificent.
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KanonAirHaruhiShuffle



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:26 am Reply with quote
v1cious wrote:
isn't the new Castlevania out this week?


the ones you see are all ones coming out next week so in other words last week's X Button mentioned Castlevania but yup it just came out yesterday
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_Earthwyrm_





PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:48 am Reply with quote
Ggultra2764 wrote:
You forgot to mention with the character news for Street Fighter 4 that schoolgirl Sakura, SF4 boss Seth, and Ken and Ryu's master Gouken will also be playable characters in the console versions of the games. I heard this news confirmed on G4's X-Play block a couple weeks ago.

Wasn't that in last week's article?
Sakura was last week, Gouken was in the first article for October. Not sure about Seth.
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Ai no Kareshi



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:27 am Reply with quote
Well, you certainly did a good job getting me curious about that Cyberbots game. I absolutely have to check it out now.
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asimpson2006



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:28 am Reply with quote
I'm really geting pumped for KOF being released. KOF is one of my favorite fighting games and getting to play some of the games I haven't played yet will be refreshing to me.
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BorkisDrizzt



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:50 am Reply with quote
Fallout 3 \o/

Can't wait to get my pre-order Mad
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:24 am Reply with quote
Earth_Wyrm wrote:
Ggultra2764 wrote:
You forgot to mention with the character news for Street Fighter 4 that schoolgirl Sakura, SF4 boss Seth, and Ken and Ryu's master Gouken will also be playable characters in the console versions of the games. I heard this news confirmed on G4's X-Play block a couple weeks ago.

Wasn't that in last week's article?
Sakura was last week, Gouken was in the first article for October. Not sure about Seth.


Guess I haven't paid much attention to the X Button as I thought. Laughing

But yes, Seth has been confirmed by Capcom to be a playable character for the console versions of the game. The best proof I can give, though I can't read Japanese kana, is this link I have to the
SF4 Japanese web site.
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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:26 am Reply with quote
Ggultra2764 wrote:
You forgot to mention with the character news for Street Fighter 4 that schoolgirl Sakura, SF4 boss Seth, and Ken and Ryu's master Gouken will also be playable characters in the console versions of the games. I heard this news confirmed on G4's X-Play block a couple weeks ago.

Damn, I knew I was wanting to buy a new console sooner or later!
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cool3865



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:29 am Reply with quote
interesting that someone is brought back the toshinden series, 1 & 2 were great and 3 was horrible.


also Cyberbots rules, i love that game to death.


also if someone can bring back toshinden can someone bring back Bushido Blade like how they use to be?
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kaizen-dono



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:32 am Reply with quote
I'd never played cyberbots before so cheers for the link. Although I have played the side scrolling sequel Armored Warriors. Thats another great capcom beat em up that we'll probably never see the like of again.
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