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Skullgirls headed for Japanese arcades
- Thread starter Oichi
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Delayed so I can rejigger it all to put Annie in last place.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
that would be too obvious!
Japanese players walk up to them and go "huh" before moving on to the Gundam Extreme VS cabs.
RyougaSaotome
Member
This is HUGE news for Skullgirls. I had hopes for an arcade release over here, but I didn't even think getting on the NESICA system was a possibility.
The Nesica cabinets are fantastic because they store dozens of games on them, making them a good value for arcades. Persona 4: Arena and BlazBlue get a ton of love on our local machines, and it's fantastic because we can just switch back and forth with no problem. If I remember correctly, Aquapazza and Arcana Heart 3 are also on the system, along with a dozen shooters and such.
If Skullgirls makes use of the NESICA card, the game has a chance to be massive. Console-only fighting games have small scenes here, but the ones that hit the arcade are pretty much guaranteed to live on, provided they're at least pretty good.
My fingers are crossed for you guys. This is the chance of lifetime, and that's ignoring the accomplishment of being a western developer with a game in Japanese arcades!
The card in question:
There are dozens of different designs, but one card works for every game on the NESICA system provided they support its use. You use the card to access/unlock colors, spend digital currency you earn through VS matches etc. It's a fantastic system and one of the reasons arcades here are so great.
The Nesica cabinets are fantastic because they store dozens of games on them, making them a good value for arcades. Persona 4: Arena and BlazBlue get a ton of love on our local machines, and it's fantastic because we can just switch back and forth with no problem. If I remember correctly, Aquapazza and Arcana Heart 3 are also on the system, along with a dozen shooters and such.
If Skullgirls makes use of the NESICA card, the game has a chance to be massive. Console-only fighting games have small scenes here, but the ones that hit the arcade are pretty much guaranteed to live on, provided they're at least pretty good.
My fingers are crossed for you guys. This is the chance of lifetime, and that's ignoring the accomplishment of being a western developer with a game in Japanese arcades!
The card in question:
There are dozens of different designs, but one card works for every game on the NESICA system provided they support its use. You use the card to access/unlock colors, spend digital currency you earn through VS matches etc. It's a fantastic system and one of the reasons arcades here are so great.
Femmeworth
Banned
Impressive to see such a distinctively Western game make it to Japanese arcades.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
SolarKnight
Member
I'm so fucking jealous of you guys like you have no idea. I want a card system damn it, every game that manages to get here that usually has one needs to have it removed >___<
Every time I hear or see a Japanese person talk about what they like about the game they always mention they like its, "distinctly western cartoon visuals." Paraphrased of course.
Folks here see and focus on one thing and they see another.
RyougaSaotome
Member
The Japanese fighting game players I know here certainly think it has a very distinctive western cartoon-style. It's part of the reason they dig it.
Anecdotal sure, but still.
Douche McBaggins The 3rd
Junior Member
KOF 13 Console Edition finally gonna hit the big time. REINVIGORATE DAT VICE LUV.
Douche McBaggins The 3rd
Junior Member
Oh great, another one of those OH NOTHING CAN TOP GLORIOUS HOLY NIPPON! THE MOTHERLAND OF SUPERIOR GAMES BECAUSE THEY ARE DISTINCTLY JAPONESE!
How about NO.
In English? Likely not.
I did a bunch of Tweets in Japanese auto-translate pulling macro style and no one seemed to get them, as far as I could tell.
Riposte
Member
If you say western fighting games are bad, you are pretty much saying you think Skullgirls and the games Netherrealms make are bad. Of the two, I only like Skullgirls. Any deeper than that and you dive into the trash heap.
Douche McBaggins The 3rd
Junior Member
America has had it's share of good fighting games. Primal Rage was pretty decent once you got used to its combo system. Killer Instinct was mashing good fun with depth. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 had some chops. Mortal Kombat 2 was a good representation of the fun of frame counting and mastering the ninja kicks.
Japan isn't the only one that can make good fighting games. It always reminds me of some anime nerd saying only the motherland of Japan can produce good fighting games. Anyone can make good games in any genre. Not just Japan.
you are diving into the trash heap
Riposte
Member
You are even going as far as to name Primal Rage? Dumpster diving.
GotchaForce
Member
Primal Rage
Hmmmm, I've seen some P4A cabinets here in France.
The card system doesn't work, of course, but the game does.
abstract alien
Member
Congrats to the team, because this is big. Fuck getting arcade ports, they went from the digital download realm and made the arcade port them.
It's already doing well on JP PSN. It sold more in the first two weeks than Cyberfront expected it to sell in its lifetime, and was on the JP PSN Top 10 for a few months.
And all the reviews I've seen have all been really positive, praising the gameplay and the visuals.
The only complaint I've seen so far is that the story mode is a little cheap, which... well, it is. But it's a $15 game.
Douche McBaggins The 3rd
Junior Member
I spent tons of quarters on Primal Rage pissing on people with Chaos. That and the Fart bombs made the game interesting. The Cheeser alert was great too.
Well, the game has been out on the Japanese PSN for a while now and was consistently in the top 10 for good long while after release.
Apparently it sold more than the Japanese publisher's projected LTD sales in it's 2nd week.
Edit: beaten by the man who would know best.
We already had scsry looking combos come out Japan like 1 week into the release over there. Fucking Fortune loops.
Hayama Akito
Member
Are you sure they are not console mods?
RyougaSaotome
Member
Yup. A lot of the dudes I know down here play it, but not as seriously as other games because there's no arcade version.
This is huge for you guys. Can't believe it.
Professor Beef
Banned
On-topic, I'm happy for y'all.
SolarPowered may quote that for posterity.
SolarKnight
Member
I wouldn't know about P4U, but we do have BBCSEX and it's like that too. Console mod was the one UMvC3 we had there for a while.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Is this arcade version going to happen before or after the DLC gets implemented?
The plan, I believe, is to release it as soon as possible and then they'll get the new characters around the same time the other versions do.
Hayama Akito
Member
Definitely interesting because even Arcade owners in the US are trying to hack NESiCAxLive without good results, what Arcade do you visit? it is famous in France?
SolarKnight
Member
Random Mexican arcade actually. Still, to be honest it was more like an update to CSII. I'm not saying that because that's what Extend was, I'm saying it because the fucking title screen and opening animation literally still says CSII but it has all of the Extend content.
Congrats to the Skullgirls team!
We have something similar here in Peru... arcade machines with PCs + emulators inside
We have something similar here in Peru... arcade machines with PCs + emulators inside
Hayama Akito
Member
It seems that what you saw was CSII with the console DLC characters. It can be updated with a special disc for Type-X2 and was, in fact, the last Blazblue release for Type-X2 without NESiCAxLive.
RyougaSaotome
Member
Nope, that's correct.
The arcade version of CSII got updated to include the Extend content, but the name didn't change. It also didn't get the new opening animation either. The final version of CSII, containing all the Extend stuff, was still called CSII.
EDIT: At least the final version of CSII on the NESICA cabinets at my local place were that way.
Wait, SBO is dead? I know there were a lot of problems with how last year's event went, but I didn't know it got shuttered afterwards.
It was on its last legs and people thought they were over, and the only reason it was brought back last year was because they were a sideshow for a bigger video game event that brought them in.
Hayama Akito
Member
Is "temporaly" dead but there is little to no hope.
Tizoc
Member
That's great to hear, and I hope the arcade release will do well for you guys =)