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Tekken 7 location test announced for October, runs at 50% visual quality, ~20 chars

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Flying Wonkey

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Just announced on the Namco Sugamo Cup stream, Harada revealed that Tekken 7 is having Location tests at the Namco Sugamo arcade in Tokyo and the Namco Nipponbashi arcade in Osaka at October 3rd, 4th & 5th.

http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv192806439

Wrote a bit on my site but I'll update with a bit more in a bit.
 
B

BossRush

Member
I wish arcades were more prominent in the states, maybe we'd get location tests.

Edit: Whoa October?! That's way sooner than I thought.
 
G

Gambit61

Member
Cannot wait to see some gameplay. I've been playing TTT2 practically nonstop since its release and Im still not bored.
 
Å

Åesop

Unconfirmed Member
So how much time does it usually take for a console release after those kind of tests? :S
 
Z

zoobzone

Member
I believe this is also the first arcade fighting game to get online match up.

During the location test, you can battle from Tokyo against players from Osaka and vice-versa.
 
SolVanderlyn

SolVanderlyn

Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Well, I guess Heihachi is old again. Who's going to voice him now, I wonder?
 
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ponpo

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Namco Sugamo arcade? Alright I'll go and get some footage for GAF
of me walking by the machine to play something better like Puzzle & Dragons Battle Tournament
 
SolVanderlyn

SolVanderlyn

Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Hours Left said:
Any character reveals?
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New characters that have been revealed, in art form:

Kazumi Mishima:

800px-Kazumi_Concept_Art_-_Front_and_Back_-_Tekken_7.jpg


New Arab character:

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List of speculated characters as listed by wikia:

New Arab character (He has concept-art)
Christie Monteiro (She appears in the full trailer)
Devil (He appears in the full trailer)
Devil Jin (He appeared in the trailer)
Devil Kazumi (She appeared in the full trailer)
Heihachi Mishima (He appears in the trailer, and has also appeared in all canonical Tekken games)
Jin Kazama (He appeared in the trailer)
Jinpachi Mishima (He appeared in the trailer)
Kazumi Mishima (She appeared in the trailer and has concept-art)
Kazuya Mishima (He appears in the trailer)
Lars Alexandersson (He appeared in the trailer and has concept-art)
Leo (She appears in the full trailer)
Miguel (He appears in the full trailer)
Nina Williams (She has appeared in all canonical Tekken games)
Paul Phoenix (He has appeared in all canonical Tekken games)
Tougou (He appears in the full trailer)
Wang Jinrei (He appears in the full trailer)
Yoshimitsu (He has appeared in all canonical Tekken games)
 
U

UltraGunner

Banned
October? I thought this game had barely began production. Harada and his team certainly have their hands full with all the projects their tackling at the same time
none of which are Tekken X Street Fighter ;_;
 
C

Creaking

He touched the black heart of a mod
Good grief. Location testing starts next month and we still haven't seen a single droplet of footage. What a way to reveal a game.
 
H

HeelPower

Member
Their strategy with this game is so weird.

Its like they want to confirm its a niche game over and over.

I guess Tekken won't go back to T3-5 days in terms of popularity.

Its being made only for pro-players and advertised as such.
 
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joey_bone_bomb

Member
SolVanderlyn said:
List of all confirmed characters as listed by wikia:

New Arab character (He has concept-art)
Christie Monteiro (She appears in the full trailer)
Devil (He appears in the full trailer)
Devil Jin (He appeared in the trailer)
Devil Kazumi (She appeared in the full trailer)
Heihachi Mishima (He appears in the trailer, and has also appeared in all canonical Tekken games)
Jin Kazama (He appeared in the trailer)
Jinpachi Mishima (He appeared in the trailer)
Kazumi Mishima (She appeared in the trailer and has concept-art)
Kazuya Mishima (He appears in the trailer)
Lars Alexandersson (He appeared in the trailer and has concept-art)
Leo (She appears in the full trailer)
Miguel (He appears in the full trailer)
Nina Williams (She has appeared in all canonical Tekken games)
Paul Phoenix (He has appeared in all canonical Tekken games)
Tougou (He appears in the full trailer)
Wang Jinrei (He appears in the full trailer)
Yoshimitsu (He has appeared in all canonical Tekken games)
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None of these have been confirmed (except Kazuya Hei and Lars).

HeelPower said:
Their strategy with this game is so weird.

Its like they want to confirm its a niche game over and over.

I guess Tekken won't go back to T3-5 days in terms of popularity.

Its being made only for pro-players and advertised as such.
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I'm sure promotion and advertising will ramp up once they start talking console release.
Right now the game isn't really being advertised to the console crowd.
 
C

CSX

Member
HeelPower said:
Their strategy with this game is so weird.

Its like they want to confirm its a niche game over and over.

I guess Tekken won't go back to T3-5 days in terms of popularity.

Its being made only for pro-players and advertised as such.
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Strategy as in location testing?

It's common for arcade fighting games.
 
M

MrCookiepants

Member
HeelPower said:
Their strategy with this game is so weird.

Its like they want to confirm its a niche game over and over.

I guess Tekken won't go back to T3-5 days in terms of popularity.

Its being made only for pro-players and advertised as such.
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What are you talking about. This kind of thing is standard for the genre.

There's no point advertising it to the mainstream when the console port hasn't even started development.
 
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HeelPower

Member
toddhunter said:
October seems... Soon.

Does this bode well? I feel like it doesn't bode well. Do we know when production started?
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TTT2U's been on for years as an arcade release

Plus I doubt this game's scope is any bigger than TTT2 given the way they are advertising it specifically for the most hardcore players.

probably a barebones release with a focus on the core mechanics.Which is not a bad thing.

MrCookiepants said:
What are you talking about. This kind of thing is standard for the genre.

There's no point advertising it to the mainstream when the console port hasn't even started development.
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um no this is really outdated right now.

You can do a simultaneous release and patch the game later as per arcade players feedback.

They are killing the game's hype by having it in the arcade for year(s) before the actual release date for the rest of the audience.

In TTT2 the game already felt old by the time it release because its been in the arcade for a year and there are tons of maximum level gameplay online.

Ofcourse that's my opinion.
 
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CSX

Member
HeelPower said:
TTT2U's been on for years as an arcade release

Plus I doubt this game's scope is any bigger than TTT2 given the way they are advertising it specifically for the most hardcore players.

probably a barebones release with a focus on the core mechanics.Which is not a bad thing.
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how are they exactly advertising it to hardcore players?

All this game has had is a CG reveal trailer and a location testing event which many arcade fighting games have before an official release
 
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HeelPower

Member
CSX said:
how are they exactly advertising it to hardcore players?

All this game has had is a CG reveal trailer and a location testing event which many arcade fighting games have before an official release
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Evo and Namco sugamo cup??

What kind of people follow these events other than the most dedicated players ?

TTT2 itself was designed that way too with its mechanics.

I am not saying its a bad thing.I guess they are not chasing after the casual crowd.And they paying more attention for the pro-level gameplay.

Its just a different direction and a good one for long time fans.
 
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toddhunter

Member
HeelPower said:
Evo and Namco sugamo cup??

What kind of people follow these events other than the most dedicated players ?

TTT2 itself was designed that way too with its mechanics.

I am not saying its a bad thing.I guess they are not chasing after the casual crowd.And they paying more attention for the pro-level gameplay.

Its just a different direction and a good one for long time fans.
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That is fine, but if it is Tekken Revolution with a 7 photoshopped onto the menu it is going to look pretty rough after a couple of ... Well it will look rough.
 
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MrCookiepants

Member
HeelPower said:
um no this is really outdated right now.

You can do a simultaneous release and patch the game later as per arcade players feedback.

They are killing the game's hype by having it in the arcade for year(s) before the actual release date for the rest of the audience.

In TTT2 the game already felt old by the time it release because its been in the arcade for a year and there are tons of maximum level gameplay online.

Ofcourse that's my opinion.
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There isn't any hype to kill right now. Nobody's even seen the game yet.

With MK X being cross-gen/Unreal 3, Tekken 7 appears to be the first true next gen fighter. It'll get plenty of publicity for that fact alone.
 
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CSX

Member
HeelPower said:
Evo and Namco sugamo cup??

What kind of people follow these events other than the most dedicated players ?

TTT2 itself was designed that way too with its mechanics.
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And then the following info on those reveals get posted on major news sites. Remember that Tekken 7 was leaked by IGN before it was at EVO.

TTT2 was designed as Tekken 6 with an evolved form of the tag system in Tag 1 which cause the game itself to be too complicated/hardcore even for a lot of the serie's hardcore fans. The fact that the game is going back to 1v1 will make it less "hardcore" unless Namco is adding some ridiculous gameplay mechanic in it
 
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joey_bone_bomb

Member
HeelPower said:
Evo and Namco sugamo cup??

What kind of people follow these events other than the most dedicated players ?

TTT2 itself was designed that way too with its mechanics.

I am not saying its a bad thing.I guess they are not chasing after the casual crowd.And they paying more attention for the pro-level gameplay.

Its just a different direction and a good one for long time fans.
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You don't understand. It has always been like that. Nothing has changed apart from the west being more involved in this early phase b/c of Harada's twitter and his appearances at major events and conventions.
They will start advertising to the casual crowd as soon as a console release is in sight.
Do you think casuals care for Arcade games?
 
H

HeelPower

Member
joey_bone_bomb said:
You don't understand. It has always been like that. Nothing has changed apart from the west being more involved in this early phase b/c of Harada's twitter and his appearances at major events and conventions.
They will start advertising to the casual crowd as soon as a console release is in sight.
Do you think casuals care for Arcade games?
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I want Tekken to make money and be popular as ever.

Its one of the games that got me into gaming.I don't want to be super niche and difficult cuz "e-sports".
 
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