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[FortNinety]

Two more characters officially revealed for Tatsunoko vs Capcom...

http://tinycartridge.com/post/212521404/mega-man-xs-zero-makes-his-tatsunoko-vs-capcom

... Still no Speed Racer. That kinda sucks.

[isfet]

couldn't access the link at work, but apparently Zero from Mega Man X4 is in the game.  looks like a really good character!

gotta say, though, the MMX designs haven't really held up well in my eyes.  Mega Man Zero is a bit more...stylistically pleasing than how garrish this Zero appears to be.

anyway, looks like the new characters are shaping up pretty nicely.  and looks like that list someone posted a while back is turning out to be pretty much all true.

[FortNinety]

Instead of dumping this in the animated gifs thread, where most won't see it, since it's Street Fighter related...

[dmauro]

Didn't we have a dedicated SF thread or was that on the old forum?

Anyways, we've been had: no new characters announced, the super/ultra system not explained at all.

[FortNinety]

So no Vega's kid sister character revealed after we left? Though even if we had stuck around for such a reveal, we wouldn't have been able to see shit.

I wouldn't be surprised if they had something extra up their sleeves but decided to hold off due to fears of inciting a full scale riot.

EDIT: Alright, just combed NeoGAF, and sentiments from others who were there are not exactly kind...

Just got back.

Got on line at 7 got inside at 10, left about 10:10. Very small narrow two floor location, about twenty kiosks in total with SF4, TvC, and Marvel. Most of them did not have sticks on them. Yeah. SSF4 was no where in sight for people who weren't in the initial batch of people allowed in and only Empire Arcadia/S-kill were allowed to play it. No swag bags for those who weren't in the line early.

Sweet community event, sure was super.

Also found a couple of vids. As noted above, in addition to Justin Wong, they let some other folks play the thing, those associated with Empire Arcadia. lulz, I know.

First we have what I believe is the only other demo of the night, featuring T-Hawk and the new Korean chick...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nkNv6xeVnY

... Again, Juri is pretty cool and T-Hawk still sucks. Next is Justin talking about... stuff...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFdKpehDh2c

... Nice hair. Also, watching people that I don't know talk about fighting game techniques is beyond boring. IMHO. Next we have some dude who goes by Marn...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-RPfpJ1gQ

... So let me get this straight, and this is not me being a whiny game journalist, honestly; they wouldn't let the press touch the game due to possible less than kind words. And then they let this guy play. lol.

[drozdal]

Out of curiosity I went to Empire Arcadia's website (never heard of them before), clicked around a bit and I'm confused. There is no real info who they are - just generic statements about "servicing gaming industry", their news feed takes you to gamespot.com, site looks like it was designed in early 2000 and never updated. Are they supposed to get paid by gaming companies to attend their events and "show their skills"? I honestly hope they do.

One more vid from the event TvC:

http://www.youtube.com/user/casualweaponry#p/a/u/1/p6-jk9w7neQ

[dmauro]

Oh shit, I never thought to look for an Empire Arcadia website. This site is making me pretty nostalgic for 1995.

Welcome to the virtual plain of Empire arcadiA

[FortNinety]

I've written about them before, mostly for my big NY gaming piece that's in the second zine, but was never able to uncover much solid info.

They're just some dudes that made some minor waves back in the early 2000s by offering their services to PR firms that needed help connecting with the gamer audience. This mostly meant just demoing whatever new title, usually a fighter, at press events, which is actually a novel concept, and maybe they were ahead of their time? I recall them being a fixture at New York-Tokyo's Gamer Nite Grooves, which was the perfect platform for them to spout their dogma (that statement only makes sense if one is familiar with GNG), which was somewhat of the problem.

Aside from their services no longer being in any sort of demand, the core group was absolutely grating and did more harm than good at press events. Because most PR folks are supposed to... you know... well dressed, friendly to everyone, not smell, speak coherently, etc.

Their leader, Tricforce, was definitely there, with Power Glove on. I forget if I mentioned in my anime fest report how he tried asking a stupid question, which I totally shot him down on, and he left in a semi-huff. What a goof. I think he's just pissed that he's not some superstar from his lame ass shot at reality show superstardom from a few years back.

[drozdal]

I've written about them before, mostly for my big NY gaming piece that's in the second zine, but was never able to uncover much solid info.

Ok, I will look it up - got Fort90 zine #2 few days haven't got around to reading it.

Aside from their services no longer being in any sort of demand, the core group was absolutely grating and did more harm than good at press events. Because most PR folks are supposed to... you know... well dressed, friendly to everyone, not smell, speak coherently, etc.

I totally understand those guys - seems like this service looked like VG nerd (nothing wrong with being one btw.) wet dream come true, with Justin Wong's name slapped all around their website kids who joined most likely felt that they were part of something "big" and "special". Something you could brag about to your friends at school and get some cred on the internet ect. I say - good marketing move on their part. But it ended like so many other ideas with them not being aware of what the outside words expects from you before they hand you some money to promote their product...being friendly, reasonably dressed and well spoken.

And I love the fact that Empire Arcadia is incorporated.

[drozdal]

Good morning, mister Masters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uZWArSOmCc

[FortNinety]

The URL says it all...

http://kotaku.com/5411575/super-street-fighter-iv-getting-three-more-fighters

[B coma]

hey, Guy and Cody, neat!

and Cody is still on the run (all these years since the last prequel? huh).

[isfet]

haha, yea, i think storyline continuity has gone quite out the window with 4.  Sakura either never ages or is unwilling to give up her school uniform.

anyway, here's the new trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAz9mJWAt9A

i guess to someone who either doesn't really like those characters or doesn't see it a certain way, it probably looks like more SF4.  but, to me, this video is really exciting and makes me super pumped for the game to come out.

that anonymous source seems to have been right on everything thus far, so i assume Dudley, Ibuki and Makoto are next up to be revealed.

Elena ;_;

[dmauro]

So what's the point of Cody's shackles if they allow completely free movement of his arms? He would be much cooler if this attacks involved using the chain as a weapon and he had limited arm movement.

[FortNinety]

I can believe they brought back Adon, he kinda blew. What's next, Birdie?

Cody on the other hand is pretty cool, if only because he's only been in one SF game.

I too want Elena, but more so Skullomania from EX (remember him) or any of the new girls from Alpha 3, especially Kate Winslet.