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Article: The Player — Japanese Queuing for Arcade!

Shaggy August 16, 2010 0

Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report has penned a new article just for us and this one takes a look at the growing interest in the amusement sector in Japan, despite the doom and

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More Japanese location tests reports: Darius Burst and Chaos Code

Shaggy August 11, 2010 3

(Thanks to ECM for the tip on Darius) When it comes to public location tests Japan rarely disappoints and we’ve got two to talk about today. First, popular game site Famitsu weighs in on

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Darius Burst Another Chronicle location test reports

Shaggy August 7, 2010 4

Taito began the first public test of the new Darius Burst Another Chronicle in Akihabara yesterday and already the test is considered a great success. Between 140-200 showed up early to get a chance

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Darius Burst Another Chronicle cabinet revealed

Shaggy July 30, 2010 1

(Thanks to ECM for the tip) While I wasn’t expecting anything on this until tomorrow morning, it appears that all of the info already out on the new has pushed Taito to reveal more

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Taito bringing Darius back to arcades with Darius Burst Another Chronicle(Updated)

Shaggy July 27, 2010 7

Newsfeed 884 via It’s been a little over a week now since we learned that Taito had placed a new countdown webpage on the arcade side of their Japanese site, a countdown which at

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Konami's "Love Plus Arcade" brings dating sims, creepiness to Japanese arcades

Shaggy July 24, 2010 0

I have never seen a study been published on whether or not dating simulation video games actually improves ones behavior and/or chances with the opposite sex but either way such games have a following

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One Super Street Fighter IV location test down, at least two more to go

Shaggy July 23, 2010 0

Newsfeed 879 via There really isn’t anything new to report on the arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV after it’s most recent location test but at least some in Japan have had a

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Banpresto's Wacky Races reappears on location test in Japan

Shaggy July 11, 2010 3

Chalk this up to the big surprise of the month (so far) but way back in 2007 a new kart-style racing game appeared on location test at the Trocadero in London called Wacky Races.

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Sega releases "Let's Go Kids Elephant Bus" in Japan

Shaggy July 8, 2010 1

Of all the current arcade game manufacturers, no one is more at the forefront of creating kids video titles than Sega is. That’s not to say that others aren’t trying but we are seeing

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New games from the Sega Private Show 2010 in Japan

Shaggy June 27, 2010 4

Newsfeed 848 via Every year Sega Japan holds a “private” summer show where they give select persons a view of some of the new content that they are bringing to arcades later that year.

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