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Ramping Up For JAEPO: New Arcade Games For Japan
Being late January, we all know what that means for the arcade sector – new Japanese arcade titles are approaching fast! February is the time when a big game expo takes place in Tokyo,
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New Details On This Year’s Japanese Mario Kart Arcade GP DX Update
When unveiled back in 2013, Bandai Namco Amusements stated that their new arcade exclusive Mario Kart Arcade GP DX title would feature online support for annual updates. Japan already has enjoyed a major update
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Japan Fighter News: New KOF in the Works; Nitro+ Blasters Heroine Infinite Duel On Test
Given the time of year that it is, we don’t get a ton of new arcade news to discuss but in places like Japan they do like to cook up some new things around
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Newsbag: Homebrew Arcade; Darius Store; New Sega Rhythm Game “Chunithm” In Japan
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done the newsbag of collecting some stories for a quick look as I’ve been busy with the IAAPA stuff but with that past, let’s get back at!
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Japan Update: Tekken 7, Left 4 Dead Arcade; K-On!! Arcade
A lot of the focus on the site here this time of year is on the newest developments coming to the West but there are still developments taking place in other parts of the
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Newsbag: Coming Soon Preview; Monster Hunter Arcade; Metal Slug Skull
Happy weekend everyone. News has been slow the past couple of days, you could call it the “calm before the storm” in regards to IAAPA but here are a couple of things I’ve scrapped
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Capcom Has Tested Luigi’s Mansion Arcade In Japan
(Thanks to ECM for the tip) Back on October 30th, a new location test began in Japan that interestingly enough seems to have avoided most of the Japanese arcade newswires. That is a fairly
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Bandai Namco Testing Synchronica In Japan
While most attention on rhythm/music gaming in Japan is soaked up by Konami, that doesn’t stop other developers there from trying their hand at it. Sega has titles like Project DIVA and MaiMai; Taito
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Tekken 7 Begins Location Testing in Japan
Not surprising news on this one since in Japan, companies will regularly use location tests as a way to both market and publicly test their arcade games out. For those that want to get
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Sega Develops A Real Sandcastle Building Arcade Game + Wonderland Wars
As we head into the Fall in the Northern Hemisphere, new game concepts and ideas begin to make their way tot he newswires. Sega announced a few new concepts for the Japanese market today
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Capcom “Reprinting” Arcade Classics Via NESiCAxLive Service in Japan
Recently Capcom launched a lawsuit against Tecmo Koei over “patent infringments” and a friend of mine who has formidable knowledge of the game industry stated that they must be in worse shape than thought
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Pokkén Tournament Announced For Japanese Arcades
Quite a while ago, I was browsing a video gaming forum and in some discussion about the WiiU there was an animated gif showing a scene from a game rumored to be in the
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