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A few more AOU videos – Gaia Attack 4, Jigsaw World Arena, Puzzle of Ocha, Speed Rider

Shaggy February 21, 2010 4

Just a few more videos from AOU I’ve found featuring things to round-up the weekend. Taito’s Gaia Attack 4. It’s good to see it in action – they used video of real world environments

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More AOU stuff – Robo Catcher, more Metal Gear, Gaia Attack 4, Stomper DLX, Sega

Shaggy February 20, 2010 0

Here’s a few more things out of AOU in Japan (links via various sources, including AM Net) and The Stinger Report Robo Catcher – showing other applications our future robot overlords can have in

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AOU round-up for today, with videos!

Shaggy February 20, 2010 4

Here’s a rundown of the AOU news and info for today, complete with videos. Via Metal Gear Arcade in action.The videos below by Gigazine show how the glasses work. The new Melty Blood. I

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Another puzzle arcade title testing in Japan – Puzzle of Ocha

Shaggy February 11, 2010 0

I’m not making it any secret that I am quite happy to see more puzzle games making their way to arcades again as I feel that they are a perfect fit for the environment

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And some of Namco's games at AOU will be…

Shaggy February 10, 2010 0

Via Namco has revealed some of the content that they will be showing off at AOU, which includes a new Gundam VS. title and Midnight Maximum Tune 3 DX + (which I am pretty

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Taito's AOU site opened

Shaggy February 6, 2010 2

Via Continuing with the pre-AOU hype, Taito revealed their AOU website today. It’s not as descriptive as AOU sites by other companies that we have seen so far and it appears that they will

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Sega unveils their AOU 2010 line-up

Shaggy February 5, 2010 0

Via With AOU in Japan just a week or two away, companies are revealing what they will be bringing to the show – first with Konami and now with Sega. There is nothing on

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Sega testing UFO Balance Catcher in Japan

Shaggy January 23, 2010 2

We usually only post about cranes when they do something interesting or feature a weird product inside and while the latest version of Sega’s UFO Catcher doesn’t feature anything weird to catch by it’s

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National SFIV tournament currently underway in Japan

Shaggy January 21, 2010 2

(Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info!) If you’re good at Street Fighter IV and you just happen to be in Japan, then now is the time to check out the national SFIV tournament.

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The "Next Generation World Hobby Fair" Winter show in Japan shows off more games catering to kids UPDATED w/ Transformers card game

Shaggy January 20, 2010 3

As AH contributor Kevin Williams pointed out in his recent crystal ball look into 2010, KidTainment will grow to play a larger role in the arcade industry and in Japan, several companies are already

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Terminator Salvation Arcade now testing in Japan UPDATE: UK too

Shaggy January 9, 2010 6

It looks like Raw Thrills/Betson is really beginning to make a push into the Japanese arcade market. First we heard of them testing H2Overdrive in the region, then Chicago Coin/Betson’s PUTT: Champion Golf was

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Project DIVA Arcade cabinet revealed as the game goes on location test in Japan (updated)

Shaggy January 6, 2010 1

Last October we found out that Sega Japan was planning on bringing a PSP music game known as Project DIVA over to arcades, and after a short time of hearing little about the game,

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