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Nice thread. We know it is big but they live so far away. A huge majority havent step foot in Japan let alone go to an actually arcade.

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Time to close the thread.

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That’s right, in Latin American KoF games are pretty popular, specially 2k2 and 98 , and so are Tekken games.

You should also add MvC2 (at least for Chile), I don’t know in which part of Santiago you are living, but I’m pretty sure that you have also heard about this, in puente alto arcades (flipperin) the game is pretty popular along with KoF 2k2 and GGXXAC (of course MvC2 being popular is something that should be expected coming from almost anywhere), games like TvC, Blazblue, CvS2 or even SFIV aren’t played there as much as the previously mentioned games, but they still have their scene alive in other places of the country, Iquique has a remarkably TvC scene for example.

Also, where is the UMK3 scene, which place/arcades? I don’t see it around here and I would like to play a few matches someday :rofl:

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SF 4 is gettin more and more attn here, Tekken and MK have always an scene here but… recently this 28-10-2009 in my country a law was aproved that says that all violent videogames and toys are forbidden. So no shooters, no fighting games, no nothing.

Sucks to be here right now (road to the 21 century comunism), please someone helps. =(

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Again, not trying to nut-ride or anything, but shit is serious. JWong came out Japan to practice a while before SBO, went to a local tournament, and both lost out first round. He didn’t lose to Daigo, or Mago, or Iyo, or anything like that. Justin lost out first round to a Dictator player who didn’t even qualify for SBO iirc.

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more of the same.

Also no, online gaming isn’t as big here as it is in America, which is one of the reasons why games produced in Japan don’t get as good netcode, people would rather get out of their tiny ass apartments rather than sitting around cramped playing Halo all day or some shit.

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Obama needs to send aid to Venezuela in the form of ST cabinets :rofl:

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i guess you could still play one of those faggy games like twinkle twinkle star. still technically a fighter but it just looks like shiny stars flying all over

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Uh, I lost to Mago… What are you talking about? You are trying to dickride you dumb piece of shit if you’re not going to say I lost to Mago.

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Youtube that you dumb shit.

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My bad I fucked up. No disrespect, edited.

Edit: No need to get butthurt again, btw. My point wasn’t that you guys aren’t good or anything, just that the level of local tourneys in Japan can be comparable to national tourneys in the states. I don’t think you’ve got objections to that?

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Here in southern germany u can basically find only some SF IV in gamestop and some local stores on the PS3/Xboxs. Compared to RTS or FPS, fighting games dont get that many attention.

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This is actually true. Thing is, I’m not sure how no-name the players are considered over there, but there’s MANY players in Japan that most players in the US have never heard of (even if they were following the scene) and most of those guys do in fact, destroy the US.

Fighting games are big in many countries but they just aren’t as serious about competition as Japan is, so Japan pretty much blows all countries out of the water in all games, with exception of Tekken(Korea may be a bit better, but it looks fairly even), Marvel and other VS games (US). Kof is really big in latino countries and the gap is smaller compared to asia, but either way Asia is the best in kof.

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i heard those players had jobs too

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Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have a nice Tekken scene. I know of 3 T6 cabs in Kuwait.

All over Kuwait you can find KOF machines, usually right outside shopping centers in Salmiya. But they’re mostly beaten up with bad monitors. On the top floor of Kit Kat in Salmiya we’ve got a bunch of arcades. Theres a huge HNK sit down cab, Last Blade 2, and some other games I can’t recall.

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Awesome match BTW.

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Butt hurt much?

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listen to 3rd strike or tekken podcasts specifically ones where they talk to players who went to sbo.
people out there are serious in japan.

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Where can I hear that Tekken podcast?

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MYK has one.
the 1st episode he talks to RIP about his trip to japan

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Japan as a whole is simply more studious. The western scene has it’s good players, but the amount that are truly high level in comparison to the amount that play overall is much less than Japan. Said games are simply taken more serious. This goes for many titles too, not just fighters. In Japan you can find frame data for titles such as Biohazard Outbreak and when you look at the given leaderboards, it’s apparent the west has some great players, but not the abundance Japan has. I think it honestly comes down to the cultural acceptance towards such activities there versus here. Of course there are stereotypes anywhere, but overall high level players at least receive some love there. Honestly until SFIV, the fighting game scene here and it’s players didn’t get the attention it deserved, games like Halo or Gears are regularly on television while our communities matches were more or less underground. If SFIV did anything, at least it helped bridge the gap.

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About Japan and no-names… you’re not going to find extreme competition at the first arcade you lay eyes on after get off the plane. Maybe you’ll get a great player at the random arcade at the train station next to where you’re staying, but the ubiquity of Japan’s skills are exaggerated, and if you’re on top of your shit, you’ll have to look around to find comp on your level.

That’s especially true for games that aren’t quite as popular outside of competitive circles. Good luck finding anyone who gives a damn about TvC. I’m not convinced that SF4 is so insanely popular that the average arcade patron has high level understanding of the game. VF5R is nowhere near as popular as VF4E was. Tekken is the king fighting game in arcades, and even if you can’t immediately find someone with your skill level, you’ll always find comp.

However, if you go to a well-known arcade… unless your name is well-known… yes, you’ll get destroyed… by somebody you never heard of.

There’s a difference between FG scene and competitve scene.