Official US Xbox.com page up now: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/n/neogeobattlecoliseumxbla/
Date and price now official for the US.
Nice to see SNK didn’t pull the old Pushback card out. Hopefully they come through on at least a playable netcode, I’m not expecting Blazblue good, it would be nice, but if it can at least compete with Tekken’s or SSFIV’s that would be nice as well. I’
If the netcode is good, I’ll definitely see everyone online!
Downloading it right now…I’ve been waiting for this one for quite some time now.
I srsly need a netcode check on this, stat
And Samurai Showdown Sen? - Playable Online? - Where?
My Netcode Impressions:
Ok, I had one match aganist a 230+ Ping, and a load against a 70 ping.
On the 200+ one… the game didn’t stutter at all (Like it did in Samsho, and KoF XII 360 pre patch). The game maintained a consistent framerate, but I think my weak attacks were off a bit.
On the 70, I had no problems personally. It felt pretty smooth; The others in the XBLA party I was in might have thought it was about 98UM quality, but I think it felt quite a bit better. There are times in 98 and Garou where I could feel input lag, even on good connections, with a friends who lives 20 min from me; I didn’t feel that here. I was able to spam my weak attacks with little problem, specials came out fine, and mistakes I made felt more like MY fault, rather than the games.
These are just prelim test, of course, but so far, I’d say this is an improved netcode, and probably the smoothest running SNKP fighter on XBLA.
Update!:
US North Carolina VS Osaka Japan: 300+ ping… and it was actually PLAYABLE! It was a bit laggy, sure, but that’s very, very nice.
Across the web:
Consensus so far seems to be that the netcode seems rather good! Of course there are people who say they feel “No Lag at all”, and noone has had any stuttering or disconnection issues that I’ve heard. Most are saying it’s better than they expected, so this sounds like a very good sign.
Just got the game not to long ago, i’ve managed to play a person with 150 ms and there was a little input delay but bearable. Played someone with a 65 ping and it was pretty damn smooth.
omg THE NETCODE IS GOOD!!!
This is the best SNK XBLA Netcode since Samurai Showdown II
Let’s see if people will actually get good at this game this time around. I heard a lot of people say they “liked it” but they sucked complete ass. Being the only black guy playing something like this in the places I’ve played is ridiculous.
Too bad it’s only 360 though.
I’m going to be picking this up and the new Earthworm Jim HD game today. Now I just need to get a USB cable for my Mas Stick converter so I can finally play my 360 fighters using the stick.
And in some other forums I have been two, it has been very positive reviews about the netcode used. This is looking really good so far for SNKP since they will most likely use the feedback for when they release 2k2UM.
It would be so damn awesome if they patched KOF12, Garou and 98UM with this netcode. Anyone else agree?
why should someone else agree with that? most of the people out there just hate KOF12 so… 
Better yet who the Hell is going to buy XII now?
Sounds really good so far.
Does anyone know if there’s any kind of host advantage like there was in SNK’s other XBLA games? Does it still play well if you join a game?
i got it the netcode is good get this game
Glad to hear the netcode is good. Now I just need that money.
This netcode really is the shit
It’s 800 MS Points. Isn’t that like $10 in real money?
Ok, if not KOF12 at least 98UM and Garou 
I’d kill for a KOF 98/MotW Netcode Patch.
that’s great and all but not when i’m currently jobless.
Microsoft only allows 1 free update per game, so basically none of the old titles will be updated. I’m on the edge buying this game again. SNKP has burned me a ton of times on the Xbox 360. That said I’m a blind fan when it comes to Neo Geo.