Every June, there is a Neo Geo gathering that features many Neo Geo and non-Neo Geo games, including shmups, beat’em-ups, and fighters; there was even a Garou, Samurai Shodown (2, 4), and Hyper Fighting tournament there. From what I hear, there is usually a lot of people that go, you should go, too, Nebuloso.
For more information, go to http://www.neo-geo.com and go to the message boards, from there, try to find the Minnesota topic. I’m sure the people posting in that topic will help you out with the gathering information.
You’re right, I forgot about those guys! As I’ve never been to one of the Neo gatherings. That’s funny considering how I prefer SNK fighters over Capcom ones, yet I’ve been to one of the SF gatherings when big mike lived by Westside VW.
Soon I am going to start recording FFN Ninja Master match vids so people can see this game played tournament level…beware of what you are about to see…I will use these infinites even in casuals…
So beware!!! It aint for the light hearted…in other words if you are looking for a reason NOT to play it then don’t even watch…because even in casuals I go for murder…
I dunno…I personally think the two characters i use…Natsume and Kasumi…have to be high tier…
I would argue Kasumi may be the best character in the game…
Her infinite is braindead easy to execute etc.
We got caught up filming NGBC and NeoWave and XI matches this past Friday, but I am going to spread out and do some NM and other stuff this coming Friday.
I am going to try and form a NM tier list today what I think it would be like since one practically for all intensive purposes does not exist.
So it sounds like the Female’s in NM are tops? I like Natsumi the best anyway! Bounce, bounce, you know what I mean. :lovin:
You know, that’s how it is in Martial Masters. You have Red Snake and Reika with Lotus Master who I’d put on the top (actually everyone is pretty good) but the women have 1 move that kinda over powers most other ones in the game, just by their speed alone? As strange as that sounds!
Now that you mentioned XI, I’m looking forward to seeing what you can do, or your style of play! :tup:
All you gotta do is go on up to FGD and check the threads they will be up when UnholyKnight posts them up…
out of the 30+ matches of NGBC we played last night he already has 6 up for all to see in the NGBC thread. I am trying to get him to post one more because I almost hit everyone last night playing with everybody in NGBC and theres one more in particular I wanna make sure everyone sees.
I didnt get to put/form that NM tier list today…I been up here for 7 hours watching match vids, analyzing stuff trying to stay ontop of everything…so I will try to do it tomorrow.
Yeah Natsume is very very good as well…Kasumi is too easy to use…and her dive kicks remind me of Yun almost…too too good…there are Mudman like…
in the way if you do it immediately off the ground etc and then can follow up with a jump grab thats like almost 1/3 of one bar itself!!!
I hate to say it, because I thoroughly love this game, but it’s kinda broken…there are a lot more infinites than 5…check out the Endless Fight all character exhibition here:
Boss- Ranmaru ( can’t lose his weapon, ever… ), Nobunaga ( about as fair as Omega Rugal in KOF 2K2 )
S- Goemon ( two seperate infinites, bomb and spike ball safe pressure, can choose to rush down or run away…unfair ) Unzen ( best unblockable command throw setups in the game, if he puts you in block stun you’re in trouble )
A- Karasu -( crow abuse and weapon call are dirty ), Sasuke ( easy infinite, triangle jumping ), Kasumi ( much the same reason as Sasuke ) Kamui ( wall clinging options, good priority ) Natsume ( good overheads and command throw, dirty infinite )
B- Raiga ( good command throw / throw range, high damage combos ) Tennou ( his 236+k i think is safe and abuseable? ),
C- Houoh ( good command throw setup but not much else )
Kasumi is definitely A, but some quick notes on her:
she actually might be a lot better than her ranking due to the fact that i think her 41236+k will hop over downed opponents allowing you to do crossed up wakeup cr. lp to start her infinite, feel free to test this ( i don’t have my mame archive with me -_-; )
her rekkas can be followed up with a jump up throw for free
and yeah, if I were in a tourney i’d prolly pick Goemon, he’s just too damn good…all he needs is a close standing A for the win
Oh yeah absolutely…that move is very good because of what you noted…
I have tested it and it works…and the instant dive kicks are awesome…Psycho crusher drill is too good…yes instant dive kicks can be followed by Instant Jump throw as her Rekkas can as well.
Kasumi would be great bait against Goemon I think…I think she has the best chance to beat him…
With Kasumi all I need is one CR.A…then I win…I’ll get you to dizzy, then finish you with DA DRILL…
Instant dive kicks in the air are a better crossup…and with Kasumi she has more ways to go into her infinite instead of cr a…
She also has st.C…so I can go low or high and hit you and get into an infinite.
Instant dive kicks on wakeup if you do it right off the ground it won’t crossup, but if you do it a tad bit later it will crossup…and then can repeat if they try to stop and it will hit them and you get a free air grab/ground infinite if you stay grounded.
After looking at some videos, and playing the game a bit more…I want to put Tenho at or near the top, all because of that Ofuda attack, which will freeze your opponent for about a second. Which can make quite a difference in a fight (especially in the corner).
Otherwise, I’d say that the tier list is more on the individual, and how their style/technique.
I used to play the hell out of this game when I went to the arcades. I don’t play it much now even though I have it for NeoRageX. I might fire it up every now and then for nostalgia purposes. But there is no reason for me to take it seriously anymore since it’s all but forgotten. There are a lot of obscure fighting games that were made for the neogeo system. The fact that the characters didn’t belong to SNK is what probably kept them from spawning sequesl of each game. If they could somehow get the rights to them, we might see a Samurai Showdown vs last blade crossover. Of course mugen can make that happen. But I’ve only been able to find 2 Ninja Master characters in the 4 years of been bessing around with it. This thread brings a tear to this old man’s eye.
Yeah that is a what bothers me…but see maybe they only had planned one NM game…because also the same company ADK they made 4 World Heroes games…even though 2 of them were just I guess revisions of WH2… (WH2 Jet and WH Perfect)
