If this game actually licenses GGPO’s code from Ponder, and is successful (which it would be), it would be a huge slap in the face to Capcom, who have tried to create their own lag-correcting netcode, with less than stellar results. Hella ironic too, since Ponder created GGPO to be able to play CAPCOM games in the first place.
I’m excited for Takokaka’s Genei-jin/Talbain/Othello super as well.
As for Arakune, sure his runaway game is good, but he seems slow and his attacks lack range and damage. His supers seem really awkward. One of them only shoots straight up and the other is a dive bomb. They’re not exactly reliable or versatile, are they?
I like his white costume. He looks like a giant eyeball monster or something a bit more horrible.
Trust me, the amount of crap that fills the screen, plus the fact that he does have a knockdown move is annoying enough. I mean, every game vs. him that I played was time-out in his favor. Imagine when people find real combos. @_@
GET AT THOSE NORCAL ARCADES!!
With SFIV hitting all these norcal arcades soon, there is gonna be a large new group of people chillin at the arcades(though Im sure you know{
Hmm…a stall/wall/timeout character, huh? Sounds suitably evil and devious.
What’s the criteria for getting his “curse” off though? Is it an attack that triggers it? And it seems that it’s pretty easy to disrupt it just by hitting him with a weak attack or projectile.
I think the ideal strategy is not letting him to hit you with the curse thing or youre doomed. Maybe tao could be able to hit him with his fast drive…though im not sure if its realiable since the screen fills with those annoying bugs…they better fix that or put a character that owns that mtf.
Can the bugs be attacked?
Arakune’s bugs appear after a button is released by the Arakune player. It seems that only a limited number of them can appear at once, so you can’t spam WWWWWWWWW for example to summon a whole line of the same kind of bug in a row.
What’s more, in order to summon bugs at all, Arakune needs to attack, and his attacks are kind of slow and randomly attacking could very well leave him open.
Finally, the curse drive has a timer, despite also disappearing if you hit him. So he can’t just use bugs forever.
I honestly can’t see him being a top tier character at this stage, but then again I haven’t played the game at Evo.
new trailer, really great music :woot:
So sad that only so little footage of each character in action was shown, but still…YAY. CARL AND LITCHI STUFF.
I take back what I said earlier about Litchi being lame. While her appearance is nothing special, the idea of a shape-shifting staff is kind of cute.
Heh, we have a lot of shape-shifting items in this game. Rachiel’s familiars, Litchi’s staff, Arakune’s whole body…and there will probably be more.
Also Lol @ Ragna’s Soul Eater™. It doesn’t help that Ragna himself has white hair.
And Litchi sounds like a hentai fighter character when she gets hit. Wtf is that, seriously…I knew she was a boob service character.
i like her that way :lovin:
I can’t explain or figure out why but I’m much more interested in trying this game than I ever felt about Guilty Gear.
Maaan the internet moves fast! This trailer debuted on the SBO stream just a couple of hours ago, haha.
Gglad to hear someone else is as music-nuts as I am. That’s exactly what I was thinking when I watched it too. I also liked the hiphop they were playing before the trailer actually started.
Lol, IMO that’s way too high pitched to suit her.
But Tager and Taokaka have awesome intros, and carl’s playstyle looks interesting.
Not to mention the kickin tune :rock:
I played a bit of this today. Seems really cool. Some really interesting character design.
Gotta get at CF/TGA/UP…
Hey Aksys are you gonna consider EU as a potential customer?
i can’t wait to play this game, though…
i wish there were more match vids out. i can’t get enough of this game.
Exactly the way Xaqshinor likes it.
Also, Carl footage, awesome!
:lovin:
I see no problem in that:lovin:
Love the new footage.
Taokaka’s intro looks much different than the one from AX.
In the new trailer she breathes into the screen.
The intro from AX, she smacks her giant face into the screen with her creepy grin giving you a WTF look 
I hope both of those intros stay.
Ima be a fucking beast with Litchi son. THE BEST LITCHI ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!
A lot of characters had new intros, Rachel too. I guess we are looking at multiple fight intros :lovin:
That said, what does Mantenbou mean? It was the honorary title given to Litchi. Curious.
edit: Ah, ok, that’s the weapons name.