Why doesn't CVS2 have lasting power?

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I’m from SoCal and I go to all the local arcades down here, Regency, AI, Super Arcade, Camelot, Family Fun (Which I call NASA because they do the craziest things there) and in all of those places they mainly play Marvel VS Capcom 2 and Third Strike. Both games have been out for almost ten years and people are still playing them competitively. Its funny how the younger generation is picking up third strike (This game came out when I was 19 and now I’m playing people who are 19).

As for Capcom VS SNK 2, no one plays it anymore. To me I thought, like Marvel and Third Strike, it would have lasting power. But I guess not. I mean its a very technical game and its fun. Capcom put so much thought into this game and now its being ignored. So why do you think it doesn’t have that lasting power like the other two games?

On a side note why does no one play Alpha 3 anymore either? When that game first came out it was so popular.

And also why did no one catch on to Vampire Savior in the US? Is it like Virtua Fighter which is only popular in Japan?

For CVS 2 players out there, is p groove a dominate groove?

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It does.

Plenty of people still play it.

edit: cvs2, not alpha 3

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Norcal’s crazy about CvS2, hell it gets played more than anything else in SF.

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Still my favorite fighter.:tup: Rather play this than 3rd strike since it has more characters and the speed is a bit higher. The only problem is that tournaments take too long.

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its a long slow game

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It’s only slow since it’s almost like watching 3 third strike matches back 2 back. Not really the games fault, though. A lot of people still play it, in 2 days they’re going to have a regional tourney with it here in Houston.

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I think alpha 3 died because there were no good console ports

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As for the L.A region, these are some factors to why cvs2 is not really popular:

There aren’t many places in socal (L.A area) with good functioning cvs2 cabs.

I believe Regency, Family Fun, AI, Super Arcade, Camelot all have poor cvs2 cab conditions,
not to mention that not all are on u.s cabs.

L.A traffic is a bitch, and gas prices are retarded.

FFA is the best spot for 3s in the U.S.

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Not to mention very poke oriented and from what i’ve seen it’s the CC’s which turn alot of ppl off including me to some extent. But when i see expert level play like evoworlds07 the gamelooks hella fast and exciting, yeah it’s kinda slow if ur not playing at the highest level but IMO it’s a great game just as good as 3S or marvel though i do like those 2 games much better.

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Becuase it’s a shitty game. shot and body is burned

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Then shut up and go play 3rd strike.

edit: cvs2 is still awesome.

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Way ahead of you. you know, seeing as the game is shitty and all.

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Its a good game but I get the impression people look at top tiers too much and get put off by it.

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Because nobody likes the announcer dude who keeps talking and talking.

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It turns you off because you can’t do a fucking fireball lol

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i still play this shit ever since it came out on xbox live…and it’s definitely not as slow as 3s, at least my matches aren’t…

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I think that CVS 2 needs to have more people trying to seriously exploit other Grooves. I want to see some really mean S- Groove abuse.

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wasn’t it he could do a FB but he couldn’t srk? :confused: or did he get worse?

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From the vids you see in Japan you get some varied teams just not S groove lol.

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Basically, people just get bored with games. Eventually, people will stop playing 3S, CvS2, MvC2 etc.

A3 died because people just moved on. It had it’s time.