POKKEN announced what is this i don't even

[bork]

 

[Himu]

rofl

[Cerveza mas fina]

 

[Joe Molotov]

Can't wait for Evo 2016.

[chronovore]

Oh, hey: my least-favorite fighting game combined with a franchise I dislike from having in in my constant periphery already. Woooo~!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

[Cerveza mas fina]

Remember the Saturn got Sonic Fighters, then Sega died on its next console.

Next Nintendo console to be its last confirmed

[Joe Molotov]

Remember the Saturn got Sonic Fighters, then Sega died on its next console.

Next Nintendo console to be its last confirmed

Just wait until Nintendo gets Mario Fantasy XV and Pokemon Quest XI, Wii U is gonna be the SNES 2.0.

[magus]

oldddddddddddddd

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i tought the pokken title was supposed to be a joke, i didn't realize namco was actualy involved in this

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[Steve Youngblood]

Not a Wii U exclusive

At the risk of unintentionally sounding like a Nintendo fanboy, I'd withhold the laughing emoticons until it's known what -- if any -- consoles this will be coming to. Not that I'm an expert on the Japanese arcade scene by any stretch, but it's my understanding that a fighting game being exclusive to arcades first is hardly weird. In fact, going back to the late 90's/early Aughts, it wasn't rare here either. But then the arcade died.

[magus]

Not a Wii U exclusive

At the risk of unintentionally sounding like a Nintendo fanboy, I'd withhold the laughing emoticons until it's known what -- if any -- consoles this will be coming to. Not that I'm an expert on the Japanese arcade scene by any stretch, but it's my understanding that a fighting game being exclusive to arcades first is hardly weird. In fact, going back to the late 90's/early Aughts, it wasn't rare here either. But then the arcade died.

i don't think this will stay an arcade exclusive either but this isn't the first time something like this happen, see

[Mr. Gundam]

Not a Wii U exclusive

At the risk of unintentionally sounding like a Nintendo fanboy, I'd withhold the laughing emoticons until it's known what -- if any -- consoles this will be coming to. Not that I'm an expert on the Japanese arcade scene by any stretch, but it's my understanding that a fighting game being exclusive to arcades first is hardly weird. In fact, going back to the late 90's/early Aughts, it wasn't rare here either. But then the arcade died.

If it's like other Bandai Namco titles (Gundam, etc.), it will be 12-18 months before there is a console release. Unless the game bombs, then it could be a lot sooner.

[MCD]

remember tekken x street fighter?

remember smt x fire emblem?

lol

[TakingBackSunday]

no one asked for this

[Steve Contra]

no one asked for this

Nah, there's some guy out there furiously yiffing in his Charmander X Yoshimitsu fursuit at this news.

[thisismyusername]

remember tekken x street fighter?

May still happen. Given this is playing in a similar style that may be used with tweaks for TxSF

remember smt x fire emblem?

Pretty unlikely to happen.

no one asked for this

Yep. Pokemon fans aren't going to play it and Fighting fans will ignore it because it'll (most likely, I'll LOL if it isn't) Wii U exclusive.

[CatsCatsCats]

Mario Kart arcade is pretty fun, they have it at this barcade downtown

[Takao]

Not a Wii U exclusive

At the risk of unintentionally sounding like a Nintendo fanboy, I'd withhold the laughing emoticons until it's known what -- if any -- consoles this will be coming to. Not that I'm an expert on the Japanese arcade scene by any stretch, but it's my understanding that a fighting game being exclusive to arcades first is hardly weird. In fact, going back to the late 90's/early Aughts, it wasn't rare here either. But then the arcade died.

If it's like other Bandai Namco titles (Gundam, etc.), it will be 12-18 months before there is a console release. Unless the game bombs, then it could be a lot sooner.

unless you're dragon ball zenkai battle royale
game runs on PS3 hardware
has been updated regularly for years at this point
no home release

[chronovore]

Not a Wii U exclusive

At the risk of unintentionally sounding like a Nintendo fanboy, I'd withhold the laughing emoticons until it's known what -- if any -- consoles this will be coming to. Not that I'm an expert on the Japanese arcade scene by any stretch, but it's my understanding that a fighting game being exclusive to arcades first is hardly weird. In fact, going back to the late 90's/early Aughts, it wasn't rare here either. But then the arcade died.

If it's like other Bandai Namco titles (Gundam, etc.), it will be 12-18 months before there is a console release. Unless the game bombs, then it could be a lot sooner.

Just curious: Did the Bandai/Namco Mario Kart collaboration ever come out on console?

[bork]

Not a Wii U exclusive

At the risk of unintentionally sounding like a Nintendo fanboy, I'd withhold the laughing emoticons until it's known what -- if any -- consoles this will be coming to. Not that I'm an expert on the Japanese arcade scene by any stretch, but it's my understanding that a fighting game being exclusive to arcades first is hardly weird. In fact, going back to the late 90's/early Aughts, it wasn't rare here either. But then the arcade died.

If it's like other Bandai Namco titles (Gundam, etc.), it will be 12-18 months before there is a console release. Unless the game bombs, then it could be a lot sooner.

Just curious: Did the Bandai/Namco Mario Kart collaboration ever come out on console?

Nope...none of them did.  One or two have been emulated already.

[Himu]

Steve is right. Also Nintendo has a precedent for publishing an arcade game and releasing it at home later on like with F-zero GX.

[Rahxephon91]

no one asked for this

I'm pretty sure Pokemon fans have asked for a Pokemon version of every genre.

[thisismyusername]

This is going to make sick money in Japanese game centers.  It has a good shot of ending up in places Tekken never got into, like department stores.  Very nice score for Namco along the lines of the what must be ridiculously profitable Mario Kart arcade games.

...In Japan.

But the rest of the world?

[Himu]

Steve is right. Also Nintendo has a precedent for publishing an arcade game and releasing it at home later on like with F-zero GX.

AX and GX aren't the same game.

Ah. My bad.

[thisismyusername]

Does the rest of the world matter as long as they're making bucketloads of cash domestically?  It's not like the fact that the rest of the world gives no fucks stops them from putting out a new theatre-released Pokemon movie every damn year.

You misunderstand my point. Making an arcade only release for Japan doesn't seem so smart when they can get Western Pokemon fans on board if they attempted to release it in the West. Which won't happen since the arcades in the west are dead and buried. Which means they need to do a console port, which... won't happen... if it focuses on Japan.

It's the typical Japan-centric approach to development in Japan and just seems completely stupid to me even with the Pokemon IP attached.

[Beezy]

Doesn't seem smart? When was the last time that arcades have mattered in the US? Dave and Buster's doesn't count.

[magus]

Steve is right. Also Nintendo has a precedent for publishing an arcade game and releasing it at home later on like with F-zero GX.

AX and GX aren't the same game.

doesn't GX have AX track as some sort of super secret? if the track are there what are the other difference's?

[The Legend of Sunblade]

If by super secret you mean can only be accessed by hacking the game and making the tracks available that way, sure. It's as super secret as Master Hand being playable in Melee.

[magus]

If by super secret you mean can only be accessed by hacking the game and making the tracks available that way, sure. It's as super secret as Master Hand being playable in Melee.

gamefaqs says it unlocks either if you play the arcade game OR if you beat all of the gx stuff at the highest difficulty level so while option a) shouldn't be possible in america, you should still be able to do it through option b)

-Unlocking AX courses through F-ZERO AX

In F-ZERO AX, put your memory card in the slot, and place first in a
course. Save your progress to your memory card, and the next time
you play GX, you will have the course unlocked! Simple!

-Unlocking AX courses through F-ZERO GX

Finish first on all four cups(fourth cup explained later) on
MASTER difficulty.

[bork]

Magus is right-- all the AX tracks are included.

Hacking the game turns it into AX.

[Mr. Gundam]

Tons of Japanese arcade games never get a home release.  Like SEGA's really fun Transformers rail shooter that just came out?  That will never get a console port. 

I don't think this is one of those games, though.

I still want to play the Zeon (Gundam) light gun game that Bandai Namco did a few years ago. Looked for it in Tokyo and Osaka this past April, but no luck.

[demi]

If by super secret you mean can only be accessed by hacking the game and making the tracks available that way, sure. It's as super secret as Master Hand being playable in Melee.

I played FZero AX in America at Disney. Didnt have a memcard, unfortunately.

[Yulwei]

Looks like trash. I'll still try it though since it's a fighting game 

when/if it comes to the Wii U

[bork]

Right, but they *are* different titles, released with different names, different default available content.  One isn't a port of the other, they were developed simultaneously.  F-Zero AX technically never received a home port, outside of that hack, which obviously isn't official.

Awesome moving cab aside, what is different between the two games apart from the tracks, which are all in GX anyway?  Not arguing, just saying that there was obviously no point in making an AX home version with GX released.

[Yeti]

F-Zero AX had 10 "exclusive" racers (that could be unlocked through GX) plus different tracks

[Yeti]