Neo Geo Heroes ~ Ultimate Shooting - A Quick Look

Picked this up this morning from the Hong Kong PSN for HK$320 (About US$41 / £26), it's also available on the Japanese PSN store for Y3990, and of course is available on UMD (£31.62 on playasia.com).Just wanted to write my quick impressions of it so far (been playing it for about 2 hours or so).Firstly, and suprisingly, it's not too bad. My expectations of this game were very low, due to the general opinion of KOF: Sky Stage being very low, ...

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Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting [PSP]

This was released yesterday on both UMD and digital (via PSN) formats, have not been able to get ahold of it yet due to an online store taking long to email me my HK$ PSN cards, but ntsc-uk user Sketcz has posted up his impressions of it on ntsc-uk's forums.Check out his impressions of it here.Sounds pretty positive compared to the harsh criticisms i've heard about KOF:SkyStage (which is actually included in this as a bonus game mode).Prices for the PSN versions are Y3990 (Japanese Store) and HK$320 (Hong Kong Store), which is just under £30.Will...

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September's Arcadia - Preview

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KOF97 - Tournament Report [Namco WonderPark -22/12/1997]

I've posted this up once before on Neoempire's forums but never here so wanted to share this with readers.This was the first KOF tournament i ever entered, also the first and last tournament i have ever entered which was hosted by SNK Europe (which sadly no longer exists).Although i never passed the elimination stages i have very fond memories of this tournament, which is why i have kept this Tournament Report for so many years without throwing it...

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Dream Cancel [Website]

Shoryuken.com user Nilcam has just opened up his new website Dream Cancel, which is part of his effort to help build up the SNK/KOF scene in the US.Right now there is not much on there, but if you look at the tabs it has a wiki/forum/video set up so once it gets going it should start to look very good.Also don't forget to sign up to their foru...

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Arcadia Magazine [August 2010] - A Quick Look

Was supposed to have done this write up since i received the magazine a week ago but wasn't quite able to find the time, but better late than never i suppose.As you can see from the cover it is yet another issue dedicated to the Project Diva Arcade game, with a fair amount of the issue being about this game.This issue though does have more SNKP related advertisements than usual, spanning 6 pages from the opening page featuring KOFXIII, KOF Portable...

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KOFXIII - Alternate Costumes

Now this was something i wasn't really expecting, people have been discovering today that SNKP have added an extra 'hidden' palette for characters by selecting them using the start button.Like we saw with Raiden in XII, characters have had parts of their sprite changed.Andy has some kind of Zoro esque mask, Yuri has back her long hair, Raiden becomes Big Bear, and Takuma becomes Mr.Karate. (Though these are all asthetic changes it does not affect...

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KOFXIII - Final Boss Images

Apologies for the lack of updates recently, has been alot busier at work than normal so i haven't had the time to keep the blog up to date...Anyway a whole set of images has popped up on both Shoryuken.com and NeoEmpire.com showing the boss character of this game, who seems to be buttnaked. Also shown is Dark Ash who just seems to look like a palette swap of the original Ash, Team K' 's ending and King with torn clothes ala 94/95.Thanks to all original...

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