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This game is starting to show a lot of promise.  Aside from it's throwback to retro 8-bit gaming a la Dragon Quest and other notable JRPG titles, it also appears to have a classic Zelda mechanic with full on health bars and map system.  I'm definitely getting hyped for this game more and more; it looks quirky enough to be fun!

I've also seen some crazy customizations such as Hatsune Miku from the Vocaloid franchise swapped in as the main character!  Too cool!  There's also a whole bunch more, like Cloud from Final Fantasy, Gundam, even an Evangelion lol.  An anime fans dream, so to speak!

New to the Tekken universe?  My friend Darnell over at SRK linked these highly informative and easy to understand videos that discusses the basics of combat for the uninitiated.  Level Up Your Game along with iamtekken.com have partnered up, featuring notable players like MYK a.k.a. Michael Kwon, a moderator over at tekkenzaibatsu.com.

Episode one is split into five different videos, each of which you can catch for free over at youtube.  For seasoned veterans, you may want to skip to part three to catch a refresher course on combos and wall techniques.  Lots of good info abound here folks -- check it out!

Level Up Your Game part one
Level Up Your Game part two
Level Up Your Game part three
Level Up Your Game part four
Level Up Your Game part five

It's been a week since Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion has been in my hands, and the wait has been somewhat worth it.  10 long months after T6:BR debuted in arcades all across Japan (and small pockets in North America), we finally get our localized version for the PS3 and Xbox60 consoles and it's wonderfully inept, pun intended.

The question I have right now is, "was it rushed?"  Most certainly not one would believe, but after playing Scenario Campaign mode and the much-anticipated Online mode, I was dismayed and bewildered.  Granted I don't play fighting games for the story so I didn't have any absurdedly high expectations for Scenario mode but Online mode?  What the hell happened here?

Nothing beats playing someone in person but I was hoping to at least be able to play some old Tekken friends over the online mode.  Unfortunately I couldn't even play my friend who lives in the same city as me due to horrible synching problems.  If I can handle playing Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV worldwide, why can't I enjoy Tekken in my own region?

You'd think Namco would have the capacity to at least incorporate some simple mechanics from the Nina Williams "Death by Degrees" spinoff for the Scenario Campaign mode, but noooo, lets keep that horribly awkward mechanic of confusing the analog stick inputs with the rocker pad, yeah!  No Namco, we don't need every single attack in the movelist; just one or two work just fine.  Oh hey, a targeting system.  Woot, thanks.

At least a patch is on the way.

Modes aside, Tekken 6 is the best incarnation of the franchise yet.  With a slew of new moves and gameplay tweaks abound, Tekken remains the undisputed king of balanced fighting.  Even the joke characters can stand their ground with a slew of much-needed attacks that round out their already impressive repetoire of shenanigans.  Namco probably also heard the fans decries of previous versions, and super nerfed the typically strongest characters in the game: the Mishima family.  They're just terrible to play now, albeit still unquestionably solid.

In short, tl;dr, buy the game if you're a hardcore Tekken fan.  Buy it if you enjoy 3D games and have a reasonable amount of friends to butt heads with.  Just don't buy it expecting anything too terribly philosophic.  Remember, masher and master are only a single letter apart.

I promise though, there will be one this Friday.  I don't think I'm going anywhere this weekend...

I had a great time though.  The night before we left, my drunken friend calls me up at 2 a.m. reminding me to tell everybody to try to hit on every single female at every club we went to.  I failed in my attempts to get numbers, but I'm happy to say I had some really good conversations with just about every person I spoke to.  Shyness overcomed!

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I Think , that's been now more a 2 month or 3 that i saw the first trailer who's been been show at Anime Expo 2009 on Patapete Blog and it was a great news , but i was kind of anxious since that Wolfwood was also here on the movie , since that he's already dead (sorry if spoiled some of you ), Is the movie a sequel of Anime ? Does it happens in time period  of the Anime ?
Well we don't have to more since the movie is going to be released on spring 2010 !! wich is not so far !
The story takes place in Makka, a city surrounded by quicksand. Rumors of the coming of the legendary bandit Gasback spreading in the city, the mayor Kepler brings an army of bounty hunters. They chased Gasback from town to town to capture him and get the reward. Meryl and Milly, who travel to Makka to conduct an expertise to their insurance company, are shocked by the rapid turn of events. Worse yet, Vash the Stampede is also in town along with a bounty hunter named Ameria and Wolfwood.
So Wait and See !! Vash The Stampe is back in da house so PEACE & LOVE !!!

Just saw the latest scan for Examu's newest fighter Arcana Heart 3 and I am super, super embarassed.  I defended this game because of it's amazing gameplay system, but now I can't bring myself to justify it past it's newest addition: a 5 year old toddler.  I mean, it's bad enough when the entire cast consists of tweeners under the age of 16 and all, but now...maaaaaaaaaan.

In other letdown city news, Bakemonogatari episode 14 got pushed back to November 2nd.  I have no clue why it got pushed back five days, but hopefully because it's because they want to spruce up the online stream (or add some content).  I'm pretty sure its not because they're including English subs (lol), but so long as it doesn't turn out like episode 10, I'm okay with it.

Lastly, as most of you might already know Tekken 6 came out is a blast to play.  Then we fired up the online play to see how well it runs.  Then I cried.

As if by clockwork, Namco has listened to the complaints and has something planned in the works.  Markman over at tekkenzaibatsu.com reported that a patch update is already in the works, so I'm hopeful.  Hopeful.  (By the way, I'll post up a review down the week, so please watch out for it).

This has been your letdown city news update.  Now back to your regularly scheduled program.