Back in the late 90s, Capcom Japan used to put
out these mini magazines (called Secret Files) in Japan
that promoted current Capcom arcade games. Hidden in the
18th issue was this amazing (and fake) Rockman V VS game,
clearly parodying the popular Marvel vs. Capcom:
Clash of Super Heroes. The neat thing is that
each of the Marvel and Capcom characters featured here
has their own Mega Man boss name.
Starting with the top left
and going clockwise: Ryu is Hadou Man (Hadouken),
Spider-Man is Kumo Man (kumo means spider), Captain
Commando is Taichou Man (taichou means commander), Venom
is Doku Man (doku means venom), Morrigan is Sexy Man(!)
(oiroke means sexy), Gambit is Mr. Monami, Zangief is
Nagehame Man (Nagehame means destructive throw), Captain
America is Meriken Man (American Man, get it?), Strider
Hiryu is Nazo no Ninja Robo (Enigmatic Ninja Robo), and
Wolverine is Tsume Man (tsume means claw).
This would have been
an amazing game, but alas, I shall file it away into the
little box of fantasy games (that include HD remakes of
Little Nemo and Ducktales) that I have stored away in my
head.
Although
Capcom only appears once on the list (criminal
oversight!), this video was still a fun chance to stroll
down memory lane, since to me Capcom was always the king
of the arcade. They say it was "the company
built 100 yen at a time" (100 yen is like the Japanese
arcade equivalent of a quarter).
Besides the obvious Marvel Vs Capcom 2, what's
your favorite Capcom arcade game that they
missed?I miss Alien Vs Predator, and Dungeons
and Dragons: Shadow Over
Mystara.
PS- After I've
worked here approximately 20 more years, I will have
officially made back the money I gave Capcom in the
arcades as a kid!
PPS- some free
Unity points for anyone that can guess how many of these
arcade games I played competitively :)
Today, Amazon launched a new service allowing customers to purchase Xbox Live Arcade games through their store. Instead of purchasing an actual game, customers are paying for redeemable game codes which they have to enter into their 360 to download the game.
Mega Man 9 is among the lot, retailing for its regular XBLA price of $10.00 USD. Same game, different method of obtaining it.
Starting today you can vote
on your 360 for your favorite Xbox Live Arcade Games.
Just head over to theSpotlight
channel.Go vote on your favorite Capcom games
there!
Best
Overall Arcade
Game
Street Fighter II HD Remix
Best Original
Game
Age of Booty
Best Co-operative Multiplayer
Game
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Best Competitive Multiplayer
Game
Street Fighter II HD Remix
Age of Booty
Best Solo
Game
Mega Man
9
Best
Graphics
Street Fighter II HD Remix
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Best Classic/Remake
Game
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Street Fighter II HD Remix
Mega Man 9
Voting stops
on March 10th, so be sure to head over there quick and
vote for us!
This little known beauty was quite prominent in Japanese arcades in late 2005. Rockman EXE: the Medal Operation marked the EXE series' first foray into the arcade scene. So, uh...what is it?
Players deposit a specific amount of "medals" (arcade tokens) into the machine to initiate the game. Once started, you play a series of EXE 5 themed mini games in order to win a boatload of tokens to trade for prizes. Very little details exist about each individual mini game, all I know is that there's five in all with varying gameplay styles. If you check out the official website, you can sort of conjure up the objectives of each.
Don't you just love these obscure Japanese arcade games?
If
you aren't keyed into the Japanese arcade scene, Arcadia
Magazine is like the New York Times of arcade
games-it's THE place to go in Japan for amazingly
in-depth and expert coverage of a large amount of titles
(and no, I don't write for them anymore!). They
also sponsor the awesome Super Battle
Opera tournament, so it's safe to say that
these guys know what's up.
SFIV wasn't really in the running for any Game of
the Year awards in the West, since it's "merely" an
arcade game right now, but in the one place on earth
where the game is in wide distribution, it's blowing
everybody away.
Street
Fighter IV won:
-GAME OF THE
YEAR
-Best
Graphics -Best Production -Best
Character (Ryu)
I'm
not sure a single game has ever been
so dominant.
And just in case you
thought SFIV was only popular with the Arcadia editors,
here is where I tell you it also won the write-in
Reader's Choice voting for best game
of the year. Beastly!
