Arcadia Magazine [October 2010] - A Quick Look

Managed to get my copy of Arcadia in the mail today just before heading out to work, so had to quickly get a couple of photos done for the monthly write up.

As you can see from the cover it's an issue dedicated to Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, and comes with a VF5FS command book, Lord of Vermillion DVD (have not watched this yet), and a
card for the Lord of Vermillion arcade game.

KOFwise there is not so much in the news section of the magazine, but there are still some combo guides and things in the back section of the magazine.

This months Maker's Hotline covers KOFXIII, from what i can tell it's just talking about characters in the stage's backgrounds and a rpg with SNKP characters for mobile phones.

The featured SNKP product(s) of the month are t-shirts featuring Nakoruru, Mai and Cham Cham. (Check out Cospa.com for more products and details)

Neo Geo Fan Club as usual, showing fan arts and last but not least the 'strategy section' of the magazine as mentioned has about 6 pages of KOFXIII stuff. Not too sure what in particular it covers as at this time i've only had a quick flick through it, only thing that caught my eye was some kind of frame data for some moves.

And just to finish off for this month, as i was asked in a previous write up to put up the list for the top 10 ranking for arcade fighting games i've added that below.

Arcadia Magazine [Sept 2010] - A Quick Look

Apologies for the lateness again, don't seem to have much spare time lately, but of course it's always better late than never.

So as you can probably tell from the cover this month's Arcadia is a KOFXIII special and covers hyperdrive combos, character overviews/combos, and a continuation of the team stories.
Again the issue opens up with KOFXIII and Neo Geo Heroes advertisements.

The first part of the KOFXIII feature basically is a rundown of the game's system, including all things like jump heights, explaining hyperdrive, and all the other bits and pieces new and old to this version of KOF.

The next part is character overviews, basic combos, i've already started translating some of the combos in previous blog entries, and explaining uses for certain moves, etc. There's also a 'close up' for each character, and in the case of Raiden it shows the different properties of his dropkick move depending on how long you hold the kick button.

The usual Neo Geo fan club featuring fan art of course is present as always, there are quite a few pieces of fan art this month i'll include them at the end of this write up.

There's also a Tougeki feature on KOFXIII, as you may or may not know it will be a tournament game this year, about characters who are currently popular and expected to be used at Tougeki.
K'/Mature/Iori are the most popular, Kyo/Elizabeth/Maxima are second most popular and they have Raiden and Takuma as wild card characters (due to both characters being able to dish out massive amounts of damage).

Also included are a list of Hyperdrive combos, although not the best combos i'd assume these were included and are more suited for beginner players. I've already seen videos of combos which do much more damage than the ones shown here.

Last but not least the team stories, i've included the pictures at the end of this entry, not much to say about this as i'm unable to read it.

If you want to pick up this issue, it's still available on Playasia for about £16 (after shipping).

I've also received the KOFXIII Master Guide in the past week, which i think i might have mentioned already, hoping to write up about that soon if i have the time. (Still got another pile of books i keep meaning to write up about...)

Anyway enjoy the rest of the pics!

Arcadia Sept. KOFXIII Combos pt.2 - Team Japan, and Team Yagami

Second part of the Arcadia combos translated, Garou and Psycho Soldier teams will follow once i've done them. Still need to get around to doing the Sept. issue write up, will hopefully try to do that soon as well as a write up about the KOFXIII guide.

Kyo:
1. cr.B (x1/2) -> st.B -> (hcb+B/D) or (dp+C (one hit) -> drive cancel -> qcf+D -> rdp+B -> (rdp+BD) or (qcb,hcf+AC) )
2. close st.C -> qcf+D -> (hcb+D) or (rdp+B -> rdp+BD) or (qcb,hcf+AC) or (rdp+B -> qcb, hcf+A/C* -> rdp+D(corner).

*air version of orochinagi, not ground one.

Benimaru:
1. jump D -> (close st.D) or (cr.Bx1/2) -> (qcf+B/D~d,u+B/D) or (hcb,f+A/C) or (qcfx2+AC)
2. cr.B(x2/3) -> (qcf+B/D~d,u+B/D) or (qcfx2+AC)

Goro:
1. st.B -> dwnF+C -> qcb+B -> hcb,f+A/C
2. (corner) jump C -> close st.C -> dwnF+C -> qcb+B -> hcb,f+AC -> dwnF+C x3 -> hcf+A


Iori:
1. Close st.C -> f+A -> qcb+B -> drive cancel -> (qcb+A/C or (hcf+A/C -> attack)
2. (back close to corner/wall) hcf+A/C -> dp+C -> qcb+B -> qcb+A -> close st.C

Mature:
1. cr.B -> cr.A -> (qcb+A/C) or [qcb+AC -> Drive Cancel -> dp+A~A -> (qcb+B) or (opponent in corner: qcb+A/C -> qcb+A/C -> st.C)]
2. qcb+D -> close st.C -> qcb+B -> Drive Cancel -> qcb,hcf+B/D

Vice:
1. cr.Bx3 -> (qcb+A~qcf+A/C) or [hcf+BD -> close st.D -> f+A -> (hcb,f+A/C) or qcb+C~qcf+A/C)]
2. close st.D -> f+A -> qcb+AC -> (qcb+A~qcf+A/C) or (close st.D -> hcf+BD -> close st.D -> f+A -> hcb,f+A/C)

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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 Orochi Saga, KOF02um: Tougeki, and Neo Geo Heroes.

The main features of KOFXIII for this issue covers the basics of the game's system plus each of the character's Neomax supers.

This month's Maker's Hotline covers Neo Geo Heroes and a SNKP solitaire game, the featured product is regarding some sort of d-pad cover for the PSP. I'm guessing this is somewhat similar to the one released with another early PSP fighting game quite a few years back.

The other main KOFXIII feature for this issue covers a few of the team stories as well as the relationship chart between characters. Not being able to read enough Japanese i won't be able to explain what most of this is about unfortunately.

A command list for all characters is also included, i assume this is the same list featured on the official KOFXIII website. (Have not had the time to do a comparison thought it seems to be the full list.)

And as mentioned the character relationship chart:

Apologies again for the lateness of this write up, and how rushed it is this month.

Enjoy the rest of the pics!