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[ThirdMarioBro]

Tokyo Game Show Lineup
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THE KING OF FIGHTERS COLLECTION: THE OROCHI SAGA (Wii(tm), PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system)

METAL SLUG 7 (Nintendo DS(tm))

SNK ARCADE CLASSICS Volume 1 (PlayStation 2 system, PSP® system)

SAMURAI SHODOWN ANTHOLOGY (Wii(tm), PlayStation 2 system)

METAL SLUG 3 (Xbox LIVE® Arcade)

SAMURAI SHODOWN 2 (Xbox LIVE Arcade)

FATAL FURY (Wii(tm) Virtual Console(tm))

WORLD HEROES (Wii Virtual Console)

MAGICIAN LORD (Wii Virtual Console)

In addition to console titles, SNK PLAYMORE will also be announcing three new arcade titles at the Tokyo Game show:

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XII

KING OF FIGHTERS: MAXIMUM IMPACT REGULATION "A" 2

SAMURAI SHOWDOWN SEN (JAPANESE TITLE)
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SAMURAI SHOWDOWN ANTHOLOGY is going to be awesome, but it looks like outside of downloadable games, I'll be getting PS2 version across the board (for play on PS3). I know this time SNK won't break the Wii controls like they did with the Metal Slug Anthology, but I don't want my SNK games spread out over two consoles, and since everything else is available on PS2 (SNK Arcade Classics), I'll stick with Sony.

However, Nintendo & Microsoft will get all the download purchases. Now, what console is THE KING OF FIGHTERS XII eventually coming to, and PLEASE tell me the sprites will be in HD this time?


And Metal Slug 7? There is a God.

[Serp]

Is the Samurai Shodown Anthology coming to USA PS2?

[Krang]

I'm really looking forward to KOF XII, and I'm glad to hear about Metal Slug 7 and the various downloadables and compilations.

Now, what console is THE KING OF FIGHTERS XII eventually coming to
Probably PS2, but it might be ported to other consoles as well.

and PLEASE tell me the sprites will be in HD this time?
All of the sprites are being redone this time, so it's likely that they will be in HD.

Is the Samurai Shodown Anthology coming to USA PS2?
Yes, last I heard.

[ThirdMarioBro]

If the sprites are in HD this time, it would be such a waste to port it to the Ps2/Wii.

[Barkworm]

How could they be HD if they were on PS2 or Wii?

[Krang]

Unless "high definition sprites" is a new term that I'm unfamiliar with, I was going under the assumption that TMB was just referring to sprites with a higher resolution than normal so that they do not appear as pixelated (such as the ones in the Guilty Gear series). If so, this is something that can easily be accomplished on the PS2 or Wii (all that would be required is more memory), so it would not require a high-definition TV or support for one.

[Barkworm]

Oh okay, I thought you were referring to actual HD sprites like in the new SSFT II version.

[junkboy]

Actually for those HD sprites (or mostly good-looking sprites ) i do not think there is need for a HD tv or a ps3 -360. As said before Guilty Gears sprites really look cool still.
I am a huge Street Fighter fan and also a UDON comics fan. When i first learned that UDON was re-drawing the sprites i was excited as hell. ( tho when i started to see the artworks, my hunger went down a bit cause there were lots of mistakes in drawing )
whatever.. Know i see that a new HD sprite thing is starting for other 2D games too. I am a fighter fan, but one of those narrow minded types. I can not play any 3D fighting game. Just i do not have fun.
I was thinking to buy a 360 just for SSFII HD remix. ( I know there are lots of cool games on platform but i think i am not a big gamer as old times )
But then i slapped on my face , put my head inside a bucket of water. Regained my sanity...
Now i think i will go on to live 2D genre with Sega, PS2, Wii , Wii Virtual Console... And even Amiga500...

[Serp]

Yes, last I heard.

Oh yay!!!!!. That makes me so happy.

Do you think The 3D Samurai Showdown will come to PS2? and do you of this Taito Type X2 hardware that it will be on. I think its the same hardware as King Of Fighters Maximum Impact 2 Regulation A.

[Peanut]

I think I saw on Kotaku earlier that KOF is coming to PS3 and 360.

[Krang]

Do you think The 3D Samurai Showdown will come to PS2?
It's a little too early to tell, but if it's being ported to consoles anytime soon, it's likely that they will choose the PS2 over the PS3.

and do you of this Taito Type X2 hardware that it will be on. I think its the same hardware as King Of Fighters Maximum Impact 2 Regulation A.
Yep, KOF XII, Samurai Shodown Sen, and KOF: MIRA2 will all be on the Taito Type X2 arcade system. It's PC-based and looks pretty powerful.

I think I saw on Kotaku earlier that KOF is coming to PS3 and 360.
You're right, and depending on the release date of the home version, it seems possible. However, I'm not completely sure that the article had its facts straight, because it also claims that KOF won't be released in arcades until late 2009 and that the game will be a cel-shaded 3D fighting game (after the art director claimed last year that they are "hoping to make the ultimate 2D game"). I sure hope neither of those two are true...

[GK Punk]

I hope some of the more obscure SNK NeoGeo games get a release as well. Some of the ones I had the most fun with were the ones that weren't big hits.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I would count on it. Some pretty obscure stuff has been coming to the Virtual Console as of late.

[Serp]

Updates of the new 3D Samurai Shodown. Pictuers of somew older characters and Newer characters.

http://www.mmcafe.com/cgi-bin/imageboard/cbbs.cgi?mode=res&namber=2275&page=&no=0

and a few youtbe videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfbaknCw50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJmmI4RtRiU

and a poster

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b199/Edgar_Thomas_/sssen2112607.jpg

By the video's it looks okay. I'd have to play it at least once to determine if I really like it.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Looks like crap.