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Hype Spotting 24/25 March

Let’s get something straight here – that handheld you may have seen floating about that looks like an iPhone hackjob, well, in my crass opinion, it is a hackjob. It’s licensed by SNKP – it’s not made by SNKP.  The same guys making this have made a portable nintendo/SNES.  If anything, it will be able [...]

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When KOF XIII came out, I bought it for both consoles as I wanted to play whichever had the best netcode. However, it turned out to be more a case of play the one that your friends are on. This turned out to be PSN, and I found a 4 bar connection and was quite [...]

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3 parts. More Saiki, Joe, Liz and Benimaru fun as Romance and Bala try to kill each other as quickly as possible in a battle to a five point win.

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Dramatic change in skill, here’s a sample! Final Match of the tournament right here!!! To see the rest, visit the thread update by Toxico here

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We did stream a few workshops on beating tactics and learning characters, so here are a few highlights if you missed em. Yuri’s dive kick   Kula’s ray spin Watch live video from gunsmith_on on Justin.tv Watch live video from gunsmith_on on Justin.tv   Kensou’s anti air Watch live video from gunsmith_on on Justin.tv There [...]

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North American and Asian Territories can now purchase the colour unlock DLC on PSN and XBL, meaning that grinding is no longer necessary, this is a bonus for those who play on both systems. It costs $3 or 240 MS points. It should be available for EU owners shortly.

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Dreamcancel posted up the latest episode of the Atlus tutorials for KOF XIII.  Running at 8 mins, they talk about the different types of characters and how they could be used.  Another video you want to show your friends who are interested in the game but still worried about the depth and complexity that KOF [...]

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With the hand cam and the sounds of surprise, it’s quite fun to watch.  In the first match, he gets almost wiped out by a strong Maxima, and is left with Hwa Ja…  I was saving this for the ON Show, but I gotta do the hoovering today :3  Enjoy! More footage is available at [...]

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No17 has uploaded the matches to Nico Nico, and SMOAI has uploaded them to Youtube. We get to see a good range of characters, from Chin, Kensou to Ryo and Mr Karate. But the best thing about this tournament is … that the level of play is quite similar to the rest of the world.  [...]

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Outphase1984 uploaded the following combos by [CS KOF13] This perhaps seems to be the easiest stun combo for Kyo.  Quite worrying, really!  Don’t forget how the shortcuts make it much easier. Then they go into Nests Iori and recover the empty aoi hana rekka semi infinite combo.  Semi because it relied on an empty drive bar. [...]

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The Duolon Guide by HardEdge now has been added to the Duolon thread.  For those looking how to manipulate his tough-and-stretchy-not-unlike-out-of-date-Asian-food-limbs, here it is: OutPhase1984 uploaded a Japanese video of Mr Karate to show what he can do and what he can’t, which should be very useful as many spammers are trying to use and [...]

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This is going to be quite hard to watch for some, because things could have been so different if they just didn’t DROP THAT COMBO!!!! Grand finals at 1:17… shocking stuff. Watch live video from IPLAYWINNER on Justin.tv Now in my humble opinion, there is no “getting back in the lab”.  All that combo practice [...]

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As you know, No17‘s console tournament took place yesterday and he’s uploaded one video of how it looked inside the venue, with 7 set ups on a variety of consoles and TVs.  It’s a rare chance to see a KOF console tournament in Japan, the players and the sticks they use …  hopefully matches will [...]

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Bugle’s notes, Humbag’s combo video and Cross Counter’s Tutorial have been added to the Mr Karate Guide.  Check it out!

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ON | Cristina is looking for training, sparring and challenges while she visits Hong Kong. Arriving 21st Jan, she’ll be there till February 10th. If you’re in HK and want to play some KOF XIII, get in touch! We also are proud to announce our newest member:  UK player and PSN Global Rank #5, Mature, [...]

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Skillionaire is a tournament that has been run at least eight times now with some love for the older and more obscure games such as Real Bout 2 and Vampyre Saviour.  This warrants automatic support. Location: Next Level Arcade 4013 8th Avenue (In-between 40th and 41st street) Brooklyn, NY 11232 So if you’re in the [...]

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I guess Saturday is Korea day! http://www.twitch.tv/cafeid streaming KOF XIII now, live from Korea!

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