* The system counter/reversal thing that was spammable in MI2 is no longer spammable. If you fuck up the counter, you're put into a Counter Hit state, which means you'll take in more damage if you're sloppy with the timing. This is good.
* General gameplay is slowed down. It's still fairly fast, but it doesn't run at crackspeed like MI2 does.
* Rolls don't suck as badly. You can actually play some mindgames with the forward roll now because it has extra invincibility frames you can use to dodge stuff.
* TWO BUTTON THROWS, use AC or BD to throw.
I only played Kyo Classic - I've noticed they reanimated some of his moves to look a bit different from Kyo Kusanagi.
Kyo C's f + B Stylish Art chain has been reanimated to use a lot of Kyo-1's old moves, starts with Kyo-1's f + B, then a roundhouse kick, then ends with Kyo-1's old
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Did they manage to get Falcon to keep his grubby hands off the game so that some GAMEPLAY DESIGNERS could actually tweak this game for tournament play? Maybe!
Everyone else, please post your first impressions here.