Arc System Works talks Blazblue, DLC regret and a new Guilty Gear!?

Just caught wind of this interview from PLAYMagazine with two of the top guys at ARC Toshimichi Mori (BlazBlue producer) and Daisuke Ishiwatari (Guilty Gear director). I must say that...I have NO IDEA what to think about Daisuke's comments on Guilty Gear being such a huge fan. Not to long ago in another interview with EuroGamer he mentions this statement that shocked the crap out of me.

"Guilty Gear got too hardcore for some people, so we wanted to reset the level of entrance. BlazBlue was the answer to it. Also, the generation of Guilty Gear players has become a certain age – maybe a little bit too old for playing games. So making that reset brings in a new generation of fighting game players. Then they will be with us for the next few years."

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And now in this latest interview with PLAYMagazine he mentions:

PLAY: Are there any plans for Guilty Gear at the moment?
DI: [laughs] Do you want to play a new Guilty Gear? If you say so I will make one.

PLAY: Do you think with games like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and more making a big impact the time is right for a new Guilty Gear?
DI: I can’t tell you when it’s going to be, not because it’s a secret, but because we just don’t know. I’m worried that we’ll catch this wave of the fighting game rise too late. It’s a difficult thing to see the timing and make a good game. It will be within this century [laughs].

Ugh...Daisuke...PLEASE don't troll like Ono and Street Fighter 4. As a huge fan and a Guilty Gear player myself I'd love to see another Guilty. It's been far to long as I'm a bit shaky on the new stance of fighting games these days. I used to have a big time gripe with Street Fighter 4 until I actually sat down and learned the higher points of its engine, not to mention the deeper aspects of the game such as frame traps and option selects. So I can say my interest has been revitalized.

None the less, I still hope and pray they release a new Guilty Gear in the future. I could care less if I'm in my 30's trying to relive my glory days of my youth playing this game in my early 20's. No matter what I'll always enjoy Guilty Gear. Oh well...a man can dream can't he?

Let me dream~

Fighting Games and Fighting? MvC3~

Its truly amazing sometimes how fighting game events can get so serious so fast. As a player, I understand that hype and shit talk bring to the atmosphere of the events and creates some serious competition. Why? Who wants to lose to the guy who just talked down to you? It's more rewarding to beat him and make'em look like the biggest fool on the planet for doubting your skills. Below is a display of this kind of atmosphere gone wrong featuring old school Marvel head Eric "Smooth Viper" and UVG Noel Brown.



Smooth Viper's Rebuttle and a brief insight on the history of Marvel 2 and shit talk.



There's always two sides to a story so perhaps UVG Noel Brown will post up his rebuttal on the situation at hand? Or will there be no rebuttal until after the race to 5 wins happens? Just have to wait and see~

Moon Diver!!

This game has truly taken me by storm! From the creator of the old school title Strider comes a new generation and evolution of game play while still paying homage to its predecessor. I've been playing the demo and it's truly something else. Great visuals, fast paced music, I mean everything sets the mood perfectly so far as I can tell. Maybe I'm just a big fanboy of these kind of games haha, but I will say I'm thankful for the creator of Strider to bring this out. It's been far to long for a game of this type to come out. Surprisingly though, its published by Square-Enix...? Go figure huh

Anime Matsuri is OVER

After a long weekend helping out at Anime Matsuri I'm finally able to make a post about it. But its mainly just a re-cap of the tournament side of things written by Chris Chou tournament organizer.

Check it out

Planet Zero's Marvel vs Capcom 3 Weekly Winner is Yours Truly

Pretty fun tournament overall to kick start my weekend last week. I'm still very torn about this game and how it works but oh well, I'll get the hang of it better sooner or later haha. If you can't tell, I'm extremely confused as to how I even won this thing with how random that game is lol. Oh yeah, I think Chris Chou will be uploading the end of the tournament on his youtube account soon enough and I'll check back in here and put it up for your viewing pleasure...or laughter...which ever suites the situation at hand for you~

http://www.examiner.com/arcade-game-in-houston/pz-marvel-vs-capcom-3-weekly-results-for-3-11-11

The Oatmeal Book Signing

Here at Brazos Bookstore for a book signing with Matthew Inman aka The Oatmeal. I have no book to get signed but I figure it'd be cool to at least meet the man behind the madness.

Game Scan Tv Nights into Dreams!

The guys over at Game Scan Tv featured me in their FIRST episode for the website about a nostalgic game known as Nights into Dreams for the Sega Saturn. Just a quick rundown of who they are; Game Scan Tv is a new gaming webseries that brings indepth analysis of new and retro games made for gamers by gamers. They're off to a great start and I'd like to give a great big thanks to them for taking the time to do this interview!

Check it out~