Jap arcades stats: most played

D · Post by D » Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:38 pm

Arcadia Magazine updated the classification of the games most played in the rooms of Japanese arcade for January.
In the category "plays on traditional terminals", Mobile Follows Gundam: Union Vs ZAFT still remain and always at the head and obviously only which will be able the détroner it will be its successor scheduled for July. Five plays of baston occupy the following places with in the odre Tekken 5 DR., Guilty Gear XX Slash, Hokuto No Ken, The King of Fighters XI and Melty Blood Act Cadenza. And yes Ken is played more than KOF XI! Only shoot' EM up in the classification dominated by the plays of baston is ESP Galuda II with the huitièeme place.
To note the return in strength of Street Fighter III Third Strike in the classification.

In the category "plays on dedicated terminals", the play with the charts to collect Sangokushi Taisen in version 1.11 is first. The sets of musics of Konami DrumMania V2, Pop' N Music 13 Carnival, Beatmania IIDX12 HAPPY SKY and GuitarFreaks Konami are very well placed. A classification dominated by the plays of mahjonng, charts with collectioner and plays of music, the only play of race etant Mario Kart Arcade GP with the 10eme place. When in the gunshootings like Cobra the Arcade, they do not appear in the classification.

Plays on generic terminals:

1 Mobile Follows Gundam: Union Vs ZAFT
2 Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection
3 Guilty GEAR XX Slash
4 Hokuto No Ken
5 The King of Fighters XI
6 Melty Blood Act Cadenza
7 Street Fighter III Third Strike
8 Esp Galuda II
9 The King of Fighters 2002
10 Super Dragon Ball Z

Plays on dedicated terminals:
1 Sangokushi Taisen (Worm 1.11)
2 Mah-Jongg Club 4
3 DrumMania V2
4 Pop' N Music 13 Carnival
5 Quest of D 2.0
6 Beatmania IIDX12 HAPPY SKY
7 GuitarFeaks V2
8 Sega Mah-jongg MJ3
9 WORLD CLUB Champion Football European Clubs 2004-2005
10 Mario Kart Arcade GP

link (French):
http://www.neo-arcadia.com/News/voir_ne ... n=voirtout

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:39 pm

Boo hoo, Happy sky is ranked 6th?!

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:38 pm

Ok....so we've got 9 fighting games and....Espgaluda 2?

Triple Lei · Post by **Triple Lei** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:03 pm

I'm amazed that -

- Tekken 5: DR is so high up (cool)
- Virtua Fighter is nowhere to be found (thought it would be there somewhere...)
- Street Fighter III: Third Strike is still being played

Maybe I should actually download those Hokuto no Ken vids at hameko.net to see what it's like...

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:45 pm

3rd strike still going strong.. \m/

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:51 pm

Warms my heart. 3rd Strike rules!!!

Pa

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:59 pm

I decided at some point that Third Strike is the only fighter I need. I haven't missed the others at all since selling them.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:45 pm

At least IIDX Happy Sky is ranked above Guitar Freaks V2. Maybe the operator of my local arcade will take note and get a IIDX machine since GF/DM is really popular here. Look! Get a IIDX machine and it will do better than GF!

I can only dream...

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:26 pm

- Virtua Fighter is nowhere to be found (thought it would be there somewhere...)

VF4 is about a 5 year old game now. Even when Final Tuned came out, it was still "old". It didn't drag too many people in. Wait until March or whenever VF5 comes out. It will crush everything, just like 4 did. Game Operators should sell their Tekken 5 cabs now.

What's impressive is that ESPGaluda II is on there at all. It's going up against versus games, which traditionally suck in way more credits than a shooter.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:42 pm

professor ganson wrote:I decided at some point that Third Strike is the only fighter I need. I haven't missed the others at all since selling them.

Samurai Shodown IV > 3rd Strike.... there, I said it.

Dandy J · Post by **Dandy J** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:10 pm

Yeah there have been so many new games, and VF4s lifespan ended awhile ago, especially with VF5 coming out within the next few (several?) months.

I'm pleastantly suprised to see ESPG2 up there with the fighting games.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:07 pm

Nothing really surprising there compared to previous stats besides VF getting knocked out. Gundam is always near tops. KOF is always on there. Guilty Gear is always on there. The newest shooter is often on there. You'd expect Hokuto no Ken to be on there. If a 13-year-old beat-em-up like Tenchi wo Kurau II can still make the top 10, nothing else really seems surprising...

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:11 pm

Acid King wrote: Samurai Shodown IV > 3rd Strike.... there, I said it.

Bold words. But I'll raise you a Sam Sho 3 > every other SS.

It took me roughly a year to like 3rd Strike. Aesthetically, the game's bland. It may seem odd, but the backgrounds and music of a fighter matter to me as much as the gameplay does.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:01 pm

LoneSage wrote:
It took me roughly a year to like 3rd Strike. Aesthetically, the game's bland. It may seem odd, but the backgrounds and music of a fighter matter to me as much as the gameplay does.

I agree with you there. I find the backgrounds in 3rd Strike to be pretty dull. Street Fighter Alpha 2 & 3 and Garou Mark Of The Wolves had incredible backgrounds.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:05 pm

Acid King wrote:
professor ganson wrote:I decided at some point that Third Strike is the only fighter I need. I haven't missed the others at all since selling them.
Samurai Shodown IV > 3rd Strike.... there, I said it.

Hmmm, I actually have Samurai Shodown II-- forgot about that. But haven't played IV.

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:55 pm

IV had a feeling of "been there, done that". It feels like SS3.5 to me; I'd say the best thing about IV is the inclusion of the new characters. What I found odd is that instead of fixing the balance, SNK just added another health bar. Still a good game, but with all the previous games until then, each installment had been such a drastic leap from the previous one.

But SS3, that game is poetry in motion. Still one of the most beautiful games I've ever seen.

janrodricks · Post by **janrodricks** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:56 am

Has anyone here played Pop'n Music?

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:29 am

I have. Only up to 8 though.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:47 am

I've played Pop'n ONCE at an arcade, I think it might have been 11th. Needless to say I couldn't press the right buttons since I've never touched a Pop'n control panel in my life. Failed the easiest song.

I might just pick up some of the Konami Best re-releases and build my own controller, should be an even simpler job than IIDX.

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:17 am

Would've liked to see more Neo stuff, but at least KoF 2002's in there. Also nice to see 3rd Strike up there (not too surprised hehe), but where are Marvel vs Capcom 2, and Capcom vs SNK 2?

Dandy J · Post by **Dandy J** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:01 am

superhitachi4 wrote:where are Marvel vs Capcom 2, and Capcom vs SNK 2?

CvS2 died out shortly after SBO3 switched it for CFJ (which barely stayed alive, only for SBO3). Japan doesn't play marvel.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:59 am

LoneSage wrote:
Acid King wrote: Samurai Shodown IV > 3rd Strike.... there, I said it.
Bold words. But I'll raise you a Sam Sho 3 > every other SS.

It took me roughly a year to like 3rd Strike. Aesthetically, the game's bland. It may seem odd, but the backgrounds and music of a fighter matter to me as much as the gameplay does.

Explains why like SSIII so much, that game is absolutely gorgeous both visually and aurally. It plays MUCH better than most people think as well. Kind of a shame that while SSIV and SSV made gameplay changes and additions the number (and quality) of backgrounds and music variety still hasn't topped SSIII.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:22 pm

superhitachi4 wrote:Would've liked to see more Neo stuff, but at least KoF 2002's in there. Also nice to see 3rd Strike up there (not too surprised hehe), but where are Marvel vs Capcom 2, and Capcom vs SNK 2?

3rd Strike is certainly better than those for competitive play. Might be also that CvS2 has good homeports on DC and PS2. I've heard the same as Dandy J about the Japanese not liking MvC2 - can't blame them, game is almost as bad as Xmen vs. Streetfighter in terms of ridiculous combos, balance etc.

SSIII has great atmosphere, love it for its corniness if not gameplay. A must own.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:28 pm

im totally objective here since i dont play fighters, but 3rd strike is definetly the fighter that gets the most play in my arcade, its on non-stop pretty much..

MvC2, MOTW, Tekken tag and guilty gear ??? get alot of play aswell, but nowhere near as much as 3s...

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:49 pm

Neon wrote:I've heard the same as Dandy J about the Japanese not liking MvC2 - can't blame them, game is almost as bad as Xmen vs. Streetfighter in terms of ridiculous combos, balance etc.

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was pretty well-liked there, it's just a matter of the game's age. The Dreamcast port was out in Japan back before the arcade version even came over to the US to put it in perspective.

It's definitely lasted longer here though. Hell I wish I still had the URL for that Japanese site that was still finidng new tricks in Fatal Fury Special. That has to be one of the most fun fighters ever made.