Tag Archives: Arcade

Japan’s awesome Super Mario 30th Anniversary items are worth envying

Posted on Aug 10, 2015 by Oliver Jameson

Nintendo have created a brand new line of goods to celebrate Mario’s 30th anniversary this year, and they’re far too cool to be confined to a crane machine! They’ll be available in Taito crane machines in arcades across Japan … Continue reading →

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Classic SEGA soundtracks are coming to vinyl and damn, they look good

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Oliver Jameson

Brand-new record label Data Discs will soon be releasing vinyl soundtracks for two SEGA classics, Streets of Rage and Shenmue. The two titles are hailed has having some of the most influential, or at least memorable of SEGA’s soundtrack collection, with Yuzo Koshiro‘s … Continue reading →

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There’s now a manga about Street Fighter champion Daigo Umehara at school

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Oliver Jameson

Yes, this is real life. Daigo ‘The Beast’ Umehara, holder of the Guiness World Record for “the most successful player in major tournaments of Street Fighter”, the man known by the Japanese media as “the god of 2D fighting games”, the man … Continue reading →

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A Hokuto no Ken tournament in 2015!?

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Oliver Jameson

It’s about time gloriously over-the-top arcade fighter Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star in the west, based on the 1984 manga of the same name) got some love, but I never expected it to be like this! Tokyo … Continue reading →