SEGA VS Fighting Games - "Better run home to mama now!"

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SEGA 60th Anniversary Autumn Great Thanksgiving Sale
Including VS Fighting Game 'Blade Arcus Rebellion From Shining'

SEGA Co., Ltd. is holding a "SEGA 60th Anniversary Autumn Great Thanksgiving Sale" for a limited time at a special price for some Nintendo Switch ™ / Nintendo 3DS titles on sale at the Japanese Nintendo eShop.
[Implementation period] Until 23:59 on November 23, 2020 (Monday)

Source : https://sega.jp/topics/201113_3/

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PS5 has a few great extra features for fighting game players and tournament setups
but also some potential problems

The PS5 allows users to turn off Bluetooth functionality completely which forces all players to use wired connections in order to play and is described specifically for eSports events.
Some may not see the immediate benefit of that, but you would if you ever ran into issues on the PS4.
It's not all great on that front, however.

Article : https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2020/nov/15/ps5-fighting-game-settings/

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Trivia : Sonic The Fighters came about because a developer was bored
and added Sonic and Tails to Fighting Vipers

Apparently, Sonic The Fighters was conceptualized thanks to a bored character designer known as Masahiro Sugiyama.
Seemingly for fun, he added Sonic and Tails to the arcade title, "Fighting Vipers."
Upon seeing this, Yu Suzuki was given the idea to pitch a 3D Sonic fighting game.
While it was initially believed that Yuji Naka wouldn't approve of the idea of Sonic characters beating one another up, he ended up actually encouraging the idea.

Source : https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2020/apr/12/sonic-fighters-came-about-because-developer-was-bored-and-added-sonic-and-tales-fighting-vipers-did-you-know-gamings-fighting-game-facts/

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Virtua Fighter to have a collaboration with Goonya Fighter for Nintendo Switch



Article : http://segabits.com/blog/2020/09/03/virtua-fighter-to-have-a-collaboration-with-goonya-fighter-for-nintendo-switch/

Arcade version of Goonya Fighter (APM3 Edition) will have Virtua Fighter characters too

Characters: Akira, Pai, Lau, Sarah, Wolf
Availability period : November 19, 2020 (Thursday) - November 18, 2021 (Thursday)

Source : https://sega.jp/topics/201119_1/

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Nintendo shuts down The Big House Online Super Smash Bros. event
with cease and desist

This decision came directly from The Big House Online using of illegally copied versions of the game in conjunction with a mod called “Slippi" to run its Melee bracket online.
As a result, Nintendo has levied a cease and desist for the entire event, including the Ultimate bracket. 

Article : https://dotesports.com/fgc/news/nintendo-shuts-down-the-big-house-online-super-smash-bros-event-with-cease-and-desist

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Happy 26 Years Anniversary, Virtua Fighter (Saturn) !

Virtua Fighter for the Sega Saturn was released on this day in Japan, 26 years ago (1994).
Virtua Fighter almost single-handedly sold the Saturn in Japan, but by the time it reached the West the port’s glitches and outdated graphics allowed the comparatively shallow Battle Arena Toshinden by Tamsoft to be built up as Sony’s Saturn killer for 1995.

Source : https://twitter.com/OnThisDayGaming/status/1330568338955788298?s=19
Article: http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/virtua-fighter/

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SEGA's DLC Awareness Survey 



Quote from SEGA:

"In order to deliver a better experience with our products and services, we are conducting a short 5-question survey about DLCs and bonuses. We would greatly appreciate it if you would take time to answer these few questions."

Survey link :  https://enq.sega.jp/orca/PA85619342

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SNK Atomiswave Arcade's VS Fighting Game Ports For Dreamcast

It looks like those SNK Atomiswave arcade ports continue to pour in for the SEGA Dreamcast, and it include lots of VS fighting games.
Some of them are from Sammy, including Rumble Fish that's later ported to the PlayStation 2 by SEGA.

Here's the list of SNK Atomiswave Arcade Ports' VS fighting games so far :

1. Rumble Fish
2. Rumble Fish 2
3. Hokuto no Ken / Fist of The North Star
4. Demolish Fist
5. The King Of Fighters NeoWave
6. Samurai Shodown VI
7. The King Of Fighters XI
8. Neogeo Battle Coliseum
9. Guily Gear X
10. Guilty Gear Isuka

Article: http://segabits.com/blog/2020/11/24/guilty-gear-isuka-and-rumble-fish-2-have-now-been-ported-to-sega-dreamcast/

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Eternal Champions – Special Edition

Eternal Champions Special Edition is an improvement patch to Eternal Champions on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.
Many changes have been made to the game including : adding Easy Overkills to all stages, nerfing some unbalanced moves, and Block routine has been slightly nerfed to allow for more fluid combos against computer opponents 

Link : https://billytime.com/eternal-champions-special-edition/

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Insane Akira's movement (with input display)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trr6COGLDHo

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Leffen: Nintendo has killed any hope for
the Super Smash Bros. scene to become a top level eSport

The Melee "god slayer" begins his nearly 17-minute rant with a reference to an anonymous TwitLonger post that went up on November 24.
The writer of this post claims to have spoken with individuals from various companies that have shared information regarding the ways Nintendo has stopped multiple potential Smash eSports endeavors with entities such as ELEAGUE, ESL, and MLG.

Source: https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2020/nov/27/leffen-nintendo-killed-smash-bros/

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Border Break Characters are Coming in "Goonya Fighter APM3 Edition"

SEGA has released the content download system for amusement facilities "ALL.Net P-ras MULTI Version 3" (hereinafter "APM3") under the development title "Goonya Fighter APM3 Edition Ver1.02" of MUTAN Co., Ltd.
From December 1, 2020 (Tuesday) to November 30, 2021 (Tuesday), the game characters from SEGA's full-scale robot action game "Border Break" will be introdeuced and playable.

Source : https://sega.jp/topics/201201_2/

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Dengeki Bunko FIGHTING CLIMAX IGNITION APM3 is Now Added to ALL.Net P-rasMULTI 3

"APM3" / "ALL.Net P-rasMULTI" is a content download system for arcade centers.
This service provides network services such as user data storage, ranking boards, player's sites, and inter-store communication
Currently the titles are these :

・ Puyo Puyo e-Sports Arcade
・ GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2
・ DEAD OR ALIVE 6
・ Tapping Skill Test
・ BLAZBLUE CROSS TAG BATTLE
・ Blade Strangers
・ Otoshu DX
・ Pengo! Online
・ Rolling Gunner
・ Umihara Kawase Fresh! forAC
・ Goonya Fighter APM3 Edition
・ Koihime † Enbu Ryo - Version 3
・ Dengeki Bunko FIGHTING CLIMAX IGNITION APM3 ⇒ NEW

Source : https://apm.sega.jp/ver3/storage/pdf/2020-12-07.pdf

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Virtua Fighter 1 Arcade Tournament using the Astro City Mini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0EqWywzkW0

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – The One-Winged Angel!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPxcE1dMqL8