Topic: New Gundam Vs. title countdown

[Gotham Ranger]

[tornado fang] Yes.

[HokutoNoBen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GOKfEDynE0

Another teaser vid. No gameplay, but the intro IS spiffy.

Also....

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=19878040&postcount=64

Yeah...not even Jesus Yamato is as manly and godly as this guy.

[Protoman Blues]

Now if only I can get my Tallgeese II and Trieze! 

[HokutoNoBen]

Now if only I can get my Tallgeese II and Trieze! 

As much as I love Treize, and would like the opportunity to have him go against the elder Frost Brother from X, he should NOT be in before poor Quatre and Sandrock. One of the friggin main characters of W, and he couldn't even be added in w/ Wufei and Nataku in the Plus Port. That's shady right there! 

[Protoman Blues]

As much as I love Treize, and would like the opportunity to have him go against the elder Frost Brother from X, he should NOT be in before poor Quatre and Sandrock. One of the friggin main characters of W, and he couldn't even be added in w/ Wufei and Nataku in the Plus Port. That's shady right there! 

Haha, why not make him pilot the Wing Zero in Crazy Zero System mode!   

[HokutoNoBen]

Certainly would be nice, but then that would basically give rise to the notion that people will want the option to put whomever they want in whatever suit. And I doubt Capcom or Bamco are willing to be bothered with that much in the way of work (much less paying the seiyuu that much more in the way of additional lines).

Still, that would be so awesome, if only so that we could hear the likes of Amuro shouting out "SHINING FINGER" and the like! 

[OBJECTION MAN]

Crossbone?  [tornado fang]ing. SOLD.

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[Protoman Blues]

Certainly would be nice, but then that would basically give rise to the notion that people will want the option to put whomever they want in whatever suit. And I doubt Capcom or Bamco are willing to be bothered with that much in the way of work (much less paying the seiyuu that much more in the way of additional lines).

Still, that would be so awesome, if only so that we could hear the likes of Amuro shouting out "SHINING FINGER" and the like! 

I mean, Quatre's best line in the show came from when he was in the Wing Zero...

"You're afraid of dying, aren't you guys?  In that case....YOU SHOULDN'T BE FIGHTING AT ALL!"

But yeah, it would be pretty awesome.  They did it with DW: Gundam 2.

[HokutoNoBen]

I mean, Quatre's best line in the show came from when he was in the Wing Zero...

"You're afraid of dying, aren't you guys?  In that case....YOU SHOULDN'T BE FIGHTING AT ALL!"

Yeah, I remember that.

Still amuses me how, some how, Quatre was able to just lie low for a while, and builds an uber Gundam with a wack-ass piloting system, seemingly with little to no outside help. I mean, granted, he was wealthy. But where was able to even secure the resources necessary to BUILD such a thing? 

But yeah, it would be pretty awesome.  They did it with DW: Gundam 2.

To be fair, smaller roster of characters in DWG2. That's why this thing worked in a number of the past Gundam Vs. titles, because the overall cast was smaller.

Now we stand to be getting a roster that could be STARTING in the 50s, this game. That'd be a whole lot of script writing and voice acting to have done... 

[Protoman Blues]

Yeah, I remember that.

Still amuses me how, some how, Quatre was able to just lie low for a while, and builds an uber Gundam with a wack-ass piloting system, seemingly with little to no outside help. I mean, granted, he was wealthy. But where was able to even secure the resources necessary to BUILD such a thing? 

Hey, his family isn't called Winner for nothing!   

And his family HANDLED the resources, plus owned a colony or two I'm sure.  He's clearly "Wing Zero" pimpin' rich!   

[HokutoNoBen]

New report that sheds a bit more light.

Namco Bandai announced its new Gundam VS arcade game at the AOU arcade event on Friday. The full name of the game is "Gundam Extreme VS." Extreme versus what?

Actually, the "Extreme" part of the title appears to be the theme for the game's development. Producer Ryuichiro Baba, speaking at a stage event at the show promised "extreme evolution" for the series with the new title.

The first area of evolution is in the game's graphics. Previous titles have run on the PlayStation 2-based System 246 board. The new game ups the horsepower to the PlayStation 3-based System 357 board.

Namco Bandai shared some images of the game with the press. It's unclear if these are actual screens or concept images.

The basics of the game will remain the same, with a standard eight-way joystick and four button setup along with the 2on2 gameplay for which the VS series is known. According to a report at Impress Watch, the game will focus on ground-based combat and do away with space combat. Baba said to expect additional functionality appropriate of the "Extreme Evolution" theme.

Expected of any Gundam game, Namco Bandai is already making a big fuss over the new Mobile Suit additions. Baba said to expect a number of Mobile Suits that have not appeared in past VS titles. The Impress Watch report claims to have seen Zudah from MS IGLOO and Crossbone Gundam X1 from Crossbone Gundam in in the AOU trailer. Both of these would be firsts for the series.

Gundam Extreme VS is set for Fall 2010 release. However, players will get an early chance at the title through location tests, which Baba said to expect for the summer.

- http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/02/23/gundam_extreme_vs/

Well, no hope of 0G combat for us. Ah well...

On the other hand, if they're really making that much of a fuss over the fact that they've got so much more horsepower to play with, I wouldn't be surprise if that would effectively close the book on a PSP port altogether. But we'll see...

[Protoman Blues]

I'm looking forward to using the Crossbone.

[HokutoNoBen]

I'm looking forward to using the Crossbone.

On that note, I wonder if Seabook will be able to join Char in having two different aliases of himself in the same game (since Seabook was in CrossBone too, as Kincaid). That should make for interesting dialogue....

[Protoman Blues]

Maybe Judau can make an appearance from V Gundam.

[HokutoNoBen]

Time again for another update, ladies and germs!

Pics:
http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/3351/file2308.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7119/up7037.jpg
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/7840/up7038.jpg

Release Date: (Arcade, of course)

At the earliest late September~October. Seems like there is a bundle for the game + SYSTEM357 in December as well?


IC Card System:

Essentially the same thing as SF4 Arcade's card system.

- Battle Records
- Replays
- Ranking

You can also do the following with your card (along with a cellphone, seems like):

- Event battles
- Unlock Questionnaire
- Tags
- Selecting your operator
- Selecting BGM
- Changing your nickname
- Changing your Gauge Layout (<- O_o???)


System Changes:

- Awaken System is back in
- No Cost Over
- Overall Cost Gauge have been reduced back to 1000. (So the cost will probably work like the SEED VS series)
- No Assist (?)
- Melee, Guard, BD can all be cancelled (With.......stepping? Seems like? Maybe I interpreted this wrong, but either way, ND is back in some form, or rather....Step Cancel?)


New Units:

Well, at least, new units that are SEEN in the poster: (But of course, let's hold our horses and wait for clearer pics >_>)

- Infinite Justice (SEED DESTINY)
- Full Armor ZZ (ZZ)
- Gun-EZ (Victory)
- Either Masarao or Suwanoo (00)
- Crossbone X1 (Crossbone)
- Dragon Gundam (G)
- Forbidden (SEED)
- Astray Red Frame (SEED Astray)
- Gunner ZAKU Warrior Lunamaria (SEED DESTINY)
- Gouf Ignited (SEED DESTINY)
- LaGOWE (SEED)
- Heavyarms Custom (EW Ver) (I THINK I see that, not sure)
- Cherudim Gundam (00)

Extreme Burst:

- Essentially the new awaken system
- Activated by pressing all 3 buttons when the EX Gauge is full (So I guess assists are totally gone)
- For a certain amount of time, your unit will be powered up.
- For example: Using Extreme Burst on God = Meikyo Shisui, Extreme Burst on 00 = TRANS-AM, etc.

Extreme Action:

NEXT Dash is carried over from NEXT, so you can use it to cancel various actions, except for melee? (And I wonder if they will keep the regular BD for untransformable units?)

You can only cancel melee attacks with stepping now, instead of ND. So in a sense, Step Cancel is in, except not in the sense of the AvZ series.


The CPU battles looks to have been expanded as well............and Regnant as boss!

Dragon, Crossbone and RED FRAME make me VERY VERY HAPPY. As well as all the new additions! Good to see Next Dash lives on, as well!

[Protoman Blues]

Ooooooooh the FAZZ as well.  Nice! 

Lou will be extremely happy with the Astray Red Frame as well. 

[HokutoNoBen]

http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/258/258961/

New Direct feed screens, ho!

Oh, wheee, those models look nice! 

[HokutoNoBen]

The first loke test has already begun. And here are some vids!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFRm4dfc-ek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5lUvMWv7yQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZi_8YuPX9k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGrbWFXkUI

Crossbone looks fantastic. And the overall presentation itself looks awesome, not to mention the same great gameplay that made GvGNEXT a joy to play has only been made more interesting.

Boost Related:
- BD-ing in any direction will cost you the same amount of boost. (aka, BD-ing backwards won't eat more of your boost)
- However, if you BD too much (as in, double tapping the c button repeatedly) won't get you much air time, as it will drain your boost like crazy.
- For example, the top tier units (560/530 cost units) can only manage 4 cancels before they run out of boost.
- Unlike NEXT, your BD Gauge doesn't recover in an instant. So I guess it's back to the old way, albeit it recovers faster?
- It seems like you will be able to perform an action right after you land, unlike NEXT.
- However, if you perform an action right after a landing, your boost won't recover until you stop?

Extreme Burst Related:
- Again, pressing all 3 buttons when the gauge is full will activate Extreme Burst.
- Units will special attacks during Extreme Burst can access them by pressing abc again during the burst.

00 has Raiser Sword for its special attack. METEOR Full Burst for Strike Freedom. Cherudim will deploy all of its bits.

It may be a long-ass wait until I get to control Crossbone for myself, but I'll be damned if this game probably is looking to be best Gundam game yet....

[Protoman Blues]

Ooooooh, I cannot wait for this game.

[HokutoNoBen]

Feels like another bump...!

http://a.imageshack.us/img843/7372/1282915133535.jpg
http://a.imageshack.us/img163/1649/1282922223321.jpg

A "Mystery Gundam" was unveiled for Gundam Extreme VS. Reports would later come out that the unit is a 100% original designed for the game. "Turn Omega" is the name.

Other Gundam announcements for the game include:

Acguy
Qubeley MkII Puru 2
Messala
Providence
Sinanju
Tallgeese 3
"Extreme Gundam"
and another original "Nuclear Gundam"

Here some more loke vids for you to watch.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRuXd2Ucy08
Red Frame gameplay, at the end you can see a bit of Unicorn Destroy Mode too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sm9THEQRp8
Dragon Gundam about halfway in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hBxH-mAvBA
Lunamaria's ZAKU about 2 minutes in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKzsXgKxpzg
Heavyarms Custom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6RZ3lXSUI0
00, Crossbone X1, Turn A, Gouf Custom

[Protoman Blues]

Ooooooooooh. When does this come out again?

[TheOnly]

Me being on a cellphone...for what system is it for?

[HokutoNoBen]

Ooooooooooh. When does this come out again?

In arcades? Next month. Try asking that question again next year for the more obvious question!

Me being on a cellphone...for what system is it for?

Specifically? Namco System 357, which is an arcade board that could be basically described as a PS3 in an arcade cabinet.

Since the game has no real chance of leaving Japan, the likeliness of it having a PS3 port some time in the future is high. Until then, Capcom and Bamco are more concerned with making that money in the arcades for like the next year's worth of time...

[Protoman Blues]

In arcades? Next month. Try asking that question again next year for the more obvious question!

Yeah, I meant in arcades. I'm hoping Chinatown Fair manages to get this thing....somehow! 

[HokutoNoBen]

Yeah, I meant in arcades. I'm hoping Chinatown Fair manages to get this thing....somehow! 

The only bad thing is that even if you DO get the game, there's still the thing of how the Extreme Vs. rigs MUST maintain a connection to Bamco's servers in order to even work. So you figure the entry fee, and then that additional cost...