Arcana Heart 3

[Anonymous No.]

Playstation store is back online. Now you can buy AH3.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/06/01/playstation-store-is-available-and-updated-now/

Have you practiced your combos today?

[Anonymous No.]

Is it really?

[Anonymous No.]

I'm always practicing.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

Ohhh boy I'm so gonna buy AH3 and the new CONTRA HARD CORPS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Po2bi3nDg

[Anonymous No.]

Too bad the store is being autistic. Errors fucking everywhere.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7426373
>buy Hard Corps: Uprising
DON'T DO IT!

[Anonymous No.]

Now I can finally finish Tyria's cosmosphere!

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>7426406
Please don't say the new Contra game turned out to be bad. It would break my heart.

[Anonymous No.]

Are there free Capcom avatars? I want to get the Hinata avatar from Rival Schools.

[Anonymous No.]

But I already bought the Japanese version ages ago.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7426412
It's garbage

[Anonymous No.]

>>7426412
Eh, I thought it was ok, they made it ridiculously easy-modo with the custom options.
Just stick to playing arcade mode 1cc no-hit run to make it feel like contra.

[Anonymous No.]

Too bad no one plays this pedophile game except for pedophiles.

Enjoy having to learn the game while the game dies in few months.

oh wait the game is already dead

[Anonymous No.]

>>7426573
>pedophile game
>tits everywhere

[Anonymous No.]

I'm gonna ask this here since /v/ is shit.

What doujin/indie games on the PSN store are /jp/-approved? I'm considering Acceleration of Suguri X-Edition and Gundemonium Collection, but I'd like to know if those are any good and if there are any others I should consider.

[Chardo No.]

>>7426573

I play ranked everyday, game feels fairly alive to me.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm getting an error. Liar.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7426573
You're thinking of DOA.

[Anonymous No.]

PSN still doesn't want my money

[Sudo !Tohsaka8ks No.]

>>7426950
Keep trying. I got a few errors trying to redeem my L.A. Noire DLC codes, the servers are getting hammered.

[speedlolita !!orUWjkndL6k No.]

>>7426893
Those both suck. Best shit on JP PSN are JP PS1 games.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7426965
I got Suguri anyway because "looks like Senko no Ronde" + $6 meant that I couldn't go wrong with buying it. Probably.

Not like JP PSN store is up anyway.

[Anonymous No.]

Probably would buy it, but I have already preordered the EU version, so I might have to wait another month.
A tough choice, but I believe it will be the most satisfying one in the end.

[speedlolita !!orUWjkndL6k No.]

>>7426993
Owning the game since January like myself is obviously superior.

PAL games are poverty.

yfw my copy is still sealed. Play it on PC like a man.

[Anonymous No.]

How do you even access PSN stores outside of your region?
And even if you did, are all of it,100% compatible? I mean, some services aren't provided in all areas so I figure it wouldn't work. And the reason these dumb region things even exists is because of liscenses isn't that right? So can one expect everything to actually work?
Also Why doesn't Castlevania Symphony of the Night exist on the EU network? Might as well pirate it I guess, the way they go out of their way to make it obnoxious to get through official methods.

[speedlolita !!orUWjkndL6k No.]

>>7427008
You got on the appropriate region site and make an account there. Dur.

I have 2 EU, 1 US and 1 JP account. Then you use prepaid cards to buy shit.

[Anonymous No.]

wait is Europe the only one doing free shit?

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>7426993
>>original Japanese artbook

I have never even seen this in a US release ever. Pretty awesome.

[speedlolita !!orUWjkndL6k No.]

>>7427020
Not really.

They're shit compared to actual art books. There's like 20 pages long and as big as the game case.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>7427021
Check the pic again. But yes, that's true for US releases.

Apparently they actually put effort in premium editions over in EU though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7427021
That one doesn't look like it's 20 pages long to me. In fact, it looks just like the one from the JP version. Of course, they may put a different artbook in the actual product, but that's a bit too much of a dick move.

[speedlolita !!orUWjkndL6k No.]

>>7427033
My friend has the AH3 JP LE and the art book is pretty crap. If it's 144 pages, then it may indeed be the actual art book that you'd have to buy separately.

The guys who publish these games in the UK also did BlazBlue and the £17 PS3/360 Limited Edition they did came with the same art book as my friend's £100 BBCS JP LE.

They organised an event with Mori (BB) and Ishitawa (GG) in London where I got my JP BBCS and JP GGX signed. Pretty cool.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7427021
But this one is 144 pages long and as big the case for the package. (that is bigger than the actual game case)

[speedlolita !!orUWjkndL6k No.]

>>7427041
Yeah I saw that.

Grats to Zen Publishing then. I don't care about that tat anyway.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7426993
>using mouse pads
>2011

No seriously, why, it's not like they use balls anymore.

Also will that ship to America?

[speedlolita !!orUWjkndL6k No.]

>>7427048
No.

You could probably import it from somewhere though, maybe eBay.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>7427048
That's true. I've been using a piece of paper with scribbles on it for the past week.

But you gotta admit that mousepads are nice to look at. I'd use the Mei-Fang one because I like her.

[speedlolita !!orUWjkndL6k No.]

>>7427059
Got a Razer Mantis so meh.

AH3 sucks anyway. lolol

[Anonymous No.]

>>7427048
>Also will that ship to America?
>>7427049
>No.
Actually, it will. The shipping to America is rather huge though for some reason.
One is to be grateful that the original game is so cheap though. I mean, in the UK you actually get this version of the game for a cheaper price than most regular games, only that this is a rather huge special edition bundle.
It is still semi-cheap for other EU folks. But for America I suppose it is a price more similair to other huge special edition packs. Think SC2's limited edition or something.

[Anonymous No.]

fapfapfapfap

[Anonymous No.]

>>7427063
>48.95

But it's still not that much total...

[Chardo No.]

nice guide to AH3 if anyone cares and if your moon-runes-fu is high.

http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga&illust_id=15374919

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>Sub Total: $67.97
>>Delivery: $48.95
>>Total: $116.92

Oh god, that shipping. I'm so conflicted.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7427070
And in case it is not, here is the same thing, translated.
http://arcana.mizuumi.net/images_ah/tutorial.zip
http://arcana.mizuumi.net/wiki/Tutorial

Not really the best guide there is, but it is a bit funny I guess.

[Anonymous No.]

Can we actually sign up for PSN yet or is that part still down?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7427072
The worst part of all this is that in a month and a half I have to go to England on business (Yay, being forced to oversee server installation) so if I wait, it is literally cheaper for me to fly to England and pick it up than to get it shipped.

>>7427070
>>7427077
Hey speaking of tutorials is there a decent guide to Arcana Heart out there? I'm remember futzing around with the original but I'd like to try really hard to and go from terrible to average with this one.

[Anonymous No.]

>I'd like to try really hard to and go from

> I'd like to try really hard to go from

Where the heck did that and sneak in from?

[Anonymous No.]

age

[Anonymous No.]

>>7426360
Ok... have the script kiddies that said they were going to attack sony again once the store is brought back online done their stupid shit?

Also, how much time do I have to get my free wipeout HD?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7427416
>>7427454
Best source of info is probably at
http://arcana.mizuumi.net/wiki/Main_Page

[Anonymous No.]

>PSN back up
>Can't think of a cool online ID.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7429262
Cockmaster98

[Anonymous No.]

>>7427416
There is always this.
Main Wiki:
http://arcana.mizuumi.net/wiki/Main_Page

Stuff:
http://mizuumi.net/2011/03/05/a-starters-guide-to-arcana-heart-3-part-1/
http://mizuumi.net/2011/03/20/a-starter%E2%80%99s-guide-to-arcana-heart-3-part-2/

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/04/18/how-to-play-arcana-heart-3-part-1-choosing-a-character-arcana/
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/04/19/how-to-play-arcana-heart-3-part-2-basic-movement/
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/04/20/how-to-play-arcana-heart-3-part-3-advanced-movement/
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/04/21/how-to-play-arcana-heart-3-part-4-basic-attacks/
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/04/22/how-to-play-arcana-heart-3-part-5-advanced-attacking-combos/
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/04/26/how-to-play-arcana-heart-3-%E2%80%93-part-6-spacing-and-spacing
-mind-games/


Had some video tutorial as well which I can't seem to find anymore. It sort of throughout on the basics and let you get into the general flow of the game quite smoothly.
There is this not video though for all its worth if you for some reason wouldn't be too fond of reading through the very superior in text tutorials.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=L0ep7Po2rlI

[Anonymous No.]

I like how the PSN Arcana heart theme has one for boob lovers and one for DFC lovers.

[Anonymous No.]

>account hacked again and millions of user passwords are leaked
you guys are still using their products? they need to get their asses sued into bankruptcy. because i played the worst game in my entire life xiv i got my information stolen.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7429679

That was for Sony Pictures and from what I've heard, it was just a fake list they put out.

[Anonymous No.]

Man, my main (Lilica)'s changed more than I thought.

[Anonymous No.]

Wow, for the past 3 days, I've been getting bodied online on ranked. It's like all the newer players ragequit and all that's left are the hardcore crowd.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7430255
there was never any new players to begin with, enjoy your dead weeaboo game.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7430255
Most people who play online ARE planning on going tournament level. What do you expect? Half of the community is from mizuumi, other half from video game streams that saw the game and want to tear some shit up.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

Oh wow, new WIZARDRY on PSN out of nowhere!

>>7430274
I guess it kind of make sense that a game for 2D fighter nerds has a lot of players who well, practice playing all day.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7430255
>>7430274
>>7430967
The ranked matches should be high level play.
I mean, just imagine the opposite scenario, if everyone sucked in the ranked matches. It would sort of diminish the point of it almost to some extent.

It might be a bit sad if that level is too high for oneself though. But one can always host rooms for friends, and were no such people to be available/exist, one can always try to scout the game's IRC channels or something after players of similair skill level.
Otherwise one can always train and become better.
But the game isn't dead, there are more players than one perhaps might think, and most of them are dedicated. And with the physical x-box release coming up, and the European launch one can bet it is going to grow some more.

[Anonymous No.]

Now I'm scared to try online!

[Anonymous No.]

Bros wanting to get a physical copy may want to check this:
>http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=288096&page=3

Thread links to several shops selling the normal edition for cheap.

[Anonymous No.]

So are you playing dignified ladies worthy of magnificent ojou-samas like ourselves?

[Anonymous No.]

I really don't get the way most "normal" people think.

In what way is this more perverted than skimpy women wearing next to nothing, bouncing all over the place in say, Mortal Combat or something?

Despite all the younger looking characters, I have seen people complaining not only about them, but also about Mei-Fang in particular, and it really is beyond me.

[XxSephirothxX No.]

Store still won't load for me.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7433502
Bad time to try since the free games thing started today.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7433433

I think it's because the anime/manga artstyle hasn't been around for so much time in comparison to other stuff.

[Anonymous No.]

I loved getting fucked up the ass everytime I played ranked. Feels so good to lose 19 out of 20 matches everytime I sign on, all because I can't fucking block any goddamn mixups online.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7427048

Some people have a vinyl topped desk, like me.

[婦女子ちゃん !oToME4/nUE No.]

Didn't Sony get hacked again last night? My mother's using my proper internet connection so not like I care about it right now, but eugh.

[Anonymous No.]

Teach me how to play fighting games, /jp/.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7434213
That means you're a scrub. Play harder.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7434277
Nah, some remote service almost no one cared about got hacked. So if you had a SonyPictures acc, you might want to change your account, if you care about.
I doubt Sony nor anyone else expected people to hack it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7435678
Actually the e-mail and password for the accounts were leaked too. If you use the same password for both you should change it asap. Remote service, eh? Those 20 million people surely don't care at all. Any site online should expect to be hacked.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>7433433
Haven't heard any of this. People just need to man up and enjoy their all female T-rated fighting game already.

Game is awesome by the way. Best 2D fighter I've played in a while. I can't wait to get destroyed online.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7434420

Randomly wiggle the control stick and mash those buttons any way you can. You are now pro.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7435730
Seems right. That's why no one gets paid more than peanuts for winning a fighting game tournament. Anime fighters are cute until you realize they're shmups against another autist instead of AI.

[Anonymous No.]

Switching back to a 2d fighter is too taxing

The lack of any good connection games doesnt help either.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7435744
>The lack of any good connection games doesnt help either.
Are you really talking about AH3?
BB's and AH3's netplay is great at the moment. Arc System Work's have really refined that netcode.
They undoubtly have the best netcode of any fighting game around as of now.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7435782
You cannot be serious. It's not even using rollbacks. It might be the best of the fighters on console but it's not even close to the best netcode around.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7436282
They all live in socal and no one except them wastes time playing so them so they never notice.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7436282
>It might be the best of the fighters
Wasn't claiming anything else.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7436327
>>7436282
>>7435782
>>7435744
No matter the quality of the netcode, something is odd if you can't get good connections with others unless they happen to be from overseas. (In which case it could work anyway, but not as likely.)

[Anonymous No.]

>>7434213
Play Guilty Gear and get at least intermediate level at it. You'll see that all other fighting games are baby tier after this.

Or learn Blazblue, it's pretty much Guilty Gear for non-asian people. A lot more easier than GG, and less combo creativity. Lower skill cap too, but it's still fun to play.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7431596

I love that picture, but I just realized that Sacchin is left off of that chart.

Isn't it sad ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

Only 26 days to go.
Will wait... patiently to game with you guys.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7436327
I said the "fighters on console" not "fighters".

[Anonymous No.]

Well that's depressing. The blockstrings that I've been winning mad PSR are actually terrible, and now I must start blockstring grinding.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7440237
There's no "blockstrings" when you have guard cancels. It's all about doing strings and reacting to guard cancels/clashes

[Anonymous No.]

Do the AH players play with sticks or pads? I'm considering switching to an arcade stick after I busted my thumb doing 360's with Kira.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7440354
I use sticks for all fighting games. AH is particularly hard to play on pad.

[Anonymous No.]

I'd like it more if the characters weren't fanservice-first, I think that's what people dislike about them and they're picking the wrong terms to express it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7440354
been playing the arcade leak with keyboard just fine, the 360s are pretty lenient.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7440774
I'd like it much more if it would have no fanservice at all like a certain other all girl cast fighting game(unless you count Reimus bloomers as fanservice)

But I heard the mechanics of this game are really good and fun so I'm thinking about giving it a try regardless of fanservice

[Anonymous No.]

>>7440774
That should be the FIRST term to come to anyone's mind. ARCANA HEART IS THE SPIRITUAL SUCCESSOR TO PRETTY FIGHTER.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7440785
But there is not a single pantyshort in AH.

[Anonymous No.]

>playing otaku pandering pedophile shit
well after you're done with this /jp/ maybe you might want to level up and play real games like ssf4:ae

[Anonymous No.]

>>7440853
Who are you quoting,/v/tard?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7440856
>don't know greentexting
are you like retarded or something you aspie?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7440796

Now that I think about it, there was also Variable Geo and Metal and Lace around that time.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7440785 here
Just played the arcade rip a bit and it feels kinda like another Melty Blood game, which is not bad at first since there are plently of interesting chars to discover.
I don't know what the fuck I am doing though and just mash buttons.
Is pro level gameplay actually interesting and fun in this game or do the comboes get boring after 5 minutes watching like in MB?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7441055
It's nothing like Melty Blood, and if you can't figure that out for yourself you'll never make it past button mashing no matter what I tell you.

It bothers me when people describe anything with an airdash as like melty blood.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7441077
Well yeah sorry this was just my first impression, that's why I was asking for the opnions of people who actually know what they are talking about

[Anonymous No.]

>>7441077 It bothers me when people describe anything with an airdash as like melty blood.
Yeah, they should say like Guilty Gear instead.

[Anonymous No.]

If it resembles any fighting game, I'd have to say it resembles hisoutensoku the most.

You have flight (but more restricted), guard cancels (like border escapes), airblocking (and no need to be on the ground), bullets to gain momentum (love balls and wind cutters), and most importantly, some variation in how you can play each character.

Like the deck system in soku, you can modify what your character is capable of. Want more bursts? Pick an arcana with faster regen time. Want a pushblock, pick wind arcana and pushblock all you want. Want that vine move for some meterless combos? Pick plant arcana and plant away.

Even stylistically, both have all girl casts.

This game is soku, modified, and ported to PS3.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7441696
Get out 2hu fag

[Anonymous No.]

>>7441055
>Is pro level gameplay actually interesting and fun in this game or do the comboes get boring after 5 minutes watching like in MB?
The game is actually notably different from both Melty Blood, Guilty Gear or BlazBlue.

For some interesting gameplay videos you could always check out these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lv7T-rM1To&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL7qgCHIrlc&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xJN4tQVeYk&fmt=18

The three videos play somewhat different from eachother, but they all still shows how the flow of the game is rather unique compared to other fighters.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7441702

[(*´ω｀*) ヽ（´ー｀）┌ (*´ω｀*) !7C4i8CBjiQ No.]

>>7441812
How is that video from 2009?!

[Anonymous No.]

>>7441850
Arcade release. Most fighting games get an arcade release well before the console port.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7441850
It's recorded from when it was on Arcade.
Arcade: 2009
Console Japan: 2010
Console West: 2011
Or something close to it. It have grown well, and the patches haven't been bad.

[Anonymous No.]

I still don't get why people consider Arcana Heart to be more "fanservice:y" than Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat.
In Mortal Kombat they fight in rags, showing off under/side-boobs if not more, and are jiggly, with skin all over, jumping around doing things.
Is it just that the gore somehow, de-bunks the fanservice following some weird normal people logic?

But what about Street Fighter? Street Fighter doesn't have that excuse. I mean, do people have any idea of the numerous pantyshots there are in the Street Fighter games? The thing is full of fetishised outfits, highcuts and even frills.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442226
In north america, there is an overt obsession with having sex with little girls.

For this reason, anything possible will become an implication of pedophilia in the american mind.

The fact that Street Fighter is full of fetished outfits means little, it is the apparent age of the characters which attracts this attention.

Like Miyamoto Musashi, the killing intent that is little girls being sexualized is not that of the Japanese creators, but instead the very ones who criticize it for sexualizing children.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442226
>delusional weeaboo nerd
ya okay.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442226
I see where you are coming from, but most characters in SF are actually normally dressed while in AH3 pretty much every character has some fanservice(But that's just my opinion since I'm very prude and it's difficult to draw the line of fanservice)

I don't like anservice in AH3 but I also dislike characters with fanservice with fanservice in any other game including SF

My main is Juri because I like her moves and personality, but I wish she would have a not so slutty alternative costume

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442226
>talk about SF fetishes
>Yuri's feet pic
I like you...
pic vaguely related

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442226
AH uses a generic ecchi anime artstyle that makes it more creepy. Street Fighter's atheistic is more like Dragon Ball Z while Arcana Heart is like Ladies versus Butlers.

Arcana Heart's only appealing factor other than the gameplay is the moe fanservice. While Street Fighter fans really like the iconic "badass" characters in Street Fighter for non-sexual reasons.
There's fan service in Street Fighter, but a very low ratio of the characters are made soley to whack off to.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442226
BECAUSE GAMES LIKE STREET FIGHTER = SUBTLE

PEDOPHILE GAMES LIKE ARCANA HEART = BLATANT IN YOUR FACE HERE'S YOUR CHARACTERS THAT YOU WEEABOOS WANTED

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442265
Fuck yes Sean anon, you are the best

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442275
Look at all that subtlety

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>7442226
I think we already established that anyone bothered by the content in a Teen-rated game needs to man up already.

I wonder how M-rated games make these people feel?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442313
RMika is comedic in nature

and SF has always sort of been tongue-in-cheek, I mean look at everyone's expressions in SF4. I think it's an even mixture of humor, cool, and raunchiness

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442241
So Eko, Catherine, Konoha, Kira and Angelia single handedly ruined the game in the eyes of those people?
These 5/23 characters?

Didn't even need to list Dorothy or Nazuna, not only are they dressed properly in every way, there is absolutely nothing kinky about them.
I also can't really see the problem with Eko, she isn't even dressed badly in anyway. Or wait! So I thought, she have a possible win animation in which she changes into a swimsuit, behind a curtain, but even that swimsuit is a perfectly normal one.
Catherine could possibly wake associations with those car models, laying on top of new Toyotas or whatever, and there might even be a slight intent of that, but other than that, there really isn't really anything sexual about her.
Kira has the swimsuit, yes. But what do you expect from someone who spends most of her time in a blob of water, a full-body scuba-diving set? Nothing even wrong with the swimsuit itself, its what you would expect a girl her age to have.
Likewise, Konoha is wearing a P.E uniform. Millions of girls wear them daily, and it is also far from unique to this game. The stockings are also directly tied to the whole ninja thing, otherwise it wouldn't show.
Angelia though, yeah sure. She is showing skin and all and doesn't have much on her. But guess what? She is an otherwordly being, a sprite of sorts, and, it is a pajama. She is even carrying some (living) stuffed-animal/pillow hybrid thing, as expected of a child at bed-time. If anything, it is made to look innocent, she even has a starting animation in which she looks particuarly sleepy and is rubbing her eyes.

Things liket his makes me wonder who the real perverts are.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442325
>I think it's an even mixture of humor, cool, and raunchiness
And Arcana Heart isn't?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442365
Arcana Heart isn't. The keyword there is "even".

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442344
Just because you can make up reasons for the fanservice doesn't mean that you have justfied them.

You do have some good points, but you might aswell ask: Why not normal clothing?
Why this sort of clothing?
The devs know very well what they are doing and everybody knows that sex sells.

Personally I'd prefer a all girls cast game with pure maidens like in Soku.But by that I don't try to judge you for being a hurr pedo.I can understand when you enjoy such characters and their lewdness, but personally I don't like them.

Trying to say that AH3 is NOT full of fanservice is silly though.

And even though I don't like fanservice I enjoy this

[Anonymous No.]

>Street Fighter
>SUBTLE
Oh wow. It was never subtle (unless you count the time when there was only Ryu/Ken), and it only grew to become worse.
Cammy being a prime example. Although her ass and boobs have grown, she was always sexualized even from she was in pixels. And she have always hugging people's faces with her crotch and swinging her booty all over the place.
But there is a reason the skirts turned upside down on all those other characters' attacks, and it isn't just gravity.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442389
>Trying to say that AH3 is NOT full of fanservice is silly though.
One doesn't have to say that just to say it isn't any worse than any other generally respected fighting game.

[HelenXonpool !a0yHhBwvus No.]

>>7442425

... some exceptions. Or maybe undersexualized fit and capable tomboys are considered a particularly depraved fetish these days, what do I know.

In either case, fuck yeah Makoto, blood, sweat and estrogen, woodchopper, and so forth.

[Anonymous No.]

vanguard princess has the best fanservice. I wish it was more than a one man doujin project.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442226
>Is it just that the gore somehow, de-bunks the fanservice following some weird normal people logic?
But how can it be sexualised fanservice if there is blood??

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442389
>Why not normal clothing?
Because it's BORING.

The main sell for games such as these is aesthetic. Almost all fighting games do, mainly to grab attention and to look cool. If you want people fighting in normal clothes, go outside.

[Anonymous No.]

Consider the following:

Someone relatively normal sees you playing arcana heart 3, if they were to judge you as a person based on that game alone, what would they think of you?

A. Pedophile
B. Sicko
C. Wonder what kind of game mechanic it has

If it was Street Fighter 4, would it be the same?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442469
>vanguard princess has the best fanservice
>vanguard princess
Oh yes. Vanguard Princess is a game that actually is what people describe Arcana Heart to be. Wheras Arcana Heart is really no worse than Arc System Work's, Capcom's or SNK's games.

[(*´ω｀*) ヽ（´ー｀）┌ (*´ω｀*) !7C4i8CBjiQ No.]

Oh dear, what are these girls up to?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442501
Consider the following:

Someone relatively normal sees you playing arcana heart 3, if they were to judge you as a person based on that game alone, why would you give the slightest of shits?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442501
D. I don't give a shit and just enjoy my game

Heck I played Soku with a friend on his laptop on a SSF4, Tekken and MVC3 tournament and at some point a guy came up and said
"Hahah watcha guys playing,Sailor Moon?"
Not a single fuck was given that day though.
He even tried to clear SA extra stage and showed me some other shumps while people were watching and giving us weird looks, but we just continued playing what we enjoy most

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442521
But Sailor Moon S is a legit game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iocMIrHOPg

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442521
>"Hahah watcha guys playing,Sailor Moon?"
>the guy was probably a soku player or just wanted to start a conversation with you or was interested in that game
why are you so beta? and why the fuck would play that autistic game in a fighting game tourney?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442389
>Why not normal clothing?
Most of them have normal clothing.
I mean, a fifth of the cast wears their traditional School Uniform. Considering how students in real life tend to wear it more than not, it isn't that weird.
Dorothy is a magician and wears a magical get-up. To have "normal" clothes as a stage magician would be abnormal clothing.
Nuns fighting with crosses, wearing nunnary garbs.
Zenia's clothing actually could be considered normal casual wear to some, though the shirt/tie might come off as a bit formal.
Oh, and Kira needs some sort of water adapted clothing.

Point being, most wear the clothes one would expect them to have, and the others simply aren't normal people, so they don't wear what would be considered normal clothes, but the clothes still fit their theme/type of character.
So the question basically switches to, "Why not have 'normal' characters?" And I believe we all know there are many reasons for that.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442613
>a fifth of the cast wears their traditional School Uniform
It is actually a third.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442604
>the guy was probably a soku player or just wanted to start a conversation with you or was interested in that game
I really doubt that.
And if this was the case then it is a really retarded way to start a conversation and therefore his own fault.

And we played this autistic game because it is fun

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442501
shut up kuroko

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442636
>And we played this autistic game because it is fun
you sure it wasn't because you're autistic?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442643
Maybe.
I'm not very good at self diagnosis since I'm always too lazy to look up symptons

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442565
>But Sailor Moon S is a legit game
Back then I only had Street Fighter, but you can bet I would have played that game alot, were I to have had it back then. It actually doesn't look bad compared to what was around.

If someone were to drag me around to an actual tourney sometime (even though I don't really like that sort of stuff, going out, lots of loud people...), I would make sure to play that game right there.
Wouldn't care about what people would say, if it were to cause big enough of a comotion one could even have a mini tourney of it.
Somehow, I think lots of people would consider playing, just because it would be Sailor Moon and all that you wouldn't expect someone to play.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7441696
>It's like Hisoutenko
Really? I'm horrible at most fighters, so I usually disregard fighting game threads, but Hisoutenko is a huge exception, as I have tons of fun with it, and I don't suck complete shit at it.

Picked the fuck up

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442697

I'd say it's harder to tell the truth, but that's because I haven't played it too much...I can't find the character that clicks with me. I like Zenia a lot but her short range makes it hard for me to combo with her. I like Kamui but there's something lacking about her that I can't explain, and I like Saki except I don't know how to do much damage with her and for some reason I can't get some of her special moves to work. I probably just need more work at the game though.

[Anonymous No.]

Where's my downloadable English version, Internet?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442725
>Where's my downloadable English version, Internet?
On the US-PSN store.
As a European you could always wait for the physical >>7426993 release though. The regular, the limited or the fan one.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442697
AH3 is more much difficult and has far more depth. For one you'll actually have to practice your character to get anywhere with them. Theres a few characters you can just BC->Super with, but thats still fairly limited.

Flying around aimlessly won't get you anywhere in this game either. You will get your ass beat if you can't learn basic movement & spacing, something soku doesn't require much of.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442759
Some characters in AH3 are actually really easy, though. like Fiona. Jump neutral homing into j.B all day and win the game. Even her combos basic, super damaging combos are easy.

[Anonymous No.]

On the topic of characters then, I guess I'll ask which character and arcana might suit me. I tend to like close range combat with perhaps a tiny amount of long range pressure to compliment my close range. I like being able to go on the offensive and put on extreme pressure and do decent to good damage and hate camping. I've given most of them a try at least but I can't find a combination that fits my preferences yet.

[Anonymous No.]

In other fighting game related news, BlazBlue CS2 patch is out.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442826
no one plays this shit

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442854
hahaha~

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442826
Have played it a lot, though not as much as I might have wanted to.
But the game is growing wonderfully. Barely even liked CT at all. Found CS to be a major improvement, and it could be lots of fun in moderate quantaties, but CS2 stepped it up a level, so it is now lots of fun and with a better flow.
CT was crap is comparison, but it took ages for GG to make as much progress. But CS2 is the best thing that have happened to BB.

I also really like Platinum and the way she plays. Thought I would do so from the beginning I saw her on the arcades. Didn't like Makoto or Valkenhayn that much at all sadly, but Platinum has a nice flow about her.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7441696
I bet Soku is your first fighter.

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[Anonymous No.]

>>7443129
I'm tired of waiting to play EFZ with you, Tree. You have betrayed me for the last time.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7443129
...it's a gif, but it doesn't move...hey, sure that tree is shady

[Anonymous No.]

Games that have fanservice (SF, GG, BB, DOA, SC, MvC, MK) - Popular

Games that do not have fanservice (Tobal, VF, IaMP/SWR, Shaq fu) - not so popular

You shouldn't really be trying to boast/argue about AH not having fanservice. That's what fighting gamers really want to see.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7443236
Did you just call ugly musclewomen games like Street Fighter "fanservice"?

[Anonymous No.]

>>7443355
I don't think you know what 'fanservice' means.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7442723

Yes, the one key difference is that it is much harder than Soku. Unless you play simple, you just can't do aaaa super like you normally do. Combos will take some practice. Even the act of putting bullets on the screen requires an actual fireball input instead of a button press.

Another difference would be how much harder it is to get up safely after being knocked down. Because of the speed of this game's fly, you can be easily crossed up and quickly reknocked down.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7443902

I get it in that sense, but I guess the biggest problem is that I can't choose which character I want to use the most. I usually have one that helps me learn the ropes until I manage to latch on to other characters, but I can't seem to find one I particularly like.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7443950
Fiona is by far the easiest character to just pick up and play. You can use her until you feel comfortable with flying around and such.

[Anonymous No.]

>>7443980

It's more of I can't find who I want to use in the long run. I tend to just dive right into playing a character that I think I'll love, no matter how easy or tough they are. The problem is deciding which one it'll be.