Today was a great day. I entered the streets of Manhattan's China Town, a place full of hidden gems. Woe and behold, I encountered an old fashioned arcade, fully featured with blaring DDR machines, crowds of spectators, the smell of cigarettes, four Street Fighter IV machines, one Tekken 6 machine, and Japanese-style Arcade Sticks.
Street Fighter IV was well worth the money, and it wasn't cheap. One dollar per play, with single-player machines linked together for multiplayer. While the arcade version lacked Sakura, Cammy, Fei Long, and Dan, I was still extremely impressed. Lacking the parry system of SF3, I was afraid this game would be too simple. Capcom has graced the game with surprisingly deep gameplay, packed with reversals, counters, and very nice looking super moves. I may have lost all three matches I had played, but I had a really good time, and I was vsing the local champion.
Tekken 6 is a very gorgeous game, even on arcades. It's definitely got the next-gen look, without the jaggies that usually come from arcade ports. The gameplay is spot on, pretty much the same as Tekken 5, except it seems like they took out the cheap dropkicking from 5. It feels a lot more balanced and technical, which should make for some excellent competitive play.
I'm pretty sure I'll be preordering both games for my 360, along with a couple of Japanese arcade sticks. They're both very good fighting games, and should allow me to show off my awesome skills on Xbox Live. Soul Calibur IV has nothing on these two.
If you guys would like to visit the arcade I went to, it's called Chinatown Fair, and the address is:
Chinatown Fair
8 Mott St
(between Chatham Sq & Mosco St)
New York, NY 10013
I'm looking forward to the next Tekken since the last one I got my hands on was Tekken Tag on the PS2. It'll be nice to see how much the game has improved since then.
I didn't even know they had Tekken 6 at Chinatown fair. I don't live far, I definitely need to go back there soon. Hopefully this has at least taken some pressure off the street fighter 4 machines. Last time I was there it was just 2 single player monitors for SF4 and you had to sign a list with about an hour wait time to get in on a match.
Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?
Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!
Favorite games ever: FF6, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Mario World, Metal Gear Solid, All Zelda games, Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Half-Life series (L4D, TF2, CS included)
Favorite bands: The Beatles, the pillows, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, Rage Against the Machine, Sambomaster, Pink Floyd, Casiopea, Gorillaz, Queen, the Beastie Boys, Tenacious D, Barenaked Ladies, and Daft Punk.
Destructoid is an independently-run publication forged by our love of video games and the gaming community's need of accountable enthusiast press living the dream since March 16, 2006
(# 0) on 11/02/2008 05:54
(# 1) on 11/02/2008 06:43
(# 2) on 11/02/2008 11:09
if I was closer to chinatown fair, I would've been there already. a lot of competitive players are always in there gettin games on.
(# 3) on 11/02/2008 14:58
(# 4) on 11/02/2008 16:13
Tekken 6 sounds like more of the same, which may or may not be so great. Tekken 5 was pretty good as a budget title at least.
(# 5) on 11/02/2008 18:05