a friend of mine who's big into fighters sent this to me earlier today...and well...look past the posing and on the screen.



Capcom plans to announce news on SSF4 monday apparently...or so says Event Hubs

no more speculation. Lets get ready to fight like gentlemen.

As this is still going on in Japan, expect updates from both this dustloop thread and i'll try my best to keep this blog updated as it comes. First off, new carl portrait. (with a small look at Tager and Litchi and probably Taokaka on the side)



now...the goodies. So far, They seemed to be fooling with the main top 3 (Kune/Nu...who is now Nu 11 and not 13/Rachel.) The reason for Nu - 11 is probably due to the storyline. But it's also kinda not making sense apparently but you know how companies love to make new things make less sense in a fighter. There's a few Noel and Carl bits too (and a small portion of Jin.) still nothing on the others yet. Enjoy.

-UPDATE 1: Ragna, Tager, Hakumen bits added.

-UPDATE 2: Just a heads up, some of this stuff isn't completely confirmed (mainly the ? ones) so don't get your hopes up on some of the things.Also more Bang/Carl/Hakumen stuff added

-UPDATE 3: Redid Hakumen's section. Pretty much everyone except Ragna/Nu(now being called Lambda)/Litchi/Tsubaki updated

-UPDATE 4: Pretty much everyone has a good amount of info on them now. most of the info added now is a bit more clear to read (thanks to the DL info thread) and new pics of Ragna/Jin/ V-11(Lambda) added.

-UPDATE 5: Added a few more character portraits plus the pic claiming to be a in game shot of Terumi in the game (no one's sure if it's his ghost form, inside Hazama's body, or both.)

RAGNA
- New Move Berial Edge is not an overhead, can not combo from ground, slow
- Dead Spike seems like still suck pretty bad
- Damage from overhead nerfed
- no change to jump cancellable moves
- JD is smaller during Blood Kain
- CS still doesn't go through projectiles
- C is shorter but faster
- 22C's damage nerfed during combo

JIN
-5B is slow
-JB is slow, C>JB does not combo
-added J2C, which is old JC
-new DD Yukikaze 214214D, counter move same as Haku-men's one, 3882 damage
-J236D shoots out 2 projectiles instead of 3
-214B does not guarantee the knock down
-236C shoots out two projectile
-DPs, better CG graphic
-new JC looks like the second hit of 214D
-2B does not link to 5B
-A DP has longer recovery time makes it easier to punish
-214A/B/C moves the same distance
-Cannot combo after C DP counter
-JD is faster
-easier to tech after B DP, can not combo into C after B DP
-air 214B does not do knockdown motion
-easier to unfreeze 6D
-better Counter Assault
-C>6C doesn't work on crouch (it totally doesn't work if opponent is on the ground)


NOEL
- 6A doesnt hit on most character's crouch motion
- Change to chain revolver, blueish color is now black
- Combo damage nerfed, combo from 6B does 3100
- You can counter Bullet Rain after Noel lands
- 236A/B/C becomes faster
- 6D becomes faster
- 22C loop nerfed, does only 2700 to Rachel
- new J6D move
- new move which is the 'old JD' directly from the ground
- 5C is shorter but faster
- 6C is slower
- 6C loop combo is still doable, but it is very hard and need to add 5A to do the loop
- 5A is slower



RACHEL
- new projectile DD
- new DD uses up all winds and will change depends on the number of wind left
- wind doesnt immediately recover after consumption
- easier to tech after JC
- no frog combo, frog does not activate during the combo
- sword iris command changes to 214C, has mid-air version
- Can't cancel J2C while recovering from a landing.
- hard to combo after 3C9D
- can not summon new flog immediately after the old one activated
- frog is now also affected by wind, but frog moves very slow without wind
- easier to recover after 6B counter
- J2C can not link to other normals on block
- new frog meter



TAGER
- new down status throw called Rocket Finger which has magnetize property, 22D (the one like Ragna's 22C)
- Rocket Finger can be linked after A driver and 3C
- double the guard libra of other characters.
- new 4D move, magnetizes
- 623C has invincibility against HEAD attribute move
- Walk faster
- jump faster
- 2D is faster
- 5D has guard point and doesn't hit opponent far away, able to combo after it
- 3C pulls opponent back
- C is faster


TAOKAKA
- J236B changed to only hit in horizontal direction
- 3C>JD6>JC>J236B>J2DB doesnt combo
- 5B counter hit > 6C does not combo
- CD loop and taunt combo remains



LITCHI
- all green slower start up
- easier to tech after DP hits, cannot end the combo with DP setup
- Stick 5A, 2A links to 5B
- DP is now RCable


ARAKUNE
- Dive move is not overhead anymore, slow, dive cancel only possible at hit
- when curse meter gets full it goes to FEVER mode
- You cannot recurse opponent in the FEVER mode
- All bugs are changed, not as good as old ones (at least observing from the current point
- u can only summon bees while in FEVER mode
- bugs are huge
- once the curse mode starts it wont go away even if Arakune takes hit
- Fog move has no hitbox but if u touch it the curse meter will increase
- Fog adds 40-50% to meter Everything else 20-25%
- YOU CANT GUARD BREAK with bees
- fast and short back step, no change to forward step


BANG
(old information posted was fake proven by somebody from JBBS)
- new command throw DD
- Furinkazan comes with consumer version song
- D move in general is faster
- Poison does more damage
- 6C combo works on more characters
- C is a bit slower



CARL
- J2C is no more overhead, slow
- no airthrow loop
- easier to tech after 2C
- 214C cancel remains
- no jump cancel after 5B when blocked
- Nirvana life goes down fast but recovers fast as well
- 214214D super does more damage
- new projectile is fast and reaches the corner
- can not air tech 8D
- no change to 2D 4D 6A, glide throw, Gear DD



HAKUMEN
- has new barrier move against projectile (?)
- barrier appears when he cuts the projectile (white circle with 封="Seal" kanji on the center)
- barrier absorbs the projectile and gets bigger
- barrier will last for a certain time and will disappear if opponent gets hit by it
- new 4C move, Gatotsu
- new J4C which is old J2C
- meter is easier to identify
- C 6C is faster
- new JC move looks like second hit of Jin's 214D


V-11
- range got shortened
- 2C is slow
- combo damage nerfed (2700-3400)
- new move Act Parser Zwei, Act Parser Zwei: Blade, Act Parser Zwei: Cavalier
- Act Parser Zwei is basically Jin's 214 move
- DD>4DD>236D doesn't combo, even DD>4DD doesn't combo
- No more special voice against Ragna
- No more raping Tager and Hakumen
- 5D is slower, throw>5D does not combo
- 214D goes further in the horizontal direction
- opponent can immediately tech after J214D hit (like Jin's 214B)
- 236D changes to the move where appears in the certain range and lasts for about 3-4hits



TSUBAKI
- fast, run in the same speed as Noel does
- Order-Sol style character
- charge with 5D, 2D and JD
- charge meter goes down when charged-special move is used
- charge Lv.1 command throw does 1800 damage, whereas charge Lv.5 command throw does 5000 damage




System
- Burst becomes GG style, stock up to 2 bursts
- Burst no longer have damage penalty
- You start with 1 burst in round 1, and get 1 more burst per round, can stock two. So if you don't use your burst round one, you end up with 2 in round 2, but you can not stack anymore after that.
- You get one extra burst next round if you lose the round
- When regular gold burst hits opponent, opponent will bounce high and able to combo from there
- Guard Libra retains from round to round
- All AH unlocked
- You can use AH when you need one more round to win (not the final round of the match) with 100% meter and opponent's life is below certain percentage, character shines in white when it is possible to activate AH
- Heat Gauge goes up automatically from the beginning of the round (Yes, Everybody is like Haku-men now)
- Guard Libra length changes for every characters, meter goes down if the character blocks the specific move that breaks the guard (e.g. blocking Λ-11-'s 214D will let meter go down by 2)
- Guard Libra number
11 Tager
06 Hakumen Bang
05 Jin Noel Litchi Tsubaki
04 Ragna Rachel Arakune Taokaka Carl
03 Λ-11-

Appearance
- Projectile such as Arakune's Bee and Rachel's flog has a circle around them, easier to identify
- better animation
- new effect, new voice
- life bar turns red when it is extremely low
- New face pictures for character select screen


TERUMI!?!!?!?
V-11 (Lambda) portrait
Ragna/Jin portraits
Noel/Tager/Taokaka/Rachel portraits
Bang/Carl/Hakumen/V-11 portrait

Remember hearing about Europeans getting Blazblue in 2010? well...this isn't that. This is about a Loketest test going down in Japan I believe the end of this week. Why? for that new BB patch to nerf the ever so hated top 3 (well for me just Nu and Arakune...ok Arakune.) oh and Carl's getting something done to him too. not sure what though. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if everyone got some type of nerf/buff this patch. Seems right. but skip that bit for a moment. New character spotted



dustloop forums. we saw it. post is here it's Tsubaki. It's not Kokonoe so i'm not all that excited. but if her playstyle interests me, i'll try her out. Though...



Put this bitch in and i'll drop Hakumen quick. Get to it Aksys.

EDIT: another pic...better look at the new HUD (ugh I guess...)



UPDATE More Tsubaki screenshots here

apparently she's beginner friendly and does multi-hits...

I'll try to update on this as I see more stuff on Dustloop.

found the post with the most things on what's going on here Copy pasta from the post:

Note: Stages are redone, championship edition style

Also note: Lack of character portrait implies they've either redone the art... or it's just not implemented yet. Meters such as Arakune's Curse Meter, Bang's Nail counter and the Burst meter seem to be missing currently.

Tsubaki is a multi-hit character, beginner friendly
Arcade version will feature an optional beginner mode (Easier moves, combos, etc.) [/i]

Everyone getting new moves
New projectile for Carl.
More ways for Arakune to curse! We're off to a good start
New Distortion Drive for Rachel (Could replace the old one, but probably not)
New dive... looking... thing for Ragna

it's looking really slim this week on both PS3 and 360. A lot of people are busy with school or other things. Well not me...cause i'm a bum. A bum who works during the week and has no money for college. DeBLOO hasn't posted anything yet so i'll just take it over this week.

Blazblue: Shin Oni


most know i've been pushing this but it comes up dead. I'll probably be on this most of the time. Message me so you can receive free pole dances.

King of Fighters XII: Shin Oni


I don't bet much on this one. most people on the 360 side don't seem to have KoFXII or BB so i'm the oddball of the bunch lol. If you do and want to go for a few let me know.

HD Remix: Shin Oni


May have more luck here. I haven't touched HDR in months but i'm more than willing to bust it out and go for a bit.

Street Fighter IV: Shin Oni


I haven't got rid of it yet cause i'm hoping for a certain person to get it before I lose my patience with it. It's a tossup on if i'll play this. ask me nicely and maybe.


all of these are pretty much anytime after 8PM EST just message me and see what's up. Also, I may be nice and try to record a few matches if any ever take place. And here's a nice little Blazblue glitch for you guys.

The current gaming community is growing rather quickly these days. Compared to the early 90s where it was somewhat of a "hobby" or something to waste time with, it's easily able to hang with other big mediums like Movies/Television/Sports. That with the world reconizing it that way or not. But because of this, we suffer the bad end of the deal by still looked at as just a "hobby" or the butt end of the joke. Even still being blamed for silly things like murders and bad influences because "The child was a avid gamer". Let us also not ignore that as this has grown, it's brought the unintelligent folks to make the community bad as a whole. Things like being completely stupid online, talking down to females who play games or literally ruining the fun for others with their idiotic behavior. While this can will all stay for sure, we can at least help in trying to reduce the problems greatly. If you've taken enough interest to try and figure out the connection of the header and this blog (which is nothing more than this being steps.) Then read on and be sure to comment and add to the steps.

1 - Online Gaming


A lot of the problem with the community lies easily with online gaming now. Anyone who's played a multiplayer at a healthy lifespan will know you'll cross paths with the people who are ready to talk trash or complain about losing all the time. Or a said tactic being used against them is cheap. I myself loved online gaming back in its early days for consoles. (which for me is Phantasy Star Online on Dreamcast.) As hacked as PSO was on Dreamcast, I still enjoyed it. The community as a whole was quite friendly and both legit and hackers were more than willing to pass off free rares or items to lower levels. Now i'm more than willing to not bother hooking up my Mic whenever I play random people on any online live game. Fighting games suffer from Ragequitters who are usually casual gamers ready to make any excuse to keep that perfect win record or not have a pitiful loss. There's not much the community can do here except ignore and not help out with said problems. Adults get away with acting like a 5 year old bully online and some of that could be avoided. But this also leads to the next step:

2 - Game companies

They're as big of a problem as the community if you've been paying attention. Console wars all of a sudden is a bigger focus with current systems. It was always around (at least the Nintendo/Genesis era.) But it's grown now to be expected and when a new console is announced/dropped, someone has to ask the question: "So who do you think has the better system?". Granted, it's bound to come at some point, but it usually ends with people throwing out fanboy remarks. I'm looking at this more at a casual community rather than the serious community as I feel most of the problem right now is the casuals. Either easing their way in thanks to said system (usually the wii) or on and off player. But to be back on topic, Live has a lot of people running around. I'm not afraid to say some are complete assholes. But apparently Microsoft would rather bother someone with a "Offensive gamertag" rather than deal with half of the people being asses or just downright stupid in games. This has always bothered me. Each time I saw someone post on the front page about Microsoft banning or forcing someone to change their gamertag because someone reported said name. Yet there's more than enough people on Halo bashing someone because of something more serious. As I've never been a victim of the racial card, I've had people play games and get hit with it. Disturbing? I'm sure to some.

Then there's companies running off at the mouth. Jim Sterling's words on all 3 companies a few weeks ago pretty much sums up where this is going. Nintendo's flaunting their money about because the Wii is such a hit, Sony continues to be bad at lying to their audience, and Microsoft continues to ignore its audience. Then there's Namco Bandai that runs with the nickle and dime operation this generation. "Hey guys lets sell Katamari at full next Gen Price and lock up some of main stages. OR lets release Soul Calibur 4, give them 1 star wars character per system, then release the "unlock code" about a month later. On top of that, lets give 360 Tales of Vespira then make a ball grab and release for the PS3 plus extra characters! (Replace Tales of Vespira with Eternal Sonata if you feel that's better.)

3 -Fanboys/Fangirls



The fanboy/fangirl term has changed so badly that it's no longer just for the super hardcore fans, it's pretty much something of a whiny little kid who doesn't care about any other system he doesn't like/buy/appreciate/etc. While there are some fans out there that are at least open to other opinions, it's somewhat of a uncommon site. How to improve on this? Fans in general need to open up and realize people have opinions just like they do. If I don't like said game I don't need you to argue down my throat on why you hate me or why I suck. If you want to get me interested or rethink my thought on buying a game give me more facts with supported opinions that aren't biased. This always amazes me. I like all systems cause I love games. Be a fanboy of gaming not a fanboy of said system and only that system. You're alienating yourself from your type of people because they don't agree with you. Makes no real sense.

[b ]4 - The community in general[/b]



We're all gamers. We all generally love the same thing. If someone needs help or a push in the right direction, help out. It helps keep us all interested and possibly another cool person in general. We all joke on things be it life/games/whatever. Just as long as we don't get another Wiisucks or something of that sort. If someone's out of line online or in real life, step up and say something. You could be stopping someone from needless flaming and trolling. As it's impossible for everyone to like everyone, people can change if they're willing to listen to others. Someone can be mean and rude online but be one of the coolest people in person. So don't hesitate to be friendly in general.

There's many things that can be worked on but these are just some of the things that pop into my head when it comes to "games" and "the community".

First off...something completely unreleated to 8-bit...but cute because it's fucking Taokaka.



So we've all had our hard on for Blazblue the past few weeks/months/whatever. I stumbled across these 8 bit remixes of themes from the game...which sound awesome obviously. A lot reminds me of Mega Man right off the bat. If you like the music in Blazblue (or just want to listen to 8 bit stuff.) take a listen. Just a few of my favorites:

Litchi Vs. Arakune (Weak Executioner)


Noel's Theme (Bullet Dance)


Hakumen's Theme (Susanooh)


There's more on his channel (already done the whole crew and each Vs. theme. Along with the opening.) Though I don't see the Unlimited Ragna theme..or all the endings...and my favorite, "Game over" theme. But still. It's rather hot stuff.