I'm a pretty big Guilty Gear/Arc System Works fan, myself. I actually bought a PS3 and arcade stick specifically because BlazBlue is coming out exclusively (at first, in any case) for the PS3 when it eventually does come out (no, it's not out yet, Mithx, you're probably thinking of the American arcade cabinets. I've also heard that the console port might be delayed by ASW so they have more time to monopolize off of arcade intakes, though it's just a rumor at this point.) Where was I... oh, yeah, and since I can also use the stick with any other game I can play on the PS3 (it's a 60gig, so I can do ps2 games as well, at least) why not?
I was a Ky player, once upon a time, and I was pretty good, for a pad-warrior, but I'm honestly kind of sick of Ky - I went to Magfest, which was otherwise a great time, and the Guilty Gear tournament had no less than a dozen Ky players at it, all possessing various degrees of awfulness, though I was clearly and easily the best. Only 2 other Kys seemed to have any idea of what they were doing... (I placed third, by the way <_< beat out a pretty good Baiken player, at least, though I did end up losing to a Faust-playing friend of mine >_<) I've since been playing Dizzy... somewhat competitively, though I'm probably not as good with Dizzy as I used to be with Ky. Dizzy just isn't as good as Ky, I guess... I'll need to make up for it with skill, which obviously won't be something I'll have with her yet. I'm not giving up, though!
hemightbegiant: I hate you as well. You have no idea how much. I'm crazy about Blazblue (Jin and Rachel player, myself) and we still don't have a machine anywhere near my house. There's supposed to be a game store up in Glen Burnie getting one this weekend, but literally EVERYONE from Maryland will be gathering there, so it'll be insanely crowded, and I'll probably just get ***** over and over by anyone who plays someone other than Tager at this point, probably <_< I usually have an easier time with big guys than the more standard-sized characters in fighters.
BloodyPuppy: Judgment itself is a sub-par hack n' slash sort of game for the PSP. Depending on which version of it you get, though, it comes packaged with a copy of either #Reload (american version) or Slash/ (Japanese version). Slash is honestly a much better game than #Reload, from most peoples' perspectives, and there's not much to be missed out of getting it in Japanese, but if you're going that route... you might as well get the PSP port of Accent Core+ from Japan - the PSP is a region-free system, so you can play the japanese version no matter what region your PSP is, but obviously you won't be able to use a stick for it, so you give and take. Also, unrelated - I work/attend school at College Park. We'll discuss stuff in PMs, I hope ^_^
All of you #Reload players: no johns, get Accent Core! It's crazy good, super balanced, and there's not... really... any competition for #Reload anymore. Kliff and Justice are B.S anyway, and sticking with #Reload causes you to miss out on A.B.A and Holy-Order Sol, so you're losing two illegal characters in exchange for gaining two acceptable ones - sounds like a good enough deal to me. I know not EVERYONE plays fighters for competitivity, but I'm assuming enough of you care a little about competition since you joined Smashboards <_< Also, it's not that expensive if you can actually find it, so I especially don't want any money johns!
Isuka is terrible, imo. I experience waves of nausea anytime I actually hear someone mention the game. I can't stand having to manually turn around with a BUTTON, of all things, and the lack of cross-ups cheats you out of a lot of the depth of the mindgames that you could have in the other games. Plus, no dust button = super lame. According to my friend who goes to UMBC, though, there is a rather large Isuka fanbase there (well, large for what I would expect a fanbase of Isuka to be, at least <_<) so... *shrug*
I just checked Wikipedia while researching my info for this post, and apparently Aksys has confirmed a release of Accent Core Plus for an american release sometime this spring, cementing them as my absolute favorite US publisher, bar none ^_^ I'm actually pretty interested in the Guilty Gear storyline, so this is a big thing for me. Very exciting news, especially since it apparently facilitates 3v3 battles as an actual game mode - so we can pretend to be Tougeki! Whee!
tl;dr (and who could blame you?): I play Ky and Dizzy, on a Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 stick on my 60 gig PS3. I play Rachel and Jin in Blazblue. I work and attend school at college park, hemightbegiant is a *******, and Accent Core is coming out in the states with built-in 3v3 battle support. Get Accent Core.
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