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Goodbye. Dorinaga.

Dorimaga is changing its name to Gamaga (ゲーマガ) starting its May 30 issue. Up until now, the magazine was basically like a watered down Dengeki G'z and it covered a lot of gal games. With the renewal, the magazine will start covering everything from handhelds (DS, PSP) to arcade games. It'll still feature a DVD, which this time will be Hybrid and include contents for PC as well as trailers.

The magazine's price is going to be jacked up from 580 yen to 880 yen. That's almost the price of a month's subscription of shonen Jump. Except Jump is 450 pages x 4 issues, whileas Gamaga is 160 pages.

It seems as though the magazine will still continue to be gal-game based. The explanation on its press statement reads, "Gamaga will continue to be a Deep game magazine that is centered on core game information".

[This article was originally posted on The MMCafe BBS]

KOF:MI2- B. Jenet, Kim, and new character confirmed

This week's Dengeki PlayStation magazine reveals that B. Jenet, Kim Kaphwan, and a new character named Ninon Beart will be in Maximum Impact 2.

Jenet and Kim have their same costumes from 2D games and SNK Playmore seems to have done a relatively convincing job turning them into 3D... though personally, I'm wondering how good a job the developers will do with Jenet's costume movement, because after all, her dress is long.

Ninon is the younger sister of Minon Beart (the pink hair), and she's called the "little girl who dances with the devil" (akuma to odoru shoujo). She's got short blond hair and wears a black Gothic Lolita costume. Uses a black magic and Chinese martial arts for fighting. She likes to poke fun at her bigger sister, and she's entered the tournament to prove that she's a better witch than her.

[This article was originally posted on The MMCafe BBS]

SNK Playmore renews Official Site

SNK Playmore's official site has been revamped. The current http://www.snkplaymore.co.jp/ domain will be used as a corporate and IR information section from now on. Videogame and pachislot contents have been moved into dedicated sites of their own, named SNK World and Slot Station.

Links:

SNK Playmore
SNK World
Slot Station

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Sammy vs. Capcom, Latest KOF to be released on Atomiswave

Sammy has revealed in the Amusement Machine Show (AM Show) today that SNK Playmore will be releasing videogame titles on the Atomiswave hardware as a third party. Sammy also revealed that they will be working on a collaboration project together with major software publisher Capcom for the Atomiswave as well.

SNKPlaymore has announced their first release on the Atomiswave hardware as the latest release in "The King Of Fighters" series. Sammy has revealed that their project with Capcom will be "Sammy vs. Capcom". No details on either titles are available as of yet. The KOF for the Atomiswave is currently in development and scheduled for release in spring of 2004, while Sammy vs. Capcom is yet to go into production.

Note: I wrote KOF2004 by mistake since the game was announced for release that year. apologies. -H.Moriarty

Capcom breaks 3 years of 2D fighting game silence with All-Stars Title

Capcom has announced today that it will be releasing a new 2D fighting game titled Capcom Fighting Jam, which is scheduled for release in the Arcades, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox.

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Capcom Fighting Jam - Additional Characters

Additional characters in Capcom Fighting Jam Capcom have been revealed in the latest issue of Famitsu magazine. Six characters will be appearing from the game titles previously announced by Capcom, which goes as listed below. While a total of 16 characters have been unveiled thus far, there will be more announced in the future.

Capcom Fighting Jam will be played with the joystick and 6 buttons. The button are assigned different roles, depending on the character and its originating titles. Similarly, the power meter usage also differ between the characters and their originating game titles.

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NeoGeo Battle Coliseum - Details Revealed

Details on SNK Playmore's upcoming Atomiswave title NeoGeo Battle Coliseum, have been revealed in the latest issue of Arcadia magazine. The game will be a 2D fighting game featuring historical SNK characters in King Of Fighters styled sprites. The Game's details goes as follows.

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NeoGeo Battle Colesium Additional Characters Revealed

Additional Characters in SNK Playmore's upcoming NeoGeo Battle Coliseum has been announced at the AMShow. The new characters revealed at the show goes as follows:

Asura (Samurai Spirits series)
Hanzo & Fuma (World Heroes series)

The World Heroes series is a product of ADK-- as the game's title suggests, NeoGeo Battle Colesium will include characters from not only SNK, but from other publisher's games that were released on the NeoGeo. Representatives at the show commented that the characters announced today are "just the tip of the iceberg", and that more characters will be revealed in the future. 8 character slots on the character select screen are still marked with "?"s-- some of them will be revealed at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show later this month.

The two new main characters of NeoGeo Battle Colesium were also announced; the male's name is Yuki, and the female's name is Ai. The two characters are most likely to be Japanese, considering their names.

Short Comment: Iggy has contributed one pic in the BBS... check for additional updates and whatnot. -Henry A. Moriarty

The RumbleFish coming out in 2005

According to Softbank Games, Sammy's PS2 version of "The Rumblefish " will be released in 2005 rather than within the year as announced previously. No retail price or details on the PS2 version have been announced as of yet. The game will be exhibited at the Tokyo Game Show, which will take place in Tokyo, Japan from the 24 to the 26th.