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Dave
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"CFJ is "Capcom Fighting Evolution" in PAL/US?" , posted Thu 17 Jun 10:52:

Source: Burningdojo.com =)

MMCafe posted news of 5 new characters for "Capcom Fighting Jam", Capcom's latest 2D fighter in development now. I called CapcomUSA on the phone and the lady who is in charge of public relations told me the new name is "Capcom Fighting Evolution" and that "Capcom Fighting Jam" was the working title. CPS_3 says:

"Capcom Fighting Evolution is neither new nor the official name. CFE was announced before the E3 had taken place and at the E3 there was CFJ so not only is CFJ the newer title but also since the official sites are http://www.capcom.com/cfj / and http://www.capcom.co.jp/fighting_jam/it's the correct title."

I did some more searching and came up with this article at

http://www.vgpro.com/news/5326

which states:

"Capcom has decided to release the PAL version of Capcom Fighting Jam for PlayStation 2 and Xbox with a new name.

The new name is Capcom Fighting Evolution, and the reason for this name change has not been revealed, but it might have something to do with Europe having different figures of speech and expression than America.

The game is currently scheduled to be released at the end of this year before Christmas."

So which is it? My theory is that the Japan release will be under the name "Capcom Fighting Jam" which is what it's called on the japanese site. When it's released in Europe and the US it will be under the name "Capcom Fighting Evolution". This would be the same as Street Fighter Zero & Street Fighter Alpha.

Your thoughts?

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[this message was edited by Dave on Thu 17 Jun 11:01]

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Fuchikoma

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"Re(1):CFJ is" , posted Thu 17 Jun 11:11

Well the official english site does call it Capcom Fighting Jam... so I tend to actually trust the company making the game rather than a third party source.

Grahf
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Regular Customer

"Re(2):CFJ is" , posted Thu 17 Jun 11:31

quote:
Well the official english site does call it Capcom Fighting Jam... so I tend to actually trust the company making the game rather than a third party source.

Hmmm, but the official site is also always careful to add [working title] every time they say Capcom Fighting Jam, so it would be no surprise if they changed it. I prefer the "Jam" title, but "Evolution" does seem like a more Americanized title that they would be likely to use.

Sano

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"Re(3):CFJ is" , posted Thu 17 Jun 13:32

Capcom Fighting Jam sounds like 'Def JAM Vendetta.'

Capcom Fighting Evolution sounds like 'Virtua Fighter 4 EVOLUTION.'

They should just call the game Capcom Fighting All Stars and call it a day.

Grahf
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Regular Customer

"Re(4):CFJ is" , posted Thu 17 Jun 13:41

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Capcom Fighting Jam sounds like 'Def JAM Vendetta.'

Capcom Fighting Evolution sounds like 'Virtua Fighter 4 EVOLUTION.'

They should just call the game Capcom Fighting All Stars and call it a day.

Yeah, the "All Stars" notion actually fits this game even better than the original CFAS. Except that the characters in this game aren't necessarily the best each game has to offer, I guess.

TheBeast

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"Re(1):CFJ is" , posted Thu 17 Jun 22:22

"Capcom Fighting Evolution".

The irony.