Nintendo, Sega and Namco announced today of a collaborative development on a new 3D arcade board, project name "TRIFORCE".

TRIFORCE will be a next-generation multi-purpose arcade 3D board, adopting the Nintendo Gamecube architecture as its core. This will allow effective cost performance in in creating games for both arcade and home console on the developer's side, and will result to a wider selection of game titles under one board, making the investment worthwhile for the arcade operator's side as well.

The three main goals of Nintendo, Sega and Namco's collaboration on this project are-
1. To widen the arcade videogame market
2. To create a good cost-performance arcade game development enviornment
3. To create a new system to broaden the fun between the home and arcade

A mock model of TRIFORCE and a visual display using a prototype is scheduled to be shown during the AOU show on 2/22.


Short Comment- Sounds interesting. But did they have to put that Zelda pun in its name? -"Madman" H. Moriarty

Kansai west region Japan arcade operator chain, The Challenger has released leaflet photos and video footages of Namco's beta test on their upcoming hit sequel, Soul Calibur 2.

Footages are currently available in the site's index- there are ten AVI filesf in total. For the clips files, check the site.

Special thanks to Dorikyasu for the news.

Nissin Food Products Co. has announced to release a special version of their long time seller instant noodle "Chicken Ramen", featuring Disney & Square's Kingdom Heart characters on the package. [ Image ]

The special edition of Chicken Ramen will be packaged smaller and less expensive than the normal product under the concept of "a litte bite is just good enough", aiming as a snack to both children and adults alike. Each Instant Noodle will also come with a collectible figure of a Kingdom Hearts character - 12 figures in total. [ Image ]

Nissin is scheduled to release the product in 3/4, priced 120 Yen.
Special thanks to Techside for the news.


Short Comment- Hey, no FF characters! I thought KH was tie-ing up with soda companies, but I guess they're stretching to poor men's dinner too. -"Madman" H. Moriarty

Looks like Yujin is at it again, creating those Capcom vs SNK 2 Mini-Figures. This time, there's even Maki..Hopefully they'll be much better than the previous CvS1 figures.. looks to be that way, at least in those prototypes. Check under 'Capcom' in Wizzywig.com if you want to see them too. Special Special thanks to Adon for the News. -H. Moriarty

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