Nintendo, Sega and Namco's new 3D arcade board "TRIFORCE" has been revealed in the AOU show, held today for Press in Japan. Numerous other arcade machines and prizes have been revealed as well. The following are a number of Japanese sites currently offering an overview of the show.

Impress Gamewatch- Triforce and misc. machines | Section 2 | Section 3
NTT Eg - Section 1: Triforce and misc. machines | Section 2 | Section 3
GameSpot Japan - Arcade Prizes

Short Comment- I can't cover the show in detail since I barely have time to write any news until mid-next week, so please enjoy yourself with the numerous images in the sites.

As for the Triforce, there were no announcements on its specs.The Triforce mockup in Sega's booth had a GD-Rom stuck on it, unlike that in Namco's booth. It seems that some specifications required for the system can change, depending on the software title.

For a closer look at the Mai Shiranui & Chun-li prize figures, check GameSpot Japan's article on Banpresto prizes from last month. - "Madman" H. Moriarty

West Kansai region Japanese arcade chain operater Challenger AM, has released 7 Soul Calibur 2 footages and 34 photo shots from the AOU show.

For the media, check the site's section.

Short Comment- Additional images also available at Impress Gamewatch's AOU coverage 3 -thanks to Freeter for the info. - "Madman" H. Moriarty

Korean gaming site Ruliweb has released Digicube's promotional footage of Square and Disney's collaboratiove RPG for the Playstation 2, Kingdom Hearts.

For the 3.6MB footage, check the site's section.

Gamespot Japan has released high quality footages of Sega's Jet Set Radio Future. Provided by game developer Smilebit themselves, the high quality footages run at 60 fps (frames per second).

For no framdroppings, the 640 x 480 version (39.2MB) requires a PentiumIII 700MHZ (Mediaplayer 6) or higher, while the 320 x 240 requires a Pentium II or Celeron 450MHZ or higher (Mediaplayer6). On mediaplayer 7, the CPU spec required is 850MHZ for the 640x480, and 550MHZ for the 320x240. lower spec viewers can download the 30 fps version (9.5MB).

For the Footages, check the site's section.
Special thanks to Rid Hershel for the News.

Korean gaming site Ruliweb has released Digicube's promotional footage of Namco's Tekken 4 for the Playstation 2.

For the 5.2 MB footage, check the site's section.

High Quality portraits and in-game images of the four new characters in Guilty Gear XX- Slayer, Bridget, Zappa, and I-no, have been released by Impress Gamewatch.

For the images, check the site's section.
Special thanks to Rid Hershel for the News.

Korean gaming site Ruliweb has released Digicube's promotional footages of Sakura Wars 4 for the Sega DreamCast.

For the two footages (Mb and 1.4MB), check the site's section.

Korean gaming site Ruliweb has released Digicube's promotional footage of Wild Arms 2 for the Playstation2.

For the 4.3MB footage, check the site's section.

Here's another comparative look at the sizes of the videogame consoles in the market right now. It's actually from a section in Yahoo Japan that's dedicated to the XBox, proving either of how much the hardware is anticipated, or how much it's being advertized by Microsoft. They even have a comparison look at the Japanese controllers & save units as well. [ Link: Console Comparison | Japanese Controllers & Save unit Comparison ]

Also, this is something I'd consider to be nothing but an unconfirmed rumor, so don't take it as NEWS. Nevertheless, it's still an interesting article to note. According to the Mainichi news, Sony is considering to lower the price of their Playstation2 to to something "that kids can afford". This can be a hint to ranging their price near the Nintendo Gamecube (25000 yen). But again, don't take it too seriously unless there's a real confirmation. [ Link: Mainichini News ] -H. Moriarty