Arcade operator and distributor sites Challenger and River Service, have reported that preliminary distributions of Capcom vs SNK 2 will begin in 7/26, and general distribution will take place in 8/2. The 2GDRom kit is open priced, retailed 248,000 Yen at River Service.
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Image has been mirrored since River Service's section uses JIS code in their URL.
Summary of release dates:
Arcade: 7/26 in limited arcades, 8/2 in all arcades
Home: 9/13 for both DreamCast and Playstation2. -H. Moriarty

The following are characters command list and network explanations released by Sega for their upcoming game, Virtua Fighter 4.

[ Image1- Command List | Image2- Network Explanation ]

Short Comment- I tried playing it a few times since the beta test seem to have the shortest line of people I've seen in a long time. All characters were useable, the graphics were not glitchy as reviewed by the US beta testers. I'm not much a VF player so I can't compare to previous games in the series, but it plays like VF2 with Soul Calibur's 8 way run to me. Too bad the charactes look like dolls and has an almost metallic gloss on their surface. -H. Moriarty

In a recent interview conducted by Enterbrain Inc. to Capcom vs SNK 2 producer Noritaka Funamizu, Funamizu has revealed that CvS2 is the first in the line-up of a "Library Scheme" which focuses in simultaneous multi-platform game releases, first announced during the analysts strategy meeting last year.

By developing "libraries" to convert games from system to system, Capcom can create ports in short time. As in the case of CvS2 where the library was still in development and its usage was being practiced, the port from the DreamCast version to PlayStation 2 was possible in one month. Conversion of Capcom's games to other consoles such as Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft's XBox are also possible with the new library scheme, according to Funamizu.

Funamizu also revealed that Capcom vs SNK 2 will be playable cross-platform on the DreamCast and PlayStation 2, with the use of Capcom's KDDI network.

As a side note, the "SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters2 Expand Edition" scheduled for released by SNK in September for the NeogeoPocket Color, will be connectable to the DreamCast version of CvS2. It is unknown what extra bonuses will be available with its use.

Special Thanks to NeoRyu for the News.

Game importer NCS (National Console Support) has reported the Japanese DreamCast version of "Capcom vs SNK2" to be released on 9/13, price 6,800 Yen.

Short Comment- I've confirmed on their report. The PlayStation 2 version will be coming out in same day as well. -H. Moriarty

Game importer NCS (National Console Support) has reported the Japanese DreamCast version of "Garou -Mark Of The Wolves" to be released on 9/27, price 5,800 Yen.

Short Comment- I've confirmed on their report. -H. Moriarty

Impress GameWatch has released a number of high quality screenshots from "The King Of Fighters Advance" (Tentative title), scheduled for release in December.

For the images, check the site's section.