I’m guessing most of the gaming public hasn’t heard of Cosmic Smash since it barely made a splash in Japan where it was released in arcades and later on the Dreamcast. Cosmic Smash is a futuristic tennis game where your…

Guitar Hero and Rock Band are cash cows. Meanwhile Konami’s series of Bemani instrument games are nearly unrecognizable for the mainstream market Guitar Hero captured. Unfortunately for Konami they may have missed the boat, but that doesn’t mean they are…

No, I’m not thinking about the Street Fighter character. There is a hard to find arcade light gun game with the same name. Akuma has two players pick up guns and shoot ghosts that resemble the specters from Japanese horror…

You may have heard of Sega’s dog walking arcade game before because it’s old. Like years old. However, I don’t think many people (anyone?) has written about what you do in Inu no Osanpo beyond showing pictures of it as…

In an interesting turn of events Konami registered the trademark Byon Byon earlier this month, which can be used for arcade machines. You know, Konami announced an arcade game with the same name back at AOU 2008 in Japan. The…

I was really lucky I got to jump into to Capcom’s mini arcade set-up and play Street Fighter IV outside of the journalist tournament. However, I didn’t arrive until the tail end and Capcom was getting ready to go. My…

Arc System Works brought Battle Fantasia in arcades last year and it’s far from Guilty Gear. The characters are cute and inspired by medieval fantasy themes. They are also 3D models, which throws Battle Fantasia in the brave new world…

Sega pretty much controls the surge of Doraemon video games. They also developed Answer X Answer, a popular arcade quiz placed in arcades. For a limited time (i.e. to promote Sega’s latest DS game with the license, Doraemon: Nobita to…

A new rival enters the Virtua Fighter 5 ring and Sega has another installment of Virtua Fighter 5. However, this appears to be more than Virtua Fighter version E for excellent. Sega is giving Virtua Fighter 5 a terse, one…

Street Fighter IV seems to be the media darling of AOU 2008 and I’m sure there are plenty of videos with 2.5D dragon punches circulating around the internet. Arcana Heart 2 and BlazBlue coverage? Not so much!      …

Bokura no TV Game Kentei must be on the horizon since a steady stream of news is trickling out about Namco Bandai’s DS training game. The title will now have at least 30 games, an increase from the previous 25+ tally. However,…

Now that we’re done revealing some of the classic Street Fighter II cast, Capcom unveiled the second brand new character in Street Fighter IV. Abel has ties to the Shadoloo and Famitsu notes one of his moves looks similar to Sean’s…