Replay Games (Bangor) have SSF4 AE and KOF XIII

Yreval

Was informed by Gareth from Replay Games at tonight's Dragonslayers that they have SSF4 AE and KOF XIII (version 1.1).

Not too fussed about AE since we all know it's coming out in a few weeks, but KOF XIII, about ten miles from where I live, before the console version is even officially announced, is a pretty big deal as far as I'm concerned.

Presumably this means we'll be able to play them at Q-Con, as Replay Games bring a few cabinets along each year.

K.O.Kiki

That's too far from Dublin...

Would be nice at Q-con though.

Scavenger XIII

Will probably make the trip for some KoF on Saturday.

UberPrinny_Baal

Is someone gonna make a shopping trip then?

EDIT: Hang on, I think I assumed that by posting this topic, it meant these Replay guys had (or are willing) to break the street date.

Is this the case, or was this topic just posted as some sort of trivia thing?

Scavenger XIII

Naw, he means they have them for the arcade cab that's in the store.

Leprekaun

I'd go for SSFIV AE but to be honest, I think I'd rather wait considering how far I live from Co. Down. 2:30 hours is a long way to drive to just play an arcade. But thanks for the heads up Yreval, I'm glad to see the arcade scene is still breathing in Ireland

Yreval

Looks like this story has blown up:

http://www.neoempire.com/?p=8712
http://orochinagi.com/2011/05/xiii-in-ireland
http://kof-uk.blogspot.com/2011/05/kofxiii-arcade-cabinet-v11-in-ireland.html

Scavenger XIII wrote: »

Will probably make the trip for some KoF on Saturday.

Same here.

For the uninitiated - Replay Games is a shop that sells video games, anime and manga and related merchandise, tabletop RPGs and collectible card games. They have a few arcade games at the back, and they bring them to Q-Con every year - if you watch the Doom vlog from last year's Q-Con you can see them about halfway through.

Scavenger XIII

Hopefully these people don't get their hopes up that a huge KoF scene is going to explode out of Norn Iron and take the world by storm, cause I don't see it somehow. :pac:

Did he mention if he'd gotten another entire cab in? Otherwise there's still only really one cab with a selection of games he can put on, that and the nice but sadly outdated T5DR cab (still a better game than T6 though).

Wonder what Gareth did with the old cab he had BB and KoFXII on before...?

He probably has it in his kitchen.

Yreval

He didn't specifically mention new cabinets, but unless I'm mistaken it's only one player per cabinet in SSF4 AE, so it's a good bet that he's gotten a new cabinet (or cabinets) in.

Dreddybajs

What's the easiest way to get to Bangor from Dublin apart from driving? Would love to go up for some AE.

Neeknak

You can get a train to Belfast then either a train or bus from there to Bangor. Or Train from Dublin to Portadown, then train to Bangor.

It's been a while but I don't think there's a direct train.

I've got a job in Holywood in a couple of hours. If there wasn't a tracker on my van I'd shoot over to Bangor for a few games once the job's finished.

Ramza

I second that Dreddy, I'd trek from down below in Westmeath up to play some AE. We should arrange something if anyone else is interested, would be class

Orim

I was considering it but it seems like too much hassle if we can't get there directly.

Also I wanna play KOF. Irish KOF scene going to explode :pac:

Scavenger XIII

Can't believe folks are willing to trek all the way up just for AE. :pac:

Sairus

If I was in Dublin I'd probably go up. 8 hour trip each way is a little much even for me though :pac:

Yreval

For anyone headed to tomorrow's session; Akodet (Cloudpaul on here) posted this on Neo Empire:

Probably won't be there stupidly early, Gareth runs YuGiOh and tabletop tournaments on a saturday so will be unavailable for the store. The store should still be open but I'm pretty sure he's the only one who knows how to operate the cabinets (if we want to switch games etc). So I'll probably head up around 1-2, get a bite to eat (probably in Makhulu 5, south african restaurant with good reviews) then make my way with whoever is with me.

http://neoempire.com/forum/showpost.php?p=377813&postcount=14

I'll try to be there around 2:30 or 3:00.

EDIT: The shop closes at 5pm normally, but if plenty show up, Gareth will apparently keep it open a little longer. With that in mind, I think I'll aim to be there an hour earlier.

Scavenger XIII

Cool, I'll try and coincide with the rest if possible.

Probably get the 12:38 from Botanic.

Yreval

Paul says he's getting the 10:08 from Botanic: http://neoempire.com/forum/showpost.php?p=377865&postcount=19

Scavenger XIII

Early bird eh, we'll see how early I wake up.

Yreval

Just got back from Bangor - five of us went in all. Thoughts:

SSF4 AE
- Sakura's cool stuff seems quite a bit easier to do, especially shouoken -> FADC -> whatever.
- Tried Deejay's EX MGU -> dash -> U2 midscreen, which is supposedly much easier now but still couldn't pull it off.
- Don't have much to say about the twins - played Yun once and got Blown Up™, and that was it.
- Evil Ryu and Oni were not unlocked - Gareth said he had a 1-player Japanese version with the two unlocked but we never got around to putting it on.

KOF XIII
- Tried a few different characters - Terry, Iori, K', Kula, Athena, Yuri. Being so used to old-school Iori I had some trouble adjusting - he still has his j.b+B (one of my favourite moves in all of fighting games) though, so I think I will give him another shot. He's also the only character whose Neomax I successfully landed today.
- Game looks very good in person - not too fond of the filter applied to the character sprites but the backgrounds are absolutely sick.

Some pics of the setup:

Rob2D

That looks like a place where I could easily spend quite a bit of money.

Azza

Is the AE cab two player?

Sairus

This shop looks pretty unreal.

Yreval

Azza wrote: »

Is the AE cab two player?

Indeed it is.

chueytoo

So was Kof 13 anygood? i can't wait to play it. been watching matches online. It looks so pretty ^__^

Scavenger XIII

KoFXIII seems pretty cool but it's hard to really judge since we all sucked so bad at it.

...

Dan looks really pissed off in that picture. :pac:

chunkis

Was the machine on freeplay or did you have to pay to play?

Blinn

@chueytoo - KoF13 was really fun, I hadn't played a KoF game before but I enjoyed it so much I'm gonna start playing 2k2 on ggpo and learn some basics. The game looked gorgeous also.

@chunkis - 50p per credit

@scavenger - Dan is ALWAYS pissed off

I enjoyed playing my Fei but I couldn't really feel any of the differences, only thing was people telling me I had no reason to lose ever because I'm top tier now. Also Yun was real cool, I've been learning 3s Yun for the past few weeks but very little of that knowledge really helped me. I just wanna mess around with him in training mode

oGRAMo

Dreddybajs wrote: »

What's the easiest way to get to Bangor from Dublin apart from driving? Would love to go up for some AE.

Dreddy if you or any others want to head up next Friday I'm off work. I can collect you's from Belfast Central Station and take you's right to the door. The offer stands for anyone else too, I've got room for four people. It's only a two minute detour via Central and wouldn't mind playing some early AE for an afternoon on my day off.

Turned up today. It is a real nice setup, buttons a bit closer than TE stick but very comfortable. Pity about E Ryu and Oni but Yun and Yang are fun.

Anyone interested give me a shout!

P.s It's Graeme, the Dhalsim player who's been to a couple of Infernos.

blag

I'll be able to make it Friday, if Dublin guys wanna avail of the lift I can make my own way to Bangor by train, it's fairly close.

Azza

Whats the opening hours of that place?

oGRAMo

Closed Mondays, 10-5 Tuesday to Saturday. Not to sure about opening times for Sunday but closed at 4.30 today.

Dreddybajs

That'd be great Graeme! I'd want to head up pretty early on Friday (would probably be taking the bus to the Europa bus station) to make it worthwhile, what time do you want to head down?

oGRAMo

Any time really, just let me know what time the bus arrives and can surely meet there. If blag, yourself and any others come it will be a good afternoon being some of the first few people in Ireland and UK to try out the game!

Yreval

Some more pics and a video from here: http://neoempire.com/forum/showpost.php?p=378437&postcount=29

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmz-0t-JVc8

K.O.Kiki

What were the cab's prices?

Orim

Blinn wrote: »

@chunkis - 50p per credit

Kiki

Dreddybajs

"Enter "SBDU8YWE", followed by "S2K7MB4Q" on the Service menu "Password" option to unlock Evil Ryu and Oni Akuma."

Apparently.

Dreddybajs

Still on for this tomorrow? If I get the bus up to Europa is that alright? I don't really know how to get to Belfast Central from there but can try and meet wherever's convenient.

edit: Actually it's alright Graeme, I'm not sure if I'm able to make it up now, and if I get up I'm not sure what time it'll be, so I'll make my own way to Bangor if so. Otherwise I'll go up on Sunday.

oGRAMo

I'm definitely going with a huge stack of 50p's anyway, even if I have to play yun and yang against the computer but real people to play would be better. Europa is of no inconvenience if you give me a time but no worries if it doesn't suit any more.

Dreddybajs

Yeah I'm gonna go down Sunday instead I think man, got hithero-unforeseen stuff to do in the morning in Dublin so by the time I could get the bus to Belfast it wouldn't be worth my while. Cheers again for the offer though dude.

oGRAMo

No problem, Blag said a bunch of people were heading down on sunday but unless it stays open until after 7pm I won't make it because of work

blag

Hey Gram, just got internet back again, Virgins idea of an upgrade is to cut you off the night before, apparently! I'm still up for going this afternoon if you're heading up.