Under Pressure: Higa's Ibuki

Higa's Ibuki is absolutely on fire, especially at the beginning of this video. Watch and be amazed at the intense rushdown. Video courtesy of TheShend's YouTube channel, which you should certainly subscribe to if you like Third Strike at all.

15 Days to Galactus' Attack

I would embed the leaked Galactus video that was on YouTube right here, but it has been taken down. Instead, I'll do my best to describe the boss encounter. The scene from the Akuma reveal trailer showing Cosmic Doom is from the final boss battle. You actually fight Cosmic Doom and Cosmic Akuma simultaneously. Once they are defeated, you fight Galactus. He only appears from the chest up on the right side of the screen and is huge, like Apocalypse from XMvSF and MSHvSF. He takes huge swipes with his hands and shoots lasers from his eyes. Apparently, he has a Super of sorts that causes him to move behind the playfield and blast lasers from his fingertips and eyes simultaneously. He looks pretty cool, but is very likely to be unplayable.

UPDATE: I found a YouTube video that works, but who knows for how long...

16 Days to Mission Mode

Shoryuken brings to our attention this video, which teases MvC3's Mission Mode. There appear to be 10 trials per character, all of which take place in a remake of MvC2's Danger Room training stage. This video also gives us a glimpse of the game's title screen.

17 Days to MvC3

Capcom has confirmed to Shacknews that there are more character reveals coming in the next few weeks. Will they be on the disc or DLC? I guess we'll know soon.

18 Days to MvC3

Check out this interesting article from iPlaywinner.

This article, though at times wordy and bombastic, really hits on something I've experienced myself. The author details the nigh-indescribable feeling of playing MvC3. He contrasts that with the experience of SSF4. It is hard to put into words how atrocious it feels to play SSF4 shortly after playing MvC3. MvC3 feels so creative and interesting that everything looks bland in comparison. Will SSF4 be kicked to the curb faster than Mubarak? You'll find out firsthand in a mere 18 days.

Sony Unveils Next Generation Portable

And that's exactly what they're calling it: "Next Generation Portable," or NGP. Though that's not the final name, don't get it twisted and call it the PSP2. It will be released later this year. What are the important specs and features, you ask?

• Dual analog sticks: These are full sticks, not slide-pads.
• 5" OLED capacitive multitouch touchscreen with 960x544 resolution.
• Capacitive multitouch pad along the back of the device for rear control without obstructing the screen.
• Uses a 4-core ARM CPU and a 4-core GPU.
• A front camera and a rear camera, enabling all sorts of augmented reality games.
• Sixaxis-style motion tech including gyroscope, accelerometer, and compass.
• A microphone, perhaps for DS-style in-game use or voice communication.
• 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 3G cellular network connectivity.
• Can play PSP games, PlayStation Minis, PS One games.
• Uses proprietary flash memory cards (that look like DS games) for new games.
• GPS: Probably not for navigation, but for location-aware features.
• Location-based features include "Near," "Live Area," and "Activity." These do things like tell you what games are popular in certain areas or if someone is playing a particular game near you.

Demos shown at the Sony event included a segment from an NGP Uncharted game in which the player uses the rear touchpad to swing on vines. I was particularly impressed by the NGP Hot Shots Golf demo, in which the player was able to look around the course by holding out the turning in place.

With all of this expensive tech packed in, I'd expect it to cost easily over $300, though Sony has yet to announce a price. How much would you pay for it?

Source: PlayStation Blog

19 Days to Sentinel and Hsien-Ko

Sentinel and Hsien-Ko have been revealed! From now on, I may refer to Hsien-Ko by her Japanese name, Lei Lei, which is easier both to type and to say. Fun fact: Her sister is transformed into the talisman that hangs from her hat. Her name is Mei Ling in the West or Lin Lin in Japan.

Lei Lei's Dark Force mode gives her armor!





Source: Eurogamer (which isn't exactly up and running right now) via iPlaywinner