http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/aou2008 http://kotaku.com/tag/aou2008 Capcom released the above Street Fighter IV trailer today, the one recently looped at the AOU arcade tradeshow in Tokyo, Japan. It may be your first look at characters like E. Honda, Blanka, Abel and Zangief in motion. The in-game action is interspersed with a remixed version of the Ken versus Ryu battle, with new footage of Chun-Li and Crimson Viper that spins the watercolor aesthetic seen in previous cinematics. The HD version at GameTrailers may give you a better appreciation for the game's animation. Thoughts? More »
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So has that new Indiana Jones trailer gotten you excited? Japanese arcades are all ready to pounce on that. Just check out this UFO catcher Indy merch. Throw the crane the whip, and it'll take your money and keep the idol! Or something. Heh. More »
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For those who didn't attend AOU 2008 today in Chiba, here's a smorgasbord of pics taken by Jean Snow and Witzbold. Stand out stuff like eagerly awaited SFIV, Square Enix's card game Lord of Vermilion, Cave's shooter DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu and Konami's new music game Jubeat — among others. Man, new DoDonPachi, new Street Fighter, new Konami music game, new The King of Fighters. Who was saying Japanese arcades were dying? More »
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If you like pictures of people standing around, staring at arcade cabinets, this this post is for you! In this case, it's Street Fighter IV and the people, they're excited. More »
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Street Fighter IV is playable. Today, the wait at the AOU arcade show hit 90 minutes to play the game hit 90 minutes. Keep in mind: This is on the business day. So, what's it like? Kotaku buddy Jean Snow was at AOU today and checked it out — even winning a perfect battle. Briefly, Jean tells us: More »
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Here we go! This appears to be the first pictures from the Japanese arcade AOU 2008 show floor. A lot of the pre-opening pics seem taken by Blurry McBlur. There are snaps of exhibits for Arcana Heart 2, DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu and Square Enix's Lord of Vermilion. More to come. More »
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AOU kicks off in Tokyo tomorrow. Being the world's biggest arcade show, there'll be plenty of good stuff on show. Including some new Street Fighter game people seem to be all excited about. Capcom have passed out a few photos of their booth now, so you can see it without filthy, greedy patrons swarming all over it and dirtying the place up, so here, check em out. Oh, and "I'm Here To Smash You Up"? Best tagline ever. More »
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With Japanese arcade show AOU kicking off tomorrow, Konami is showing off its latest cabinets. Among others, they include: music game jubeat, chicken shooter Nobiteke! Byon Byon Daisakusen, horse racing game HORSERIDERS, neo beat 'em up Action Deka and quiz title Quiz Magic Academy 5. Nice cabinets! More »
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This weekend, the AOU 2008 expo goes down in Tokyo. Seeing as this is only the world's #1 arcade gaming show, you can bet some big-name games will be paraded around. Like King of Fighters XII, which will be shown publicly for the first time, albeit in video form (it sadly won't be playable). Little is known about this latest installment in the series, though it should be coming to the US in 2009 on both PS3 and 360. We've also heard that the game will be neither 2D nor 3D. More »
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