Fuuka Taisen

Last couple of days I've been wasting my time playing Fuuka Taisen. Fuuka Taisen is a 2D fighting game like Melty Blood but has Mai-hime characters instead. 3D backgrounds and 2D gamesprites. The gameplay is a bit different. Attacks do much more damage and countering does even more damage. Also every character has a "child" which can be used for special moves. The game is quite amusing, though sometimes it seems a bit unbalanced. Some characters clearly dominate some other characters. All in all a nice game.

Screens here

A gameplay video:


Try the game if you have time to spend. The demo is available here.(bottom of the page marked ダウンロード) I'm sure the full game is available too if you spend some time searching ;)

International Saimoe *Update*

First winners bracket results are in:

(#1) Fate Testarossa vs. Kotomi Ichinose (#8)
631 <-- 520 (#5)
Kyou Fujibayashi vs. Shana (#4)
562 --> 614
(#3) Haruhi Suzumiya vs. Yuki Nagato (#6)
562 --> 593
(#7) Kagami Hiiragi vs. Tomoyo Sakagami (#2)
608 <-- 584
my votes only won in the last match ;_;
This means some very close(imo) matches in the next round

Next matches for the losers bracket looks like this:


Tsukasa Hiiragi (LS) vs. Hinagiku Katsura (HnG)
can't decide on this one ><

Konata Izumi (LS) vs. Suigintou (RM)
Konata~

Mai Kawasumi (KN) vs. C.C. (CG)
C.C. with cheese-kun~

Nanoha Takamachi (NA) vs. Rika Furude (HNKN)
the ni-paah~ should win

don't forget to vote!

MSN-06S Sinanju Ver. Ka

A new MG has been announced and is open for reservation. The MSN-06S Sinanju Ver.Ka. After the Unicorn this is the new Ver. Ka. Based on the Sazabi you can recognise the traits from it. It is from the same timeframe as the Unicorn and it was built to compete with the Unicorn. It is also equipped with a psychoframe but it does not looks like it has a destroyer mode. It looks quite nice. Out for release late December.

International Saimoe Update

The first round is over. Here are the results:

(#1) Fate Testarossa vs. Tsukasa Hiiragi (#16)
673 <-- 588
(#8) Kotomi Ichinose vs. Hinagiku Katsura (#9)
632 <-- 566
(#5) Kyou Fujibayashi vs. Konata Izumi (#12)
627 <-- 616
(#4) Shana vs. Suigintou (#13)
722 <-- 535
(#3) Haruhi Suzumiya vs. Mai Kawasumi (#14)
753 <-- 473
(#6) Yuki Nagato vs. C.C. (#11)
661 <-- 583
(#7) Kagami Hiiragi vs. Nanoha Takamachi (#10)
740 <-- 505
(#2) Tomoyo Sakagami vs. Rika Furude (#15)
703 <-- 510

The results were not that surprising. It was a close one between kyou and konata though.

The tournament tree looks like this now:

The winners of round 1 will face eachother on Friday, October 3 @ 0200 GMT - 2600 GMT
The losers of round 1 will face eachother on Tuesday, October 7 @ 0200 GMT - 2600 GMT

International Saimoe

Saimoe the japanese tournament where fans can vote for the most moe character has spawned an international version. After the 64 contestants were nominated from the top of the other saimoe of previous years preliminary rounds were held. Now those rounds have ended and only 16 are left.
The matches are:









Now vote for the character you think is most moe

Incredible Hard Game

A incredible hard game on the japanese game show haneru no tobira.
This time the contestants had to swing on a conveyorbelt, take a footstand, use it to jump onto a rope hanging from the ceiling and land on a platform in very hot water. Fail jumping on the conveyor means landing in flour. Failing the conveyor of the rope means landing in hot water.



link via Japan probe

Gundam Pack Exchange

While building the MG Strike E IWSP a question hit me. Is the IWSP compatible with other gundams? I only have 2 other MG to try it on. The MG Freedom and the MG Strike Freedom. It did require some minor changes but here are the results:

The MG Freedom with IWSP. The pack did not fit entirely. I had to remove 2 thrusters from the back of Freedom for the IWSP to fit. Sacrificing 2 thrusters for 1 large pack wasn't that big of a problem ^^. I must say the pack looks good on the Freedom.
Another pose holding the shield. Getting the pose right was not so simple. The swords form the IWSP were somewhat in the way of the arms.
Here Strike Freedom with the old wings comes along. Too bad the IWSP doesn't fit on the Strike Freedom.
Soon when I finish the Strike E IWSP I will try more variations.