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Gundam vs. Gundam website updates

Over at the official Gundam vs. Gundam website, Banpresto has updated their gallery to include a selection of 16 new shots as well as the currently "announced" Gundam roster for the game.

Graphically speaking, for a System 256 game that is built on a several year old engine, Gundam vs. Gundam should please most fans of the ongoing fighting/action series. It may not win any awards visually, but it at least packs enough of a punch to attract some welcome attention and play.

The location tests for the game have been going relatively well from what I've been hearing. I've been told that in a lot of ways the game suffers from being more of the same, with only a touch of finesse to give it a "fresher" feel. Yes, it introduces new moves, new Gundams, new play modes, and new skills, but even with that, it will be extremely familiar to those who have spent some time with the previous games in the arcade Gundam series.

Whether or not that's a good thing seems to be entirely dependent on your attitude towards the earlier games. If you like them, Gundam vs. Gundam will provide an opportunity to sink hours more into the franchise. If you passed them over, Gundam vs. Gundam will likely not provide enough of a change for you to buy into the new release.

I was about to post a question: Do we care about giant robots?

There are a bunch of shooting and fighting game posts, but not much about the Gundam arcade games. There were a bunch of updates about Gundam Kizuna (? Google translates the name as Gundam Battlefield Bondage which is AWESOME!) on Famitsu.com a few days ago, and I was wondering if I should spam up the forum with threads about it.

There was a revision update (new mobile suits), and a national tournament results. I'm not a huge fan, so I didn't bother finding out the details. I'd post links for those that care.

I wouldn't mind checking out the links. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for giant robots. Unfortunately, Namco Bandai hasn't been keen on distributing the games in any other region but JP, but alas, I can dream, right?