pop'n music High☆Cheers!! is available in Japan today. The game features a new cabinet with a 43" 120Hz monitor. A touchscreen is available below the monitor, which is used to set modifiers and options, and as an alternative to sort and select songs in the song selection screen. During gameplay, the HIDDEN and SUDDEN values can be adjusted with the touch screen. A headphone jack is added. Two pop-kun buttons were added at the side of the regular nine buttons. As the Big Pop-kun falls from above in time with the music , press the button of the same color when it overlaps with the red line" below. If you're successful, the "Groove Gauge" below will go up. "Long Big Pop-kun," hold down the button for the full length, and for "Rapid Hit Big Pop-kun," hit the Big Pop-kun as many times as the number written on it. If you find the game with the 9 buttons a little difficult, try playing LIGHT music scores, they are set to use fewer buttons.

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The doors of the traditional London trade show will open in a month. Leading manufacturers such as Bandai Namco Amusement Europe and Sega Amusements International will unveil their new products for the 2026 season for the European market. Many British distributors will also be present, including Electrocoin, Instance Automatics, UDC, JNC Sales, ... Alongside the EAG (Entertainment Attractions & Gaming) Expo Europe dedicated to arcade games, the Social Immersive Entertainment Expo and the London Casino & Gaming Show will round out this must-attend event. There will also be the BACTA Awards ceremony, a networking evening and numerous seminars covering all aspects of the industry (collaboration with licensing authorities, developing sales in difficult markets, compliance and social responsibilities, diversifying your bar's offering, how to build customer loyalty, unlocking revenue and stimulating customer engagement through karaoke, etc.). EAG Expo Europe will be held at ExCel London from 13 to 15 January 2026. Registration to attend is available via the expo website. As usual, we will publish a photo report on the latest video game releases after the show.

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Sega releases the latest installment of the arcade music game CHUNITHM today: CHUNITHM X-VERSE-X. This update adds new songs and collaborations: Medalist, BanG Dream! Ave Mujica and a revival collaboration with Freiren. You can get characters, nameplates and stage backgrounds by processing through the event maps. And the new map VERSE ep. NEW is now available.

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Axel City 2 is back with this new version of Project Atsuki's popular fighting game. Axel City 2 - The Final Storm adds 6 new stages and 10 characters for a grand total 0f 50 playable characters, the largest roster in any modern fighter. Each character has a different story sequence and is fully voiced through unique cinema sequences and endings The battles are now more balanced for competitive play with every character finely tuned. 3 game modes are available: Story, Fighting (test your strength and battle it out against 25 opponents in a row in a 1 round) and Training. The input lag is 0.3 frame. Get your copy from Red Sun Systems.

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Chaos Code NEXT -Nemesis Experiment- is out on exA-Arcadia today. There are now 20 playable characters (including 4 new) each with selectable skills and styles. There a different story sequences and endings for each characters. All characters have gotten some kind of new move or moves, and many have gotten sprite/animation upgrades. The game is faster than ever with the 2 frames input lag. You can buy the game from Red Sun Systems.

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HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×IMPACT is available on exA-Arcadia today! exA-Arcadia release an arcade adaptation of the fighting game from Bushiroad Games released on Steam, Nintendo Switch and PS5 in July. HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×IMPACT is a 3vs3 tag team fighter featuring 20 characters (17 characters with 3 more new characters available in a future update for free) from the famous manga by Yoshihiro Togashi. You can create your custom team and use assist attacks to call upon your teammates and launch devastating attack on your opponent. The gameplay is casual player friendly as you can just hold down the Rush button and hit the Arts button repeatedly to unleash powerful combos. When you’re backed into a corner, activate your OverGear to blast enemies away and get with a temporary burst of extra power. HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×IMPACT features HD graphics rendering at 60 fps, 1 frame input lag (6 times faster as any other version), 2 game modes (Arcade and Tutorial), all special costumes and character colours. The game has been newly rebalanced. The game box contains a A1 poster, a A3 header, monitor instructions (Japanese & English), instruction strip (Japanese & English) and a manual (Japanese/English). You can buy it from Red Sun Systems.

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Vanguard Princess R is available on exA-Arcadia. This is a remastered version by exA-Arcadia TEAM EXA-AM2 and FK DIGITAL of the classic 2D fighting game that features an all-female cast each with its own unique fighting style. Choose from ten girls and pair them with a powerful partner to form an unstoppable team. Every character is fully voiced complete with their own storyline. With your teammate you can extend combos or trap your opponent, there is also a Reflect defensive technique to parry your opponent’s attack and gain an opening. And you can also use the easy special move button to perform even super moves with ease or use the traditional motion inputs to finish off your opponent in style. There are 3 game modes (story, training and original). The move lists are displayed on the sides of the screen. Input delay is 0.3 frame/second.You van buy your copy by Red Sun Systems.

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A new version of maimai is available today! Its name is maimai DX CiRCLE. This new version includes new popular songs and a number of collaborations: Blue Archive, Kocchi no Kento and The Quintessential Quintuplets. During collaborations you can acquire Tour Members, Nameplates and Frames. Tricolor Area is also open, as you progress through the area, challenge songs and perfect challenge songs appeara and you can earn songs by clearing them. A music collaboration event with CHUNITHM and ONGEKI is held: if you play the collaboration songs in these game, they will be available in maimai.

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beatmania IIDX 33 Sparkle Shower starts operation today. The concept of this new episode is providing an invigorating musical experience by showering players with refreshing, fruity music. As usual improvements and new features are offered to players. The "Play Tutorial" has been redesigned to be easier to understand. The new tutorial allows to freely operate the keyboard and turntable at hand to create a variety of sounds. Furthermore, the skill assessment function now makes it possible to suggest a recommended difficulty level for each player. Thanks to the Play Assistance Function, you can now check play options before starting to play. In addition, a function has been added that allows you to adjust the placement and rhythm of the standard score to make it easier to play. There are now a song recommendation function that suggests songs by the same artist or genre as the songs you've played based on your play history and a Score Information Viewer Function that allows you to check detailed score information for the selected song. A DJ TRAINING Folder has been added: it suggests songs that suit your skill level based on your playing history. A new companion appears in various scenes throughout the game and supports you.

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Announced since 2022, jam jam’n Jelly ExaLente is finally available! This is an exclusive exA-Arcadia 2D horizontal 2P shoot'em up from KUMRO GAMES. You can play 2 characters Jam Jam or P-Nut to find your kidnapped friends by the evil Doctor BS. You can use the homing ripple laser or the focused laser weapon to make your way through the game and you also have a Mega Blaster attack to destroy everything in your path and give yourself temporary invincibility. Both characters are fully voiced in English and Japanese. Choose your favorite style and journey through in multiple routes through the 7 cute colorful stages. Find secrets in every stage to discover the secrets of Doctor BS and get the best ending. enjoy 3 difficulty levels suited for all types of players and choose between Score Attack mode or Arcade mode. jamjma features cute graphics and illustrations and sprite are drawn by Pokemon artist, Masakazu Fukuda. Buy your copy from Red Sun Systems.

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