The latest work the music game beatmania IIDX series starts operation today. This new version is named beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER. This time, the game has been redesigned on the themes "gourmet" and "travel". Some interesting features are included. For example the STEP UP mode in which songs and musical scores that suit your skills are automatically selected. beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER also contains a large number of club music, popular songs and anime songs.

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It is not every day that we have the pleasure of announcing the opening of an arcade in Belgium. But today is a day of celebration as Gate Ninety World is officially open even if, unfortunately, in order to follow COVID-19 measurements, the hall is currently only accessible via reservation per session of 2 hours minimum. Located in Nivelles, Gate Ninety World aims to (re)discover arcade and pinball machines to as many people as possible. The arcade also serves as a showroom for the sale of new and second-hand arcades and pinball machines rental. About forty arcade and pinball machines can be played in the arcade: there are dedicated and generic machines (Net City, Blast City, Swing, ...) and all game styles are represented: OutRun 2, Time Crisis II, Pop'n Music 3, Double Dragon, Fist of the North Star, Metal Slug X, Puzzle Bobble, Street Fighter II, Shock Troopers - 2nd Squad, Windjammers, Zero Gunner 2, Doctor Who (pinball),... You'll find the complete game list on the location page. Refreshments and small snacks are also available. Please do not hesitate to contact the Gate Ninety World team for more information on bookings and sales, they will be happy to answer you as soon as possible.

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Dragon Quest no Daibōken Xross Blade is released today. It is a new trading card game from Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. and Square Enix. It is based on the new animated series Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken which started airing on October 3rd. You place 3 cards on the board to form a party and start battle. The list of currently available cards can be found on the site. You must pay attention to how you place your cards in order to correctly use skills and special attacks such as the "Kizuna Attack". In 1-player mode, you can follow the story or clear dungeons. A local 2-player mode to compete with friends is also available.

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Koihime † Enbu RyoRaiRai Version3 is out today on Sega ALL.Net P-ras MULTI version 3. The game is developed by Unknown Games and M2. New characters are available in this version: the general Xu Huang and the strategist Guo Jia. The existing character animations have been revamped. The game supports now nationwide online competition and thanks to the Aime card support, players can record their information and display rankings on linked sites.

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Ongeki R.E.D. is coming out in Japan today. In this upgrade, Sega has added many songs in different categories: Gurenge - LiSA (POPS & ANIME), If you can become someone's heart - Yuri Cannon feat. GUMI (niconico), Night of Knights (Touhou Project), Sound Chimera - Laur (VARIETY), GlitterGlitter - Shuhei Mutsuki/Akari Hoshisak (Ongeki),... New songs can be exchanged in the Medal Shop. Collaborations with Puella Magi Madoka Magica and CUE! start at the same time and will be available until November 4th.

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Onion Soup Interactive announced Nippon Marathon 2 - the Brave World Tour! The game will be released on Nintendo Switch / PC (Steam) and an arcade version on exA-Arcadia (Nippon Marathon 2 Turbo) is also scheduled for April 2022. A Kickstarter campaign has started on September 29th and will end on October 28th. You can check it here. New features are already announced: more powerful & new stupid characters, a lot of playful movements such as "grabbing" the enemy, new courses set in London, the United States, France and other parts of the world, new B moves set for each character such as Elizabeth Nishibori's "Unicorn Rage" and new weapons such as star fruit that functions like a shuriken. Supporters can choose from a variety of benefits, including beta test play and the availability of sustainable merchandise such as limited edition T-shirts, OST, artbook, posters,... Supporters investing 5800€ will get a Nippon Marathon Turbo 2 exA-Arcadia 4p Arcade Cabinet! It comes equiped with Nippon Marathon Turbo 2 installed and ready to play. Note that shipping costs are not included.

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Two musical games were released yesterday in Japan. https://wacca.marv.jp/WACCA Lily by Marvelous! and HARDCORE TANO*C and maimai Deluxe Splash by Sega. WACCA Lily makes a few changes from the previous version: WACCA points are replaced by Lily points and the current WACCA points are reset. The trophies have been automatically reset and the trophies of the current season 01 are no longer available. The difficulty level of some songs has been changed. maimai Deluxe Splash has a new "challenge songs" feature: completing a "Challenge Song" will make you win that song. Old songs that were no longer available in maimai Deluxe PLUS are available again and, on the other side, some others are no longer available.

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The last location test of Goonya Fighter - APM3 Edition is just finished and the game is already available on Sega's ALL.Net P-ras MULTI version 3. Basically, Goonya Fighter is a crazy 4-player fighting game developed by MUTAN and released on Switch in 2019. It is aimed at "serious" players as well as those who just want to have fun and laugh. uses only 4 buttons but mastering the jumps and the direction of the shots is a real asset in the game. There are 90 different stages filled with objects and all sorts of crazy fighting rules can be applied to vary the fun. Sega has already announced that the characters of Virtua Fighter will be added in a future update.

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Pokemon MEZASTAR will be released tomorrow. It is a card game from Marvelous! and is the successor to Pokémon Ga-Olé. The terminal looks like two Pokémon Ga-Olé terminals placed side by side. Pokemon MEZASTAR is co-op-oriented and two screens allow you to display the fights in wide-screen "Special Tag Battles" mode. Battles are played in 3vs3 Pokémon by performing simple actions such as pressing the right button, spinning a roulette wheel,... By filling in the "Get" gauge, you can try to catch one of your opponent's Pokémon, you then get it as a "Pokémon Support" card and you can use it as a support Pokémon in battles. Extra rare Pokémon called "Star Pokémon" including legendary and mythical ones are also available.

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Shikhondo Red Purgatory is available now. This shoot'em up by Korean company DeerFarm is released on the exA-Arcadia system. The arcade version is vastly superior to the home version and can be considered like a Black Label edition as it features many improvement such as Tate mode, a complete story voiced in Japanese and English and music remixed by Wasi303 and Masayuki Shimano (from Kojima Productions). Depending on the character used, a different viewpoint to the story is revealed to the player. The action takes place in an Asian mythological world populated with yokai (Japanese demons). Up to 2 players can cooperate to destroy those yokai and collect their souls. Shikhondo Red Purgatory can be played in both 16:9 widescreen on a HD monitor and 4:3 SD on a CRT monitor. It supports both vertical (Tate) and horizontal (Yoko) modes. The game language can be set to English, Japanese and Korean. Shikhondo Red Purgatory kit includes the game cartridge, an A1 poster, a marquee/header, instruction strips in Japanese and English and manuals in Japanese/English. You can buy it from Red Sun Systems.

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