TransGen releases Namco × Capcom beta patch
We have once posted here in Sugoi Stuff about a ROM-hacking group called TransGen making an English translation patch for the cross-over strategy RPG Namco × Capcom. After months of waiting, the beta patch is finished! Image Source: TransGen Actually, the group had finished this project in May, releasing Version 1 on the ninth day of the month. They subsequently updated the patch and Version 2 was made up for grabs on the 24th. The...
Tekken set to grace the big screen
We saw Street Fighter in 1995 and realized that it was merely a cosplay movie. We saw Resident Evil debut its original heroine in 2002, and some, if not most of us were none too impressed. We saw DOA: Dead or Alive in 2006 and realized that sizzling girls do not blend with a mediocre plot. We have seen a preview of the upcoming Dragon Ball movie, and some have since become skeptical about it. The same can be said for Street Fighter:...
WWE’s ECW belt gets a makeover
It’s been two years since Vince McMahon revived Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and billed it as the third brand in his professional wrestling/sports-entertainment empire, the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Now with the course this ECW has taken, I can finally say that the ECW programming we see on TV today has completely differentiated itself from the original. Not that I’ve seen the original program though. When WWE...
LO 2008: The 5th Lights Out Philippine Yaoi Convention
For anyone who is wondering when the next yaoi con will be, here are the details from Lights Out 5th Lights Out: Five Years of Fantasy September 6, 2008 Ikeda Hall/Balay Kalinaw (next to Ilang-Ilang Residence Hall), University of the Philippines Diliman Campus, Quezon City Festivities will start at 1:00 PM and will wrap up at 7:00 PM. Tickets are pegged are pegged at PhP 150 each (inclusive of single-use Event Badge and Library Pass),...
Ryu meets “Ken” in a future cross-over fighting game
And no, I didn’t mean Ken Masters; I meant Ken Washio from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. It wouldn’t be a cross-over if I said it was Ken Masters, would it? That dream match will be realized in the near future, as Capcom teams up with Tatsunoko Productions, the animation studio behind Speed Racer, Tekkaman and the aforementioned Gatchaman, to bring us Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes. Would you look at that; Street...