Deathjester and Isabella are from the Japan-only sequel to Secret of Mana. Saruin and Death come from Romancing SaGa. The arcade game even has notable Final Fantasy characters like the smelly Malboro, deadly Tonberry, and superboss Omega.
Dissidia Final Fantasy is a good start, but there's lots more Japan-only arcade games that we'd love to see brought to the West.
I love Taiko no Tatsujin. Really hoping it comes to the West, but if it does, they need to also bring over a good quality drum so we can fully enjoy it.
Perhaps I'd be better off importing an arcade machine.
They did seem dead for the last decade or so, certainly here in England. The odd one survived in London and a few big cities, possibly a couple at seaside resorts as well. Both arcades in my town closed late nineties.
However, we just got a VR arcade and plans afoot for a big cafe bar with both retro and new cabinets. Lots of online leaderboards, events and competition nights are the way they want to try it.
It certainly seems there is a western appetite to at least make out we want arcades back but you have to worry it might be nostalgia driven and unlikely to succeed on that alone. They need kids to use them as well and I dont see many western youngsters doing the arcade thing these days. I hope Im wrong but I just dont see them getting big again unless VR in big play areas kicks off.
daadSquare Enix and Bandai Namco have announced their latest collaboration title between their respective arcade titles in Lord of Vermilion and Tekken, and it’s kind of like Pokkén Tournament, but with a ridiculous amount of playable characters.
Square Enix’s Lord of Vermilion series is known for having crossovers. We’ve seen Persona, King of Fighters, Final Fantasy, and up next Mahou Tsukai no Yoru from Type-Moon.
