Arcades in Osaka and Tokyo

For next 2 weeks I'll be visiting Japan and I would like to play some (if not a lot /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif ) VF there. My question is - do you guys know addresses and names of the best (biggest?) VF arcades in Osaka and Tokyo?
In Osaka the best would be some arcade near rinkuu port in Tokyu - anywhere.
I did serch forum, google, wikipedia and vf.jp - the last one has of course arcades addresses but there is quite much of them and checking all of it via googlemaps would take like ages.
Also if you be there and will have time to play we should meet.

PS. Among the result of searching forum "2009 Japan trip" topic came out - interesting idea.

 

Some stuff off the top of my head in Tokyo:
Club Sega Akihabara - Akihabara
Sega Shinjuku Nishi-guchi - Shinjuku
Sega GIGO - Ikebukuro
Club Sega - Shibuya
Pasopiard - Yokohama (not technically Tokyo, but pretty close)

These are bigger arcades with high-level players. Several of them have single-player machines for training solo vs. CPU (I know Pasopiard and GIGO do, at least). If you want to ease yourself a bit more gradually into Japanese VF play, I suggest finding smaller arcades around random train stations and just playing with people there, they're usually a bit lower-level and are just looking for some fun matches rather than VIRTUA FIGHTER IS SRS BZNESS attitudes.

If you're dropping by Nagoya as well, I can recommend several places.

Reno would know a lot more about Osaka... PAGING RENO TO THE THREAD

 

Thank you very much Zero-chan.
In Oosaka I will try the first one I notice.

 

Osaka has....

Monte 50 in Umeda
http://www.monte50.com/

Sega Avion in Namba
http://location.sega.jp/loc_web/hls_avion.html

I would only suggest Monte 50 if you're looking for the very best players. It's home to Anaguma, Shizuru (both were SBO finalists this year), Fuumin, Jaga and Hauru, all very, very high level players. Probably the highest level in the Osaka area. Sega Avion is also good and they have more machines set up, but Monte is 50 yen to play as opposed to the regular 100 yen you'll find at Sega Avion and in most Tokyo arcades.

 

I played mostly at the club sega in akihabara, alot of vf5r machines in the basement level

 

Thanks guys (from the Oosaka already /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif )
I will probably have some free timne tomorrow so I will try this monte50 (will probably have no time for any other in Oosaka, due to program activities)

 

In short - I did some VF while in Toukyou.
I went to CLUB SEGA AKIHABARA twice, on the first time I passed thru all 6 flours and there was no VF.. after about 20min I finaly got to VF flour which was a -1 flour... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
On saturday 5PM there was like 40players and on Sunday 11PM about 15. My card status is now 2 wins and 10 looses - poor but I have won against japanese players /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
Kage changes are not so bad after all - side step K,P,K ;
BT P+K+G,P is quite nice, but it is now (at least for me) harder to do TFT... 6+P+K, Is not there any more or the input got changed abd thats too bad. Anyway I had to less fights to say anything about the system so I can only say that I have a movie from CSA(sunday 11PM thought) and that playing with Kyasao is still to come - if possible. Have been passing Namba station but had no time for VF that day /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif

 

Yeah, fell in the same trap at Akihabara. All VF5 is in the basement.

 

guess you didn't read the second part of my post, lol

glad to hear you found them though

 

Yesterday I went to SEGA Avion in Namba - mostly because I thought this one is the one with Fuumin san - of course I was wrong, I have forgot that he plays in Umeda (I will try Umeda on Sunday if will have time after program activities)
So in Namba - I played 10games won 2 lost 8. My card status is now 4wins and about 20 lost games.
First was a player using Akira - he beet some 3 guys than we started and I won ...? after that he got up or changed cards do not know because you can not see it and it was 2fights with comp until new chalanger come. The new one was a guy playing El Blaze with quite nice wearing. I have lost first 4 fights than won 1 fight and he swiched to Sara (or new player come) I have lost all fights agains Sara and got up cos my money for that day ended up.
Most of my lost games comes from my low practise since about 2years /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif I was also quite nervous with a fact that I am playing against japanese players /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif I did not use every possible Kage moves and I did not use his new moves - in exept SS KPK which is quite nice /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif I have 2 movies - one with lost 3 fights than I got nervous a liitle bit and forgot to put in a card so I plays as Taka and ringout myself all 3 rounds (this one is not on the movie) then I have a movie with next fight which I won and then I probably have one against Sara but I am not sure about it. I will post movies after my come back and some work on those - one is 165MB... all done with kamera not from VF net.
Comment on movies after posting.
Mata

 

I think I saw you at Avion last night. You were the white guy playing Kage and you were with an Indian guy, right? I didn't realize that was you though, so that's why I didn't say hello to you. Yesterday at Avion was an Open Battle event which is why there were so many people there yesterday... I was there playing as Taka but we didn't get a chance to play. If I see you around again I'll make sure to say hello.

 

Woah weird; I was at Avion yesterday, in the afternoon. I'd be there today for the SF4 tournament, but I got a plane to catch.

BTW, I have about a .500 average at Avion - mebbe I only draw scrubs, as I'm hardly practiced in VF5R. There is a Mantis Kingdom guy called Norita (I think) who follows me around from machine to machine to beat me every so often though...

 

(((((
Thats too bad you didnt say anything I did not seen any white person /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif If I would see you I would recognize you for sure and would ask - thats too bad we didnt talk and did not play /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif I might go to Namba Arcade once again but not sure if will have time because today my activities end up at 6PM thought it will end ap at 4PM (its homestay ... ;/)
That was a guy from Madagascar - we are in the same japanese language program - people from 51 countries - outstanding students /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif He was taking a movie with kamera ne.
I was playing as Kage lost many times but won twice /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
Have you been waching my game or just a few seconds ?
I suck in VF right now so there was not much to wach /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
I will post more comments after posting videos.

 

Im sorry i couldnt go to arcade - got back just yet.
Unfortunately im leaving japan on Wendsday morning and rinku-port is to farr from Namba - will not be able to be in arcade anymore. I can go to arcade in Aeon not far from rinku town, if somebody could show up there.

 

And here are the movies:

My abilities are very weak and I have no training so movies will be not so interesting, just waned to have some thing from Japan considering VF.
I'm sorry for voices during the movies - I do not know how and have no time for editing /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=qB-ARI9n2ok

In this one I'm loosing all the time, he got me with his throws - I remember only some basic stuff about Blaze, and about Kage too unfortunately also, I was little bit exited that I'm playing with Japanese in Japanese arcade so was not so focused :/Also tryied to see how does new Kage stuff look like - for example I did BT P+K+G,P all the time but honestly did not see any new animation ... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=VY594dAPmBE

This one is separated not because I won but because I got hacked off and forgot to put card in and choose Taka which is first, after that I got back to Kage and here it is.
Got away from 2 throws and thats all, nothing new, nothing different from other fights - just got lucky ...

Comments welcome.

I have also a movie from Club SEGA Akiba but there is some stupid situation recorded and must edit it first someday /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif