Capcom's Official SSF4AE2012 National Tournament 2012 summary

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What: Capcom's Official SSF4AE 2012  National Tournament: Kakutou Hinamatsuri
When: March 3
Format: 3 on 3, arcade, no character duplicate allowed

Info
- Umehara confirmed for SSF4AE Nationals
- Umehara promoting new SFxTekken sticks
- Nico to stream SSF4AE Nationals 2012
- SSF4AE Nationals Zenyasai 2012
- Stream: Here (Japanese) or Here (English)

Schedule
11:00 - Open, appointed day qualifier
13:00 - Top 32
15:30 - SFxTekken special stage
16:30 - Semi-finals

Seeds
Team Mad Catz: Umehara, Tokido, Mago
Foreign Selection: Poongko, GamerBee, Ryan Hart
Taito Cup Champ: Shiro, Shungoku Neurosis, Hanamaruki

Qualifiers (notable)
Kou Mochibe: Itabashi Zangief, Fuudo, Dashio
Yjojon: aka jojo, Y24, Banbaban
Sabo Hani: Uryo, 6, wao
Makezugirai: Nemo, Kazunoko, Bon-chan
Golden Lettuce Fantasy: Cabbage, RF, Kindevu
Doguratanieita: Haitani, Dogura, Eita

Appointed day qualifier
Group B
[11:30] TOTALHEADS's Kyoku (Yan) OCV'd in first fight
[11:50] TOTALHEADS won second fight

Group C
[11:30] Amiyu (Gen) OCV'd Machabo (Fei) Yuu (Aku) Togawa (Ryu) team
[11:47] Amiyu team lost second fight (OCV'd by a Blanka)

Top 32
Block A
Team Mad Catz 3-0 Golden Lettuce Fantasy
O Umehara (Ryu) 2-1 RF (Sag)
O Umehara (Ryu) 2-1 Kindevu (Cam)
O Umehara (Ryu) 2-1 Cabbage (Vip)

Top 16
Block A
Team Mad Catz 1-3 Baikurimanda
Mago (Fei) 1-2 MDR (Ruf) O
Umehara (Ryu) 1-2 MDR (Ruf) O
O Tokido (Aku) 2-1 MDR (Ruf)
Tokido (Aku) 1-2 EX Mamehara (Adon) O

Top 4
Baikurimanda 3-1 Kou Mochibe
O EX Mamehara (Adon) - Dashio (Seth)
EX Mamehara (Adon) - Itabashi Zangief O
O Gachi-kun (Saga) - Itabashi Zangief
O Gachi-kun (Saga) - Fuudo (Fei)

TOTALHEADS 3-2 Oretachi
Kyoku (Yan) - Nishikin (Bla) O
Taku@Reshio 4 (Bla) - Nishikin (Bla) O
O Michael-tan (Ken) - Nishikin (Bla)
O Michael-tan (Ken) - Akimo (Hon)
O Michael-tan (Ken) - Nekojita (Abel)

3rd Place
Kou Mochibe 0-3 Oretachi
Dashio (Seth) - Akimo (Hon) O
Fuudo (Fei) - Akimo (Hon) O
Itabashi Zangief - Akimo (Hon) O

Final
Baikurimanda 3-2 TOTALHEADS
Gachi-kun (Saga) - Taku@Reshio 4 (Bla) O
O EX Mamehara (Adon) - Taku@Reshio 4 (Bla)
EX Mamehara (Adon) - Kyoku (Yan) O
O MDR (Ruf) - Kyoku (Yan)
O MDR (Ruf) - Michael-tan (Ken)

SFxTekken Special Stage
- Ono/Harada team beat guests, guests call for Mago/Tokido's help. The producer team lost, they were punished by getting kicked by the cosplay contestants.

[17:41] R interviewed Ryan Hart, GamerBee, Poongko
- Ryan Hart said Japan can play any character at high level.
- Big problem was Poongko couldn't find a chance to go to toilet between the matches.
- Poongko plays Ryu/Ken in SFxT.

Report
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