3rd TOPANGA League A matchups of the first 3 days revealed.

Match order will be announced at the beginning of the show.

Round 1 (November 2)

• Umehara vs. Kazunoko
• Umehara vs. Haitani
• Sako vs. Dashio
• Mago vs. Bon-chan
• Momochi vs. Uryo
• Momochi vs. Mago
• Momochi vs. Bon-chan
• Fuudo vs. Dashio
• Fuudo vs. Kazunoko
• Fuudo vs. Wao
• Wao vs. Haitani

Round 2 (November 3)

• Umehara vs. Fuudo
• Umehara vs. Dashio
• Sako vs. Wao
• Momochi vs. Sako
• Momochi vs. Fuudo
• Momochi vs. Haitani
• Momochi vs. Michael-tan
• Fuudo vs. Michael-tan
• Fuudo vs. Mago
• Bon-chan vs. Uryo
• Kazunoko vs. Uryo

Round 3 (Novemver 4)

• Umehara vs. Momochi
• Sako vs. Fuudo
• Sako vs. Mago
• Momochi vs. Wao
• Momochi vs. Dashio
• Momochi vs. Kazunoko
• Fuudo vs. Bon-chan
• Fuudo vs. Haitani
• Fuudo vs. Uryo
• Michael-tan vs. Haitani
• Wao vs. Michael-tan

Umehara on this week's TOPANGA TV

Daigo Umehara has visited TOPANGA TV tonight to announce that he will have a talk show on Niconico tomorrow about his new book Shoubu Ron (starting 21:00 JST).



Notes
- Skip to 01:36:00 for Umehara.
- When talking about Tokido in TOPANGA League play-off: Umehara said that he watched it live and could feel the pain when Tokido lost, but the impact is a proof that Tokido is someone special (as a player). Tokido looked like he tried to hide his tears when Umehara said that.
- Mago suggested that Umehara should play ranked match using random. He complied.

BlazBlue Chronophantasma is series' bestseller, outsells MvC3

When's BlayBloo?

Media Create, the well-known Japanese console game market researcher, revealed today (via GAF) that BlazBlue Chronophantasma has sold 72,464 copies in its first week.

As you can see in the chart, it has become the series' bestseller and actually outsold Marvel vs. Capcom 3. We think anime BlazBlue Alter Memory which airs this season gave it a big boost.

First week sales of fighting games between 2008-2013 in Japan by Media Create

1. [PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy (Square Enix) {2009.12.18} - 489,100 | NEW
2. [PS3] JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.08.29} - 425,718 / NEW
3. [PSP] Dissidia: 012 (Duodecim) Final Fantasy (Square Enix) {2011.03.03} - 286,117 / NEW
4. [PS3] Persona 4: Arena (Atlus) {2012.07.26} - 128,485 / NEW 
5. [PS3] Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai) {2009.10.29} - 103,105 / NEW
6. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 3 (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.04.18} - 87,661 / NEW 
7. [PS3] Street Fighter IV (Capcom) {2009.02.12} - 86,000 / NEW
8. [PS2] Fate/Unlimited Codes (Capcom) {2008.12.18} - 82,900 | NEW
9. [PS3] Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom) {2010.04.28} - 80,882 / NEW 
10. [PSP] Naruto: Shippuden Narutimate Accel 3 (Namco Bandai) {2009.12.10} - 76,596 / NEW
11. [PSP] Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces (Namco Bandai) {2010.01.21} - 76,088 / NEW
12. [PS3] Soul Calibur IV (Namco Bandai Games) {2008.07.31} - 74,607 / NEW
13. [PS3] BlazBlue: Chronophantasma (Arc System Works) {2013.10.24} - 72,464 / NEW 
14. [PS3] Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Capcom) {2011.02.17} - 67,187 / NEW
15. [PS3] Dead or Alive 5 (Koei Tecmo) {2012.09.27} - 66,586 / NEW
16. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm Generation (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.02.23} - 65,758 / NEW
17. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 2 (Bandai Namco) {2010.10.21} - 63,675 / NEW
18. [PS3] Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.09.13} - 62,630 / NEW
19. [PS3] Street Fighter X Tekken (Capcom) {2012.03.08} - 58,471 / NEW
20. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Namco Bandai) {2009.11.09} - 57,972 / NEW
21. [PSP] Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Gears of Destiny (Bandai Namco) {2011.12.22} - 57,320 / NEW
22. [PS3] Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Capcom) {2011.06.30} - 54,924 / NEW
23. [PSP] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Impact (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.10.20} - 53,148 / NEW 
24. [PS3] BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Arc System Works) {2010.07.01} - 49,871 / NEW
25. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 (Bandai Namco) {2010.11.11} - 47.610 / NEW
26. [3DS] Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (Capcom) {2011.02.26} - 44,649 / NEW
27. [PS3] Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.12.08} - 44,593 / NEW
28. [PS2] Melty Blood: Actress Again (Ecole Software) {2009.08.20} - 44,292 / NEW 
29. [PS3] Naruto: Narutimate Storm (Namco Bandai) {2009.01.15} - 44,065 / NEW
30. [360] Street Fighter IV (Capcom) {2009.02.12} - 38,000 / NEW
31. [360] Soul Calibur IV (Namco Bandai Games) {2008.07.31} - 34,786 / NEW
32. [PS3] Soul Calibur V (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.02.02} - 34,328 / NEW 
33. [PSP] Fate/Unlimited Codes Portable (Capcom) {2009.06.18} - 34,205 / NEW
34. [PS3] BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Arc System Works) {2009.06.25} - 33,768 / NEW
35. [PS3] BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend (Arc System Works) {2011.12.17} - 32,992 / NEW
36. [PS3] Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} - 29,314 / NEW 
37. [360] Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom) {2010.04.28} - 28,454 / NEW
38. [PSP] Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai) {2010.01.14} - 25,131 / NEW
39. [360] BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Arc System Works) {2009.06.25} - 24,812 / NEW
40. [WII] Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes (Capcom) {2008.12.11} - 24,100 / NEW
41. [PSP] BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II (Arc System Works) {2011.03.31} - 23,808 / NEW
42. [3DS] Dead or Alive: Dimensions (Koei Tecmo) {2011.05.19} - 23,078 / NEW
43. [PS3] Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (Capcom) {2011.11.17} - 22,436 / NEW
44. [PS3] The King of Fighters XIII (SNK Playmore) {2011.12.01} - 21,525 / NEW
45. [PS3] AQUAPAZZA (Aquaplus) {2012.08.30} - 20,935 / NEW
46. [PSP] Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team (Bandai Namco) {2010.09.30} - 19,080 / NEW  
47. [PS3] Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate (Koei Tecmo) {2013.09.05} - 18,608 / NEW 
48. [PS3] Arcana Heart 3 (Arc System Works) {2011.01.13} - 17,219 / NEW
49. [360] Dead or Alive 5 (Koei Tecmo) {2012.09.27} - 14,811 / NEW
50. [360] Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Capcom) {2011.02.17} - 13,779 / NEW
51. [PSV] Dead or Alive 5+ (Koei Tecmo) {2013.03.20} - 13,291 / NEW 
52. [360] Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Capcom) {2011.06.30} - 12,326 / NEW
53. [PS3] Darkstalkers Resurrection (Capcom) {2013.03.14} - 11,591 / NEW
54. [360] Phantom Breaker (5pb.) {2011.06.02} - 9,960 / NEW
55. [360] Persona 4: Arena (Atlus) {2012.07.26} - 9,801 / NEW 
56. [3DS] Tekken 3D: Prime Edition (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.02.16} - 9,421 / NEW
57. [360] Street Fighter X Tekken (Capcom) {2012.03.08} - 8,527 / NEW
58. [360] Soul Calibur V (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.02.02} - 7,679 / NEW 
59. [PSP] Saint Seiya Ω: Ultimate Cosmo (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.29} - 6,448 / NEW
60. [PSV] Street Fighter X Tekken (Capcom) {2012.10.25} - 5,420 / NEW  
61. [360] Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate (Koei Tecmo) {2013.09.05} - 4,862 / NEW
62. [PS3] Phantom Breaker: Extra (5pb.) {2013.09.19} - 3,102 / NEW 

3rd TOPANGA League A players finalized

The 3rd TOPANGA League A players

1. Bon-chan (4th place in last season)
2. Daigo Umehara (2nd place in last season)
3. Dashio (1st place in league B)
4. Fuudo (1st place in last season)
5. Haitani (7th place in last season)
6. Kazunoko (5th place in last season)
7. Mago (beat YHC-Mochi in the play-off)
8. Michael-tan (3rd place in league B)
9. Momochi (9th place from last season, beat Tokido in the play-off)
10. Sako (3rd place in last season)
11. Uryo (6th place in last season)
12. Wao (2nd place in league B)

- YHC Mochi, 8th place from last season, who lost to Mago will go to league B.
- Tokido who lost to Momochi will stay in league B.

Final standing of league B

1. Dashio (Seth)
2. Wao (Oni)
3. Michael-tan (Ken)
4. Tokido (Akuma)
5. Mago (Fei Long)

Sako family expecting a child in April

Sako's wife has announced via a tweet that she's expecting a child in April next year. (She refers to the child as "sakonoko" which means "Sako's child.")

Now we presume that it'll be harder for Sako to attend an offline tournament beside TOPANGA League.

USF4: UCW, Red Focus revealed, unblockable removed

So the rumors are true. Ultra Street Fighter IV will have Ultra Combo Double and Red Focus system. Capcom's Combofiend also said that they've removed all known unblockables!



Just thinking of this is exciting enough
- The game will change dramatically with Red Focus.
- Daigo Umehara, a big fan of Shoryuken, may choose UCW to use both UCs. It means a new Arigataya finish!
- What will Sako do? He has been relying on ambiguous crossups since Cammy and now Ibuki.

3rd TOPANGA League B prize money revealed

This information was not revealed until recently. It's the same as the first season, however.

1st place - 100,000 yen
2nd place - 50,000 yen
3rd place - 30,000 yen
4th place - 10,000 yen

Umehara's new book Shoubu Ron now in Kindle version

It's revealed that Daigo Umehara's new book Shoubu Ron (Match Theory) is now available in Kindle version on Amazon Japan.

Umehara confirmed for DreamHack Winter 2013

It's revealed that Daigo Umehara will participate SSF4AE2013 tournament at DreamHack Winter 2013 in Sweden on November 30. Mago, Tokido, Xian, and Ryan Hart are also confirmed for the event.

Umehara's new book talk event planned at Amazon Japan HQ

It's revealed that Daigo Umehara will have a book talk and autograph event at Amazon Japan headquarters in Tokyo on November 6 to commemorate the release of his new book Shoubu Ron or Match Theory.

They will start accepting 50 participants on October 15. There's no participation fee.