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Umehara on TOPANGA TV tonight

Daigo Umehara came to talk about various things on TOPANGA TV tonight.

• He talked about Evo. He didn't think he would lose to John Choi but acknowledges that Choi was strong. (USF4) He thinks the match was tougher than F.Champ match. As for the results, he doesn't think about it much.
• He said O Sagat are rare in Japan. The strength is near the level of Akuma. (SF2X) But he doesn't think about the result much since he didn't practice.
• He talked about Hong Kong trip.
• (Hong Kong) He didn't have the details of what he really had to do. It seems like Zhi asked him if he wanted to enter Hong Kong eSports Tournament.
• (Hong Kong) He won a PS4 for winning all the challengers at PlayStation stage on the next day.
• (Hong Kong) Sony asked him not to lose because Sony had to give PS4 away.
• (Hong Kong) He joked about using overhead more because it's harder to block due to PS3 lag.
• (Hong Kong) Due to the rule, he couldn't do Ultra finish.
• (Hong Kong) He also had a match with a famous Youtuber. There're so many people around the stage.
• (Hong Kong) He talked about food and how he couldn't eat the meat he doesn't normally eat like pigeon and frog. He said frogs and pigeons are (man's) friends.
• (Hong Kong) He said fishes are definitely food ("They're food the moment I see them"). Because they came from ocean and have no legs. (which made everyone laugh)
• He talked about his manga on Weekly Georgia.
• He talked about the old generation when there weren't many tournaments and where serious players did everything to win it, even tricking other players. He brought Bishamon story as example. (They agreed they like a clean fight, but later abused the hell of a move)
• There'll be a Umehara vs. Tokido talk event soon.

There were 5,461 viewers watching the show.

(Skip to 1:33:00 for Umehara)

First week sales: Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late

Media Create, the well-known Japanese console game market researcher, revealed today that the PS3 version of Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late has sold 9,171 copies in its first week.

As always, we have chart so you can compare.

First week sales of fighting games between 2008-2014 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] J-Stars Victory Vs (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.03.19} - 118,240 / NEW
6. [PS3] Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai) {2009.10.29} - 103,105 / NEW
7. [PSV] J-Stars Victory Vs (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.03.19} - 97,821 / NEW 
8. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 3 (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.04.18} - 87,661 / NEW 
9. [PS3] Street Fighter IV (Capcom) {2009.02.12} - 86,000 / NEW
10. [PS2] Fate/Unlimited Codes (Capcom) {2008.12.18} - 82,900 | NEW
11. [PS3] Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom) {2010.04.28} - 80,882 / NEW 
12. [PSP] Naruto: Shippuden Narutimate Accel 3 (Namco Bandai) {2009.12.10} - 76,596 / NEW
13. [PSP] Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces (Namco Bandai) {2010.01.21} - 76,088 / NEW
14. [PS3] Soul Calibur IV (Namco Bandai Games) {2008.07.31} - 74,607 / NEW
15. [PS3] BlazBlue: Chronophantasma (Arc System Works) {2013.10.24} - 72,464 / NEW
16. [PS3] Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Capcom) {2011.02.17} - 67,187 / NEW
17. [PS3] Dead or Alive 5 (Koei Tecmo) {2012.09.27} - 66,586 / NEW
18. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm Generation (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.02.23} - 65,758 / NEW
19. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 2 (Bandai Namco) {2010.10.21} - 63,675 / NEW
20. [PS3] Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.09.13} - 62,630 / NEW
21. [PS3] Street Fighter X Tekken (Capcom) {2012.03.08} - 58,471 / NEW
22. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Namco Bandai) {2009.11.09} - 57,972 / NEW
23. [PSP] Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Gears of Destiny (Bandai Namco) {2011.12.22} - 57,320 / NEW
24. [PS3] Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Capcom) {2011.06.30} - 54,924 / NEW
25. [PSP] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Impact (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.10.20} - 53,148 / NEW 
26. [PS3] BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Arc System Works) {2010.07.01} - 49,871 / NEW
27. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 (Bandai Namco) {2010.11.11} - 47.610 / NEW
28. [3DS] Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (Capcom) {2011.02.26} - 44,649 / NEW
29. [PS3] Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.12.08} - 44,593 / NEW
30. [PS2] Melty Blood: Actress Again (Ecole Software) {2009.08.20} - 44,292 / NEW 
31. [PS3] Naruto: Narutimate Storm (Namco Bandai) {2009.01.15} - 44,065 / NEW
32. [360] Street Fighter IV (Capcom) {2009.02.12} - 38,000 / NEW
33. [360] Soul Calibur IV (Namco Bandai Games) {2008.07.31} - 34,786 / NEW
34. [PS3] Soul Calibur V (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.02.02} - 34,328 / NEW 
35. [PSP] Fate/Unlimited Codes Portable (Capcom) {2009.06.18} - 34,205 / NEW
36. [PS3] BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Arc System Works) {2009.06.25} - 33,768 / NEW
37. [PS3] BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend (Arc System Works) {2011.12.17} - 32,992 / NEW
38. [PS3] Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.23} - 30,192 / NEW
39. [PS3] Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} - 29,314 / NEW 
40. [360] Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom) {2010.04.28} - 28,454 / NEW
41. [PSP] Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai) {2010.01.14} - 25,131 / NEW
42. [360] BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Arc System Works) {2009.06.25} - 24,812 / NEW
43. [WII] Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes (Capcom) {2008.12.11} - 24,100 / NEW
44. [PSP] BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II (Arc System Works) {2011.03.31} - 23,808 / NEW
45. [3DS] Dead or Alive: Dimensions (Koei Tecmo) {2011.05.19} - 23,078 / NEW
46. [PSV] Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.23} - 22,901 / NEW
47. [PS3] Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (Capcom) {2011.11.17} - 22,436 / NEW
48. [PS3] The King of Fighters XIII (SNK Playmore) {2011.12.01} - 21,525 / NEW
49. [PS3] AQUAPAZZA (Aquaplus) {2012.08.30} - 20,935 / NEW
50. [PSP] Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team (Bandai Namco) {2010.09.30} - 19,080 / NEW
51. [PS3] Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate (Koei Tecmo) {2013.09.05} - 18,608 / NEW 
52. [PS3] Arcana Heart 3 (Arc System Works) {2011.01.13} - 17,219 / NEW
53. [360] Dead or Alive 5 (Koei Tecmo) {2012.09.27} - 14,811 / NEW
54. [360] Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Capcom) {2011.02.17} - 13,779 / NEW
55. [PSV] Dead or Alive 5+ (Koei Tecmo) {2013.03.20} - 13,291 / NEW 
56. [360] Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Capcom) {2011.06.30} - 12,326 / NEW
57. [PS3] Darkstalkers Resurrection (Capcom) {2013.03.14} - 11,591 / NEW
58. [PSV] BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (Arc System Works) {2014.04.24} - 10,709 / NEW
59. [360] Phantom Breaker (5pb.) {2011.06.02} - 9,960 / NEW
60. [360] Persona 4: Arena (Atlus) {2012.07.26} - 9,801 / NEW
61. [3DS] Tekken 3D: Prime Edition (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.02.16} - 9,421 / NEW
62. [PS3] Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late (Arc System Works) {2014.07.24} - 9,171 / NEW
63. [360] Street Fighter X Tekken (Capcom) {2012.03.08} - 8,527 / NEW
64. [360] Soul Calibur V (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.02.02} - 7,679 / NEW 
65. [PSP] Saint Seiya Ω: Ultimate Cosmo (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.29} - 6,448 / NEW
66. [PS3] Arcana Heart 3: Love Max!!!!! (Arc System Works) {2014.05.29} - 6,273 / NEW
67. [PSV] Street Fighter X Tekken (Capcom) {2012.10.25} - 5,420 / NEW
68. [360] Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate (Koei Tecmo) {2013.09.05} - 4,862 / NEW
69. [PS3] Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Taisen Sangokushi Engi {2014.02.20} - 4,794 / NEW
70. [PS3] Phantom Breaker: Extra (5pb.) {2013.09.19} - 3,102 / NEW

Under Skirt On-Blast X:Rate

Two years ago, we said Orie probably has the best (hand-drawn) sprite in any 2D fighting games, and since the console version of Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late was just released, someone made a video to proof our point, and went beyond that.

The maker of this video is Poccola. He (or she?) already made several pantsu collection from various games.

Daigo Umehara in Hong Kong

Daigo Umehara went to Hong Kong and attend Hong Kong eSports Tournament on July 28. He won the Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament by defeating RB in the grand final. The tournament also gave him Capcom Pro Tour's ranking points.

Hong Kong’s largest annual eSports event – Hong Kong Esports Tournament – with over HKD 1,500,000 (TWD 6,000,000) Cash & Prizes

Games including:
“Starcraft II”
“League of Legends”
“Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft”
“Ultra Street Fighter IV”

Recorded stream is here (the audio is bad so mute it).

And on July 28, Umehara also attended Hong Kong's The 16th Choice of Animation, Comics & Games Expo (ACGHK2014) for "challenge Daigo Umehara" exhibition matches at PlayStation stage.

Read more about trip in Hong Kong here.

Blade Arcus' Pairon figure revealed

Famitsu reported that a prototype figure of Blade Arcus' Pairon is spotted in Alphamax (the maker of Kirika figure) booth in Wonder Festival 2014 Summer today. (Wonder Festival is Japan's largest figure expo)

Won Pairon is one of the two characters created exclusively for Beast Note's most anticipated fighting game Blade Arcus.

Report: Lag affected performances at Evo2014

We caught an interesting conversation between NeroBlanka and someone today.

Someone: Umehara's physical condition was bad at Evo? Why did he lose to John Choi?

Nero: I don't know if I should say this, but the Xbox was lagging. It was worse than online match at my home. I finally got used to it in my third match. Evil Ryu probably took a big hit as you can see the combos dropped.

She also followed by this.

Nero: I couldn't even confirm a combo when I had 2 frame advantage in the 3rd match, although it didn't affect my Blanka much. I wish they restart the console every X matches or something.

Someone: Say to them "I'm feeling the lag, reset Xbox OK?" or something.

Nero: I'll just "NO!NO! In Japan it doesn't count if you can't even confirm 2f advantage" using gestures. (laugh)

NeroBlanka is a Japanese female player who went to Evo 2014.