9/11, in Japan 41st Amusement Machine Show, SAMMY announce the new arcade board "AUTOMISWAVE". It has network (AW-Net) and memory card (AW Card) for national score ranking and save/load data function. Current line-up to take advantage of the AW-Net function are:
Salaryman Kintaro (based on popular Japanese manga/anime/live action)
Force Five
New Sankoku (sp?)
GuiltyGear ISUCA
GuiltyGear ISUCA will introduce something new: 4 players tag team or melee. It will also include 2 row stage like some old SNK games (e.g. Fatal Fury2).
SNK PLAYMORE will also use the new board for their next "The King of Fighters". Projected release on Spring of 2004. They finally going to let go of their aged hardware.
CAPCOM will also gives SAMMY the right to produce SAMMY VS CAPCOM. It will feature characters from Street Fighter, Rival School, Vampire Savior, and GuiltyGear X.
Here are some pictures:
SAMMY's booth:
AW-Net's screen:
GuiltyGear ISUCA:
Left: Salaryman Kintaro, Right: Some lucky bastard trying out GuiltyGear
Boot-up screen of ATOMISWAVE:
SAMMY VS CAPCOM:
ZDNet Japan's report (Japanese):
http://www.zdnet.co.jp/games/gsnews/0309/11/news06.html