MASTERCUP.7 Second PV and Korean Team

Check it out, the 'Highest speak' of the tekken world is only a few months away. MASTERCUP put out the second PV for the upcoming tournament which gives you a more up close look at how big and packed the MASTERCUP tournaments are. Alongside the PV, MASTERCUP.7 is also getting another Korean team entered: Team No. #83 'YEONI' which has Moq (Bob/Armor King), Yeoni (Devil Jin/Lars), Kkokkoma (Devil Jin/Lars), Alzzang (Ogre/Jinpachi) & BPlus (Eddy/Christie) entering the tournament from Korea. More details on the tournament to come in the near future.

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TTT2 - Namco Sugamo Cup YouTube Archives

The Namco Sugamo Cup event from this past weekend is over and I finally put up the archives from the niconico streams up on my YouTube channel. There's a lot of Japanese Tekken footage here which includes players like Nobi, Zeugaru, Take, Fukushi, Yuu and a whole lot more. If you missed watching the event live on niconico, you can catch up with these embeds. If you want to see the results for the exhibition matches or the big 3on3 tournament, be sure to check out the coverage thread on TZ made by Lizanias.

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Tekken 7 Location Test Announced, Will Be Held in Japanese Namco Arcades in October!

Just announced on the Namco Sugamo Cup stream by Katsuhiro Harada, the location test for the new Tekken 7 will be held in Japanese arcades in October next month. On the 3rd, 4th and 5th of October, Namco Sugamo arcade in Tokyo and the Namco Nipponbashi arcade in Osaka will house Tekken 7 cabinets and allow people to play the new game on free play mode. Tekken 7 will include the ability to play against opponents locally in the arcade and also online against other players at different arcades through the internet. Players at the arcades will also be able to collect special designer banapass cards with the Tekken 7 render of Kazuya & Heihachi. You can look forward to camera video uploads and maybe a possible niconico stream of Tekken 7 in October.

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New Tekken 7 Announcement will be made at the Namco Sugamo Cup

Katsuhiro Harada just tweeted that the upcoming Namco Sugamo Cup event this weekend will feature an appearance by Harada himself and also that he will be bringing a new announcement regarding Tekken 7 with him to the event! The Namco Sugamo Cup for those who don't know, is a 3 day event that the Namco Sugamo arcade in Japan is running that features a True Tekken God, Nobi VS Take 'concept match', followed by a 3on3 tournament then lastly a beginner tournament over the span of 3 days. The Namco Sugamo Cup is occurring this weekend starting from the Saturday up until the Monday in Japan at the Namco Sugamo game center with the Tekken 7 announcement being made and streamed on niconico during the 3on3 Tournament event. Since it's on niconico, I'll be sure to put up the archives on YouTube eventually.

Sugamo Cup - Nobi VS Take Match URL ▶ http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv192806027

Sugamo Cup - 3on3 Tournament URL (ft Tekken 7 news!) ▶ http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv192806439

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MASTERCUP.7 - Combo Makers Collaborative PV Revealed

MASTERCUP.7 is slowly creeping up on us this year, the latest in Japan's large series of 5on5 tournaments is a few months months away! MASTERCUP.7 is said to be the 'final' send off for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 in Japan and they are expected to go out with a bang. In collaboration with certain popular Combo Makers you see on YouTube, MASTERCUP has revealed the first Promotional Video for the tournament on the official YouTube channel. You can watch the PV below and look forward to watching the next MASTERCUP tournament on niconico later down the line. If you're a big fan of the MASTERCUP series, you may spot something familiar about the character teams used in this Promotional Video!

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