I think Console Kits may have mentioned it, it sounds familiar. He generally has solid info but I wouldn't take it for fact since it'd have to be at least second-hand, something could have gotten lost in the translation since there's also iiRcade and other cabinet makers out there.
I run a Pi in my Blast City. It plays Naomi games fine for me*
So it sucks but I could see Arcade1up having some kind of exclusivity around this game for as long as their license agreement lasts or some other agreed upon stretch of time. In addition to that, Arcade1up would've been the ones to pay for this version of the game to get made so they probably have some degree of ownership or say over this specific version of MVC2 in this cabinet.
Yes. They even wore #FreedMvC2 shirts at the EVO announcement.
They literally had a Arcade1up person wearing a #FREEDMVC2 hat in the reveal stream with Justin Wong and I think Wong even may have uttered #FREEDMVC2 in that stream. It may not be in any official marketing materials but they're definitely piggybacking off of that whole thing.
John D said Capcom granted them permission to delete the source code. lol. I feel like that's the tone of how Arcade1up is discussing this release. Not a fan of how fucking hard they're pushing the exclusivity and availability of this game. Capcom and Marvel must have really racked them over the coals in licensing fees (not to mention tech wise MVC2 would be among the highest spec games they've ever had to emulate). I say this as I've never seen Arcade1up push a cabinet along with it's exclusivity and availability this hard.
Maximillian had no involvement or even awareness of this. Arcade1up piggybacked off of what he started without his involvement or awareness. He even talked about this when it got announced. He was both excited for it but had some thoughts.
There's a larger amount set aside for direct sales. But there is another amount for retail partners, no idea how many they've worked out.
That was a joke on my part just FYI. Joking about how hard they're pushing the exclusivity and limited nature of this and how much reporting around this is focused around what John D has to say. So no, John D did not actually say Capcom gave them permission to delete the source code. Apologies for not making that joke clear enough before.
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