GamesRadar - Arcana Heart

411mania's Release List for the Week of April 6, 2009 (News)

Apr 9, 2009

411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Oboro Muramasa, Suggoi! Arcana Heart 2, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Hammerin' Hero, Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity, and Rhythm Heaven.

Cute Fighting Game Getting Cute Fighting Stick (News)

Mar 3, 2009

The sequel to moe arcade fighting game Arcana Heart, Arcana Heart 2, got a PS2 port. That port is getting an arcade fighting stick.

It's like we've come full circle.

Starting today, Japanese peripheral maker Hori is taking pre-orders for the Sugoi! Arcana Heart 2 stick, which goes on sale April 9 in Japan. It's priced at ¥7,980 (US$82) and pastel cute.

Arcana Heart (Review)

Apr 14, 2008

If you've got a low tolerance for syrupy-cute anime nonsense, Arcana Heart probably isn't for you. A 2D fighter with an all-girl cast, it piles on the saccharine with high-pitched voices, exaggerated posing and lots of overcute everything everywhere. What's more, its 11 fighters have all been tailored to fit some weird Japanese fetish archetype; there's the athletic schoolgirl, the mopey schoolgirl, the bumbling witch with big glasses, the ...

Arcana Heart - hands-on (Preview)

Mar 11, 2008

2D sprite fighters are a dying breed and so are new games on the PS2.That’s why Arcana Heart should be exciting news for fighting fans as it just might be the last new old school 2D fighter they’ll see for a long time.Ported from the 2006 Japanese arcade game, Arcana Heart is a combo-centric fighter that puts a lot of emphasis on juggling the opponent and getting into aerial scuffles. At first glance, the game looks a lot ...

Arcana Heart - new screens (News)

Mar 4, 2008

Atlus’ Arcana Heart is best known for being one of the only 2D fighters that isn’t a total sausage fest. You won’t find any professional wrestlers with over-sized pectorals trying to bear hug you or scrappy karate champs hurling fireballs. Instead, Arcana Heart kicks all the boys out and features an all-girl cast of brawlers. New screenshots from the upcoming PS2 version suggest that no stereotypical anime fetish has been ...

Arcana Heart (Screenshots)

Mar 4, 2008

Unlockable Art (Unlockable)

Apr 17, 2008

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Bonus Gallery Pictures (Unlockable)

Apr 14, 2008

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