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epitasis posted:ain't none of those console ones coming to the U.S. I wouldn't be so sure about that since consoles are much more popular in the US and they want international subscribers.
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would be cool but I would be very surprised!!! we'll see how long it takes them to get an english language site up first
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mookieghana compiled a list of all DVDVR Best of '80s New Japan set matches that are currently available on NJPW WORLD
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I wish I could change the title to NJPW World- The customer will apologize that we apologize for any inconvenience.Spermgod posted:mookieghana compiled a list of all DVDVR Best of '80s New Japan set matches that are currently available on NJPW WORLD Thanks for this, I've seen very little '80s NJPW
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Thauros posted:I wish I could change the title to NJPW World- The customer will apologize that we apologize for any inconvenience. So far what I've watched is peak Inoki. Weird rules matches, lots of big hits.
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Maybe this was covered somewhere and I missed it, but is any of the current G1 Tag league stuff up yet?
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EdsTeioh posted:Maybe this was covered somewhere and I missed it, but is any of the current G1 Tag league stuff up yet? No. It's not going to be either, except for the Final show Sunday. A greater % of of shows will be up in the future since they're going to be airing the stuff that would've been on Samurai TV in the past on World now.
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Thauros posted:No. It's not going to be either, except for the Final show Sunday. A greater % of of shows will be up in the future since they're going to be airing the stuff that would've been on Samurai TV in the past on World now. Ah, ok. I was worried that I wasn't searching properly or whatever. On the other hand, I FINALLY got to see Beno---er...Pegasus/Sasuke from '94. For some reason, back in my tape trading days, I had most every match from that tournament on various Phil Schneider and Blue Thunder comps, but never that match. Really wish I had now.
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I'm watching Ryusuke Taguchi VS Taichi for the JR-Weight title. Wow, Suzukigun really goes all out with heel tactics. That and NJPW/IWGP Refs are really forgiving, tot he point where this might as well be ECW rules. Edit: YoshiTasu taking the Styles Clash! 
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Loving this stuff! is there a way to send it to Chromecast? E: from the android app. Malcolm Excellent fucked around with this message at 05:36 on Dec 4, 2014 |
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JoshVanValkenburg posted:Loving this stuff! is there a way to send it to Chromecast? Install Chromecast and cast your entire tab like you would with anything else?
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Phenix Rising posted:Install Chromecast and cast your entire tab like you would with anything else? Oh sorry man, I meant from the app on the phone.
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BigRed0427 posted:I'm watching Ryusuke Taguchi VS Taichi for the JR-Weight title. Wow, Suzukigun really goes all out with heel tactics. That and NJPW/IWGP Refs are really forgiving, tot he point where this might as well be ECW rules. That's New Japan's idea of a comedy match -- over-the-top heeling it up.
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BigRed0427 posted:Edit: YoshiTasu taking the Styles Clash! That poo poo convinced me AJ has to stop that using that move ASAP. Seriously. Has there been one move performed by one wrestler that's seriously injured more people? At least in a major promotion. I'm sure there's some indie rear end in a top hat who's botching the Burning Hammer every other night. Speaking of which, just got done watching Liger/Sasuke at the Super J Cup, and yeah I think that's the best botch of all time in terms of adding to the match. I hear people say "Oh yeah it would've been 5 stars except for that ending" but I think that the executed finish may be my favorite of all time.
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i should rewatch that match, i always hated the blown spot at the end as a kid but i also used to watch wrestling more to see cool moves than for storytelling so it didn't really matter to me how well it fit the match since i was being denied a springboard huricanrana or whatever. this match has another great example of playing off a blown spot enhancing the match.
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brutaru posted:That poo poo convinced me AJ has to stop that using that move ASAP. Seriously. Has there been one move performed by one wrestler that's seriously injured more people? At least in a major promotion. I'm sure there's some indie rear end in a top hat who's botching the Burning Hammer every other night. That ending is a really happy mistake. Yeah, it's a blown spot, and I really don't like how Liger reacts to it, but it makes Sasuke look amazing that he managed to pull a win out after it. Plus it's the ending of possibly the best Jr match ever.
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It'll be easy enough to get the app for the PS3/PS4 from the Japanese PSN shop. As long as they don't IP lock anything (which I can't see why they would, since they haven't with anything else) it'll work while logged into an account from another region once you download it. \/\/\/ Fair enough, I just never think about that since I don't need it. I'm a jerk. shoplifter fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Dec 4, 2014 |
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Watching it on the PS3 won't have the auto translation, though.
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Gonzo McFee posted:Watching it on the PS3 won't have the auto translation, though. hell, if I could play Firepro on the Dreamcast, I could probably figure this out. right? 
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I'd think so. Once you know what you're looking for it shouldn't be too difficult.
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Dave had some interesting notes on the business side of NJPW World, and how it compares to the WWE Network. quote:
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Spermgod posted:the idea that someone in charge of such a large company could have such spurious motivations for initiating such a major change in their business model is unnerving Depends on how much of a cut they're getting from the traditional PPV routes. If the NJPW World provides them a better cut, all they have to do is wait out the tech to become more commonplace/reliable.
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Has anyone been able to find any Brock matches from NJPW on World? The events he was part of (2005, 2006) seem to be there but his match is omitted in both cases. He's also not in the tag list.
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coconono posted:Depends on how much of a cut they're getting from the traditional PPV routes. If the NJPW World provides them a better cut, all they have to do is wait out the tech to become more commonplace/reliable. And the Japanese fans were buying the shows online anyway since relatively few in Japan have access to the traditional distribution. I do think they're in a better position to make it work, but it is a bit unnerving to see them in an almost TNA-like rush to copy the WWE's service that has basically been a failure for them up to this point.
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coconono posted:Depends on how much of a cut they're getting from the traditional PPV routes. If the NJPW World provides them a better cut, all they have to do is wait out the tech to become more commonplace/reliable. I can't imagine they were getting less than 500 yen for their PPV cut
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flashy_mcflash posted:Has anyone been able to find any Brock matches from NJPW on World? The events he was part of (2005, 2006) seem to be there but his match is omitted in both cases. He's also not in the tag list. You'll just have to make due with Bob Sapp matches from around 2002. This is peak Inoki destructiveness and insanity, right?
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Thauros posted:And the Japanese fans were buying the shows online anyway since relatively few in Japan have access to the traditional distribution. The WWE opened their press conference announcing The Network by saying basically "Wrestling fans are really loose with their money, they'll buy anything" Also, they've never really lived in the online sphere the same way other wrestling companies are doing now. What WWE is doing with their network isn't new. CZW, Chikara, WSU, ROH, WWN, etc all do iPPV and online archives for fans to peruse. WWE's just doing it on a larger scale(and completely ignoring standards and practices already established). NJPW World has some rough edges but its a heckuva lot better out of the gate than The Network was.
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Given that the vast majority of the people watching NJPW in North America are hardcores, I think they have a far greater chance of converting the pirating crowd to being subscribers than WWE had/has. I've watched more NJPW via DailyMotion than UStream or NicoNico, primarily because I don't always have time for the shows and by the time I do, they're already online, and I will give this service my money every single month until it ends or until the product falls off greatly.
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The question of where their future talent is going to come from is an interesting one too. Right now they have two young guys that I can see potentially main eventing in future in Ibushi and Shibata (who isn't that young, same age as Nakamura but his body isn't wrecked from years of working the NJPW house style). That's a pretty small number given you can't assume every guy you try to promote to main event status will be accepted by the fans (look at Naito) or draw. I don't know how the numbers look on Okada's drawing record but the first match vs. AJ bombing when Nakumura was able to draw opposite Fale of all people doesn't look good. After that who do they even have?
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Spermgod posted:The question of where their future talent is going to come from is an interesting one too. Right now they have two young guys that I can see potentially main eventing in future in Ibushi and Shibata (who isn't that young, same age as Nakamura but his body isn't wrecked from years of working the NJPW house style). That's a pretty small number given you can't assume every guy you try to promote to main event status will be accepted by the fans (look at Naito) or draw. I don't know how the numbers look on Okada's drawing record but the first match vs. AJ bombing when Nakumura was able to draw opposite Fale of all people doesn't look good. After that who do they even have? They need to develop some strong HW but I think the biggest thing in their favor is I think they have the juniors talent to prop the company up long enough to develop a few people, if they can find them.
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The HW and Jr divisions do have a fairly solid future, it's the tag division that could really use work. There's very few young, credible tag teams in the company right now. Like, I love Kojima, but TenCozy shouldn't still be a linchpin of a division in 2015.
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Spermgod posted:I don't know how the numbers look on Okada's drawing record but the first match vs. AJ bombing when Nakumura was able to draw opposite Fale of all people doesn't look good. After that who do they even have? You're right that they need more talent in the pipeline but this is a bit unfair. No one had a loving clue who AJ was and that was in a much bigger arena than Sumo Hall with a card with much less notice. If we go by sheer numbers there was still more people in the house for the AJ match than either of the two IC matches with Fale.
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I think the singles heavyweights are largely very well booked up and down the card, which is good since it's the most important division. I find the way the Jr belt and both sets of tag belts have been booked to be pretty lacking honestly. Taguchi should be nowhere near any title. The junior tag teams trade wins in meaningless 10 minute spotfest multimans where nobody stands out on every PPV but at least they're on the shows which is more than you can say for the heavyweight teams.
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Spermgod posted:I think the singles heavyweights are largely very well booked up and down the card, which is good since it's the most important division. I find the way the Jr belt and both sets of tag belts have been booked to be pretty lacking honestly. Taguchi should be nowhere near any title. The junior tag teams trade wins in meaningless 10 minute spotfest multimans where nobody stands out on every PPV but at least they're on the shows which is more than you can say for the heavyweight teams. Yeah I'd agree with this. I don't really care all that much about the jr divisions, I just watch them to see some flippydoos. What they need is someone like Jericho in 97, someone to give the division some flavour through storylines. I know it's not NJPWs "thing" really but the need a little something more than "these guys wrestle the same matches on every card"
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Do they even have anyone in the Dojo rn? I remember hearing that everyone in the last batch of trainees left. It does seem about time for Tanaka and Komatsu to go on excursion or move up the card. It seems that the only dojo boy over the last few years to be a heavyweight is Watanabe.
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Kenny Omega should at least lend some direction and charisma to the Jr division.
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The Devitte run with the jrn title did give the division some much needed character to it, but for the most part they are just there to warm up the crowd. The Jrn tag titles are purely to get people excited in anticipation of the real important parts of the card, and they're effective at doing that. At the same time I wouldn't be shocked to discover that the jrn tag tourny ends up having created more buzz than whats been a pretty lackluster world tag league. There's been some good tag leagues over the years but the line up this year just hasn't really clicked.
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Skinty McEdger posted:The Devitte run with the jrn title did give the division some much needed character to it, but for the most part they are just there to warm up the crowd. The Jrn tag titles are purely to get people excited in anticipation of the real important parts of the card, and they're effective at doing that. I mean that's true now but in the 90s it had its own booker, its own ace, and was a minor draw in itself. I don't think they have anyone even close to a 90s Liger who can carry the division like that now but there's no reason they shouldn't try.
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Spermgod posted:I mean that's true now but in the 90s it had its own booker, its own ace, and was a minor draw in itself. I don't think they have anyone even close to a 90s Liger who can carry the division like that now but there's no reason they shouldn't try. Yeah I don't disagree with this at all. There is a problem now where it's almost like the American scene where if anyone gets truly credible in the jrn's they're pushed up to the heavyweight scene. Also while I've liked the matches, I don't think the annual feed the Jrn champ to the IWGP champ main event does anything for anybody, except reinforce that the heavyweights are more important.
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