I dig the new announcer voice, but the match intro and end music is kind of...out of place. =\ I do like how charging meter looks, and the little electrical pulses that the gauge makes when in Heat is a pretty cool little touch as well.
Sacchin vs Ciel- Holy shit, F-Sacchin's new 236c is cool. Slide head has huge range. Also her new 22 is strange. I dig her new ground dash a lot. And was that a ground overhead for her now? =o Her 214b seems stupid slow though. F-Ciel's air throw is lol. Fucking wallslam off an airthrow? Is that legal? lol Her 236 punches are neat, I guess. The j.214c looked mad cool though, with the shadow flame on the ground after. That fucking spinny throw EX was looool. Her range seems real small though.
W.Len vs Roa- W.Len seems a lot of the same. Roa seems cool. I like how his 236 launches and 214 has good range (as well as 214c being hiero). But really...this was Half moon. I don't really care about that style. Moving on...
Warc vs Shiki- Warc's new teleports are badass, and her new 236 isn't half bad. I assume the Mystic Eyes special she has is her 22 move? Shiki...just makes me sad. His teleports and the new air dash(that nanaya also had in the exhibition vid) are just proof that they're making Shiki and Nanaya even more similar. It's really disheartening. They could do so much more to differentiate them. =\ Anyway, blah blah half moon moving on.
Mecha vs V.Akiha- Okay, this is going to sound mad nerdy, but v.Akiha having blue eyes in the intro bothers me. Blue is the color linked with demon hunting blood, hence why Shiki's eyes turn blue when he goes into Nanaya mode (his demon hunting blood coming forth). Red is the color associated with demons. Her having blue eyes is contradictory, especially when she's in vermillion form. That said, on to match notes. v.Akiha's j.236 is still mad useful it seems. The fact you can j.214 now is neat too. Her new 22 seemed kind of lame to me (no meter gain from it and much smaller than Crescent form 22) until I saw that you can lay down multiple of them. I wonder how many you can put down at the max? Mecha's extendo shock seems like it may whiff if you're too close to your opponent. The fucking jet summon thing is some bullshit. Also wtf at mecha assist summons? They can be hit out of their assist, just like Maids assists. j.236 angled laser might be nice. Really though, they need to stop with so much of this Half Moon crap. At least v.Akiha was Full this time.
Sion vs Aoko- lol, Aoko has a laser sword for her j.C now. The Artillery Starmines are apparently antiair (possibly held?) orbs. *shrugs* Could be useful. lol, her new 623 is a flash kick. Also, is that a charged aerial orb she does, or do you think it's an aerial normal that puts an orb out when charged? Having her new 22 be the slide kick seems kind of lame. Did she lose her third air jump/dash too? F-Aoko as a whole seems a bit less awesome than her MBAC incarnation. Sion's 22 must be that forward dashing move that she only used once (and whiffed, lol). I'm betting that it's the ground based leg slamming shit that was shown off in the exhibition vid. The rest of her moveset is a lot of similar stuff. 236 shots, 623 shoryu, 214 whip. *shrugs* At least the characters were both Full style in this vid. lol
Overall, Warc's changes look the most awesome to me, but it doesn't look like she has any good wakeup reversal options (maybe teleport?). I want to see more of F-Sacchin for sure though. She looks like she has some badass potential. Thinking about it, I didn't see her Rouga dunk at any point, nor did it look like she had any good wakeup reversal options either (since her ground pound is changed). I need to see some damn C-Roa or F-Roa, and really see F-Miyako in action too.
