Arcana Heart

[PenPen]

Fun game.

Current I'm still grasping the system but it's basically like this.

A,B,C buttons: Weak, Medium and Strong attacks respectively.
D button: Special motion. Also reserved for Arcana moves.

There's two special moves which I think are universal:
f+C: Wall slam attack. If it connects the opponent is sent to the wall behind them immediately. It juggles as well, but if you're doing afar you need to do a Homing Cancel.
df+C: Air combo launcher. Works like GG series' ground Dust attack. If you would like to follow after that hit you will need to do a Homing Cancel.
Both moves can be held but I am not sure what its effect are after holding, it doesn't make them unblockable iirc.

Homing Cancel is basically cancelling a move (normals, specials, supers) by pressing D, and holding the button while holding a direction at the same time. So if you're doing a launcher (df+C) you will need to do something like up+D while holding D to get to the opponent. Homing Cancels take away one skill bar (you have 3), which automatically replenishes after a while.

There's also a super bar which I think you can store up to 9 of them.

As for the Arcanas themselves, I recommend visiting the website below (in Japanese) which gives you more than enough information about the special moves and everything else, including the Arcana's abilities.

http://arcanaheart.sakura.ne.jp/

[soujiro]

Ahh...cool,Penpen.

Singapore just having this game and lots of people are playing.
This game is good,imo.

Each characters has 5 colors A,B,C,D and start.
Hold up for random when choosing characters and arcanas.
Hold down start button to hide your arcana card while choosing.

You can choose Story mode or Arcade Mode when started.
Story mode can fight up to 8 stages include real boss.
Arcade mode can fight up to 10 stages but only up to mid-boss.(A knight maid)

And if I'm not wrong mid-boss and a secret arcana can be use.

Anyway,I'm still learning combos for each characters.
Lilica my favorite character,any good combos for her?

[TamaYak]

Arcana Heart has a complete site devoted to match vids at the moment...

matchpile.com

[SonicTempest]

Posted this in news already, but I might as well mention it here.

PS2 port coming on 11th October.

[inuko]

Arcana heart is such a wonderful game

http://del.icio.us/inuko/arcana_heart

That's my online bookmark list and I've been stashing away all the good arcana heart material I find I've played it a lot recently and it's a fun system to play on...Homing Cancels + arcana makes it a really fun game to play

Many of the things I have are Konoha based, and ignore the "combos" I tried to take note of in the description. A lot of those are wrong >_>

[soujiro]

Been a long time since I've visit here.

So any news on Arcana Heart 2?

[SonicTempest]

The PS2 version is going for $20 at Amazon.com all day today, if anyone's interested.

*bought it on a whim*

[Vicio]

I am gettin' it!

[Edgey]

I bought this game on a whim and I have to say I'm really enjoying it!

[SonicTempest]

This game is pretty cool.

Saki combos plz. I use Tempestas or Bhanri.

[Vicio]

Here's the break down. Also, YouTube has a lot of Sakicombos.

[Anti-K']

Kamui and Lieselotte combos, please.

[Vicio]

For game play combos on Lsl and Kamui.

[SonicTempest]

Here's the break down. Also, YouTube has a lot of Sakicombos. :salute:

So you can use homing cancels like roman cancels...neat. I was trying to do that but for some reason it wouldn't work for me.

[Vicio]

Only that it is a lot better, very user, newbie, casual, etc. friendly! However, it does pay to know what you are doing!