An old series of casuals from Game Spot Versus 21, that for some reason was uploaded only recently.
It has some interesting players, like Hargoro (plays on the first part), Mau (plays in the early half and in the end), Myu (plays more or less in the middle) and Tenga (plays close to the end).
There are a bunch of players that I can't recognize from memory
A set of casuals from Gamechariot, a good old well known arcade. Players doesn't seem too seasoned at XIII, and there is a good level disparity between them; but it's interesting how some more arcades are picking this up as one of their main games (I heard TRF is going to schedule XIII on ther regular tournaments from now on).
Speaking of more arcades picking this up, here is CLIMAX in A-cho.
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The 43th team event from Nishinippori, original upload by nico user チャコ
In the original, the event date was listed wrongly, but since I'm a stalker of course I knew the proper date before hand.
You can tell that KouKou has been practicing his Karate for the upcoming Duelling tournament.
Team 1p : Pais Rusher Itamae , Asa , Yukito , Jasmine , Kaked , Ringo , Tacchi , Shoki
Team 2p : Ichigoman , Damu , Kabao , Okome , Himojoe , kei , KouKou , Pam
Ichigoman might be Naruto, the 2k2UM player, I'm not sure.
Team 1p : Pais Rusher Itamae , Asa , Yukito
Team 2p : Ichigoman , Damu , Kabao , Okome , Himojoe , kei
Apparently the first of many to come Ranking Battles in a-cho arcade (the video is labeled as "3", but the first 2 rank battles were for other games, probably is a multi-layered event covering many games).
They apparently are giving priority to beginners & intermediate players right now. On the third video specially, it takes a while for the action to heat. There are some cool people in here, like Tomoyuki, Hamatai and N°17, so if you are going to scroll forward, try to check if the players have cards at the bottom, if they don't, likely they are beginners trying the game out.
Seconly, a very old Nara team battle, but I'm posting it here because it has some good old hot shots like Woo playing around in the end.
First here we have the 44th team battle from Nishinippori Versus. Held at an unusual date (it was on Sunday rather than Saturday), credits to nico user チャコ
Team 1p : Yuujirou , Nike , Okome , Yukito , Saitou , Hito-san , Kabao , Taki Jinpachi , Kumo , Ringo , Sue , Myu , kei , Pam , Yarakasa nai Jiji , KouKou
Team 2p : Damu , Jasmmine , Asa , Tacchi , Take , Azu , Sora , Iiwake Shin Fear , Holeisho , Himojoe , Yoruyuki Hoー , Shoki , Matsumura Sayuri, M’
-- Taki Jinpachi seems to be the Osaka player Taki Kazuya. Yarakasa nai Jiji is Gosho , Yoruyuki Hoー is Tenga , Matsumura Sayuri seems to be Cap
Team 2p : Tacchi , Take , Azu , Sora , Iiwake Shin Fear , Holeisho
Team 1p : Taki Kazuya , Kumo , Ringo , Sue , Myu , kei
Team 2p : Himojoe , Tenga
Team 1p : Pam , Gosho , KouKou
Team 2p : Tenga , Shoki , Cap , M’
Second, we have that nico user kytk or kiyotaka has uploaded today an interesting batch; here is a tournament held for the sake of selecting represantatives for the team battle "Duelling the KOF 12th Season", this was played in Kobe's Sangu Asobi Space "Magical". The uploads actually have 2 tournaments.
BTW, some famous players don't show up here, I'm guessing that it's because they pretty much have an ensured spot in the team (Kaoru, Woo, and perhaps Tomoyuki).
The first tournament here :
00 : 10 Toshi vs Taki Kazuya [ 滝 和也 ]
02 : 40 Danieru vs Keronpa@PB Sei
06 : 10 Hamatai@Hamatai vs Pechi
10 : 55 Mayoshi vs Sange
13 : 40 Gussan vs Fujishima
00 : 10 kytk@maintenance vs Taki Kazuya
02 : 05 Keronpa@PB Sei vs Saru [ 猿 ]
06 : 00 Hamatai@Hamatai vs Shima
09 : 35 Gussan vs Sange
00 : 10 Sange vs Shima
03 : 30 Keronpa@PB Sei vs Taki Kazuya
07 : 00 Keronpa@PB Sei vs Sange
The second tournament :
00 : 10 kytk@maintenance vs Pechi
03 : 30 Keronpa@PB Sei vs Fujishima
07 : 20 Danieru vs Hamatai@Hamatai
00 : 10 Gussan vs Pechi
02 : 40 Keronpa@PB Sei vs Saru [ 猿 ]
05 : 20 Hamatai@Hamatai vs SHINGO
10 : 05 Taki Kazuya [ 滝 和也 ] vs Shima
00 : 10 Gussan vs Saru
04 : 00 Hamatai@Hamatai vs Taki Kazuya
08 : 00 Gussan vs Taki Kazuya
Dune has uploaded a couple of matches of some of his usual practice sessions with some of the crew of the KCE, since these are pretty much casuals they don't play too seriously, but they are pretty interesting either way.
A really interesting tidbit was that Dune added a little bit of trivia about the players :
Dune : A clumsy guy that can't possibly hope to hit confirm when the Naraku hits. Due to the NESiCAxLive version of the game has gained a surprising amount of enthusiasm
Haregoro~ : Has gained sponsorship from the international KoF game community Orochinagi (ON for short), one of the powerhouses of Kanto.
Has some true love for Joe, and uses Joe in every game that he is in. He has become well known in XIII and has scored good positions in several well known tournaments so far. Made it up to 13° in the American world tournament EVOLUTION, has a legion of fans both in Japan and overseas.
Rinomoto : Hails from Kumamoto (Kyushu), currently among the strongest active players in the Kanto region. Had an excellent run in the 5th & 6th KCE cup as well as the V-1 Final tournaments, as well as wonderful record when placed in the Japan vs Korea battles.
Dune : Full of pointless motivation thanks to the NESiCAxLive release of the game. By October 20, 2013 he has reached the highest rank of "Three Sacred Treasures". By the 24th he has gone beyond 73000 points placing him in first rank in battle points. Alas, he is clumsy.
Rinomoto : His skill with NESTS Kyo is very good, to the point that many have adopted the character inspired by his performance. For some reason, after having played once as a japanese representative, he got stuck with the nick name "representative".
Dune : Once upon a time, he was a representative for Japan.
If anything, a 「Japanese Representative(Just Kidding)」fits him more.
..... I love that playful mood that Dune is going after with his own descriptions I'm not sure if translations are 100% accurate. Anyway, here is the original text if someone is interested :
Team 1p : Asa , Nikku , Bob , Okome , Sue , Ganpi , Kinen Sanka , Himojoe , Kabao , Pam , Shoki
Team 2p : ICCHI , Mobu , Nasubi , LORDMED , Loro , FOX , Kumo , Ringo , Nike , Nise JamuKo , Kei , Myu , KouKou
--- Nise JamuKo is Mari
Team 1p : Asa , Nikku , Bob
Team 2p : ICCHI , Mobu , Nasubi , LORDMED , Loro , FOX
Team 1p : Okome , Sue , Ganpi , Kinen Sanka , Himojoe
Team 2p : FOX , Kumo , Ringo , Nike
Team 1p : Himojoe , Kabao , Pam , Shoki
Team 2p : Mari , Kei , Myu , KouKou
Some Ko-hatsu matches. Like TRF, these are brand new tournaments and should also be "not kof beginners, but XIII beginners" with some experienced player throw in there. Having seen them yet