Pump It Up! NX ABSOLUTE now available in all markets
Posted by eddie - Tue 12/30 2008 - 01:10 PM - 1805 Views
When we delivered our last update on the newest release in the Pump it Up franchise, the news was that the Korean website had been updated with a full songlist and previews. Not too much has been heard since then, until this morning when I was alerted to a headline on Arcade Heroes stating that the game was listed as now available in both GX and FX cabinets from one distributor. One distributor isn't necessarily what I'd call direct confirmation so I got confirmation from Andamiro directly that Pump it Up NXA is available for immediate shipping in all markets.
Maybe we're a bit slow on the news, but since no official announcement was really made I figured it'd be worth mentioning. Has anyone outside of Korea seen it in the wild yet? If so, what do you think of it in comparison to NX2?
There haven't been any reports from the PIU sites yet about sightings, though the first known one may be heading to a private owner. Dave and Buster's locations would be a good place to keep a look out.
There haven't been any reports from the PIU sites yet about sightings, though the first known one may be heading to a private owner. Dave and Buster's locations would be a good place to keep a look out.
I thought Dave and Busters still had Zero everywhere >_>
There haven't been any reports from the PIU sites yet about sightings, though the first known one may be heading to a private owner. Dave and Buster's locations would be a good place to keep a look out.
I thought Dave and Busters still had Zero everywhere >_>
like mine, yeah *sigh* I didn't know it was the same everywhere. I thought more than not had been upgrading since then. Well, I know corporate D&B is up to speed on NXA so, here's hoping.
Posted by GOD GODDY - Tue 12/30 2008 - 05:16 PM [ quote ]
Hawaii's D&B's got NX like a month after it came out.
I heard that new D&B's in Texas is supposed to open with an NXA, but don't quote me.
I'm probably that private owner Smidget was talking about.
My distributor screwed up and ordered me another NX2 instead of NXA. On top of that, NXA is considerably more expensive than NX2 is, nearly $500 more from all distributors.
I do have an order in with BMI, as they were almost 200 cheaper than my local distributor. No clue when the kit will show up but I'll keep people posted, since it'll be going into a public location at least temporarily.
D&B's get upgrades one of two ways... company mandated (where every store gets it) or out of the individual store's monthly tech budget (which is why some still have Zero, some NX like ours in Cincinnati, and some NX2). The second scenario is the usual reason for stores not upgrading.
Our's is ordering NXA in January.
Posted by GOD GODDY - Thu 01/01 2009 - 02:20 AM [ quote ]
I bet I could get the one in Hawaii to order NXA, but I'm kind of not in Hawaii. I'm cool with the bar, the footlocker techs, most of the bouncers, some of the wait staff, and like 2 or 3 of the managers. I get free games and skip lines regularly. :D
I got them to get NX, for example.
Posted by yyr - Fri 01/02 2009 - 01:05 AM [ quote ]
Mine has NX1. But the problem is not that they haven't upgraded in a while, it's that the pads are in bad shape and they won't clean/fix them up.
It doesn't matter to me if they get NXA, because the pads will still be crap =(
Posted by Wolfen - Sun 01/04 2009 - 10:10 AM [ quote ]
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Originally Posted by YeehawMcKickass
I'm probably that private owner Smidget was talking about.
My distributor screwed up and ordered me another NX2 instead of NXA. On top of that, NXA is considerably more expensive than NX2 is, nearly $500 more from all distributors.
I do have an order in with BMI, as they were almost 200 cheaper than my local distributor. No clue when the kit will show up but I'll keep people posted, since it'll be going into a public location at least temporarily.
I'll bring cookies!
Posted by Li-kun - Sun 01/04 2009 - 04:47 PM [ quote ]
I played ^^
NXA is in beta test in Brazil =P I think it's really better than nx2, more new cool songs, and the brainshower mode is awesome!
Last Saturday, my arcade got PIU NXA -FX dedicab- (final version). I could play it.
It's not in beta since I've seen some corrections (including the typo in the PXNDX BG) and there's no problems with the USB entry plug.
In Peru, the was a PIU NXA beta release (An NX2 FX cabinet with NXA beta software) It had some bugs like the PXNDX BG typo and I couldn't use any PIU USB.
