June 2004. Covers Net Select: Salaryman Kintaro, The King of Fighters NEOWAVE.
Scan 5
Members could buy preset chat messages with AW points and combine them freely. The examples are in Osaka dialect: まいど ("Hello, good to see you"), おおきに ("Thanks"), もうかりまっか？("Making money?"). There's also a set of emoticons. Rival search shows an opponent's favourite game and level. No prices are given.
Scan 6
全日本オンライン対戦！！("All-Japan online battles!") and どこからでもかかってこいやぁ！！("Come at me from anywhere!"). The advert shows touchscreen play, saving to an AW card, and four cabinets under a Net Select sign. Still due in summer 2004.
Scan 10
NEOWAVE will support AW-NET like Isuka, but the details aren't decided yet. Saving play data and registering a player name are mentioned as hoped-for features. Orochi versions of Yashiro, Shermie and Chris are discussed as a possibility; they were later sold on AW-NET.
Scan 65
The redesigned AW-NET home page of 28 April 2004, with its AWID and password login. The campaign: 1,500 points for members and anyone who joined by 31 May; a draw for 100 Roger plush toys; more compatible phones; the rest of the Isuka EX colours; and new goods in production, one poster and three AW card designs.
Scan 73
Sammy's reader prizes: a Roger plush, three kinds of rare AW card and posters, five of each according to this page. The news article on page 64 says one plush, one of each card and five posters instead. Entries closed with a 24 May postmark.
Scan 178
A sidebar setting AW-NET beside Sega's VF.NET and Konami's e-AMUSEMENT. One membership covers every compatible game, with saved battle data and AW points earned by playing. At this point Isuka is the only game running; Kintaro is in location tests, Force Five is expected soon, and KOF NEOWAVE has been announced. Nearby glossary entries explain Isuka's shared team life ("soul") and its two lines.
