Kintaro advert, August 2004
Scan 5
Kintaro's three games, its cabinets and an AW-NET badge. The advert still says summer 2004.
Arcadia No. 51
August 2004. Covers Net Select: Salaryman Kintaro, The King of Fighters NEOWAVE.
NEOWAVE advert; spring campaign extended
Scan 6
NEOWAVE: 36 fighters, the Heat button, three modes and AW-NET support, with two AW card designs. A banner says the 2004 Spring Campaign has been extended because of its popularity.
NEOWAVE location-test screens
Scan 15
Screenshots from NEOWAVE's location test: saved custom teams (three of them), character and mode choices, random select, rankings, play records and Character Edit. Player names here are up to eight capital letters, digits and a few symbols.
Sammy's private show, May 2004
Scan 63
A report on Sammy's private show on 21 May 2004 at the Hotel Bellclassic in Toshima, Tokyo, where NEOWAVE drew a crowd. Ten readers could win NEOWAVE clear files.
Kintaro is out: how to reach AW-NET
Scan 75
Kintaro has been running since late June 2004. An Isuka card works too; you can play without a card, but the card keeps your record. Your company job title is separate from your game rank. Phone routes: i-mode, Menu list → Game → Game 2 → Variety; EZweb, Categories → Games → General; Vodafone live!, Menu list → Phone games. The CPU opponents are characters from the manga.