October 2004. Covers The King of Fighters NEOWAVE, Kenju, Net Select: Salaryman Kintaro, Force Five.
Scan 5
NEOWAVE's advert repeats its AW-NET features: detailed rankings, customisation and titles, with two card designs. Kintaro is marked AW-NET compatible and running, with Reversi, Daifugo and three-player mahjong.
Scan 6
闘いの記憶を刻み込め ("Carve the memory of battle"). A grid of NEOWAVE portraits with the AW-NET badge and a summer 2004 release date, even in the October issue.
Scan 15
Sammy and DreamFactory's 3D fighter Kenju, on display at the 2004 AM Show. The preview shows its cel-shaded look, a Strike gauge and Air Drive air combos. Controls and release date are listed as undecided. There's no mention of AW-NET.
Scan 54
Arcadia's schedule, current to 17 August 2004, lists Force Five, Net Select Derby (the working title of Victory Furlong), Kenju and NeoGeo Battle Coliseum, all with release dates undecided. The CAVE phone service above is unrelated to AW-NET.
Scan 61
The article covers Geese as a boss, tactics for each mode, and the Orochi versions of Yashiro, Shermie and Chris that members could buy on AW-NET. The writers mention checking win rates and rankings between matches and comparing them with friends.
Scan 71
A table of how many rank points you gain or lose in NEOWAVE, and a grid of 36 groups of four sprites: four extra colours for each of the 36 fighters. These are the colours shown in the NEOWAVE shop grid on this site. Rank points are separate from AW points.
Scan 134
A list of NEOWAVE tournaments at arcades in September 2004, with a note that AW-NET lets players check their records and edit characters. Readers are told to confirm dates and rules with each arcade.
Scan 156
Arcadia invites readers to draw NEOWAVE characters in the extra colours you could buy with AW points, some of which even change skin tone; a Mai sprite shows one. Entries had to arrive by 21 September. A separate KOF tenth-anniversary notice offers phone screen cleaners to 25 readers.
