[quote name='Rodimus']What were people playing in the arcades? Last time I was their a year ago Tekken 6 seemed to be the most popular. There was also a mech combat game (much like Armored Core/Virtual On) that was getting a lot of attention.[/QUOTE]
actually on the FG side, not much. i played mostly tekken because it seemed like that was what most people were playing, and when i was in tokyo i didn't check out any arcades outside akiba.
it also depends on the arcade. at this one arcade (i think it was "try," i forgot who runs it) there were a ton of gundam vs. players. which, btw, is an awesome game but only if you play 2v2 with real players.
when i last year they were playing that border break game, which i heard requires a lot of communication with teammates to succeed. if i played i would just make everyone mad, haha.