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A few new KOFXIII videos hit the web over the past day or so with one being tied to a blog post from SNK-Playmore that details the replay and online play features. The replay system allows you to not only slow down the match frame by frame, but also check out data such as damage and stun and of course button inputs. I can see this being really useful for post-match analysis.

Professor over at MMCAFE posted up some translated notes on the blog as well which you can check out after the break. It mainly goes over how you can save a replay and the different modes available such as Player and Ranked matches.

ATLUS also uploaded a ridiculously basic video introducing people to KOFXIII going over life bars and stuff most people know about even if they watched just one match of Street Fighter in their life. That said, they called in one of SoCal's top players Metaphysics to help out so I am confident the future tutorial videos will be far more informative and helpful. 

SNKP made their weekly blog update. This week, it's about the network but there's not much worthwhile info except that you can go frame by frame in replay. Hopefully it's frame-by-frame in 60fps. Interestingly, there's no mention of a slow-motion option in the blog, but the sample video shows it. Hopefully the blog's staff didn't mistake the two terms (frame-by-frame and slow motion). Also, they're out of things to talk about and they're wondering what to write about in the next update. Here's a quick summary. Network mode roughly has two options, "Ranked Match" and "Player Match". Ranking Match allows you to play with a determined set of rules and your winning results will reflect on your ranking. Player Match on the other hand has no effect on ranking but lets you customize the rules up to a certain level. You can search for opponents by "Quick Matching" or "Customized Matching". You can set various search options when using Customized Matching. Like for instance, you can filter network speed by four levels/bars. The search options are somewhat different between Ranked and Custom matches. Also, you can set a region filter as well as a network speed filter when you're hosting. As a network-mode-only feature, you can save replays. You can also upload replays, but only in Ranked Match and if you're in the monthly 100s. Your saved replays can be viewed from the Replay Mode in the main menu. You can also download replays from the rankings and use them for studying. You can display/hide the meters, attack data, command data, jump through rounds, pause, and go frame-by-frame.