EVO Japan 2026 Day 2: More Arcade Fighting Games From exA-Arcadia

The second day of EVO Japan 2026 has now long concluded, so it is time to check out the rest of exA-Arcadia’s lineup of fighting games. Due to a number of licensing approvals not coming through in time, they haven’t announced as many new titles as hoped, but there is still one more to speak of, as well as a few upcoming releases and several existing ones (with a small curiosity among those). In case you missed day one, click here. Let’s take a look:

Diesel Legacy: The Brazen Age

The one further new-new game announced would be this, a 2v2 fighter by Maximum Entertainment that sees four players in a steampunkish 1920s setting, battle on stages that have two depth levels. This kind of makes it a 2.5D fighter in the sense that you have to switch between those “lanes” if you want to call them that. This was originally released for home platforms back in late 2024, and has had a pretty decent, if slightly muted reception from the looks of what is out there about it online. With a little bit of luck, it might end up finding a new audience via exA.

Baki Hanma Blood Arena Clash

Technically this is another announcement, given that it hasn’t appeared in Japan before, but we have seen Baki Hanma Blood Arena Clash already out West as far back as IAAPA. Still, it has made its first Japanese showing here, and though it’s a pretty tough game, it is apparently taking the interest of some of their players as much as it did over here (it was one of the personal highlights of IAAPA 2025).

Here’s the footage of this one from IAAPA in case you missed it. The footage I’d captured of it at Amusement Expo got eaten by a digital demon, although that’s probably for the best as I really sucked at it that time.

The Rumble Fish 2 Nexus

One of the games that exA revealed at EVO Japan last year but currently remains in development is this update to Dimps’ The Rumble Fish 2. It has reappeared on their booth here, and was also available to play via a side tournament, where players say it has some significant balancing changes. Hopefully we’ll get to see this one and the other games that were previously announced properly out there soon. I also like having the movesets show up on the side margins there; I wouldn’t mind that being an option on all fighters that are in 4:3 (i.e., letting you choose between the character art panels and the movesets). Here’s footage of “yota the GOAT” giving it a play, then how the setup was seen:

This one had some footage captured at IAAPA 2025 too:

Daemon Bride exAGAIN; Asuka 120% Burning Fest Exallent; Chaos Code: Nemesis Experiment

For a trio of games that have been released, but are seeing more action here, we have their versions of Daemon Bride, Asuka 120% and Chaos Code that came out last year. These have all been all present again through being selected for side tournaments or appearing on exA’s own booth; the developers of Chaos Code in particular have been promoting their game for being the only one there to be developed in Taiwan.

Chaos Code’s official livestream can additionally be found here:

2024’s Breakers Revenge Chicago and Axel City 2 have also received a side tournaments; neat to see those games receiving sustained interest.

2XKO

Finally, an unusual thing that does have some ties to exA, but is a weird one to explain. Back at 2024’s EVO over here, there was the surprise appearance of exA cabinets running Riot Games’ then-upcoming fighter 2XKO. It was said at the time that the two did have a partnership, but things went quiet after that; fast forward to 2026, with the game now released for home platforms and seemingly not seeing the greatest of success in that space, and these cabinets have now suddenly returned. Could they be looking to see if it might do better in arcades? The fact that these cabinets simply have the PS5 version running in them is a possible count against that, but it would be interesting if it were the case.

A Pre-EVO exALive

Somehow we missed this, but there was an exALive stream back on 4/25, where they discussed more details about already announced games. If you can stomach it, YouTube has AI vocal translation going on here, so it’s sort of understandable.

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That wraps things up for this second day of EVO Japan 2026 arcade content, but check back tomorrow for a full rundown of everything non-exA that appeared at the show and is of interest, as there are still a few further things worth mentioning. For now though, which of the arcade fighting games seen on the second day of the show interest you the most?

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