need help on cps2 xmen vs SF

i've bought it recently

the board is blue but when i start the game it says Asian (???)

and:

Ryu and Ken doesn't say haoduken or shoryuken anymore but the standard "huh" or "uah" sound effect

??????

can anyone help me?

Sounds like its either:

A) Pheonixed and set to Asian region

or

B) An Asian board in a blue shell.

Are the connectors the those of a Grey board, or those of a Blue/Green board?

well, I run it on a European A board so it is impossible it is a real a sian board...

and about the sound effect issue?

Its not a real asian version then. European, US and Japanese region games all run on the same motherboard. Asian and South American releases (grey and orange cartridge) have a longer pin connector on the B board that sinks into the A board.

My guess is your Xmen VS SF is either a home-made conversion, or its pheonixed. Try booting the game and holding the test button on your motherboard. If it is pheonixed, it will pull up the region switch menu.

Also, japanese speach is generally censored in Asian region arcade games. I heard it has something to do with the asian region market being offended by japanese speach.

Best of luck...
-Bill

My stock (non phoenixed) X men V Street Fighter is a asian version in a blue shell. Since its running on battery power and is compatible with US/Jap motherboards I would say that both mine and your boards left the factiry in the shell they are in now and that for some reason capcom did a blue asian board run.

Its not the first time I have heard of one of these. I have had one in the past also.

Raz

This could be completely irrelevant, and is a different Capcom system.
But I've heard the asian (I believe) versions of SF3:Third Strike don't have Ryu or Ken's Dragon Punch and Fireball sound effects either. I'm not sure how true this is, just had a mate a while back who had the asian CPS3 set and he said he found it odd that their sound effects had been somewhat 'edited'.