GTI Asia China Expo 2025 has concluded, giving the arcade industry a broad look at new Chinese-made games, prize machines and deluxe attractions. This final report brings together smaller and mid-sized exhibitors, alongside several unfamiliar products that may eventually appear in overseas venues.
The show’s wider product mix is relevant to operators assessing new arcade machines, from rhythm and shooting games to racers, pushers, cranes and compact redemption concepts. Photography was supplied by contributors including Ted, James Anderson of Alan-1 and other show attendees.
Wahlap recap
Wahlap’s post-show video covers much of its GTI presentation, including Storm Racer 2, Storm Rider X, Phantom Vanguard, and Chinese versions of Konami’s Jubeat and Bombergirl.
The company also documented its 35th anniversary dinner.
Arccer
Arccer continues to build a Chinese rhythm-game portfolio positioned alongside Japanese arcade music titles. Its booth highlighted Dance Battle, an evolution of the DanceRush format, with LED presentation and competitive events.
Dance Cube/Show remains another prominent rhythm release. Although its design began close to Maimai, it has developed in different directions and now supports 120Hz, unlike Maimai. Global ambitions have previously been discussed, although international music licensing remains uncertain.
Arccer also showed coin pushers, including the Western-distributed Tower Island and a circus-themed machine. New pusher models were present, but their identities were not clear from the available booth images.
Firestone and Leon Amusement
Firestone and Leon Amusement appear to be related names, with Leon used for an English-facing presence. The company’s shooting games have reached overseas markets under different titles, including Top Gun/Skill Shooter/Quick Shot, Master Sniper/Mega Shot and Shooting Gallery/On Target. Detailed metal gun replicas are a recurring feature.
The new FlameStone Cannon is a ride-on heavy-artillery shooter. Its large revolving gun moves with the motion seats, extending the company’s interest in physical weapon replicas. The cabinet artwork includes a skating dinosaur.
A second debut was an unnamed pirate-themed shooter. It joins a growing group of pirate attractions from Chinese manufacturers, Bandai Namco and Ace.
The company was also due to exhibit at IAAPA Expo Europe, where it planned to present Master Hunter. At the previous event, Sega Amusements announced support for On Target.
Lilian
Lilian is another Chinese developer pursuing original rhythm games. Its front-of-booth attraction revived the Dance Station E5 name, with visual ideas that recall StepManiaX.
Stellar Echo is a card-vending rhythm game with a Chunithm-influenced presentation. Its card dispenser changed from the unusual window-and-coil design shown at AAA to a more conventional output slot. The revised cabinet also recalls the unreleased-looking InJoy Motion title Love Touch.
Playmore
Playmore’s overseas profile continues to grow behind larger Chinese exhibitors such as Wahlap, UNIS and Ace. Coin pushers remain its core business, although the company is increasingly testing video-based formats.
Champions Crash is a new card battler inspired by Japan’s Monster Strike mobile RPG. It uses the same broad card-system approach seen in Wahlap and UNIS releases, which have so far remained focused on China and Asia.
Cube Clash combines music-game elements with a coin pusher and was developed with Taiwan’s IGS, following earlier collaborations such as Galaxy Hunter. Whether an overseas distributor adopts it remains unknown.
Playmore also presented a ticket-vending version of its successful High Five crane. Sega Amusements is handling the original version overseas, and the new model was scheduled for IAAPA Expo Europe.
SEA
SEA has previously supplied overseas games, including Hot Racers through Sega Amusements. Its Enchanted Seas appeared at GTI under the overseas name Big Sea Fishing.
Dino Assault is a video redemption shooter with a dragon on the marquee but dinosaurs in the game. Other new titles included the penguin-and-gem game Ice Crackers and arrow-based target shooter King’s Arrow.
Sunflower
Sunflower brought several redemption concepts. Rodeo Rush presents horse-derby racing through an air-hockey puck mechanic rather than rolling balls. Its scoring positions move along the bottom of the screen. Lucky Pong uses a beer-pong-style format.
Balloon Fest adapts the drink-pouring gameplay popularised by Perfect Pour, replacing beverages with balloons. Its cabinet styling also recalls Alan-1’s Soda Slam!.
Superwing
Superwing has moved beyond its kiddie water-gun titles, such as Ice Man, towards broader attractions including LAI Games’ Smash DX. GTI featured a new DX cabinet for the motorcycle game Flash Rider.
The company also showed a new DX presentation of Skywalk 2. Earlier versions used twin seats on one platform; this format follows the increasingly common stacked-screen layout used by deluxe racers.
The original Skywalk 2 cabinet was also present. The series has not yet appeared overseas, so any future export could involve a rebrand. Its concept sits near games such as Ace Amusement’s Air Strike and Sega’s Sky Target.
Tong-Li
Tong-Li has worked with Andamiro and UNIS on coin pushers. Neon Tower uses the coin-tower-building feature that Sega introduced in Japan during the 2010s and which Chinese manufacturers have since adopted.
The company is now extending into card battlers with The Land of Warriors, first seen at AAA 2025 and displayed more openly at GTI.
Its closest apparent comparison is Wahlap’s Chinese release of Marvel Contest of Champions. Alongside Playmore’s Champions Crash, it demonstrates a growing interest in original Chinese card-game properties.
Yuto Games
Yuto Games maintained its active show coverage with a GTI video featuring large-scale shooting attractions and replica weapons.
The company’s Crazy Drift includes a “Speed Drift Championship” feature and is available in premium single-screen and DX dual-stacked-screen forms. The DX version has a substantial driving seat.
Big Beast Hunter applies the Big Buck Hunter idea to military-style vehicle combat rather than deer hunting. Its cabinet silhouette, excluding the gun console, recalls the uncommon Super Deluxe Big Buck Hunter HD.
Other exhibitors and unusual machines
Several additional products came from manufacturers with limited or no known Western distribution. BLEE showed Crazy Jazz Drums, also marked “Rock” on the cabinet, with two screens mounted back-to-back. That arrangement suits Chinese arcades where rhythm games may occupy central floor space.
Boxing machines were prominent as Chinese manufacturers explored a lower-cost alternative to VR. The show included Boxer to Boxer and Superboxer, alongside other machines in a category long associated with developers such as Kalkomat.
Funsen displayed video games and an ice-cream claw machine. War Ace resembles Firestone/Leon’s Thunder Attack but adds a large seat. Its racing products included Speed Rush and Dynamic Sonic Rush.
Happy Player’s booth was heavily focused on Ultraman products. One attraction uses a swivelling motion seat for aerial combat against monsters, while another appears to be an Ultraman video redemption game. The booth also contained a VR Agent-style light-gun headset and an Ultraman multi-crane.
Several unidentified manufacturers presented horse-seat attractions for horse-racing games, with different cabinet sizes intended for venues of varying scale. GrassWonder appeared to be a mid-range version.
Jiaxin showed a broad video-game range. Behemoth is a motion-seat shooter that appears aimed at games such as GoldStorm Pirates and Skull of Shadow, with possible support for up to three players.
Top Speed is a twin-screen racer unrelated to UNIS’ Top Speed Legend. Twin models, moulded car seats and a design reminiscent of Ace’s Fast Racing were visible.
Another Jiaxin shooting game was labelled either BOOM or Wild Showdown. It resembles Ace’s Wild West Shootout, while the booth also displayed a pizza vending machine.
Pirates of the Pacific/Pirate Legend is Jiaxin’s pirate-themed gun game, apparently targeting the four-player version of Skull of Shadow. The company also displayed electronic and digital gun galleries, with the latter possibly mixing rail-shooter stages and target shooting.
One unidentified Jiaxin title appears to offer Star Fox-style action, while another may be a twin-cabinet clone of Top Gun Maverick.
An unknown manufacturer showed another variation on the Perfect Pour formula, combining timing or rhythm elements with prize vending. The machine appeared to dispense soft-drink cans.
Finally, Sega Amusements announced the Mini Cube Prize World range of modular mini cube cranes and merchandisers, a fresh-looking concept from the expansive Asian prize market.
What GTI Asia China Expo 2025 revealed
GTI showed a Chinese arcade market with strong export potential, although tariffs and distribution decisions may affect which products travel to Australia, Europe and North America. IAAPA Expo Europe was expected to provide the next indication of which machines importers would support.
Card battlers were one of the clearest trends, with Playmore and Tong-Li joining Wahlap and UNIS in developing original or locally focused trading-card formats. The broader movement may have been encouraged by the success of Minecraft Dungeons Arcade, but the new games are exploring different RPG and character directions.
Deluxe racers and shooters are also converging around stacked screens, while vertical displays are becoming more common. The show suggested that this “screen deluxe” approach is approaching saturation.
VR appeared less prominent than boxing machines, large displays and other directly accessible attractions. Public-venue operators continue to weigh the practical disadvantages of wearable hardware against more robust screen-based and mixed-reality approaches.
For Australian operators and collectors comparing formats, the show’s key lesson is variety: rhythm games, motion shooters, pushers, racers and redemption machines are all being adapted for different venue sizes and audiences. More arcade coverage is available on the RETROCADE Arcade Blog, while buyers can compare racing arcades and other machine categories.
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