Month: December 2014

While hype matches were distributed throughout the entirety of Capcom Cup 2014’s bracket, the most exciting Ultra Street Fighter IV bouts definitely came as the talent pool began to shrink.

After sending high-level competitors like MD|Luffy, Infiltration, DIG|Ryan Hart, and Bonchan home during his meteoric rise through the losers bracket, EG|Momochi would have a shot at RZR|Xian in grand finals. Proving yet again that his Ken is nothing to scoff at, the Japanese player would have a lot on his plate thanks to Xian’s recent proclivity for switching from his championship main Gen to newcomer Poison.

The folks over at Capcom Fighters recently finished uploading footage from this major tournament, so be sure to catch up on the finals below. The rest can be found in the official playlist, and full results are available in our coverage hub.

Source: Capcom Fighters

Start the weekend off right with this collection of week one Omega Mode technology from around the community. We’ve got some videos featuring characters like C. Viper and T. Hawk who haven’t received much attention since the update dropped, so be sure to check those out!

Everyone has seen top Ibuki players like HORI|sako bust out full Tsumuji loops during tournaments, but the loops offered up by Omega Mode put some unlikely buttons to use to make similar things happen.

Her crouching strong, as an example, was previously used almost exclusively for spacing, whiff punishing and buffering moves against overly-aggressive opponents. Additionally, she has gained more useful links outside of the usual buttons, as well as some of the standard fare that everyone else picked up like new EX properties, goofy juggles and even an air throw, all of which make it on to the screen in this footage from Qelaion.

Yesterday we featured a Juri combo that looked like it came straight out of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and today we’ve got another short collection of similar strings from the villainess. Delephantz has compiled a quick series of combos that show off some of the fighter’s new properties to help get the ideas flowing. They also included a reset option off a double focus attack that can lead into tricky situations for defenders.

This Chun-Li combo compilation from Ruben Grajeda puts the fighter’s feet to good use in leg loop after glorious leg loop. These aren’t quite the loops that we see from combo masters like Desk, but they bring in some of her new options for results that live up to the Omega Mode standard.

Up next, JusticeSoulTuna brings us two combo videos: one for the completely re-worked Omega Decapre and a second for the currently-elusive Omega C. Viper. We’ve already seen a multi-character combo video from JusticeSoulTuna, but these two videos take a much deeper look at what these two characters have to offer in the new mode.

And to close things out, we have a T. Hawk combo playlist from Gonzalo Torres that explores the grappler’s new offerings in the Omega update. Though each combo has been split into its own video–we’re told because that was much easier to handle than trying to make one longer piece with a lack of video editing software and proper recording equipment–there are plenty of good things to see, so if you’re mourning the loss of T. Hawk’s gun (rest in piece, incredibly fast Condor Spire) maybe these combos will cheer you up.

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Sources: Qelaion, delephantz, Ruben Grajeda, JusticeSoulTuna and Gonzalo Torres

Apart from the usual competitions, Northeast Championships 15 also hosted the fourth installment of IFC Yipes’ Curleh Mustache Battle Royale invitational series. Unlike the regular editions, however, Battle Royale focuses on team competition, bringing together five-player teams based on region and letting them duke it out.

As with previous installments, the competition was fierce, with squads based out of New York, California, Philadelphia, and more determined to prove they were the best. If you missed out on catching the action live, Spooky recently uploaded an entire playlist of footage to help you catch up.

Who took first place in the end? You’re gonna have to watch the videos below (or head over to our coverage hub) to find out!

Source: Team Spooky