Month: March 2015

We’re just a month away from Washingon’s Northwest Majors 7, a tournament set to hold competition in an impressive sixteen titles including the entire run of the Super Smash Bros. series (with Project M in place of Brawl), as well as Ultra Street Fighter IV, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and plenty more. This tournament has seen rapid growth in its seven years of existence and with such an expansive game lineup, it should have no trouble drawing out its largest crowd ever in April.

In an effort to encourage players to come out and throw hands, the tournament series is offering an entry-based pot bonus for both Ultra Street Fighter IV and Super Smash Bros. Melee. This means that the number of registered participants in each game stand to greatly increase the payout for these two titles, not only in the amount of winnings, but also to the number of players to whom the bonus will be paid.

For Ultra Street Fighter IV, here’s how the numbers break down:

• 200 entries or fewer pays $500 to the top two players
• 201-300 entries pays $750 to the top three players
• 301-400 entries pays $1500 to the top four players
• Over 400 entries pays $2000 to the top four players

And here’s the pot bonus information for Super Smash Bros. Melee:

• 250 entries pays $750 to the top four players
• 300 entries pays $1000 to the top four players
• 350 entries pays $1500 to the top four players
• 400 entries pays $2000 to the top six players
• 500 entries pays $3000 to the top six players

In addition to the prospect of Capcom Pro Tour ranking points and the guaranteed $1000 pot bonus for Skullgirls, there’s never been a better time to head northwest and test your mettle.

Northwest Majors 7 is scheduled for April 24-27 at Highline Community College in Des Moines, Washington. Further information can be found here. Registration is still open, so be sure to visit the official website and do so before it’s too late.

Source: Northwest Majors

Some time ago, we reported that assets for Jin Kazama were found in Tekken 7’s code. Now we know what those assets are for – Masakarijin has discovered that Jin can be fought in the arcade version of the game as a hidden sub-boss.

Players can face off against Jin as the replacement sub-boss in stage 4 of the arcade mode after satisfying as of yet unknown conditions. In a congratulatory tweet, Bandai Namco Games’ Katsuhiro Harada mentioned that the steps needed to meet Jin are very difficult and obscure.

And that’s not all. According to Avoiding the Puddle’s Flying Wonkey, a bugged arcade cabinet was found that revealed Devil Jin, Yoshimitsu, Kazumi, and a character that looked like Jaycee as playable characters on the select screen.

All these characters were reported as playable on the bugged cabinet, and some details about Devil Jin’s moveset have already surfaced, specifically the return of his screw attack and new knockdown properties on his hell sweeps.

More details on these characters will likely be revealed in Bandai Namco’s livestream on March 29. In the meantime, check out a few shots of Jin in the gallery below.

Source: Masakarijin, Avoiding the Puddle, Flying Wonkey