Month: September 2015

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Burnout Fighter Explores Changes to Nash, Necalli, Birdie, and Ken’s Movelists in Street Fighter V

Over the past few weeks, Burnout Fighter has released videos in a series dedicated to covering how Street Fighter V’s cast has changed from build to build. Their two latest videos touch on Nash, Necalli, Birdie, and Ken.

The first thing Burnout Fighter discusses is the change made to the inputs of Nash’s Sonic Move V-Trigger.  The latest builds have changed the direction commands required to make Nash teleport into certain positions around his opponent. He also focuses on changes to properties of moves that make certain combos from the older build no longer valid. To seemingly make up for this, Nash has gained a couple of new Crush Counter normals.

In addition to discussing Nash’s changes, Burnout also goes over newcomer Necalli. As many have guessed, holding forward, back, or neutral changes the position of Necalli’s V-Skill. With its long recovery however, he notes that it isn’t a move you would want to use alot, though it can also be used as a combo ender.

Meanwhile, as was previously reported, Necally’s V-Trigger, Torrent of Power, permanently changes him. Currently, this transformation does not seem to have any negative effects, making it something that Necalli players will want to use in every round. Some of his moves however become slightly slower, which make some combos not work.

Of course, these are just a few of the things that Burnout discusses. Check out the two videos below for the rest.

Source: Burnout Fighter

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Tokyo Game Show’s Ultra Street Fighter IV Bracket is Ridiculously Stacked

In preparation for their Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament at Tokyo Game Show 2015, Mad Catz published a preliminary bracket earlier today detailing the insane amount of talent they’ve pooled together for the event.

Players from all over the world have been invited to participate in this massive tournament, the winner of which will automatically qualify for Capcom Cup 2015 this December. With so much on the line, who will step up and secure this incredible prize?

While that’s a pretty loaded question, we do know that many in the bracket will be looking to play spoiler. Of all the players already qualified for Capcom Cup, only one–Razer’s Xian–won’t be in attendance, meaning the other competitors run the risk of being eliminated by someone who doesn’t necessarily need the win as much as they do.

Last year’s Tokyo Game Show invitational saw the rise of Fukuoka Gamers Club’s Pepeday and his incredible El Fuerte, and he returns this year to try for the repeat. But this time, other up-and-comers will be standing in his way, including Evo 2015 finalist aiai and Chun-Li specialist Matsuri, who recently broke new ground by being the first female participant in TOPANGA LEAGUE history.

Of course, I would be doing my country a disservice by not pointing out the three–yes, count them, three–American competitors. One can never count out Evil Geniuses’ PR Balrog, HooDaMan of Pandora House, and Red Bull’s Snake Eyez, so keep your eyes on that trio as they set out to make waves in Japan.

But really, you have to see this list to believe it; a complete look at the players heading to Tokyo Game Show has been included below for your perusal.

  • MCZ|Mago
  • MCZ|Tokido
  • Kyabetsu
  • INFILTRATION
  • EG|Momochi
  • EG|PR Balrog
  • AVM|GamerBee
  • YBK|Shiro
  • Bonchan
  • BE|Nemo
  • -6
  • wao
  • Misse
  • GachiKun
  • kyoku
  • Inco
  • akimo
  • MCZ.FGC|pepeday
  • MF|TONPY
  • tsuiggi
  • Shimauta
  • stormKUBO
  • NISHIKIN
  • BrawL|Haitani
  • Uryo
  • Kazunoko
  • LIMECAY
  • Meu
  • harideshi
  • RZR|Fuudo
  • KojiKOG
  • kindo
  • RZR|ItaZan
  • Oitajin
  • YBK|Dashio
  • EX KENZO
  • Mizoteru
  • MOV
  • sabohani
  • aiai
  • Youshikibi
  • matsuri
  • MCZ|Daigo
  • EBI
  • Reiketsu
  • r/Kappa|POONGKO
  • Harumi
  • Eita
  • pH|HooDaMan
  • Duke Higashi
  • DBKOOPA
  • uzura
  • KURONBO
  • J
  • CCG|Humanbomb
  • LAUGH
  • RB|Snake Eyez
  • HopaOji
  • USAMI MUSHIKO
  • Kawaguchi
  • EG|Choco
  • KeijiN
  • doons
  • WhiteFang

The original Challonge page these names were pulled from has since been taken down, so one can only assume that the bracket placements weren’t final. With that in mind, feel free to let us know how you think this event will shake out in the comments.

Tokyo Game Show 2015 is scheduled for September 20. We’ll have more details on the event as we near that date.

Source: Challonge via DaFeetLee, Shitaraba

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Mew2King Shuts Down Leffen During PAX Prime’s Super Smash Bros. Melee Grand Finals

When Most Valuable Gaming’s Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman faced off against Team SoloMid’s William “Leffen” Hjelte in Super Smash Bros. Melee at Super Smash Con, things didn’t go quite so well. Out of the matches that they played, Hjelte came away with only a single loss. In an interview directly following that tournament, Cloud 9’s Joseph “Mango” Marquez spoke to Leffen about the win and mentioned that Mew2King “is usually getting destroyed by one person at [any] period in time…you’ve definitely had his number the last few tournaments.”

Fast forward to last weekend when Mew2King and Leffen met in winners finals at PAX Prime. Viewers, as well as Mew2King himself, had to be wondering if Mango’s words would continue to hold some true–would Leffen again walk away with a resounding victory, perhaps even a flawless 6-0?

The set started out with a Fox mirror that went down to the wire as both players struggled to keep their final stock, but Mew2King was able to put the threat of being beaten out of his mind when he closed the first match, setting the tone for the rest of the tournament. Adding Sheik and Marth to his arsenal over the course of the set, Mew2King was able to secure victory over Leffen time and again, walking away with six straight victories himself.

If you missed the matches live, be sure to check them out below. In spite of what the numbers may say, these are some intense Smash matches that no Melee player will want to miss.

Sources: VGBootCamp, Challonge