Month: December 2015

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Xian Demonstrates a Parry Option Select for Ryu in Street Fighter V’s Beta

Ever since Ryu’s Mind’s Eye V-Skill in Street Fighter V was shown to be a parry, more than a few veteran players wondered if this would allow for parry based option selects similar to Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, and, well, it seems that prediction has come to pass.

In a recent tweet, Razer’s Xian shared a way in which Ryu can use his V-Skill to set up an option select between a parry, a throw tech, and just plain old blocking.  The technique is done by holding back (or down back) and pressing the input for the throw tech almost immediately after activating the V-Skill, similar to how players would plink normals in Street Fighter IV.

As Xian demonstrates in his tweet below, this option select allows Ryu to deal with both a poke and a throw attempt with a single motion. More importantly, a successful parry allows Ryu to punish with a Shoryuken and, even though it’s not shown below, cancel that into his super, similar to certain option selects in 3rd Strike.

This is obviously not a perfect option and may not even make it into the final game, but it’s certainly something to keep an eye on if you plan to take Street Fighter V seriously. Let us know what you think in the comments.

Source: Xian

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Gigantic: Community Reddit Tackles Concerns & More

The Gigantic team took to Reddit last week to answer community questions about the recent revelations of company layoffs and the delay of the game. Questions ranged from whether or not the presence of an NDA hurt Gigantic’s visibility to new gameplay modes to a content release timeline.