Month: February 2016

It’s always exciting to see our favorite characters from video games, comic books, movies–nearly anything, really–brought to life in physical mediums. On top of offering these characters a real-life manifestation, such pieces can really tie the room together. While such works have often drawn inspiration from the fighting genre, we’ve never seen inspiration quite like what the muses recently brought Kinetiquettes.

Earlier this week, when the company teased an upcoming product reveal–the fruits of a partnership with both Mad Catz and Capcom–no one could have guessed the split image showing Ryu bumped up against his markedly more evil counterpart would end up including the face of Mad Catz’ Daigo Umehara.

On top of representing the “end of an era,” (their words, long live Street Fighter IV) this diorama represents Daigo’s transition from Wandering Warrior to Herald of the Dark Hadou. Standing at 1/4 scale, the massive piece features The Beast himself flanked by Ryu and Evil Ryu, the three of them appropriately situated atop a Yin Yang symbol.

More details for the product can be found in the trailer below, as well as on Kinetiquettes’ official website.

What do you think? Will The Beast be a part of your personal collection?

Source: Kinetiquettes

As with almost all major releases, Street Fighter V is out in the wild, whether it be through mom and pop shops hooking up regular customers, press getting early access, or other means. At times, that can make the wait even harder, even if the game they’re playing might not be the same one that’s lands on store shelves.

Earlier today, competitor and tournament organizer Joe “LI Joe” Ciaramelli raised a similar point on Twitter, saying that a day one patch may change Street Fighter V to the point that gameplay discoveries made in the next few day are rendered moot. While launch day patches are nothing new, they have the potential to completely readjust fighting games.

This, combined with previous reports that Street Fighter V’s compatibility with PlayStation 3 controllers is made possible by a day one update, led Shoryuken to reach out to Capcom for word on if players can expect any sort of balance tweaking past that.

“[Street Fighter V] right now includes the Day 1 update,” a Capcom rep relayed to us, “and it will be the same version as what everyone will be playing when the game officially releases.”

Case closed! Those of you out there who have managed to snag an early copy of Street Fighter V won’t have any surprise balance changes waiting for you in a separate update. Everyone else can look forward to the game launching for PlayStation 4 and PC on February 16.