Month: February 2016

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Alex Valle Talks Street Fighter V, Evo 2016 on Best of III

The latest edition of Best of III featured none other than Southern California legend Alex Valle, who joined as a guest panelist. While the Evo 2016 lineup was one of the major topics of the night, the program also touched on Street Fighter V, the Killer Instinct world Cup, and more.

Valle also provided some insight into why he prefers PC titles at tournaments, mentioning that the wider range of access to computers makes fighters on the platform more accessible. He’s also working towards educating others on the steps necessary to host tournaments on PC.

As for the Evo 2016 lineup, they ask whether a game like Pokkén Tournament, which hasn’t seen much testing in a competitive setting, should have been included. Valle’s opinion is that Pokkén’s inclusion makes sense since it has the potential to open the event up to an even larger demographic and more people to the community.

Of course, that’s just a small part of the show, so be sure to check out the entire archive below.

Source: Best of III, featured image c/o Bryan Gateb

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General: The Pre-Order War

The competition for your preorder dollars has heated up this year, but who if anyone really wins? Rob weighs the pros and cons of preorders in today’s column.

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Express Your Love for Street Fighter V with This Truly Horrific Shirt

We don’t talk about fighting game apparel here on Shoryuken all that often. This is mostly due to the fact that, outside a few outliers, clothing designed for fans of the genre is pretty mediocre, but one shirt has set the bar so low that we are ready to reconsider that stance.

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last six months, Street Fighter V is almost here. That’s really exciting, so much so that you may be looking for a shirt or two to share that excitement with the world. Luckily, there’s a good deal of source material for hypothetical designs: the game’s official logo, the iconic notation for a hadouken, the characters on Ryu’s gloves, or even something like the ‘FIGHT’ and ‘K.O.’ effects that bookend every match.

GameStop, in their infinite wisdom, took all these ideas, opened up Photoshop, and just went to town.

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I’m not going to act like I’m the most fashion-forward individual, and far be it from me to put down anyone for their choice in clothing, but what the hell was GameStop thinking with this one? It’s almost as if they forgot they needed to send Capcom a design and grabbed a kid from the mailroom for a hasty lesson in “what’s hip these days?” Even the model has given up on trying to make it look good!

Oh, and you probably already noticed that they used effects from Street Fighter IV. On a Street Fighter V shirt. Whoops.

If there’s any consolation here, it’s that this shirt won’t be appearing on store shelves any time soon. It’s currently only available as part of GameStop’s Power Up program, which means folks won’t be spending actual money on it. But still…wow.

Be sure to take time out of your day to show folks like BROKENTIER, Eighty Sixed, and Hungry Human some love. They deserve it.

Source: r/StreetFighter