Month: June 2016

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Sonic Fox Shows Off the Power of Street Fighter V’s F.A.N.G in these Sets with NuckleDu, Alex Valle, and Filipino Champ

It’s no secret that F.A.N.G is regarded as one of the weaker characters currently in Street Fighter V. However, a few players, such as Kindevu, YOMI|Dieminion, RZR|Xian and cR|Sonic Fox have shown some of the latent potential of Shadaloo’s self-proclaimed Number Two, utilizing the Poison Hand master’s wide array of muti-hitting normals, Ryobendas, and a seemingly endless assault of Nisikyakus to pepper their adversaries with unavoidable poison damage as they struggle to break through his full-screen zoning game.

At Final Round, Fox eliminated NuckleDu from the event, besting his Nash 2-0 to send him packing at 9th place, while he continued to Top 8. Recently, he and NuckleDu met online for a Final Round runback, but this time in a Battle Lounge first-to-ten!

He has also battled other top players, such as Level Up’s Alex Valle and Panda Global’s Filipino Champ.

With big events like CEO and, of course, Evo looming, this is a great way to see what a generally rare character at this point in the game’s life is capable of at the highest level of play.

Source: FGCKunimitsu-Kitsune and XusesGB  Matches originally streamed on ZSonicFox

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R. Mika Teams Up with Zangief, and Spider-Gwen Swings Into Street Fighter V in these PC Costume Mods

The PC community for Street Fighter V has provided quite a few costume mods for the game’s cast of characters since its launch. In this new mod from TheJamk, feisty wrestler R. Mika gets her greatest wish granted, entering the ring in her own Red Cyclone-themed outfit with her idol Zangief as her tag partner. The protector of the Russian skies takes on Nadeshiko’s role with plenty of Muscle Spirit.

TheJamk isn’t finished though: we also get this version of Cammy, reskinned as Marvel Comic’s Spider-Gwen. Cammy’s swift acrobatics seem very well-suited to the webspinning heroine, channeling the original Spidey from the MvC series, and giving us a glimpse of what a Marvel vs. Capcom 4 could look like, if Spider-Gwen made it into the character roster.

Check out these other mods for Cammy and R. Mika, or learn how to install mods into your own SFV game.

Source: SFV Mods Street Fighter V Mods, with tips from an anonymous tipster

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Bandai Namco Announces Pokkén Tournament Arcade Update, Fix to Mewtwo Infinite

Bandai Namco has responded swiftly to the previously reported exploit on Mewtwo’s Flame Pillar. The newly announced update, which is currently arcade-specific, mentions simply:

  • A pre-update was loaded on 5/30, with the actual update itself going live on 6/12.
  • Mewtwo’s Flame Pillar cancel window into Pokémon moves will be adjusted to occur later in the move’s recovery.

The biggest change will remove the ability for Mewtwo to grab before Pillar comes out (theoretically!) and still allow Mewtwo to retain his strong juggles, resets, and combos. This is unfortunate news for anyone hoping for an actual Mewtwo nerf, but the change is great for the game, regardless.

Given the deliberate hesitation of Namco to make any balance changes in 1.2 now that the Mewtwo infinites are removed, this is likely the meta that will find it’s way to consoles, and eventually, Evo. It is hard to believe this is anything other then a test run for the patch before going live on consoles, especially given how rocky 1.2’s implementation ended up being.

Outside of this infinite removal, the only other changes are the additions of titles and cosmetic options already available in the console version. The unlockable titles are tied to an update for the arcade Bana play card, which causes the new supports of Sylveon and Croagunk to increase a Lucky Item drop for a limited time.

Now all that’s left is to wait for the (likely inevitable) announcement of a console patch.

Sources: Pokkén Tournament, PokkénArena