Month: September 2016

V-Reversals are an important tool that defending players can use to get out of pressure in Street Fighter V. As such, learning how to properly react to and punish them is an important thing that players need to learn in the game to keep up the offense.

Punishing V-Reversals however may be easier said than done, since players have to be actively looking out for them while attacking. Or do they? Taking inspiration from Razer’s Xian, KikoMasterRD has put together a couple of videos demonstrating some interesting option selects designed to punish V-Reversals.

The option selects demonstrated in the videos below both take advantage of the fact that V-Reversals cause a moment of screen freeze. Utilizing this, attacking characters can hide the input for a invincible reversal attack during while performing crouching light kicks as part of a blockstring.

Normally, crouching light kicks aren’t special cancelable so doing the move input won’t make them come out. However, when an opponent tries to V-Reversal during a frame trap sequence with this option select, the screen freeze causes the reversal to cancel out of the first crouching light kick, allowing it to punish the V-Reversal attempt.

The caveat with this is that the characters need to have an invincible reversal attack. This is fine for characters like Ryu, who’s medium punch Shoryuken is invincible, or Chun-Li, who can spend EX meter for an invincible EX Spinning Bird Kick.  However, some characters don’t have these same tools. For these characters, players can instead buffer their Critical Art to punish the V-Reversal instead. This may actually be more effective as it discourages players from attempting V-Reversals when their opponent has full meter.

Source: KikoMasterRD

He is the Supreme Master of the Fist, the Mountain Breaker, the Satsui no Hado-wielding Demon: Akuma, known on the Japanese side of the Street Fighter franchise as Gouki. Since first appearing as a surprise boss in Super Street Fighter II Turbo, he’s become a central pillar in the game series’ storyline, and a popular choice of fighter for those that can master such a glass cannon. The Raging Demon alone is worth the effort, as few super finishes are as satisfying!

Taking a break from the usual tournament and replay footage, XusesGB has put together this look at Akuma as he has appeared in the various games in the Street Fighter series to date, starting with SSF2T of course, through the Street Fighter Alpha series, into the SFIII series, and many more… even appearances in Street Fighter X Mega Man and Asura’s Wrath!

Will Akuma join the cast of Street Fighter V? The video asks the question, but there is no answer–yet.

Source: XusesGB

Michael “IFC Yipes” Mendoza is one of the most entertaining players on the planet. Whether he’s on commentary or actually playing a game, his fast-talking style is one that players and viewers alike can’t help but love.

Now, while he’s mostly know for his involvement in competitive Marvel vs. Capcom games, his latest guest appearance on the Jump-In podcast with Kim1234 also focused on other games, specifically Street Fighter V.

On Capcom’s current mainline fighter, Yipes addresses the criticism of it not being flashy and being stale. On this, he states that while it may not be as flashy as other games (certainly not as flashy as the Marvel Vs. games Yipes is associated with), the style of play that Street Fighter V encourages is more mentally engaging.

Of course, this being Yipes, he also talks a bit about Marvel vs. Capcom 3, as well as the rivalries within the fighting game community.

You can check all of these out in the video below and make sure to watch the latest episode of The Jump-In Podcast, where top EU commentator Logan Sama sits down with K-Brad to discuss all things Street Fighter V.

Source: The Jump-In

After his victory the previous weekend at East Coast Throwdown, Julio Fuentes of Team Echo Fox had an interview with FloKO about the event. Specifically, they talked about Grand Finals with Coin Up’s Ludovic, who beat him 3-0 to reset the bracket. While Julio Fuentes–a mainstay of the Ken Trinity–was unlikely to switch characters, he explained why he went back to Character Select in between sets.

Further on in the interview, they asked about his upcoming trip to Tokyo Game Show, where Fuentes announced that it would be a three week trip to Japan to train. Already doing well in making a name for himself on home turf, Fuentes is not satisfied with where he is in his skill level, and aims to further better his play with a trip to face the best of Japan.

Hit the link to FloKO for the full video interview.

Source: FloKO