Month: September 2016

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MySmashCorner Shows How to Dig an Early Grave for Your Opponents with this Villager Death Combo in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

In the right hands, Villager can already be a scary character to go up against in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, with his myriad of projectiles, traps, and amazing recovery. Thanks to the discovery of a new death combo by Japanese Villager god Ranai, this small child with incredibly deep pockets has become even more dangerous.

MySmashCorner has taken it upon himself to explain just how this death combo works, how to perform it, and which members of the cast that it works on. The combo exploits the unique properties of Villager’s down Smash, which can bury opponents in the ground if used when they are standing, but simply locks someone in place if they are already in a knockdown state. After getting them in a knockdown state, the Villager can keep the opponent locked in place by perfect pivot down Smashing them until they reach the edge of the stage. The Villager can then fully charge a forward smash to get an easy kill.

While this combo seems easy to pull off, it only really works at a specific percentage window and on a certain section of the cast. MySmashCorner has put together a helpful list of the characters it works on, as well as the percentage ranges that the combo starter works from in the description of his video. Donkey Kong and Mewtwo excluded, the combo only seems to work on characters with regular human body shapes, so those who main shorter characters don’t need to worry about a Villager burying you in a shallow grave.

Sources: hysranai; MySmashCorner

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Akuma and the Mishimas Throw Down in Tekken 7: Fated Retribution’s Tokyo Game Show 2016 Trailer

While Bandai Namco didn’t have much in the way of big character announcements for Tekken 7: fated Retribution at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, they did drop a pretty epic new trailer for the game.

The new trailer for Tekken 7 seems to focus on the game’s story mode, and features a good number of cinematic cut scenes, featuring various members of the Mishima clan as well as Street Fighter guest character Akuma. As part of this, they show off one of the quick time events that were earlier revealed at PAX West.

Check out this epic trailer below and share your thoughts in the comments.

Source: Bandai Namco

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Could MMOs Benefit from Less Scope?

“All I want is a focused experience”, said one of my friends. We were chatting about massively multiplayer games and the scope of the genre. Seemingly and in recent years that scope of has grown to the point where developers want to include everything. Take Guild Wars 2 as a prime example, it has dungeons, raids, fractals, structured PvP, World versus World, open world events, living world and seasonal events.