Month: October 2016

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Meet the Rest of the Original Street Fighter EX Cast in These CFN Portal Profiles

After recently chronicling Hokuto and Kairi, the CFN Portal site has resumed its coverage of the Street Fighter EX Characters by closing out the remainder of the EX1 cast. As always, NIN rejoins Private Nakagawa in the Shadaloo Activity Report to provide further insight into these characters.

We lead off with the American karateka who was based on Chuck Norris, Allen Snider!

Private Nakagawa: A good young man with trademark gigantic sideburns. Even today, he blows his opponents away with his Justice Fist, a violent straight punch!

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Basic Info:

Name: Allen Snider
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 81 kg
Blood Type: 0
Birth Date: March, 21
Home Country: USA
Likes: Frogs
Dislikes: Electrical Appliances

Private Nakagawa: The former strongest karateka in the USA. However, he was eliminated in the first match of the All-American Martial Arts Tournament, though his opponent was Ken Masters. Ken said to him, “After all, you’re only a big fish in a small pond!” [Literally, “A frog in a well,” taken from the Japanese proverb, “A frog in a well does not know the great sea.” That explains his dislike of frogs, translated as “being called a big fish” in English adaptations until now.] Misinterpreting his words, Allen decided to become “The Strongest Fish in the World.” [“the strongest frog in the world.”] He’s a constantly curious and likable person. Since his loss to Ken, he pays attention to even his move’s naming. And even today, we have our Senior colleague’s comment!

NIN: Oh, sideburns! I remember I thought of making him a very aggressive projectile character. Subsequently, I thought it would be nice having a foreign karateka.

Next up, we have the Las Vegas bouncer, Cracker Jack!

Private Nakagawa: He’s the bouncer who’s confident in the abilities of his arms. He’s an enthusiastic man who is also kind and empathetic. I want to be like him when I grow up (unfortunately it’s too late for that).

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Basic Info:

Name: Jack
Height: 189cm
Weight: 98kg
Blood type: B
Birthday: June 14th
Country of Origin: USA
Likes: Baseball, Soccer, Alcohol from different countries
Dislikes: Crowding together

Private Nakagawa: The Las Vegas bouncer who is said to be the number one in the organization known as the “Crackers.” In order to live a life free from fighting rivals, he disappeared from the organization. He’s currently traveling the world as a freelance bouncer. His prized possession is his wooden baseball bat.

NIN: I compare his character to a type of man’s man, I love his behavior, plus his voice, and I think he’s pretty cool. However, Mr. Nishitani, is like an endless launching uppercut combo which continues to show self-restraint … That’s me when I’m angry, LOL!

Now we move on to arguably the most popular character in the EX series. Everyone’s favorite super hero, Skullomania!

Private Nakagawa: Woooah, he’s pretty awesome! Lord F.A.N.G! We should help establish this type of mysterious man here at Shadaloo! What, he’s a hero?!

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Basic Info:

Name: Skullomania
Height: 163cm
Weight: 62kg
Blood type: A
Birthday: May, 19
Home Country: Japan
Likes: Protecting his family, World peace
Dislikes: Evil, Working Overtime

Private Nakagawa: The salaryman named Saburo Nishikoyama just couldn’t find a way to get ahead in his life. During the Hero Show held for the customers at his department store, he was forcibly made to perform to attract more people’s attention. In doing so, he felt an indescribable passion which awakened a sense within him. The enthusiasm in his heart made him believe he was the one to protect the world, thus he began to compete against the top-ranked martial artists on an even playing field. After all, is that not what men of mystery are meant to do? Even today, we have a comment from our Senior colleague!

NIN: He was born of this initial desire: “Skeletons, we want a design that uses bones.” Though his original rough draft design was named “Rubberman,” maybe it was because his full bodysuit resembled rubber…?

Finally, to round out the EX1 characters, we have Garuda, who is connected to the Satsui no Hado!

Private Nakagawa: Satsui no Hado and Psycho Power are akin to each other, and the billowing energies of darkness are seemingly alive in the world.

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Basic Info:

Name: Garuda
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Blood Type: Unknown
Birthday: Unknown
Country of Origin: Japan?
Likes: Unknown
Dislikes: Unknown

Private Nakagawa: A demon who is burdened by the souls of martial artists who have been absorbed by the Satsui No Hado. Negative emotions, such as anger, are the dark energies it’s composed of. He was once a hero who saved his village, before becoming a demon himself.

NIN: Anyhow, he has blades hidden all over his body. Cool! That was the impression we had about his concept. Initially focusing on the blades, I believed one hit would be “crushing!” since it was something I felt was trivial, which I hated, but once we decided to test out his multi-hitting super, I started to feel more comfortable with him.

That wraps up all of the Profiles for the characters who debuted in the first Street Fighter EX. You can check out our coverage of the other EX character profiles here.

Source: CFN Portal; [thanks to Miðgarðsorm and bakfromon for translations]

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Elder Scrolls Online – Update 13 Housing Details Revealed

The Elder Scrolls Online Reddit has been updated with a first look at housing. Of particular and exciting note is that all players will receive a free apartment via a special quest line and that an upgrade to a larger home can be purchased with in-game gold. Houses are account wide annd new crafting recipes will be added for furniture items that can be sold on the auction house.

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Unlock the Power of BlazBlue: Central Fiction’s Susanoo with These First Clips

Slightly ahead of its Japanese console release, a screenshot leaked BlazBlue: Central Fiction’s secret character, Susano’o. Unlocked by finishing the game’s story mode, Susano’o is an imposing figure and is the ultimate form of Terumi. Other than his own theme, there is a Hakumen vs. Susanoo track, “God of War,” and a color that resembles Hakumen. Currently, he’s not usable in Network Mode.

The eight seals at the bottom are unlocked by Susano’o’s drive. An arrow indicates the currently selected one, switching over when Susano’o lands blows. Each one corresponds to one of his special moves (among them one that’s pretty correspondent to Sol Badguy’s Grand Viper). Some of them can be “leveled up” two more times.

Clips began showing up on Twitter and YouTube with combos and tech:

“Day 1” Combo Compilation:

Susano’o’s Astral Heat:

One of the Challenge Mode combos shows the full extent of his Distortion Drives. It includes a Distortion Drive that unlocks all seals:

A few more combos, including some Tager-specific:

You can get more creative, too:

Let us know your thoughts on Susano’o in the comments.

Sources: Pometarou; Niseshime Jaeger; Jourdal

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TERA – Spellbound Update Starts with Sorcerer Preview

En Masse Entertainment has posted the first in a series of TERA previews for the upcoming content update called Spellbound. Among other things, Spellbound will bring a pair of new dungeons and more into the game. In today’s update, the Sorcerer’s overhauled skills and mechanics were are previewed on the TERA site with more to come each Thursday.

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TSM|Leffen to Attend The Big House 6

With the recent announcement of his approved visa, many Melee fans have been speculating as to whether TSM|Leffen would make his grand return at The Big House 6 this weekend. Well, the good news is that yes, the villain of Super Smash Bros. Melee will be attending The Big House 6 in Michigan–but there is a catch.

Even though he is attending, he is not aiming to take the trophy home this weekend, as stated in a quick vlog he recorded in the airport on his way to the USA. He stated that he is unlikely to enter the singles event and even if he does, he probably won’t be playing his Fox, but messing around with secondaries like Marth, Sheik or Mewtwo. Since he has been out of the game for a while and hasn’t been diligently practicing during his visa issues, it would be insane to expect him to take the whole tournament, so his attendance is to get used to traveling and attending overseas tournaments again.

Leffen did say he would try to commentate or play in the Crews bracket if he is able, but don’t get your hopes up about The Big House 6 being the lauded return of Leffen. If you want to learn more about his struggles during this whole visa debacle, you can watch his dedicated Red Bull TV series here, which recently saw the release of its final episode.

Source: William Hjelte