Month: October 2016

Throughout Street Fighter’s competitive history, for the most part Japan has been somewhat ahead compared to North America. While there has been an exception at times (Street Fighter Alpha 2 was considered America’s game), generally the West has been playing catch-up to the land of the rising sun.

With Street Fighter V however, many thought that the USA would finally be on equal footing with Japan, thanks to the fact that the game would not have an initial arcade release in the latter. However, that hasn’t been the case and Japan (and Asia in general) is still considered stronger than the US when it comes to the game.

In an interview with FloKO at the 2016 Tokyo Game Show, veteran fighting game player and analyst Mike Ross got straight to the point about why he thinks the US lags behind. According to him, it’s all about attitude.

Ross explains that American players tend to make excuses on why they lost, he states that “American players love to cry, love to complain, love to blame their character, love to blame something other than themselves.” This means that they think that there is nothing wrong with their play, that there is no way for them to get better.

In addition to this, he also explains how traveling and being able to meet and fight players from different regions is also important. This is something that he feels that American players aren’t doing enough and that it’s rare to see them compete overseas. The Japanese on the other hand tend to fly out and compete in international events more.

Of course, that’s not all that they talked about in the interview. Head on over to FloKO for Ross’s thoughts on other topics, including 2018’s upcoming Evo Japan.

Source: FloKO