If any Street Fighter fans were doubting whether or not Urien could be a serious tournament contender, RB certainly put those doubts to rest at Red Bull Battle Grounds where he took 5th and quailified for the Capcom Cup regional finals. The Taiwanese free agent gave some of the world’s best a run for their money and showed off some flashy tech for all the Urien players currently on the grind to crush the competition.
In this Capcom Pro Tour interview, RB explains how he’s been waiting for Urien to join the fight for a long time, and was excited to represent for those who are maining him. Watch as he elaborates on this and more at one of his first Capcom Cup qualifiers:
Announced back at SNK’s panel during this year’s Evo, there has been relative silence on the PS4 and PS Vita rereleases of Garou: Mark of the Wolves as of late, probably due to SNK’s focus on King of Fighters XIV. Well, it seems that its release should be pretty soon, as the game’s trophy list has recently surfaced online.
The trophies mostly concern completing the Arcade Mode with the entire roster, as well as beating Survival Mode and clearing Arcade Mode without using continues. The only difficult trophy on the list is the “Mark of the Wolves” trophy, which involves getting 10 consecutive victories on Ranked multiplayer, but this should be no problem for veteran players.
With King of Fighters ’94 available to buy on the PlayStation Store, with Samurai Shodown and Fatal Fury scheduled for release later this year, it’s the perfect time to be an SNK fan. With the PlayStation Experience on the horizon in December and SNK being on the list of exhibitors at the show, it stands to reason that a release date for Garou: Mark of the Wolves will be revealed during the convention.
As one of the eight United States players heading into Capcom Cup 2016 next month, Street Fighter V Ryu specialist Miky “XSK_Samurai” Chea finished the Capcom Pro Tour season with a ninth place finish at Red Bull Battle Grounds last weekend, defeating one of Japan’s up-and-coming young talents and Rashid expert, John Takeuchi along the way. He would later lose to fellow seasoned veterans EG|Justin Wong and F3|AlucarD.
In this CPT interview with Capcom community manager Matt Edwards, Miky discusses his humble competitive PC gaming roots as well as his favorite Street Fighter entries. He also discusses how he studies Daigo’s and Tokido’s Ryu to implement some of their play style into his own. Towards the end, Miky gives his two cents on how he thinks Ryu will change next season as well as his thoughts on the future of SFV and the CPT. You can watch the full interview below.
Today we start with Karin’s portly, bumbling butler, who desperately yearns to prove his worth as her bodyguard and battle foes in her stead–only to be shot down. He can also bee seen excitedly watching matches in the background of the Kanzuki Estate stage in Street Fighter V, and previously became a hotdog-eating champion in the UDON Comics: Ishizaki!
Private Nakagawa: A self-paced man working for the Kanzukis, a bit in his own way. When he raises the tension in the house too much, the maid strikes him with a silver tray.
Basic Info:
Name: Ishizaki
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 98 kg
Blood type: 0
Birthday: June 21st
Home Country: Japan
Likes: Tendon, Miso-Katsu
Dislikes: Sports
Private Nakagawa: One of the butlers working for Karin Kanzuki together with Shibasaki. In his school days, he belonged the school judo club. His actual skills are cooking, and once in awhile he exercises his talent in Kanzuki’s kitchen. His specialty is the chanwanmushi. He’s on good terms with Birdie.
Our next profile takes us back to 1997’s Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, to look at another one of the title’s secret characters, “Suntanned” Sakura.
Private Nakagawa: She increased her moves, and her Hadoken became a giant beam, only by suntanning. I must absolutely suntan myself!
Basic Info:
Name: “Suntanned” Sakura
Height: 157 cm
Weight: 42 kg
Blood type: A
Birthday: March 15th
Home Country: Japan
Likes: Kakigōri
Dislikes: End of Vacations
Private Nakagawa: Sakura, who trained with Ryu during summer vacations. It seems she gained new moves and even mastered a technique in which she hits her opponent one-thousand times in a second. [her version of the Shun Goku Satsu/Raging Demon, obviously] She completely sunburned herself during a training session in a tropical beach of a southern country. It’s not that she “awoke” to anything, OK? She’s only diligent in her training…
For those who may be unfamiliar with Suntanned (alternatively, “Evil”) Sakura, or the title she hails from, here’s an arcade playthrough with her in MSHvSF to remind readers what she was capable of.
Moving on, we head to another Capcom classic, 1995’s Final Fight 3–which was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, before being eventually ported to the Wii and Wii U Virtual Console–to take a look at one of the newcomers who stepped up to assist Guy and Mayor Mike Haggar in saving Metro City from the grip of the treacherous Skull Cross Gang: Lucia!
Private Nakagawa: A brilliant detective who ensures Metro City’s security. With her long legs, she obviously has powerful, intense, kicks. She burns down criminals and rogues with her Fire Spinner! [Her Jumping QCF+Attack kick. Normally unimaginatively translated as simply “Fire Kick.”]
Basic Info:
Name: Lucia
Height: 172 cm
Weight: 52 kg
Blood type: B
Birthday: April 1st
Home Country: USA
Likes: Cup Noodles
Dislikes: Cooking
Private Nakagawa: An investigator who works for the Special Criminal Investigation Unit of Metro City’s police. She fights with techniques of self-defense and a personal take on Kung-Fu. Specialized in attacks with her baton. She’s literally hopeless at housework and cooking, and relies on her favorite Vietnamese restaurant for her meals, or just goes with her cup noodles.
Finally, we have the other newcomer and the fourth selectable character in Final Fight 3, a man shrouded in a cloak of mystery: Dean!
Private Nakgawa: A former street fighter, and a mysterious man whose only known fact is his name, Dean. It seems he can harness the power of lighting to release electric discharges.
Basic Info:
Name: Dean
Height: 197 cm
Weight: 91 kg
Blood type: Unknown
Birthday: Unknown
Home Country: USA
Likes: Meat, Curry Rice
Dislikes: Skull Cross Gang
Private Nakagawa: A young man who lost his family because of the criminal gang Skull Cross. Skull Cross was a lower branch of Mad Gear; in order to destroy them, Dean teams up with Haggar, Lucia and Guy. His special weapon is the hammer. The fact he likes both meat and curry rice means he should like beef curry, right?
And another set of CFN Portal profiles is in the books, as we’re now just five Profiles away from reaching number 200! You can check out a special pair of profiles on Ryu and Chun-Li’s Red Bull BC One B-Boy and B-Girl Costumes here, as well as look at more of the World Warriors’ associates here. If “Suntanned” Sakura’s got you nostalgic for more secret characters from MSHvSF, you can see Shadow and Shadow Lady’s Profiles here.
The calendar for fighting game events is starting to fill up for next year, as yet another prestigious tournament has announced its return for 2017. One of the UK’s biggest tournaments, Hypespotting, is coming back for its sixth installment at the Glasgow Hilton next April, gathering the whole of the UK in Scotland for a weekend of fantastic fighting action. 2017’s lineup will include modern tournament games like Killer Instinct, Tekken 7, Guilty Gear Xrd: REVELATOR, Street Fighter V, King of Fighters XIV, Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, alongside old favorites 3rd Strike and Street Fighter II Turbo.
As with previous Hypespottings, the world famous Pub Quiz will return, alongside the new Affro’s Arcade, which will provide attendees access to new indie games to enjoy in between tournament matches. The Hypespotting crew will be partnering with events up and down the UK for their ‘Road to Hype’ series as well, where winners of specific tournaments will gain free entry to the main event up in Glasgow. With Hypespotting 5 acting as a Ranking Event for the Capcom Pro Tour, a UK qualifier for the Mortal Kombat Cup and the site of a Pokkén Tournament invitational, expect 2017’s event to have even more big names attached to it.
Tickets are now available to purchase over on the Hypespotting website, with there being a 25% discount on weekend entry tickets until the end of 2016, so get buying your tickets now if you are definitely coming to 2017’s event.
