Relieve Both the North American and Latin American Capcom Pro Tour Finals in These Highlight Reels from Capcom Fighters

Last week was very busy for Street Fighter V fans, with the Latin America CPT Finals starting off the week and the North American CPT Finals bringing it to an explosive end. Both tournaments were filled with memorable matches, so Capcom Fighters has brought together the top five best moments from both events, in two separate highlight reels.

The Latin American finals saw Dr. Ray winning that qualifying spot from invaders outside of the region. His Vega and the Dominican Republic will be on show at Capcom Cup Finals, potentially with F3|Brolynho and Brook|Misterio joining him to represent Latin America. In the North American finals, we also saw a hometown hero defending the house from out of region players. Gaining his revenge on Tokido for knocking him into Losers in round 1 of top 16, Team Liquid’s Nuckledu proved that Canada Cup was not a fluke and claimed the trophy with the all-American hero Guile. We also saw RB’s Urien put on an absolute clinic against players like BST|Daigo Umehara, and ANBU|Punk having the performance of his life by making it all the way to Winners’ Finals against Tokido.

Check out the videos below and do comment with your favorite moments from each Regional Final. The last event in the Capcom Pro Tour before Capcom Cup, the Asia/Oceania Regional Finals, takes place in South Korea from November 17th to 19th and it will determine the final placings for Capcom Cup 2016. Expect some ferocious competition as players desperately fight for that last guaranteed spot at Capcom Cup.

Source: Capcom Fighters

Mark of the Millennium: SSFC2016 Continues with Capcom vs. SNK 2, Samurai Shodown 2 Tournaments

“Super Street Fighter Carnival 2016”, or SSFC2016, is the currently ongoing Japanese multi-month tournament series at Mikado Arcade. This event pays tribute to a variety of arcade fighting games, popular or obscure.  If you missed the action, there’s plenty of great matches to catch up on!

If you’ve been following along, you know that these titles run the gamut of “classic” to “crazy.” Given its near monolithic legacy in the FGC, most will put Capcom vs. SNK 2 in the former category. This is a game with a decade and a half of tech and passion behind it–as the matches here show.

[A timely choice, seeing as Capcom’s teaser reveal of Akuma for Street Fighter V at Red Bull Battle Grounds last night utilizes the same kanji featured by Shin Akuma in CvS2! – Editor]

But CvS2 wasn’t the only sequel to show up! SNK’s classic weapons-based fighter, Samurai Shodown 2, had its own intense tournament. Light on combos and heavy on smart poking, SS2 is a treat for anyone craving some simple and solid footsies.

You can follow the action by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel. You can even try to catch them when they livestream!

Source: Mikado