Month: December 2016

It is with a heavy heart that I have to tell you that Super Street Fighter Carnival 2016, Mikado’s 2-month long tournament gauntlet through a wide variety of arcade fighters, has entered it’s last week. We’ve been covering the games since the beginning and if you’ve wanted to get in on anything you’ve missed, there’s plenty to catch up on!

Now is not the time for tears, though. We should look towards the future.

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Heritage For The Future is Capcom’s wild attempt at interpreting one of Japan’s longest running manga into a fighting game. Not an easy task, given that it’s source material is largely full of endless monologues, posing, and puzzle bosses. While it’s Capcom’s only attempt at a JoJo game, JJBA:HftF is a cult classic thanks to its gorgeous sprite work and interesting system mechanics. The fact there’s menacing competition at Mikado for this game is probably no surprise.

Virtua Fighter 3: Team Battle wasn’t nearly the success in America that it was in Japan. It took forever to come out to consoles and, when it did, it was for the dwindling Dreamcast. And that’s a shame, because as this video shows, VF3 has a ton of depth and excitement. This ambitious entry fully embraced its 3D core and defined many of the mechanics that VF4 and 5 would become known for.

As always, you can follow along Mikado’s upload schedule on YouTube, or try to catch them live on their UStream.

Source: Mikado

One of the biggest bits of recent news in esports is the fact that Alliance, alongside Evil Geniuses, recently became independent from Twitch. The latter spun off both teams, pointing out that owning a stake in them represented a conflict of interest.

The interesting bit of news however comes from Alliance: Jonathan “Loda” Berg, one of the team’s founders, has announced that Super Smash Bros. Melee player Adam “Armada” Lindgren would be one of the players who would be given a percentage of the team. Specifically, Armada is the only player outside of the original members of Alliance who would be given a percentage.

This is an interesting development, as this makes Armada possibly the only Super Smash Bros. player who owns a stake in his esports team. Whether this means that the team will increase its involvement in competitive Smash is as of yet unknown.

Both Alliance and Evil Geniuses became part of Twitch back in 2014 as part of their acquisition of Good Game Agency. The latter has now mostly been folded into Twitch’s partnerships division.

Source: Jonathan “Loda” Berg via PVP Live