Month: December 2016

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Kotobukiya Opens Pre-Orders for New Ibuki Bishoujo Figurine

Creators of the Bishoujo line of character figurines, Kotobukiya is returning to the realm of Street Fighter with its new Ibuki figurine. Using her initial design from Street Fighter III and then re-imagined by master illustrator Shunya Yamashita, this Ibuki figurine would suit any Street Fighter collection, joining Poison and Sakura who have also been given the Bishoujo treatment.

Ibuki stands at 9.65 inches tall and can be pre-ordered for $74.99 over on Kotobukiya’s official website. If you do order now, figurines are set to arrive sometime in March 2017. Do note that there will be an alternate release of this Ibuki figurine in the future, which will have her ninja mask included. Check out the shots below to see both a front and back view of this Ibuki figurine.

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Source: Kotobukiya

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Woshige Talks to Yahoo! Esports About Street Fighter V’s Design

Ryuichi “Woshige” Shigeno, Guilty Gear legend and one of the designers on Street Fighter V, was in attendance at Capcom Cup and PlayStation Experience last weekend. Thus, after Capcom Cup came to a close, Michael Martin of Yahoo! Esports caught up with him to discuss certain elements of Street Fighter V’s design.

They talked about part of the reason why the skill gap between Japan and the West is no longer as wide as it used to be. Moving on from that, they talked about how the game has performed in the market and what Woshige, as well as Capcom, has learned from the design of Street Fighter V between Seasons One and Two.

Source: Yahoo! Esports

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New Japan Pro Wrestling Comes to Tekken 7 with Special Kazuchika Okada Outfit for King

Alongside the reveal of Panda, Kuma and Tekken 7’s Online Tournament feature, the King of the Iron Fist Global Finals brought with it another big announcement for fans of both real and virtual fighting. In a collaboration with New Japan Pro Wrestling, Tekken 7 will feature a special outfit for King, based on the wrestling attire of current IWGP Heavyweight champion, Kazuchika Okada.

A new trailer was released showing off this new outfit, and showing Kazuchika Okada talking about this new “Rainmaker” outfit for King. King has even gained the use of Okada’s Rainmaker finisher as one of his new moves in Tekken 7, making this collaboration an absolute dream for wrestling fans.

Source: Fighters Generation

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New Japan Pro Wrestling Comes to Tekken 7 with Special Kazuchika Okada Outfit for King

Alongside the reveal of Panda, Kuma and Tekken 7’s Online Tournament feature, the King of the Iron Fist Global Finals brought with it another big announcement for fans of both real and virtual fighting. In a collaboration with New Japan Pro Wrestling, Tekken 7 will feature a special outfit for King, based on the wrestling attire of current IWGP Heavyweight champion, Kazuchika Okada.

A new trailer was released showing off this new outfit, and showing Kazuchika Okada talking about this new “Rainmaker” outfit for King. King has even gained the use of Okada’s Rainmaker finisher as one of his new moves in Tekken 7, making this collaboration an absolute dream for wrestling fans.

Source: Fighters Generation