Month: December 2016

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Watch SSFC2016 Tournaments for Angel Eyes, The King of Fighters ’95, & Samurai Shodown 2 from Mikado Arcade

“Super Street Fighter Carnival” is the regularly-occurring tournament series of Japan’s famous Mikado Arcade. The series focuses on arcade titles of old, bringing out high level play for a variety of fighters. SSFC2016, the current season, has been running since 10/11/16. It’s hard to believe, but we’ve only got one week left of tournaments from SSFC2016!

Tōkidenshō Angel Eyes is a 1996 fighting game by Tecmo. This game has a lot of mechanics that were pretty advanced for it’s time: air dashes, air blocking, homing jumps, and more. For me, though, my absolute favorite thing about this game is that at the beginning of every round, the game throws both combatants at each other automatically. That’s one way to stop turtling!

The King of Fighters is a staple of the Mikado scene, so KOF 95′ appearing twice in the tournament series is no surprise. Let the runback begin!

KOF ’95 was not the only game to get a second shot this week, though! Samurai Shodown 2 also returns to SSFC2016. After last month’s close grand finals, this is something I’ve been looking forward to in particular. I can’t believe I’ve lived as long as I have and didn’t know Potemkin learned to flick away incoming projectiles from Sieger!

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

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“Kilgore” Character For Killer Instinct Discovered in the Xbox One Menu

Ever since Killer Instinct’s Season 3 wrapped up and all its content was released, more than a few players have been wondering if there would be anything more for the game. Now, a new discovery in the Xbox One version of the game may indicate that there are still things to come.

Over on Twitter, Julian Duran has posted images and video of what may be a brand new Killer Instinct character that may have been discovered by poring through the Xbox One menu. Named “Kilgore”, the new character looks a bit like classic character Fulgore, except with a different face, and what seems to be a gatling gun on his arm.

Take note that this discovery doesn’t necessarily mean that a Season 4 for Killer Instinct is in the works, it could just be a new costume for Fulgore. With the Killer Instinct World Cup coming in March 2017, expect some more Killer Instinct news filtering out in the new year. Stay locked on to Shoryuken for more as this story develops.

Source: Julian Duran

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Alex Valle and MarkMan talk to Yahoo! Esports about the FGC

Michael Martin caught up with two absolute legends of the American FGC at Capcom Cup. Alex Valle is forever known as one of the greatest American players of all time, and one of the premier event organizers, currently. When paired together with Mark “MarkMan” Julio, formerly of MadCatz and now working alongside Evo, Bandai Namco, and Razer as a contractor, these two possess quite the resume within the fighting game scene.

Together they talked about the paths Capcom and Bandai Namco have taken to promote their products. They also talk about their individual roles for promoting and expanding the scene.

Source: Yahoo! Esports