Month: January 2017

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Tafokints Goes Over the Implications of a Super Smash Bros. Melee Port for Nintendo Switch in Melee Science

With the excitement of the Nintendo Switch reveals yesterday, the FGC is actually fixing its eyes on a new Nintendo system for the first time in ages. Most notably eyeballing the system is the Smash community, who can always expect something from Nintendo regarding the cherished series.

There are rumblings of a port for Super Smash Bros. Melee for the console. Whether it is a Virtual Console release or a physical release remains to be seen. However, Tafokints talked about the implications of a port on Melee Science, talking about how a port, if done properly, could not only revitalize the scene, but make it easier for Melee to be accommodated at events by making the game not dependent on CRT TVs.

Source: Yahoo! Esports

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Justin Wong Tweets His Impressions and Information on Ultra Street Fighter II

With a new iteration of the Street Fighter II series being developed and released by Capcom for the Nintendo Switch, a lot of the old school players are popping their heads out of hibernation with wonder about the game. Will they maintain what was already established through the numbered updates before? Will it be a good game? Will we get burned like a lot of people felt after the release of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix?

Echo Fox’s Justin Wong was at the event and able to get his hands on the game. As he played, he was gracious enough to tweet out what he learned about the game. Some things that he noted were that you can tech throws instead of soften them as in Super Turbo, characters will have alternate costumes available on the select screen, Evil Ryu has a Raging Demon, and Violent Ken has a command dash. He also noted that the execution barrier has been lowered compared to Super Turbo, and that the old character codes do not work from Super Turbo, which may denote that old characters–versions of the cast that were from Super Street Fighter II instead of Super Turbo, changing some characteristics of the characters–are absent from the game altogether.

Source: Echo Fox|Justin Wong