Month: January 2017

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Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers–featuring Evil Ryu & Violent Ken–Coming to Nintendo Switch

While the Nintendo Switch reveal stream featured a ton of announcements for the upcoming console/portable hybrid, it was light on things fighting-game related. However, there was one thing that caught the attention of many players: during a sizzle reel showing glimpses of upcoming Switch games, a short clip was shown of what appeared to be Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.

This upcoming game, however, isn’t just a port of SSF2T HDR; rather, Capcom has confirmed that it is an new Street Fighter II game called Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers.

As indicated by the footage from the Nintendo presentation, the game will feature the updated graphics from SSF2T HD Remix, as well as a cooperative mode that allows two players to team up against the CPU. In addition to these, the game will feature 2 new characters: Evil Ryu makes his return (after his last appearance in the Street Fighter IV series); joining him is a character who has never appeared in a Capcom-developed Street Fighter game–Violent Ken. Appearing only in SNK Playmore’s SvC: Chaos, Violent Ken represents a Ken that has been brainwashed by Shadaloo and imbued with M. Bison’s Psycho Power–a concept originally from the classic Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.

Another notable feature is the ability to switch between the update UDON art from SSF2T HD Remix, and the original “pixel” sprite art.

More information on Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers will be shared on a Nintendo Treehouse stream featuring special guest Yoshinori Ono on January 13. In the meantime, check out these images from Capcom-Unity.

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Source: Capcom-Unity

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ARMS Launches Onto the Nintendo Switch This Spring

Well, it’s not quite the announcement many were hoping for, but Nintendo has revealed at least one fighting game for their new console. Titled ARMS, this fighter is part boxing, part shooter and part platformer, as various colorful characters bounce around a wild arena, trying to land that desperate one-two knockout.

ARMS has players holding two JoyCons like boxing gloves, firing off punches with giant springy arms. You can curve punches round your opponent’s guard, jump and dash round your opponent’s extendo-limbs and unleash big special attacks to knock out your enemy. I could see ARMS becoming a great side event at big events, as opponents duck and weave in real life to dodge their opponent’s blows. Combine this with the ability to pair eight Switch systems together in local multiplayer, and tournaments would be a breeze to set up. ARMS would definitely suit CEO’s wrestling ring or the Mandalay Bay arena, I’ll say that much.

The Nintendo Switch will launch simultaneously in all regions on March 3rd, costing $299.99, with ARMS set to release sometime in the spring.

Source: Eurogamer

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Enjoy a Good Blast from the Past? Get Your Fix with This King of Fighters 2002 CMV

Remember the good old days? Back when fighting games had a lot more artsy combo videos: with largely varying production quality, with random bootleg VHS anime scenes spliced in? As the years passed video creation got more generalized–with people learning from each other–and most of the old tendencies players had when making combo movies just faded away.

Luckily, while these methods of combo movie-making may have died off, the actual videos have not. YouTuber 8Sin-Am has a stockpile of archaic anime CMVs that he’s been uploading recently, the latest of which features The King of Fighters 2002. Take a peek back through time with this marvelous video–explicitly stated to not be a “Combo Movie”–from the long-forgotten era of the early 2000s.

Source: 8Sin-Am (YouTube)

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Enjoy a Good Blast from the Past? Get Your Fix with This King of Fighters 2002 CMV

Remember the good old days? Back when fighting games had a lot more artsy combo videos: with largely varying production quality, with random bootleg VHS anime scenes spliced in? As the years passed video creation got more generalized–with people learning from each other–and most of the old tendencies players had when making combo movies just faded away.

Luckily, while these methods of combo movie-making may have died off, the actual videos have not. YouTuber 8Sin-Am has a stockpile of archaic anime CMVs that he’s been uploading recently, the latest of which features The King of Fighters 2002. Take a peek back through time with this marvelous video–explicitly stated to not be a “Combo Movie”–from the long-forgotten era of the early 2000s.

Source: 8Sin-Am (YouTube)

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Yukadon Starts Seeing Other People: Tries Out Ibuki Online in Street Fighter V

Youdeal’s Yukadon is well-known as the best Nash in Japan–and quite possibly the world–right now. Having made 3rd at Evolution 2016, followed by 7th at Capcom Cup 2016, it’s hard to argue.

But it now appears that he, like many of his peers, are starting to wonder if the grass is greener on the other side of the character select screen (post Season 2’s patch). As such, we’ve seen Yukadon start to throw out Ibuki online. How does he stack up with the character? Find out now!

Source: E-SportsFighters(SF5)