Melee is one of the most refined fighters around, with a lot of complexity in both the dexterity required and the way to think about the game itself. While many core concepts overlap with traditional fighters, the completely new landscape of a Smash game takes some adjustment, even if you are familiar with the series on a casual level.
To help you acclimate to the environment, the folks over at theScore esports sat down with several top Melee players to advise how the game should be thought about in order to succeed. Many of these talking points should help with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as well, so learn from the best and improve your game.
About a year ago Japan got a Skullgirls Arcade cabinet, along with a physical release of the game courtesy of Arc System Works, so we’ve been seeing more and more Skullgirls play this past year. If you missed our last article on Japanese Skullgirls highlights, you can check that here.
Just like last time our feature player is Poccola, who regularly records and heavily edits his matches with jokes, special effects, and commentary in a truly unique fashion. He’s been uploading compilation pieces of all of his play from 2016, so we have some cherry picked footage here. If you haven’t checked him out already, you’d be doing yourself a favor by doing so now.
Square Enix recently announced a brand new fighting game for Taito’s NESiCAxLive 2 service. Called Million Arthur: Arcana Blood, the game is based on their Million Arthur mobile game franchise.
The franchise itself revolve around the story of a cultural exchange student who gets transported back into time and ends up pulling Excalibur from the stone, as per the legends of King Arthur. He ends up participating in a grand tournament for him to be able to accumulate “holy blood” and return to the present.
The currently confirmed cast includes the following.
Arthur: Blade Protector (voiced by Mamoru Miyano)
Iai Arthur (Quick Sword-Draw Arthur) (voiced by Sumire Uesaka)
Nitou Arthur (Dual Swords Arthur) (voiced by Arthur Lounsbery)
Touzoku Arthur (Thief Arthur) (voiced by Ayane Sakura)
Zex Siegfried (voiced by Yuki Kaji)
In addition to this, the game has an assist system, similar to other games such as Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, allowing the player to select “Support Knight” characters to help them in battle.
Million Arthur: Arcana Blood is set to launch in Japanese arcades sometime in the fall. Before that, the game will be playable at Taito’s booth at the 2017 Japan Amusement Expo this February 10 to 12. In the meantime check out some gameplay footage recorded off Square Enix’s Nico Nico stream.
Reddit user Snakespaw has compiled a list of links to confirmation that several features have been cut from Torment: Tides of Numenera. Three companions, a crafting system and Italian language localization have been stripped from the final release of the game.
City State Entertainment has posted a brand new Camelot Unchained video that shines the spotlight on the new animation system that will be utilized going forward. While in its initial phase of deployment, the developers will have an ability to create even more realistic character movement and high-quality animations from this point on.
