Month: March 2017

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HitBox Dustin runs through how to perform a myriad of Super Smash Bros. Melee tech with the Smash Box

With the Smash Box currently in its crowdfunding phase, HitBox Dustin has prepared a series of videos showing players how to perform everything from short hops to Shino stalls with the new Smash Box controller. As there is quite a difference to controlling Melee with the Smash Box compared to the GameCube controller, these 30 second guides should get you up to speed if you’re thinking of trying a Smash Box.

The guides start off simple, walking through basic techniques like walking, shielding and wavedashing before building up to more technical maneuvers like pivot up-tilts, shield dropping and utilizing simultaneous cardinal directions (SOCDs). You can find all the videos compiled in the playlist below and you may want to keep it to hand–should the Smash Box be successful on Kickstarter.

Source: HitBox Dustin

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Ryuji Yamazaki throws down as the second DLC character for The King of Fighters XIV

Following the announcement of Whip earlier this month, Atlus and SNK have now revealed that psychopathic gangster Ryuji Yamazaki will be joining The King of Fighters XIV as its second DLC character. First introduced in Fatal Fury 3, Yamazaki fights like a man possessed: using his self-taught fighting style, elongated arms, and explosive headbutts to dominate his opponent.

As someone with no restraint, Yamazaki’s supers are quite unhinged to say the least. One of them has him picking up random objects from the stage scenery–including giant fake sharks–and belting his opponent over the head with them. Combine that with his blood-based projectiles, and you have one crazy fighter. With Whip becoming available April 5th, Yamazaki shouldn’t be that far behind–along with the next DLC fighter for SNK’s fighting franchise.

Source: AtlusUSA

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Final Round 20’s Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- top 8 and Grand Finals highlights

Final Round 20 finished this weekend in Atlanta, GA, providing thrilling Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- action from top US and foreign players. Once again, similarly to Frosty Faustings IX, Japanese Guilty Gear and BlazBlue players made it out to the tournament, showing America their mastery over the Arc System Works air-dasher.

First up, there’s top 8, which included two Ravens (CO|Dogura and GGP|Kazunoko) and two Millia Rage users (CO|GO1 and DBJoseph). A particular highlight comes from Doren2k, who uses Jam Kuradoberi. Despite losing to Dogura at the beginning of top 8, the American player climbs up the ladder by stepping on the Japanese Millia, GO1, all the way to the top three. Check out that match starting around 1:14:00 in the clip below. The end includes the Grand Finals matches.

Kazunoko faces off against Dogura, and in pretty typical fashion, Dogura goes with Sin Kiske at first to get out of the Losers side. He manages to reset the bracket and turn the tables. As Kazunoko starts to dominate in the Grand Finals, getting 2-0, Dogura switches to Raven for a mirror match. View just the sets between the two in the separate clip below:

Here are the final results of the tournament, and don’t forget to view our Final Round 20 results page to see what happened in other games as well.

1. CO|Dogura (Raven, Sin Kiske)
2. GGP|Kazunoko (Raven)
3. doren2k (Jam Kuradoberi)
4. CO|GO1 (Millia Rage)
5. DBJoseph (Millia Rage)
5. PG|MarlinPie (Zato-1)
7. zenzen (Ky Kiske)
7. dot_Nova (Jack-O’)

Source: FunkyP Presents

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Mass Effect: Andromeda – Multiplayer: What to Expect and Why it Matters

There’s been a trend over the past decade or so to pad the value of story-driven games out with tacked-on multiplayer and to tack on story-driven single player campaigns to games that are largely known for their multiplayer (ex. Battlefield). So, when Mass Effect 3 launched with a multiplayer component in back in 2012, I asked myself a familiar question: Why?