Month: April 2017

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Street Fighter Alpha Competitive Collection? BlazBlue: Central Fiction Extend? Nope–Happy April Fool’s Day

We couldn’t decide which “leak” to run this year, so we went with both.

Time to come clean: no, there is no BlazBlue: Central Fiction Extend planned (as far as we know), so don’t worry about having to drop any extra money on an update–yet. Arc System Works: if you’ve got something planned, don’t fear–your employees are still keeping your secrets. Maybe we’ll get a playable Jubei after all, someday…

As for Street Fighter Alpha Competitive Collection–sorry, this one was cruel, but because we want to see this become a reality so much ourselves, we couldn’t resist. We all would love to see an updated Alpha collection make its way to the current generation. Still hoping.

A number of gag ideas were deemed too downbeat to approach, despite how hot the topic–like the lack of any news on a Super Smash Bros. re-release for Switch, or the continued absence of Pokkén Tournament 1.5 on the Wii U; too harsh to pour salt into those wounds. Here’s a few more ideas that didn’t quite make the cut:

  • Capcom announces Hyper Street Fighter IV
  • Using the Ryu amiibo with Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers unlocks SFV mode
    (which removes Arcade Mode and puts Evil Ryu & Violent Ken behind a paywall)
  • Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers will allow one-button special moves/supers
    (with the reveal of touch inputs, might not be too far from the truth)
  • Dhalsim revealed as a DLC guest fighter for ARMS
  • Persona 5 Arena (maybe too soon…?)
  • Street Fighter X Darkstalkers
  • Street Fighter X Mortal Kombat
  • Street Fighter X Nidhogg
  • ARMS will be an event at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Until next year: we hope you had a fun April Fool’s Day!