Month: May 2017

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Friday Night Fan Art: Chun-Li and Mai Shiranui face off, plus a fresh look for Alice and Kula’s character models

Check out this spectacular art from fighting game fans!

Welcome back to Friday Night Fan Art! Tonight we’ll pit the poster girls from two big fighting franchises against each other: Street Fighter’s Chun-Li, and The King of Fighters’ Mai Shiranui! These ladies have developed a sort of mascot rivalry, especially since facing each other in the Capcom vs. SNK titles. We’ll be featuring the work of many different DeviantArt artists below; you can decide which femme fatale fights the fiercest.

Since Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, Chun-Li has been widely accepted as the “first lady of fighting games,” a symbol of both strength and beauty.

Chun-Li by bicmac996
Chun-Li by pop-lee
Chun-Li by 10tackle

From left to right: digital painting by bigmac996; Chun-Li pinup by pop-lee; Chun-Li spinning into action by 10tackle.

Chun-Li [alternate] by BROTERS707
Chun-Li by Endling
Chun-Li (portrait) by bledrebel

From left to right: Chun-Li in her Street Fighter IV alternate by BROTERS707; a little more kawaii-styled by Endling; and a fantastic pencil/charcoal portrait by bledrebel!

SNK’s fiery Mai Shiranui is definitely one of the most prominent faces for The King of Fighters series, thanks in no small part to her sex appeal. She actually got her start way back in Fatal Fury.

Mai Shiranui by Tecnomayro
Mai Shiranui by bocodamondo
Mai Shiranui by RaphooN

From left to right: gorgeous Mai airbrush by Tecnomayro; anime-style by bocodamondo; Mai taking a rest, by RaphooN.

Mai Shiranui by IvannaMatilla
Mai Shiranui by DickZAN
Mai Shiranui by pyawakit

From left to right: digital painting by IvannaMatilla; DickZAN‘s flirty rendition; “oh my mai” by pyawakit.

Chrissy-Tee works with the lighting and poses on character models from various games to create new fan renders; getting their hands on some models from The King of Fighters XIV has resulted in some new images that help show off how detailed the KOFXIV character models actually are. Here’s Alice, and the meme-worthy “fingerguns” Kula:

Alice (test render)
Kula (fingerguns)

Also, because it wouldn’t be right to end without another picture of Guilty Gear Xrd’s Baiken, here’s one by :

Send us leads on the tipline if there’s any great fan art out there you want to see featured next week on Shoryuken!

Sources: bigmac996; pop-lee; 10tackle; BROTERS707; Endling; bledrebel; Tecnomayro; bocodamondo; RaphooN; IvannaMatilla; DickZAN; pyawakit; Chrissy-Tee; 

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Battle Arena Melbourne 9 streaming live from Melbourne, Australia

This weekend is one of Australia’s largest yearly events, Battle Arena Melbourne (BAM) 9. Hosted by Couch Warriors, the tournament will take place in the Melbourne Convention and Exhbition Centre. BAM9 is a part of the Capcom Pro Tour as a Global Premier Event, meaning a big opportunity for players to earn big points for the global leaderboards. In addition, Bandai Namco will be showcasing the final build of Tekken 7 at the event.

As you would expect from a Premier Event, a large number of top competitors will be in attendance, with heavy presence from Asia. Some of the names you’ll see participating include BurnoutFighter, Somniac, GRPT|Fuudo, FOX|Tokido, FOX|Momochi, HORI|sako, RB|Bonchan, GGP|Kazunoko, Hx.CYG.BST|Daigo Umehara, RZR|INFILTRATION, PoongKo, Verloren, QANBA.Douyu|Xiaohai, RZR|Xian, Zowie|GamerBee, Zowie|Oil King, RISE|MaRN, EG|K-Brad, Flash and many more. Brackets for the event can be found on Smash.gg.

Main Tournament Games

Streams & Schedule

Five streams will bring you the live action from Melbourne. Below is a breakdown of where you can watch your favorite games.

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Below is a general schedule for the event. All times are in AEST (UTC +10).

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CapcomFighters

Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv

NewGamePlusTV

Watch live video from NewGamePlusTV on www.twitch.tv

BandaiNamcoEurope

Watch live video from BandaiNamcoEurope on www.twitch.tv

MelbourneMelee

Watch live video from MelbourneMelee on www.twitch.tv

CouchWarriorsSmash

Watch live video from CouchWarriorsSmash on www.twitch.tv

Source: Couch Warriors, Capcom Pro Tour, Smash.gg

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HB Sora offers a Hit Box tutorial for Dhalsim’s Instant Air Gale and Instant Air Teleport in Street Fighter V

Own a Hit Box controller and want to master some of Dhalsim’s most advanced competitive techniques? HB Sora has a quick demonstration to help you out.

The tutorial focuses on Instant Air Gale and Instant Air Teleport. Each lesson gives you a quick demonstration of the input, and an explanation of how you can work around the height restrictions. Also, Sora shows off an execution exploit exclusive to the Hitbox to get Air Drills, without letting go of down at any point–because up inputs override down inputs!

Source: HB Sora

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Learn how to play Vanessa in The King of Fighters XIV with Frionel’s 3-part guide

Of the four DLC characters added into The King of Fighters XIV, Vanessa is likely one of the less straightforward ones to pick up and play. Her reliance on staying up close to try to get in and score a stun means that it takes a bit of study to learn how to play her well.

For those looking to learn Vanessa, Frionel has put together a 3-part tutorial series designed to teach players the ins and outs of the character. The first part of the series focuses on combos: arguably the part most people want to get to.

Combos alone, however, aren’t enough to be successful with a character–which is where the second part come in, as they focus on her setups and frame traps.

Part three is a bit more advanced, as it explores the different ways that she can stun her opponent–depending on how she opens them up.

Source: Frionel