Month: May 2017

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Friday Night Fan Art: Spirits & souls–it’s Samurai Shodown vs. SoulCalibur; plus: Twintelle from ARMS

Check out this spectacular art from fighting game fans!

Welcome back to Friday Night Fan Art! Tonight it’s a face-off between the top two weapon-weilding fighting franchises: Namco’s SoulCalibur series, and SNK’s Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits, in its native homeland). We’ve gathered a selection of fan art from DeviantArt, featuring many different interpretations of the iconic characters from both series.

We’ll let Samurai Shodown show off its iaido and draw first. Here’s quick-draw pretty boy Ukyo by ktownjeff, stalwart Haohmaru by DenisM79, and a ghostly Shiki by L-a-h-i-n-a-y-u-m-e:

Ukyo by ktownjeff
Haohmaru by DenisM79
Shiki by L-a-h-i-n-a-y-u-m-e

An impressive Genjuro by chaosringen, a deadly-looking Gen-An by PioPauloSantana, and Galford’s Poppy springs into action from EnriqueNL:

Genjuro by chaosringen
Gen-An by PioPauloSantana
Galford by EnriqueNL

Hanzo’s looking buff in this piece from cgfelker, Diavle‘s Mina shows off her flexibility, and zbsogetsu‘s gel ink Nakoruru really captures her spirit.

Hanzo by cgfelker
Mina by Diavle
Nakoruru by zbsogetsu

Nakoruru/Haohmaru/Ukyo by Seeso2D
Nakoruru/Haohmaru/Ukyo by Seeso2D

But there is another tale of swords and souls, eternally retold… SoulCalibur is perhaps even more loved for its character design. Check out Vandrell‘s take on Taki, PioPauloSantana‘s Zasalamel, and lunadementare‘s Setsuka:

Taki by Vandrell
Zasalamel by PioPauloSantana
Setsuka by lunadementare

A Nightmare in acrylic by engelzorn, ShandyRp offers a powered-up Lizardman, and MichelleHoefener gives us a resplendent Tira:

Nightmare by engelzorn
Lizardman by ShandyRp
Tira by MichelleHoefener

YamaOrce brings us fantastic versions of undead pirate Cervantes and beautiful warrior Soptitia; while nebezial‘s Ivy lounges, victorious.

Cervantes by YamaOrce
Sophitia by YamaOrce
Ivy by nebezial

SoulCalibur Girls by Seeso2D
SoulCalibur Girls by Seeso2D

There’s just too many characters–and too much great fan art of them–to gather it all here! Did we include your favorite?

Jumping franchises: Nintendo’s new movie star Twintelle for ARMS is getting a lot of attention, in particular for a specific “aspect” of her voluptuous design! Naturally, fans are showing their love with new art on Twitter!

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: ktownjeff; DenisM79; L-a-h-i-n-a-y-u-m-e; chaosringen; PioPauloSantana; EnriqueNL; cgfelker; Diavle; zbsogetsu; Vandrell; lunadementare; engelzorn; ShandyRp; MichelleHoefener; YamaOrce; nebezial; Seeso2D; @RASBll; @asieybarbie; @3DROD; @ikiruse

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Improve your Leo Whitefang in only 5-minutes with this Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 tutorial

Let’s say you already have Leo Whitefang’s basics down. You know his move list well, and have the bread-and-butter combos prepared to bash some opponents. But now, you’d like to take it to the next level, because, let’s be honest, getting your pressure countered all the time isn’t fun.

Sharizord is your coach for making your Leo much better in about five minutes. They show more useful attack strings that can reliably build up the RISC gauge of the opponent as well as how to add a little extra spice to hit confirms. For instance, by adding a dash buffer to the 236HS motion, you can net more damage on your combos. This video has REV 2 in mind, so you can also pick up how to anti-air better with the character.

This tutorial should also be helpful to those who are looking to battle Leo players, so it’s not a bad idea to watch even if you’re not looking to pick up the Second King. Furthermore, remember to look back at this countering Leo guide, translated from Japanese.

Source: Sharizord