Month: July 2017

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PG|Punk gets a heartwarming message from the man who inspired his name: CM Punk

One of the most heartbreaking losses at Evo 2017 was that of Panda Global’s Victor “Punk” Woodley at the grand finals of Street Fighter V. The player many thought would be the first American to win at a Street Fighter at Evo was visibly distraught after losing to Echo Fox’s Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi.

Following this, Punk tweeted that he felt that he had “let everyone down” and was “so disappointed in myself.” To which many of his friends and fans came out in numbers to try to cheer up Punk. Of all these, one of the most meaningful for the 18-year-old may be from none other than former WWE pro wrestler Phil “CM Punk” Brooks.

The Fighting Game Community has always had this interesting connection to pro-wrestling. Many players are fans of pro-wrestling, and a number of pro-wrestlers are big fans of fighting games. Falling into the former, Punk actually chose his handle because he was a fan of CM Punk and his attitude. As such, the video message, which fellow pro-wrestler and fighting game fan Kenny Omega shared on his Twitter for Punk to see, is quite special to the young rising fighting game star.

“Everyone’s proud of you. Nobody feels let down by you. You made it all the way to finals, and everybody has no doubt that you’ll do it again. Fall down once, get up twice. Fall down seven times, get up eight. See you in the finals next time.”

In response to the message, Punk was quite surprised and very thankful. In a later tweet, he also promised to do his best to “take it for America next year.”

Source: Kenny Omega

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The Beefy Smash Doods show off more Metal Blade combos in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

As a follow up to their previous video showing other members of the Smash 4 cast using Mega Man’s Metal Blade in combos, the Beefy Smash Doods have gone back into the lab to see what other characters can do with the Blue Bomber’s pointy projectile. For this installment, BSD have focused on characters in the second row of the character select screen which goes from Link on the far left, to Robin on the far right.

Like with the last video, all of these combos are super situational, so only learn them if you know you’re going up against a Mega Man. I can’t wait until they get onto Kirby, seeing as the pink puffball can actually summon his own Metal Blades, once he has inhaled Mega Man.

Source: Beefy Smash Doods

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Spider-Man, Haggar, Frank West, and Nemesis are all confirmed for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

During the special Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite panel at San Diego Comic Con, a new trailer was shown off that has Spider-Man, Nemesis, Haggar, and Frank West all duking it out. The four returning characters look pretty much identical to their UMvC3 counterparts, with Haggar rocking the pipe, Nemesis shooting missiles, Frank leveling up with his camera and Spidey swinging people around with his webs.

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Spider-Man does have a new Level 3 though, which has him blowing up the opponent with a web-ball full of Green Goblin’s explosives. The trailer will officially go live tomorrow, with Gamora and Thanos also featuring alongside the four returning fighters from UMvC3. The stage shown in the trailer also shows M.O.D.O.K undergoing some repairs in the background. I wonder if they’re preparing him for DLC?

This new build will be playable on the show floor at SDCC, so expect to hear impressions from fans at the convention. It’s fair to say that the leaked character list is looking pretty bulletproof now.

Sources: marvelvscapcom; nr_chris via Wario64