Month: August 2017

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Registration is still open for the Pokkén World Championship last chance qualifier

With the Pokémon World Championships fast approaching, there is still time left to register for the Pokkén Tournament last chance qualifier. This final qualifying event will take place on August 18th, with the top four players being invited back to compete in the World Finals on the following day. With $20,000 up for grabs, it’s definitely worth entering if you are in the Anaheim area.

Registration costs $30, with competitors receiving a spectator pass for the rest of the World Championship events, along with six Pokémon TCG booster packs as a little extra bonus. The tournament is double-elimination like most FGC events, but the only permitted controller is the special HORI Pokkén fight-pad. If you’re a dedicated Wii U Pro Controller player, better get onto eBay and start looking for a tournament legal controller.

If you cannot make it to Anaheim, there are still several Pokkén tournaments going on throughout the year, with several receiving a $1000 pot bonus courtesy of Evo. Once Pokkén Tournament DX launches in September, expect a load of new Trainers to join the Pokkén scene.

Source: The Pokémon Company

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BoxeR-King breaks down the theory and application behind King’s Wavedash in Tekken 7

It’s easy to forget that King even wavedashes in Tekken 7. While his wavedash is potentially powerful, this movement tool hardly shows up as a central part of the game-play of even the highest tier players, such as Lil Majin and Pekos, for two primary reasons:  It’s a stylistic choice and It’s actually really difficult to preform, even moreso then the Mishima wavedash.

But if this high octane footsie tool fits you, it is worth learning. This is the subject of BoxeR-King‘s latest King tutorial: an exploration in the execution and possibilities that King’s wavedash provides. You won’t get it overnight, but adding mastery over King’s wavedash it will set you apart from most other King players.

Source: BoxeR-King

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TeamSoloMid follow Leffen’s Evo journey with new series “Hjelte”

Joining other esports organizations in creating Melee player documentaries, TeamSoloMid have just released a trailer for new three-part series “Hjelte”, which tracks William “Leffen “Hjelte’s time at this year’s Evo. Along with showing the quieter moments between tournament sets, this documentary has interviews with Leffen’s friends and rivals within the community, in order to show what the community thinks of Melee’s main villain.

While the main focus is Leffen’s Evo journey, the documentary will seek to explore the Melee scene as a whole, as well as cover Leffen’s life before and after this year’s Evo. According to TSM’s video producer, the series will be coming “very, very soon“, so expect something before the end of August.

Sources: TSMAndrew; TeamSoloMid

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Android 17 may be coming to DragonBall FighterZ, according to comments from their English voice actor

While Bandai Namco and Arc System Works recently unveiled Future Trunks at Evo and also announced Piccolo and Krillin in a recent edition of Weekly Shonen Jump, it appears we now know the identity of another Z Warrior joining the cast of Dragon Ball FighterZ, due to a leak from their English voice actor.

Chuck Huber, known for being the English voice of Android 17, was asked during a recent convention appearance at Florida Supercon if he’d recorded his lines for the android’s grand return to the series in Dragon Ball Super‘s currently-ongoing “Universe Survival Arc.” According to Enrique Bermudez on Twitter, Huber provided a quite the interesting response, saying:

“I haven’t done Dragon Ball Super, but I have done my lines for FighterZ.” After being informed that 17 isn’t among the currently announced cast members, he responded with a simple, “Whoops,” and noted that he didn’t have to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) so he’s probably fine.

We know that we’ll be seeing an “enhanced” version of the title later this month at Gamescom in Germany, which should contain Future Trunks, Piccolo, Krillin and now potentially Android 17 as the rumored 10th character. If these Tweets are true, it also confirms that the game will be receiving an English dub by Funimation — which isn’t surprising given that it is a Dragon Ball game — but is nonetheless reassuring after Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- and BlazBlue Central Fiction didn’t receive an English dub. Fingers crossed that Androids 16 and 18 will be joining 17 on the battlefield. You can view all of Bermudez’s Tweets below.

Dragon Ball FighterZ is currently scheduled for an early 2018 release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam.

Source: MidshipGuitar (Twitter)