Month: August 2017

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How to install your own character colors for the PC version of BlazBlue: Central Fiction

Color customization is a highly-coveted feature in fighting games, as we know that choosing colors is dear to many players. While BlazBlue: Central Fiction lacks a built-in mode like that, the PC crowd isn’t stopped by such limitations. It’s possible to install your very own color palettes as costumers for BlazBlue characters, so making references to other anime is easier than ever.

Koefficient shows in this video tutorial how to do just that. Once you have a color palette file, there’s a certain file path to follow in the game’s Steam directory. Under “data,” access the “char” folder to be able to swap out palettes. The streamer shows all the steps on how to do that below.

Wondering how to get a custom color palette in the first place? Koefficient points to two people who might just do that for you. SegGel2009 and MooseJuice on Twitter take requests. Make sure to not overwhelm them, though! Some of the colors Koefficient shows off is a Chie color for Bullet, and an Enkidu color for Azrael.

Koefficient also made a video that features a stage mod; one of the special stages from the modders is from Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.

Source: Koefficient

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ARMS has its own manga published in Japanese magazine CoroCoro Comics

It seems that a Nintendo ARMS manga is being published in Japanese magazine CoroCoro Comics. Corocoro is notorious for creating gag comics aimed at children, and they have already collaborated with Nintendo on a humorous comic for their colorful party shooter Splatoon.

Nintendo is known for its lucrative merchandising, and it’s interesting to observe the ways they are promoting their latest IP. There’s no certainty of how a series of this nature will run or even if it will continue to be serialized, but if you’re interested, A preview of the ARMS manga can be seen here. Also, check out the reveal trailer for ARMS’ newest fighter, Lola Pop.

Source: Corocoro.tv via Siliconera

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The fighting game-inspired 20/20 Armor system aims to improve sport Taekwondo

Is this the future for competitive martial arts?

Concerned about changes that resulted from the introduction of electronic monitoring/scoring systems to sport Taekwondo, the founders of 20/20 Armor looked to fighting games as inspiration as to how to better refine a scoring system for martial arts. The result is an electronic chest guard that syncs between competitors and tracks both time and “damage” via a meter that is effectively a life bar.

From Ali Gafour, founder and CEO of 20/20 Armor:

We are big Street Fighter fans, and also have been on National Teams for Taekwondo for Canada and USA. Our ultimate vision is to make Taekwondo a new professional sport just like hockey and basketball, because we believe if you have an easy-to-understand scoring system and a big fanbase (martial artists and gamers) that this can be a great pro sport that lots of people will watch! Who knows, maybe the future of e-sports will be an SF tournament along side a real life tournament?

Here’s the chest guard being used in a training session with some Taekwondo athletes. They seem to be enjoying the system.

Are we coming full circle, and the reality of martial arts is evolving based on the games it originally inspired…?

Source: 20/20 Armor [press release]