Month: August 2017

The arcade-adjusted update to Nintendo’s surprise Wii U hit in 2015, Pokken Tournament DX, is now less then a month away from release. While each of the demo characters has something new to try out in DX, by far the biggest draw of the new Nintendo Switch demo is the new Steel Penguin, Empoleon.

Combo video by US Pokkén pros Swillo & BimmyQuestion

And now that Switch users have home access to Empoleon, the Pokkén community can sink their teeth into the previously arcade exclusive character’s moveset.

Breakdown of Empoleon’s movement by Mitchel.

Empoleon brings a fairly unique flavor to the game: his normal movement is very slow, but he comes equipped with a wide variety of non-standard movement options that allow him to zip around the field quickly. Among them is Ice Beam, a projectile that freezes the ground and allows him to slide forward, and Surf, a jump-cancelable option from his HM Stance. If you are a Pokémon fan outside of the fighting games, you may smile at knowing Empoleon is the Pokkén’s first canonical HM Slave.

Arcade Empoleon Combos

If you’re interested in trying out the new way-of-movement Empoleon brings, the free demo can now be downloaded on the Nintendo Switch. Pokkén Tournament DX itself drops on September 22nd.

Sources: Swillo & BimmyQuestion; Mitchel; SoulGuitarist; PokkenArena

Ken’s mobility is always something that can cause a lot of issues in every game. In Street Fighter V, it works further in his favor and makes it possible to instill fear into people who would dare to back rise.

Using a combination of his V-Skill and light Tatsu, Ken has a devastating array of options to punish his opponents’ back rises with meaties. Naturally, they’ll only work if the opponent doesn’t have access to or doesn’t do an EX wake-up reversal to punish it. There are, however, exceptions with Urien and Ed where he can do character-specific neutral jump setups to punish them for even thinking of doing a reversal on a back rise.

Source: World Warrior

When a game is still in development, there’s nothing like watching the developers take the game out for a spin, giving players glimpses of how the game’s characters are designed to be played. This is what get get in this Dragon Ball FighterZ video from Maximilian.

In the video below, Maximilian butts heads with some staff behind Dragon Ball FighterZ. With the devs in hand, this gives us a glimpse of some of the near-optimized setups, mixups, and combos (both solo and tag) that can be found in the current (Gamescom) build of the game.

Source: Maximilian Dood

When a game is still in development, there’s nothing like watching the developers take the game out for a spin, giving players glimpses of how the game’s characters are designed to be played. This is what get get in this Dragon Ball FighterZ video from Maximilian.

In the video below, Maximilian butts heads with some staff behind Dragon Ball FighterZ. With the devs in hand, this gives us a glimpse of some of the near-optimized setups, mixups, and combos (both solo and tag) that can be found in the current (Gamescom) build of the game.

Source: Maximilian Dood