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Tension Pulse: HimeCut tackles Kuutochi, and fadooglee battles Havoc_Noah in Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 exhibitions
Quality online Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 matches resume this weekend. Tension Pulse showcases American talent and gives a great opportunity to view some high-quality play alongside qualified commentators. Tune in for a fresh set of matches this Sunday!
We have a bunch of new combatants this time. We’re going to see fadooglee’s Slayer dance to Havoc_Noah’s guitar strings and I-no mix-ups, as well as HimeCut’s Leo Whitefang battle past dolphins and beachballs raining from Kuutochi’s May. Let’s see what they have to say about each other and their playstyles.
fadooglee
On the match: “To be honest, this is my first exhibition so I’m pretty excited! At the same time though, I’m a bit nervous because I usually don’t participate a lot in exhibitions or even tournaments. Either way, I expect it to be really fun because I just enjoy the game.”
On his opponent: “I think Noah is a really strong player. We haven’t played against each other much, but for the few times we have, I did acknowledge that he has very solid play. He knocked me out of winners during Anime Ascension, and then I returned the favor at Evo, haha. Regardless, I do feel confident in this exhibition.”
On his own playstyle: “My personal playstyle is quite aggressive. I usually try to do whatever it takes to “glue” myself to the opponent. I also find it gimmicky as well because I abuse backdash cancel.”
Havoc_Noah
On the match: “My thoughts are that I am happy to play on it. It is a cool series that has shown a lot of match ups so I hope to make this one entertaining with fadooglee. I also had commentated before but didn’t have a stable way to play on Steam until recently, so it will be fun.”
On his opponent: “I have played fadooglee in two tournament sets right and our current record is 1/1. I beat him at AA closely, and he beat me at Evo very convincingly, so I hope that our third set can be good. He plays Slayer in a very active way, so my goal with him is to just play more reactively to him when I can and try to let him overextend himself. His offense is also good, and he is willing to take risks both in neutral and offense that I have to be aware because of I-no’s low stun.”
On his own playstyle: “It is kind of hard for me to describe my playstyle actually. I am a very emotional player so when I play well it shows, and I can ride that momentum to just keep ahead. This also works against me, though, at times where I am not in a good headspace, things can get to me easily, and it becomes hard to stay level-headed. My offense really shines when it is in a good space where I am able to just consistently show how strong my character can be on offense.”
HimeCut
On the match: “Participating in Tension Pulse has given me some much-welcomed motivation to train harder. There were a lot of things I’ve been wanting to put into practice that I haven’t invested time labbing before. No matter the results, I’ve picked up momentum forward, and I’ll become a stronger player because of it.”
On his opponent: “Kuutochi is strong and looks like he has a lot of fun when he plays, a quality I really appreciate in players. But I don’t like May: she’s very tricky with enormous payout and frustrating neutral, but I’m confident that I can adjust in a long set.”
On his own playstyle: “I make hard reads, but they don’t always work. I really like characters that attack the player’s patience. The description that comes to mind is: ‘Getting mixed up by characters like Raven and Chipp makes you feel helpless, but getting hit by Leo makes you feel stupid.’ Leo is linear by nature making formulating an approach with his limited tools super fun.”
Kuutochi
On the match: “I’m excited to be part of this exhibition. Been following Tension Pulse, and this is just such a great way to spotlight American players matches. Japanese footage is fantastic, but I just love how different players over here deal with different situations and playstyles that never show up at the arcades.”
On his opponent: “I don’t know much of HimeCut besides a vague memory from CEO, can’t remember how our matches went back then, so I’m both nervous and excited to fight him. Leo is a character that if you make one mistake, he’ll take all your life and then runs a train on you. I’m still uncertain of my match-up against Leo, especially when all of them feel to have their own different approach, so I’m looking forward to seeing how HimeCut plays him!”
On his own playstyle: “Suicidal (LOL). I’m a really aggressive player, like REALLY aggressive. I just want to get in there and torment my opponent. May is a well-rounded character with a couple weaknesses, she can be everywhere on the screen, but I just want to be right in their face. My training partner often says I do things by instinct instead of thinking which is bad when it comes to neutral, so instead I like to force scrambles by simply interrupting/trading moves and try to come victorious from there.”
Catch the next episode of Tension Pulse live on Silva_hime’s Twitch channel. The first set, which is between HimeCut and Kuutochi, will start on August 20th at 8:30 PM ET/9:30 PM CT/5:30 PM PT. Kami and wne will commentate the matches and lend their expertise to the on-screen gameplay.
Looking to catch up on the last episode of Tension Pulse? The last episode included hectic matches between four players:
Source: interviews; Silva
Tension Pulse: HimeCut tackles Kuutochi, and fadooglee battles Havoc_Noah in Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 exhibitions
Quality online Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 matches resume this weekend. Tension Pulse showcases American talent and gives a great opportunity to view some high-quality play alongside qualified commentators. Tune in for a fresh set of matches this Sunday!
We have a bunch of new combatants this time. We’re going to see fadooglee’s Slayer dance to Havoc_Noah’s guitar strings and I-no mix-ups, as well as HimeCut’s Leo Whitefang battle past dolphins and beachballs raining from Kuutochi’s May. Let’s see what they have to say about each other and their playstyles.
fadooglee
On the match: “To be honest, this is my first exhibition so I’m pretty excited! At the same time though, I’m a bit nervous because I usually don’t participate a lot in exhibitions or even tournaments. Either way, I expect it to be really fun because I just enjoy the game.”
On his opponent: “I think Noah is a really strong player. We haven’t played against each other much, but for the few times we have, I did acknowledge that he has very solid play. He knocked me out of winners during Anime Ascension, and then I returned the favor at Evo, haha. Regardless, I do feel confident in this exhibition.”
On his own playstyle: “My personal playstyle is quite aggressive. I usually try to do whatever it takes to “glue” myself to the opponent. I also find it gimmicky as well because I abuse backdash cancel.”
Havoc_Noah
On the match: “My thoughts are that I am happy to play on it. It is a cool series that has shown a lot of match ups so I hope to make this one entertaining with fadooglee. I also had commentated before but didn’t have a stable way to play on Steam until recently, so it will be fun.”
On his opponent: “I have played fadooglee in two tournament sets right and our current record is 1/1. I beat him at AA closely, and he beat me at Evo very convincingly, so I hope that our third set can be good. He plays Slayer in a very active way, so my goal with him is to just play more reactively to him when I can and try to let him overextend himself. His offense is also good, and he is willing to take risks both in neutral and offense that I have to be aware because of I-no’s low stun.”
On his own playstyle: “It is kind of hard for me to describe my playstyle actually. I am a very emotional player so when I play well it shows, and I can ride that momentum to just keep ahead. This also works against me, though, at times where I am not in a good headspace, things can get to me easily, and it becomes hard to stay level-headed. My offense really shines when it is in a good space where I am able to just consistently show how strong my character can be on offense.”
HimeCut
On the match: “Participating in Tension Pulse has given me some much-welcomed motivation to train harder. There were a lot of things I’ve been wanting to put into practice that I haven’t invested time labbing before. No matter the results, I’ve picked up momentum forward, and I’ll become a stronger player because of it.”
On his opponent: “Kuutochi is strong and looks like he has a lot of fun when he plays, a quality I really appreciate in players. But I don’t like May: she’s very tricky with enormous payout and frustrating neutral, but I’m confident that I can adjust in a long set.”
On his own playstyle: “I make hard reads, but they don’t always work. I really like characters that attack the player’s patience. The description that comes to mind is: ‘Getting mixed up by characters like Raven and Chipp makes you feel helpless, but getting hit by Leo makes you feel stupid.’ Leo is linear by nature making formulating an approach with his limited tools super fun.”
Kuutochi
On the match: “I’m excited to be part of this exhibition. Been following Tension Pulse, and this is just such a great way to spotlight American players matches. Japanese footage is fantastic, but I just love how different players over here deal with different situations and playstyles that never show up at the arcades.”
On his opponent: “I don’t know much of HimeCut besides a vague memory from CEO, can’t remember how our matches went back then, so I’m both nervous and excited to fight him. Leo is a character that if you make one mistake, he’ll take all your life and then runs a train on you. I’m still uncertain of my match-up against Leo, especially when all of them feel to have their own different approach, so I’m looking forward to seeing how HimeCut plays him!”
On his own playstyle: “Suicidal (LOL). I’m a really aggressive player, like REALLY aggressive. I just want to get in there and torment my opponent. May is a well-rounded character with a couple weaknesses, she can be everywhere on the screen, but I just want to be right in their face. My training partner often says I do things by instinct instead of thinking which is bad when it comes to neutral, so instead I like to force scrambles by simply interrupting/trading moves and try to come victorious from there.”
Catch the next episode of Tension Pulse live on Silva_hime’s Twitch channel. The first set, which is between HimeCut and Kuutochi, will start on August 20th at 8:30 PM ET/9:30 PM CT/5:30 PM PT. Kami and wne will commentate the matches and lend their expertise to the on-screen gameplay.
Looking to catch up on the last episode of Tension Pulse? The last episode included hectic matches between four players:
Source: interviews; Silva
Another GFW Release Revealed
Another GFW Release Revealed
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RetrowareTV takes a look at an unreleased Sega Genesis port of Street Fighter II
The early nineteen nineties were an exciting and somewhat confusing time for gamers caught up in the so-called “console wars”. Console exclusivity was was treated much more differently back in the day, with companies like Nintendo and Sega caught up in a game of one-upmanship when it came to getting exclusive titles.
One game that both companies fought over was Capcom’s Street Fighter II. When the game released on the SNES in 1992, Nintendo had a policy that meant that any titles released on the console, would remain exclusive to it. To get around this, and beat out Nintendo, Sega had sought to get Street Fighter II: Champion Edition on the Sega Genesis. Now, any Street Fighter fan from the day will remember that we actually didn’t get Champion Edition, but instead got an enhanced version with features from Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting. This is while the Genesis port was being developed, Nintendo got Capcom to work on Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting for the SNES. This caused Sega to ask Capcom to bring Turbo to the Genesis instead.
Now, this is where things get complicated. Rather than simply add the Turbo features into the Champion Edition port, which was outsourced to an unknown company, Capcom chose to restart internal development on their own Hyper Fighting port for the Genesis, named Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition to get around Nintendo’s exclusivity rules. However, a ROM dump of the abandoned Champion Edition port to the Genesis eventually found its way into the internet, one that shows signs that it may have been in the process of being turned into Hyper Fighting before being canned.
In the video below, RetrowareTV’s Nostalgia Nerd takes a closer look at the ROM of the abandoned Genesis Champion Edition port and takes a look at the differences between it and the eventually released Special Champion Edition version. Along the way, they find some clues on why the port may have been abandoned as well as who the unnamed development studio for it may have been (signs pointing to Minakuchi Engineering, the same developer who worked on Mega Man: the Wily Wars for the Genesis).
Source: Nostalgia Nerd
Pokkén Tournament at the Pokémon World Championships now streaming live
Today, the last Pokkén World Championship for the Wii U version of Pokkén Tournament will be held! Throughout the year, players have been competing and earning spots for this event through major tournaments in North America, Europe, and Japan; now that the last of the 16 slots of the Pokkén Worlds Championships are filled with qualified players via the Last Chance Qualifier, this is the day to sort out who’s the very best.
North America Qualifiers
- Suicune Master – Lucario
- Thulius – Mewtwo
- Rasenryu – Gardevoir
- SlippingBug – Pikachu Libre
European Union Qualifiers
- Fabilous – Suicune, Mewtwo, Pikachu Libre
- Xabsoluted – Lucario
- Elm – Suicune
- Goreson – Machamp
Japan Qualifiers
- APOLLO – Gengar
- Messa – Charizard
- Mikukey – Chandelure
- Itou – Gardevoir
Last Chance Qualifiers
- S-KI (Japan) – Blaziken
- RPG|Azazel (Japan) – Machamp, Sceptile
- Wzurds (United States) – Lucario
- Tonosama (Japan) – Braixen
The Pokkén action today will be split across two different streams. From 9:00 AM until 3:30 PM PDT, the tournament will run until top 4 on the main Pokkén Channel.
Watch live video from PokkenTournament on www.twitch.tv
At 3:30 PM PDT, switch over to the main Pokémon Worlds channel to catch the remaining top 4 action.
Watch live video from Pokemon on www.twitch.tv
For those that want to follow updates for Pokkén Worlds closely, you are advised to check out the Twitter of one Alex Jebailey, who is overseeing the Worlds Finals.
130 players from all over the world in the LCQ. Good luck and see you tomorrow morning on day 1! Bracket link will be shared online at 10 am
— Alex Jebailey (@CEOJebailey) August 18, 2017
For more info on the Worlds stream schedule this weekend, check out the official worlds tournament site.
Source: Pokkén Tournament
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