Month: October 2017

Strider Hiryu has been a popular character within the Marvel vs. Capcom series. While part of this can be attributed to the amazing play of Clockw0rk’s Strider/Sentinel/Doctor Doom team in Marvel vs. Capcom 2, the character’s mix-up heavy style has kept people interested in the character for decades.

In this video from RektScrub, he goes over the evolution of the character, from his days in side scrolling beat-em ups to his prominence as a fighting game character, in chronological order. This shows exactly how his fighting game presence was developed over the years.

Source: RektScrub

There was a time when, across several fighting game communities, match-up charts were one of the most important things the scene could create for their game. These character match-up charts would combine the opinions of top players of every character on how advantageous a match-up was for their main. They involved many people, a lot of of debate, and were generally very time-consuming projects.

Over the years these charts have become more rare, replaced by the “hot takes” of an (usually popular professional) individual’s tier lists. NRS pro MK_REO talks about the pros and cons of this format in his latest video — though the points he addresses are geared towards his own scene, it’s a worthy discussion for every community to have.

Source: MK_REO