Month: November 2017

Here comes a new (and unexpected) challenger!

When it was revealed via a tweet yesterday from Team Liquid’s NuckleDu that he may not attend Capcom Cup 2017 in his guaranteed championship auto-qualification spot, speculation immediately kicked off as to who the replacement would be, if NuckleDu actually backed out of the event. Many people called attention to the Succession rule, that indicated last year’s runner-up would gain access to the championship auto-qualifier position if the Champion was unable to compete; the question was if this rule would indeed be applied. Speculate no more:

NuckleDu has chosen not to attend Capcom Cup 2017. According to CPT rules, the auto-qualification he earned for winning Capcom Cup 2016 is given to the runner-up.

Ricki Ortiz has accepted the vacated spot in Capcom Cup 2017.https://t.co/i7gAmfcgLU

— Capcom Fighters (@CapcomFighters) November 28, 2017

Evil Geniuses’ Ricki Ortiz faced Du Dang last year in a famous all-American Grand Finals, and thus she has been granted Dang’s auto-qualification in his now-confirmed absence. This is bound to raise some controversy — as while it follows the letter of the CPT rules for this season, Ortiz is ranked at #84 on the global leaderboard, well out of qualification range. Will she prove to be a surprise threat against her higher-ranking opponents at the big event in December?

Thank you @CapcomFighters for this amazing opportunity. I know I’ve been away for a few months bettering myself and my personal life. I hope to make everyone proud at CapCup2017.

— ✨Ricki Sophie Ortiz✨ (@HelloKittyRicki) November 28, 2017

Sources: Capcom Fighters (Twitter); Capcom Pro Tour; Ricki Sophie Ortiz (Twitter)

The mystery of Geese Howard’s Tekken 7 arrival date deepens today, as the official PlayStation Blog has just casually dropped a November 30th release date for DLC Pack 2. While this contradicts the original surprise leak on Microsoft’s site, it is worth noting that Microsoft’s site has moved the release date for Geese 12 hours forward from 11:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST on the 29th. It’s also worth noting that the Steam Store still makes no mention of Geese. Looks like we were right when we suggested that someone jumped the gun.

As of this writing, there is still no official clarification from Namco on their social media or official sites. With so little time left in the month, though, it seems like SNK’s boss will arrive on his own terms, with or without an official statement.

Source: PlayStation Blog

Production on the Smash Box is progressing well and Hit Box have just released a video update, detailing some of the new additions and features that the controller will launch with next January. The biggest change has been a shift in button layout, moving the eight button column as well as the C-Stick buttons for maximum comfort. The Smash Box now also has two extra buttons, bringing its button count to 32.

For dedicated players who want to save the perfect angles for recovering back to stage or DIing, the Smash Box now allows you to save custom angle profiles via in-built software. When combined with button remapping, Smash Box users can totally customize the experience to fit their play-style. There are even plans for players to be able to download angle and button profiles from other Smash Box users, if you want to try out someone’s settings.

The specter of tournament legality continues to hang around the Smash Box, so Hit Box have created special tournament verification software which can check the custom settings of each controller. TOs can then check that each Smash Box is following the regulations of their event, and stop any funny business that could be happening under the hood.

Source: Hit Box