Month: November 2017

“Super Street Fighter Carnival 2017” is the regularly-occurring tournament series of Japan’s famous Mikado Arcade. The series cherishes arcade titles of old, bringing out high-level play for a variety of arcade titles. We are over halfway through this tournament season, so you can catch up here if you missed any of the action.

When SSFC2016 ran last year, I was really surprised by the exclusion of SNK’s Breaker’s Revenge. Developed by Visco Corp, Breaker’s Revenge is one of the most popular “obscure” fighters I can think of in the FGC, survived almost exclusively by emulation and a vocal fanbase. And it kind of has to, as Breaker’s Revenge never made it out of the arcades.

That’s not the case this year though, as Breaker’s makes a triumphant return to Mikado’s flagship tournament series. We may never see a sequel or home release of Breaker’s Revenge, but we fortunately live in a time where that doesn’t have to stop you from playing this gem or checking it out live.

You can preview this seasons’ games and player scores with Mikado’s public Drive document, provided you know Japanese or are fluent in Google Translate. You can also follow the action by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel.

Source: Mikado

Of the three currently-playable DLC characters for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, it seems that Monster Hunter is the one that has gained the most attention, due to the number of viable teams that people are developing around her. One of these teams has her partnered with Dante — a combination that has been noted to reward players with damage just for hitting buttons.

This new combo video from RoK the Reaper explores the potential of this Monster Hunter/Dante team. As part of showcasing the combos that these two can do, a number of them also demonstrate combos using the Time Stone, using both the stone’s Infinity Surge and Infinity Storm to extend the combos. In addition to this, some of the combos also utilize one or both of these characters’ install Hypers, showing what they can do together with these powered-up states.

Source: RoK the Reaper

Just in time for the Tanahashi-buff Lars is about to receive, JusticeSoulTuna has pieced together a Lars Alexandersson combo video that’s equal parts practical and unnecessarily stylish.

You probably don’t need to know conversions off Lars’s unblockable “Zeus” (b+2+3), for example, but that’s the sort of thing on display here in JST’s “Fight To Win.” The practical stuff comes in the form of stage transitions and wall carry combos — and of course, Lars’s unique stance-based Rage Drive. The wall carry here is particularly impressive, and any excuse to use Lars’s DF+33 practically is worth it.

Source: JusticeSoulTuna