Month: November 2017

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VODs of Mikado Arcade’s 7th Marvel Super Heroes tournament are now available

Mikado Arcade in Japan is known as a consistent competitive hot-spot for a wide variety of old school arcade fighters. While we’ve been covering their current multi-game tournament series Super Street Fighter Carnival 2017, there’s also consistent tournaments for individual games: in this case, Mikado’s 7th high-level Marvel Super Heroes tournament.

MSH was Capcom’s second foray into Marvel fighting games, and is the direct predecessor of X-Men vs. Street Fighter. A large part of the mental game (and mechanics) are built around its Infinity Gem system. This system allows players to enjoy new mechanics and buffs, which you can read further about at the SRK Wiki.

If you want to know more about the history of this MSH tournament, be sure to read our on-site reporting from previous Mikado Arcade’s previous Marvel tournaments!

Source: Amazing Gamers

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Behold the excellence of Lee Chaolan’s counter-hit Magic 4 in Tekken 7

No one has ever accused Tekken 7‘s Lee of being an easy or straight forward character. You rarely see the character in tournament play due to the complex nature of his combos and overall game-plan, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t an incredible reward for your excellent effort.

This is exemplified in his Magic 4, a counter-hit fishing 11-frame high that can lead to upwards of 44% damage without rage. Lee player TZMurakumo shows off this tool in his latest combo video, with a series of progressively more impractical and powerful combos for the adopted Mishima.

Source: TZMurakumo

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See Noctis practice for his Tekken 7 debut in this movelist breakdown for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT

Before Noctis heads off to beat up Geese, Akuma and Heihachi in Tekken 7, he’s got some business to take care of in the world of Final Fantasy. Releasing first on console before he comes to arcades, Noctis makes his fighting game debut in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT this coming January. As part of the second anniversary celebration for Dissidia Final Fantasy Arcade, a new Noctis trailer was released, detailing the Crown Prince’s abilities.

While the Engine Blade is his primary weapon, Noctis has access to the Royal Arms in battle, legendary weapons which only those of royal blood can wield. He can switch between these weapons mid-combo, and even teleport to thrown weapons to continue an attack. Noctis also has access to some magic spells, allowing him to fight both up close and at range.

This stream also revealed the Flower Fields from Final Fantasy VIII will appear as a stage, and that the level cap for Final Fantasy Dissidia has been raised to 25 — adding more weapons and costumes for each character. For those wanting to see all the alternate costume colors for each character (including Noctis), cometdance has created a gallery of all the colors shown on stream.

You can watch the entire second anniversary stream below, with the Noctis breakdown starting at 4:49:41.

Sources: Square Enix Japan; imgur via ResetEra

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Bandai Namco are teasing a new My Hero Academia game

Bandai Namco are looking to strengthen their grip on the anime world, as a new teaser site looks to be hinting at a new My Hero Academia game. At the moment, the teaser site simply shows an animation of an egg in a microwave, and then a countdown to December 4th.

Now before you ask, there is a link between this seemingly random animation and the new top dog of shonen anime. First off, My Hero Academia protagonist Izuku Midoriya uses the image of an egg not exploding in a microwave to regulate the power of his Quirk, One for All. If that’s not enough, the page URL is “mhaoj” which more than likely stands for My Hero Academia, and then a two word subtitle starting with the letters O and J.

The next question you’ll no doubt ask is how does this link to fighting games? Well, one of the only My Hero Academia games on the market is a 3DS title called My Hero Academia: Battle for All, which is a 3D beat ’em up/arena fighter in the style of the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm games. Battle for All was a Japan-only title and seeing as My Hero Academia has become very popular in the West, it stands to reason that Bandai Namco could be porting or upgrading this fighter for Western audiences.

When you also factor in the massive hype around Dragon Ball FighterZ, bringing out another fighting game based around another immensely popular anime is a license to print money. In any case, expect an official reveal for this My Hero Academia game on December 4th — with the possibility of it being shown off in full at Jump Festa two weeks later.

Sources: Bandai Namco Japan; Jump Festa

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Bandai Namco are teasing a new My Hero Academia game

Bandai Namco are looking to strengthen their grip on the anime world, as a new teaser site looks to be hinting at a new My Hero Academia game. At the moment, the teaser site simply shows an animation of an egg in a microwave, and then a countdown to December 4th.

Now before you ask, there is a link between this seemingly random animation and the new top dog of shonen anime. First off, My Hero Academia protagonist Izuku Midoriya uses the image of an egg not exploding in a microwave to regulate the power of his Quirk, One for All. If that’s not enough, the page URL is “mhaoj” which more than likely stands for My Hero Academia, and then a two word subtitle starting with the letters O and J.

The next question you’ll no doubt ask is how does this link to fighting games? Well, one of the only My Hero Academia games on the market is a 3DS title called My Hero Academia: Battle for All, which is a 3D beat ’em up/arena fighter in the style of the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm games. Battle for All was a Japan-only title and seeing as My Hero Academia has become very popular in the West, it stands to reason that Bandai Namco could be porting or upgrading this fighter for Western audiences.

When you also factor in the massive hype around Dragon Ball FighterZ, bringing out another fighting game based around another immensely popular anime is a license to print money. In any case, expect an official reveal for this My Hero Academia game on December 4th — with the possibility of it being shown off in full at Jump Festa two weeks later.

Sources: Bandai Namco Japan; Jump Festa