Month: December 2017

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Watch high level Japanese play in Shudy Jinlee’s character-locked 3v3 tournament for Tekken 7

Namco Sugamo is a Tokyo arcade, home to a large Tekken-themed museum — indicative of the scene it supports. It has played host to the Mastercup series, Tekken Global qualifying events, and more throughout the years. It’s also the home of SHUDY_JINLEE, a world class player and broadcaster for the Japanese scene.

One of the more interesting regular events that SHUDY_JINLEE runs are character lock events, occasionally forcing players in attendance to all play the same character for a tournament. Since these events are comprised of top Japanese players such as Nero, Ao, Furumizu and more, you get to see some surprising play a character knowledge from these events you wouldn’t otherwise.

The same is true here in today’s 3v3 team tournament: each team is regimented to a single character for all three players. Watch the tournament to see which team, and character, is able to take it all: and you might want to leave your perceptions about tiers at the door.

Source: SHUDY_JINLEE

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Mark Street Fighter’s 30th anniversary with this special stamp collection from Japan Post

You’ve got the limited edition 30th Anniversary coin, now it’s time to get the stamp collection. In a collaboration with Japan Post, Capcom have revealed a Street Fighter-themed stamp set, complete with a commemorative stamp book and a limited edition red Chun-Li figure. The ten stamps depict character artwork from different Street Fighter games, starting with the original 1987 Street Fighter and finishing with Street Fighter V.

SF 30th Anniversary Stamps
SF 30th Anniversary Chun-Li figure

For that small number of Street Fighter fans who are also philatelists, this stamp collection is the perfect thing to complete your 30th anniversary collection. If you’re looking to get this piece of unique memorabilia, the stamps, stamp book and Chun-Li figure cost 12,800 yen — which is around $114. When you consider you will be paying for postage from Japan, this could end up being quite the expensive set of stamps.

Source: Japan Post via r/streetfighter